Part 4 (3) Phosphorus

Phosphorus comes from inorganic phosphate rocks and various other sources, and is an essential element for all living cells. This is made available naturally via the decomposition of bones, the exoskeletons of beetles and millipedes, urine etc and also from weathered rock that contains phosphorus. Modern agriculture has phosphates in industrially produced fertilizers which is applied in a concentrated blend containing various other elements needed by plants. Once again, modern agricultural methods include the eradication of all things that pose competition to a crop or that are considered pests. By doing this farmers not only kill the pests, they kill the pest predators too and basically create an environment in which very few insects can survive. This in turn means that the natural cycle is interrupted, and insect and animal population eradication means that not as many insects/animals die naturally on the affected ground, so the natural replenishment of phosphorus is also interrupted........... more to come, keep watching