“I See Beyond The Climate Crisis From RAg To Riches Farming Villages!” – Frank A Hilario

Climate Change is for all of us young or old, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, 1^st World or 3^rd World – the Climate Crisis visits on those living in those First World skyscrapers as well as those in those Third World hovels. And yes, we are all guilty of a climate sin!

I just saw today (Good Friday) Inquirer’s Facebook sharing, “LOOK: The hashtag #LetTheEarthBreath tops Twitter's trending list in the Philippines as of 7 am today, April 15, as Filipinos join the worldwide climate change protests.” Inquirer says:

According to NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus, on April 6, over 1,000 scientists from 26 different countries risked arrest for staging protests following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's [IPCC] new report. … In Los Angeles, Kalmus and three other scientists chained themselves to the doors of the JPMorgan Chase building, the bank, which, according to him, provides the most funding to fossil fuel firms that leads to climate destruction.
(“Climate Change protests” image from YouTube)

Those scientists are entitled to their protests, but I will never join them. Unlike Martin Luther’s unorganized “95 Theses” against my Roman Catholic faith, I am not protesting against the established order of blaming the users/abusers of fossil fuel for the climate crisis.

Instead of protest, I would rather protect the farms from continuing degradation of their natural bodies by returning to them their God-given riches – including the fungi and the worms!

If you ask me, a son of a Filipino farmer, an Agriculturist – BS Ag Edu, UP Los Baños ’65, Civil Service Professional ’64, a wide digital reader in the last 25 years, and already writing about Climate Change even before Al Gore and the IPCC co-won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 – I say:

Instead, I am launching a climate crusade literally in the lower grounds – right where much of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are produced – farms that season after season are enthusiastically coated with chemical fertilizers and unreservedly blanketed with chemical pesticides. The practice of chemical agriculture (CA) produces much greenhouse gases (GHGs). Christian Aid says, “The global food system contributes up to a third of our total [GHGs] and needs to change” (ReliefWeb, reliefweb.int).

Hereby, I am launching a “RAg To Riches Revolution” – where RAg is “Regenerative Agriculture.” RAg is essentially Organic Agriculture (OA), but I want to emphasize the regenerative aspect and the natural, physical & monetary wealths that follow OA.

“#LetTheEarthLive” is my hashtag. To let live requires:

1^st, non-application of agricultural chemicals in farms and
2^nd, return of natural materials to farms so they will live again and farmers’ crops & animals will live healthy lives as designed by Mother Nature.

What does Genesis 1:11 say again?

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. (NRSV)
(“Let the earth…” image from Knowingjesus.com)

RAg to Riches: With RAg, the Earth will produce nothing but natural wealths!@517