Tractor Farming is a Worldwide farming application with large scale earth ploughing and crop production technique. Ploughing technique is actually centuries old and historically it goes back to the beginning of first human civilization. It has been practised in history in a small scale and by the families and small farms.

After the 2nd WW, with Industrial Revolution, this technique of growing crops are practised in larger and larger scale with bigger and bigger impact to the environment. Population growth and Consumer Economy were the main triggers for Growth based farming. Many farmers became consumer to Genetically modified seeds, combined with chemical fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides, etc. Farmers were encouraged to expand & invest in growth based farming practices. Credits were given, more machines and tractors were bought, more investments were made in that direction.

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Today, most farmers are under pressure of paying their credit installments, high costs vs cheaper food demands, governmental environmental legislation changes. They are trapped in between the environmental movement and old & new legislations. The governments are trying to implement top down environmental legislations without providing a solution or an alternative way of farming to the farmers. The farmers are looking for ways to survive & continue the growth based farming, asking more credits and legislation changes. This is no more sustainable. There is a new direction needed for farmers. Instead of trying to go back to old days, farmers can choose another path. 

We need to think globally, taking into account the environmental challenges and also our social and economical problems. On this page, a transition from Tractor Farming to Sustainable & Environmental development, based on Permaculture concept, is being suggested.

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This page is Towards Nature Permaculture's vision for our future farming!

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