A vegan friend writes for the Vegan Organic Network (VON), and he grows all allotment produce without animal inputs.
My initial thoughts: Some techniques here are clear cut, for example using green manures for soil fertility building instead of application of animal manures, however indirect use of soil fauna is unavoidable and a farm without soil animal life is unnatural....
HANG ON. Vegan Organic network is about stockfree farming, i.e. the deliberate avoidance of livestock keeping on farm, NOT scouring the soil for worms and removing them so they don't get hurt. VON friend does not and would not have a wormery, but the worms and other soil life in compost are unavoidable and necessary and he treats them carefully.
Need to read further on this, and check out the radio show that Roger and Dave did.
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