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"Bekaa Valley, Lebanon – At 11am, Erica Accari retreats to the shade from the
energy-zapping 36C (96.8F) heat radiating from her farm in eastern Lebanon.
She started her day at 6am, irrigating the 6,000 square metres (64,600sq ft) of
mainly vegetable crops before checking all the plants for any disease, then
transplanting new seedlings for the next season.
The farm’s name, Turba, meaning soil, couldn’t be more apt for a regenerative
organic farm.
“Almost 80 percent of our topsoil is dead worldwide, and it scares me. I don’t
know how it doesn’t scare other people,” Accari, 28, told Al Jazeera as she
sliced a melon from her field.
Originally from Tripoli in Lebanon’s north, Accari co-founded Turba two years
ago with Jehane Akiki, who runs Farms Not Arms, a project that aims to heal
social divides through agriculture and highlight the important role Syrian
refugees play in farms across the country."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
