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single farm (also called multi-culture farming) and you would be maintaining healthy soil, organisms, nitrogen, and pollinators.
Your food would be more nutritious, more delicious, and always fresh.
With this method of farming, and with no one wasting their food on their plate, there would still be surplus of food in many parts of the world and a proper food distribution system would feed the hungry in many different parts of the world. With a world where transportation is faster and cheaper than ever before, food distribution is never going to be a problem again.
Of course, the world according to Jainism principles is a distant reality and we can just hope for it to be true. But there is one thing you will definitely find promising and that is a new way of farming called "veganic farming". This method of farming is far superior than the widely known organic farming and, not surprisingly, aligns extremely well with Jainism principles.
Veganic farming encourages:
Use of NO animal products as fertilizers or pesticides
Use of multi-culture farming where several different crops are arranged in a single farm to sustain biodiversity of pollinators as well as soil organisms
Seasonal crops only
Use of plants as natural compost / fertilizer
Rotation of crop types to re-introduce nitrogen and other nutrients in the soil
Use of natural methods such as predator birds to control pests (aligned with Jain principle of 'interdependence')
As you can see, there is re-introduction of some of Jainism's principles in the modern world and I think we, as Jains, can take pride in knowing that by following Jainism principles as much as possible, we are supporting a sustainable way of living that improves our health and our planet's health too. It's so easy to be a Jain and an environmentalist at the same time.
References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWDznkdUjbo
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