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Earth

The health of the land the Earth is the health of the people. In the modern day, a great industrial agricultural system has arisen, creating great quantities of standardized meat and produce with great quantities of external inputs — fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides. We now know that these inputs are not sustainable, as they often derive from fossil fuels or create incredible loss and pain in the local ecology. Traditional farming offers us an alternative, similar to the alternative of organic farming, but with differences.

Create a better relationship with Earth through any measure of ways

Start a home or community garden

Use permaculture Zones to make a right relationship with place -- less disruption in distant zones allows wildlife to thrive, and regularly-needed produce in nearby zones to reduce your efforts in producing food
Plant trees, with their many gifts: shade, respiration, cleaning of the air, habitat for other creatures, and food for all beings.
Create compost from food waste and dry plant matter, and use it to build soil health.
Use dry manures, wood ash, and ground shells as natural soil amendments from the earth. These materials provide trace minerals to enrich the soil
Save seeds from open-pollinated plants, for use in the next season
Plant diverse crops, like corn, beans, and squash
experiment with no-till farming and stick-planting, which create less disruption of soil communities - use only biodegradable chemicals in your home. Industrial chemicals impact biodiversity in negative ways.