Benvenuto e benvenuta!
Sei sull’unico sito della Elementary Farming the Elementary Farming (Elementary Agriculture, Elementary Horticulture), also known as "Cappello Non-Method." The site aims to collect existing material, augmenting it as it goes along and providing all the reference links for those who wish to learn more.
The Elementary Farming is a simple and revolutionary new agricultural practice, founded and popularized by Agrotechnician Gian Carlo Cappello after a lifetime of experimentation in the field and on himself. The Elementary Farming makes it possible to obtain raccolti sani, safe and abundant harvest without fatigue, without wasting water and without environmental pollution, while fully respecting the natural growing conditions of plants.
It is not a reform of agricultural practices, but a revolution che chiude il capitolo della scienza agronomica e sposta il fulcro del coltivare dalla mentalità materialista al riconoscimento della nostra innate competence, which is enhanced by practice and experience.
The land is never tilled, weeded, fertilized or amended, but is always kept mulched exclusively with meadow hay. The coexistence of cultivated plants and wild grasses is valued. No pesticides are used, no animals or their derivatives are used, water consumption is negligible, and revisited artisanal hand tools are used. The soil profile is not altered with raised beds, pallets or other shaping, no crop rotations, green manure, cover sowing, varietal associations, composting, space planning, work scheduling. No soil testing is done. The choice of ancient or modern horticultural varieties is free from dogmatic positions, and self-produced seeds are preferred. The Elementary Farming adapts to any non-extreme soil and climate situation. Simplification of practices should not be confused with ease or abandonment of the vegetable garden.
With the full expression of natural processes, le piante crescono strong and give us nutritious fruit, condizione essenziale per concretizzare una svolta sociale ed economica che sia orientata al superamento del sistema capitalista. For this instance of change, the Elementary Farming is not aimed at farms, but at families and communities seeking food self-sufficiency to return to living not "in" the countryside, but "of" the countryside.
The Elementary Farming is not just an agricultural practice, it is above all an attitude of the heart and mind as it promotes the inner growth of those who cultivate and those who feed.
" The Elementary Farming puts agriculture back to where it was found: in the generous hands of Nature."
COSA NON FACCIO
- NON lavoro mai la terra, neppure in modo superficiale e neanche una sola volta all’inizio della coltivazione
- NON altero il profilo del suolo mediante aiuole rialzate, bancali o altre sagomature
- NON utilizzo fertilizzanti, antiparassitari, ammendanti, diserbanti né altri preparati chimici, organici, omeopatici
- NON pratico rotazioni colturali, maggese, sovesci, semine in copertura, consociazioni varietali, progettazione degli spazi, calendarizzazioni astrali
- NON utilizzo impianti irrigui neanche in superfici ampie
- NON impiego animali né loro derivati nella coltivazione
- NON eseguo analisi al terreno
- NON uso tecnologie e macchinari prodotti dall’industria
- NON assumo posizioni dogmatiche nella scelta delle varietà orticole nuove o antiche, prediligendo semi autoprodotti
- NON ritengo possibile far coincidere i principi della Coltivazione Elementare con la vendita dei prodotti dell’orto
- NON confondo il minimo impegno con l’abbandono dell’orto.
COSA FACCIO
- Mantengo tutto l’anno l’orto pacciamato con fieno
- Considero essenziale salvaguardare la presenza dell’erba spontanea durante la coltivazione
- Semino e trapianto secondo linee ortogonali e non mescolo le varietà
- Mantengo il naturale equilibrio dell’orto quale condizione imprescindibile per la crescita sana delle piante
- Accolgo i cosiddetti “agenti patogeni” come processi naturali utili per il successo delle coltivazioni
- Raccolgo i semi delle piante più forti per la riproduzione
- Individuo in un’alimentazione forte e sana la condizione indispensabile al raggiungimento della propria libertà
- Cerco nell’orto la crescita interiore, lo sviluppo dell’intuito e del sentire, la saggezza, la creatività, la lungimiranza, il buon senso e l’autodisciplina
… e ottengo in tutte le stagioni ortaggi abbondanti, sani, gustosi e nutrienti!
THE ELEMENTARY FARMING: Utopia Realized
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To teach the Elementary Farming requires decades of specific practice in the field as well as humanistic training and an appropriate personal dimension. To explain simplicity, one must start from a distance. Anyone can practice The Elementary Farming, but to date the popularization can only be carried out by founder Gian Carlo Cappello as there are currently no other people who can convey the message and content in its entirety. To protect those who approach The Elementary Farming, no one is allowed to offer courses, meetings, conferences, interviews, sites, publications or anything else.
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