{"id":13938,"date":"2018-12-30T20:24:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T20:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeinsyntropy.org\/?p=13938"},"modified":"2019-08-05T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T14:46:57","slug":"what-do-cattle-eat-in-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/what-do-cattle-eat-in-the-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"What do cattle eat in the Mediterranean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 30px;\"><input id=\"13938\" style=\"float: left;max-width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-advanced-pdf\/asset\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"#TB_inline?height=230&amp;width=400&amp;inlineId=examplePopup1\" title=\"Export pdf to your Email\" class=\"thickbox export-pdf\" type=\"image\" value=\"Export to PDF\" \/><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13938\" class=\"elementor elementor-13938\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3c131a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3c131a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45b2d44\" data-id=\"45b2d44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c532f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3c532f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Oxen and cows are large animals. Therefore, according to the definitions of the Syntropic Agriculture, they are animals of <b>Abundance Systems<\/b>. Not by chance, this system is also called by Ernst G\u00f6tsch of &#8220;Outflow Systems.&#8221; At this moment, the strategy of the ecosystem is not only the accumulation of natural capital (a task carried out in previous systems),\u00a0 but also to outflow and transport excedent resources. Some signs of that stage are the constant increase of available Phosphorus and the narrowing down of Carbon and Nitrogen ratio, meaning that the ecosystem is now able to support medium and large animals. In Abundance Systems, the presence of these animals is not only possible but also appropriate. In addition to finding the ideal conditions for their development, they also participate in ecosystem management through their metabolism and their migratory behavior.<\/p><p>In the video below Ernst G\u00f6tsch tells us what oxen and cows should eat in a Mediterranean context: leaves of vines, ash tree and poplar leaves, as well as lucerne (<i>Medicago sativa<\/i>), subterranean clover (<i>Trifolium subterraneum<\/i>), <i>Dactylis glomerata<\/i>, <i>Festuca pratensis<\/i>, <i>Lolium<\/i> <i>L<\/i>, among others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b51e4 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"79b51e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/308913985?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce9268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ce9268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The landscape described by G\u00f6tsch derives from his perception that the Mediterranean is an ecosystem designed to &#8220;remain green all year round&#8221; despite the temperature and humidity variations.\u00a0 However, what we witness today is a reality far distant from that stratified, biodiverse, natural and dynamic forest envisioned by Ernst G\u00f6tsch. Even though these large ruminants were supposed to live in Abundance Systems, the conditions of most cattle farms today indicates they are in <b>Accumulation Systems<\/b> &#8211; a successional step in which there is no suitable food, habitat, or adequate function for these animals. The result is inefficient pastureland and low productivity, which leads to the need for food supplementation, which means:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7260c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7260c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8cbdaa\" data-id=\"a8cbdaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3399b3d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3399b3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Economic loss: since the operation is more expensive.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">An ecological disadvantage, as it usually means that some ecosystem elsewhere is being mined to supply another with grains and fibers.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The reduction of animal welfare, as they can't express their natural habits and healthy behavior of foraging.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5f62ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5f62ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-235a070\" data-id=\"235a070\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b59f46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b59f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>But then, how to restore an abundant Mediterranean forest? Ernst G\u00f6tsch&#8217;s answer is categorical: <b>&#8220;turn your enemy into your ally.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b5c2bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b5c2bf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aca721c\" data-id=\"aca721c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a6c89e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a6c89e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In that case, the proposal was to use Cistus sp &#8211; hated for its capacity to occupy pastures &#8211; to help establish holm-oaks, olive-trees, arbutus, fig trees, and vines. The suggestion is specific to the site analyzed, but the logic behind the explanation is the same as always: to make a syntropic evaluation of the ecosystem, which means, design it to potentiate life&#8217;s quantity and quality. For us who have been following Ernst G\u00f6tsch&#8217;s work for years, it was like listening to the same old familiar story, but now being told with different characters. Irrespective of existing soil, climate and vegetation conditions, we can, as Ernst says, create agroecosystems similar to natural ones, both in their form and in their dynamics and function. We are also large animals and therefore also depend on Abundance Systems to survive. Our role, as animals that call themselves sapiens sapiens, would be to understand and potentialize the syntropic processes of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxen and cows are large animals. Therefore, according to the definitions of the Syntropic Agriculture, they are animals of Abundance Systems. Not by chance, this system is also called by Ernst G\u00f6tsch of &#8220;Outflow Systems.&#8221; At this moment, the strategy of the ecosystem is not only the accumulation of natural capital (a task carried out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[799],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agendagotsch.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}