And this is just an example of many. The farmer looks at nature and tries to co-work to get the things he needs/wants. And not till the end. In farming this is called to extensify instead of to intensify (getting more production). Some farmers understand that when you constantly focus on efficiency (getting more, faster), you run risks. You might get diseases and kill a lot of creatures we all need in the long run. Instead the farmer could for example give some room for pigs and chickens to run around.

After hearning about this movement I would really like to contribute to this from my field of expertise: data. In the long run, I would like to have a whole movement of hackers around this theme to help the farmers as much as we can. I'm part of farmhack.

3. As you can tell from the story above, it is still pretty shaky: unclear of what we're really doing and how we might reach that. In order to help, we also need to get a better way of listening to nature. I once took a stroll with 'my farmer' (named Tjerk) and he showed me that their needs to be air in the ground. He showed me how deep the grass roots go and these roots need to be white. He showed me that he needs worms that digest organic material so it can be used by the grass. He showed me that clover helps the grass to get water from deeper levels. I know this sounds very vague but we need to be able to listen to nature. Can we come up with technical solutions (sensors and other ways) that help nature to talk to us? And not only to the benefit of the farmer but also to the benefit of nature, which is in the benefit of us all in the long run.