We live on the farm our great, great grandfather worked more than a century ago.
He had horses and cows and planted peppers and beans and tomatoes on over 40 acres. The entire family worked together and the work was mostly done by hand. Even "driving" the horse and plow to prepare the field in the spring was manual labor.
We have memories of the aromas and flavors of food grown on the farm decades ago. Back then, a seeds from the tomato you ate could grow more delicious tomatoes if you took care of them properly. And I don't imagine there was much questioning about whether the food was nutritious.
Things have changed. Tomatoes and watermelons and even beans don't taste like they once did. Now folks are more interested in whether food is "organic" or "nutrient-dense".
If you look at the farm today, you might think we're not doing much (especially compared to our great, great grandfather), but we're actually taking what we believe are profound steps to restore the soil and environment to one that might once again produce good crops.
We picture a quiet war with billions of billions of creatures in the soil biome doing their best to make things right. We know some of their ancestors were here with our great, great grandfather...and, like him, they absolutely know what they're doing...