RULES OF MA-PI POLYCULTURE®
1. Let a part of the plants go to seed,
let the seed grow, fall and grow again...
until it is sufficiently back to its wild state.
All seeds must self-reproduce in their spaces and in their times.
2. Follow the natural energetic footprint that indicates the most favoured plants,
sowing and growing all the domesticated plants that are most similar to the wild
plants.
3. Respect the natural, seasonal rotation (e.g. asparagus, lettuce, carrot, cabbage, etc.).
4. Try growing plants in intercropping more often, in the same row, when possible;
otherwise, in different rows.
5. After the harvest, let all the unharvested plant parts rot.
DO NOT BURN THE LEFTOVER STUBBLE AFTER THE HARVEST.
From: Writings by Mario Pianesi
Casa Editrice Un Lupo, Tolentino, Italy - G.C
© M.P
MA-PI POLYCULTURE
Those who work the land have the Sacred task
of respecting everybody’s lives
(from the tillage… to the harvest…).
Consumption of non-renewable Raw Materials*
Agri-food supply chain
kg per person per week
Conventional
38.00
GAS --- Organic
16.00 -57.9%
Pianesian 
 3.66 -90.3% 
* ores, minerals, petroleum, coal, etc.
Consumption of renewable raw materials**
Agri-food supply chain
kg per person per week
Conventional
118.00
GAS – Organic
126.00 +6.78%
Pianesian 
 12.09 -89.75% 
** plants (wood, etc.), animals, etc.
Consumption of Air
Agri-food supply chain
Conventional
GAS – Organic
Pianesian 
kg per person per week
61.13
23.51 -61.5%
 7.48 -87.8% 
Consumption of Water
Agri-food supply chain
Conventional
GAS – Organic
Pianesian 
kg per person per week
9723.4
4503.5 -53.7%
 648.5 -93.3% 
Source: Graphs by Lucia Mancini, 2015
Mancini, L. Food Habits and Environmental Impact: an Assessment of the Natural
Resource Demand in Three Agri-Food Systems, Doctoral Thesis, Università
Politecnica delle Marche, 2010, pp. 175
Mancini, L. Conventional, Organic and Polycultural Farming Practices: Material
Intensity of Italian Crops and Foodstuffs. Resources 2013, 2, 628-650.
From: Proceedings of the 10th CONFERENCE on Environment-Agriculture-Food-Health-Economy
and the 8th CONFERENCE on MA-PI Polyculture: A Proposal for Sustainable Agriculture
Edited by Mario Pianesi, UPM Un Punto Macrobiotico National and International Association
Edizioni Un Lupo, Tolentino, Macerata, Italy - G.C.
2015 © M.P.