Vrash-Vashael Farmer Collectives

What are Vrash-Vashael Farmer Collectives?

Some of the more well-organized communities in Theoma have found a way to make the differing abilities of the Vrash and Vashael synergize in producing higher yield. Vrash-Vashael farmer collectives free Vrash from hard farming labor while using their soil-forming magical abilities to maximize the productivity of Vashael farms that use Vashael Dancing Implements to maintain large tracts of land.

Per farm, a Vrash-Vashael farmer collective has maximum output, with very high productivity in terms of per farmer and per unit area of farmland. It's a form of high-density farming development that doesn't even leach the soil of nutrients. It works well with high-density development plans by packing more dragons into less space. The most nature-conscious theomes are also often the most fond of Vrash-Vashael farming collectives as a way to have maximum productivity per unit area given over to farming.

That said, there are downsides. Firstly, it takes extra effort to form these collectives. Secondly, many farmers actually enjoy the Vrash-Vashael Farmer Rivalry. Thirdly, it involves higher staffing costs than Vashael farming, and although they cannot grow as much on as little land as a Vrash-Vashael farming collective, the very best Vashael farmers still retain higher output per-farmer than these. Some Vashael farmers insist that the very best farms are Vashael farms using crop rotation rather than Vrash-Vashael farming collectives producing cash crops. In grassland theomes with low rural land values, they're probably right.