The principal behind crop rotation is simple to understand, yet, the positive impact to the environment and its’ far reaching ecological benefits has not been widely communicated to the general public, and for various reasons, it is commonly ignored in most Asian farming communities. After the cultivation of the rice for the season, it is a standard practice for farmers in Louisiana to give the fields a chance to rest, and to re-generate itself. Thereby, after the harvest of rice field, the introduction of another crop such as crayfish is an excellent opportunity for mother nature to replenish the nutrients back to the ecosystem. 

Each year, after the harvest of the rice, the stalks are left in the farm land, and at the ideal climate setting, crayfish are introduced to the now flooded fields. With the rice stalks now submerged in the fresh water, the natural sunlights will cast shadows in the field, reprecatinog an ecological environment where population of algae can multiply and flourish. 

With the presence of the algae in the food chain, the crayfish are living and breeding as nature has intended. During the farming period, crayfish prefer to dwell burrows and stay in the sub-terrain level, and in some aspects, the habitual habits of the crayfish is the most helpful and beneficial to the ecological system. 

The creation of burrows naturally loosens the soil and as a result, the process of re-generation takes place as air and oxygen are being replenished to the field. In addition, throughout the months, the presence of crayfish as the living CRUSTACEAN will continue to add excrement and feces to the rice field,  mimicking the natural ecosystem as nature has intended.