In an article titled "Soil Carbon is King " published in the Western Star, Graeme Sait focuses on how more people need to understand how soil carbon is critical to reducing the excess carbon in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all emissions, there is still too much carbon in the atmosphere for the ... Read More
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Holistic Management Can Make It Rain?
For so long, agricultural producers have been trained to believe they have no control over the weather. But new satellite data reported in The Beef Producer shows that good plant cover means that more water remains in the soil which results in more rain. And the more effective the water cycle is ... Read More
Soil Carbon Increases by over 130%
A recent blog on the Beef Magazine website highlights the research by Dr. Richard Teague of Texas A&M Agrilife and Dr. Allen Williams. Teague's research in Texas compares the soil health and function of heavily conventionally grazed, lightly conventionally grazed, and adaptive multi-paddock ... Read More
Healthy Environments and Economics
A recent article on the Phys Org website notes that managing an ecosystem as a whole will improve the environment and the economy of whatever natural resource is being managed. When scientist Robert Paine first examined the ecosystem of a tidal pool in the 1970s and brought to light the concept ... Read More
Sickness from the Soil
Dr. Christine Jones (aka. The Carbon Goddess) provides a compelling case for why our healthcare system is collapsing--our agricultural soils are no longer providing the trace minerals we need to keep our immune systems functioning properly. In this short video, Dr. Jones, who was one of the first ... Read More
Farming as Solution to Climate Change
An acre of farmland produces 66 times less greenhouse gases (GHG) than an acre of developed land says a recent report on New York farms completed by the American Farmland Trust. If you haven't thought about the ecosystem services that farms and ranches provide, that statistic alone suggests that we ... Read More
Trash to Treasure : Benefits of Composting
Schools are doing it. Your neighbors are doing it. No matter how you believe the earth came into existence, composting is a pretty cool way we ALL can help regenerate this beautiful planet! Here's an informative video about composting you shouldn't miss - The Compost Story by Kiss The ... Read More
Calving in Sync With Nature Pays Off
A recent article on the Alberta Farm Express website chronicles the experience of Holistic Management practitioner Jim Bauer and his journey of changing his calving date to later in the year (May to be exact), so that the calves are born when there is fresh green grass for the mother cows to eat and ... Read More
