Gabe Brown on the Little Known Truth About Cows, Crops, the Environment, and Our Future
All episodes of Peak Human are great, but this is one I would especially recommend. There are a lot of misconceptions about what's good and bad for the environment as far as agriculture is concerned.
The health of our topsoil is in grave danger. Some experts say there are less than 60 harvests left if current practices of monocropping instead of having wild grasslands with healthy soil.
Regenerative agriculture and multi-paddock grazing can not only feed people with the most nutrient-dense foods there are, but these practices can actually be what's known as a carbon sink.
Gabe Brown is a farmer and leader in the movement towards regenerative agriculture. He is the owner of Brown’s Ranch, just east of Bismarck, ND. He believes in and practices Holistic Management, a part of which is farming and ranching in nature's image. At his ranch improving soil health is a priority and no-till farming has been practiced since 1993. His ranch has eliminated the use of synthetic fertilizers, fungicides, and pesticides. He does not use any GMOs or glyphosate. His ever evolving grazing strategy allows most of his pastures a recovery period of over 360 days. All of these practices have led to the health of the soil, mineral and water cycles to greatly improve and of course the quality of the agriculture and livestock he produces as well.
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