To many, caring for the soil is an intangible, higher calling befitting Monks and Nuns and really isn’t the main focus of large scale agriculture. Bushels per acre or pounds per acre of marketable product is the end game. And in a sense, neither party is “wrong” per se. But to that end, we must …
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It’s More than Just Moving Animals
I was a Marine Cyrptologic Arabic Linguist from 04-2013. I deployed to Iraq twice and was stationed on the edge of the “Fertile Crescent” or the birthplace of civilization aka the Euphrates river and the land extending over to the Tigris. What I saw was miles and miles of intense desert and dust storms, 100 …
What Does Carbon Have to Do with Food Production, Floods and Climate Change
Regenerative Agriculture seems to be the lastest buzz word in the food and farming industry. What is it? How does it differ from Sustainable? When we sustain something, we merely keep it from deteriorating and business continues as usual. What does it mean to regenerate? Do you sustain a broken bone as broken …
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