By Traci Prendergast , Fibershed
On the voyage from corporate life at Williams-Sonoma to the running of a 210 acre ranch with over 100 animals, Kelli has developed a different kind of eye along the way; the eye of the stockwoman.
By Courtney White, A West that Works
Carbon is the most important element on Earth and the best way to begin explaining its significance is with the terribly important carbon cycle.
By Megan Perry, Sustainable Food Trust
Why do we have such a seemingly illogical food system? This is the question at the heart of Graham Harvey’s recently published book, Grass-Fed Nation, a manifesto for grazing livestock and the extensive benefits of mixed farming.
By Eric Becker, Slow Money Journal
Soil4Climate is inspired by innovative farmers, ranchers and other land managers who are increasing soil carbon while providing environmental and health benefits.
By Sally Neas, YES! magazine
For many climate change activists, the latest rallying cry has been, “Keep it in the ground,” a call to slow and stop drilling for fossil fuels. But for a new generation of land stewards, the cry is becoming, “Put it back in the ground!”
By Eric Toensmeier, Ensia
High in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico, a small cooperative is “farming carbon” — practicing agriculture in a way that fights climate change while simultaneously meeting human needs.
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Mitigation and Food Security and Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life.
By Chris Rhodes, Energy Balance
It would have been a remarkable oversight, had not our use of the land and its soils featured among the discussions about climate change mitigation in Paris at COP21.
By Courtney White, A Carbon Pilgrim
Here’s an idea: employ a farming or ranching practice that is known scientifically to increase levels of glomalin and get compensated financially!
By Courtney White, A Carbon Pilgrim
An agrarian economy...rises up from the soils, fields, woods, streams, rangelands, hills, mountains, backyards, and rooftops.
By Courtney White, A Carbon Pilgrim
This is a book about questions and answers.