Dirt to Soil: Excerpt
By Gabe Brown, Resilience.org
In the everyday work of my farm, most of the decisions I make, in one way or another, are driven by the goal of continuing to grow and protect soil.
Tag: soil health
Rescuing civilization dirt cheap
By Donovan C. Wilkin, Resilience.org
Society must be made aware of the fact that destruction of the world’s soil organic matter is an existential threat to civilization every bit as immediate and serious as climate change or oil depletion.
Kiss the Ground: What soil can do
By Richard Young, Sustainable Food Trust
‘Kiss the Ground’, currently streaming on Netflix, has huge relevance for the massive environmental and health problems we face today. Although mostly looking at American agriculture, it includes inspiring examples from Africa, China and Haiti.
Making And Keeping Soils Fertile: The Case of the Island Poel
By Naomi Bosch, Plentiful Lands
The fertility of the soil is one of the most vital, if not the most important factor in farming. The soil is the very basis of agriculture!
Soil Health Hits the Big Time!
By Courtney White, Resilience.org
Best of all, regenerative agriculture was acknowledged as a shovel-ready solution to climate change. That’s a big reason why over one hundred nations, NGOs, and agricultural organizations signed onto the original ‘4 For 1000 Initiative’. “[It] has become a global initiative,” said French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll. “We need to mobilize even more stakeholders in a transition to achieve both food security and climate mitigation thanks to agriculture.”
The Way Climate Change Unites Us
By Lynn Freehill-Maye, YES! magazine
While they may not agree on what has gotten them here, growers like Rosmann and Peterson are thinking beyond politicized climate change arguments to figure out solutions. They’re trying to adapt to the differences they’re experiencing, and even trying to mitigate them. Along with fellow PFI members, they’re approaching agriculture more regeneratively: focusing on soil health, planting cover crops, reducing chemicals, and minimizing the runoff that contributes to the Gulf of Mexico’s fishless “dead zone.”
Restoring Soil can Help Address Climate Change
By David R. Montgomery, The Conversation
I believe it’s time now for a global “soilshot” to heal the land. Rebuilding healthy fertile soil on the world’s agricultural lands would require fundamental changes to agriculture, and a new agricultural philosophy.
“The Story of Soil Is the Story of All of Us”
By Annie Leonard, Tom Newmark, YES! magazine
For as long as humans have engaged in agriculture, and even before, we’ve relied on healthy soil and the organisms it supports.
Growing a Revolution: Review
By Mary Wildfire, Resilience.org
The good news is that despite the barriers mentioned earlier, conservation agriculture is catching on—it’s just happening more slowly, spreading from the ground up as farmers note that the local weirdo using these practices keeps getting better yields.
By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves
By Leah Penniman, YES! magazine
The truth is that for thousands of years Black people have had a sacred relationship with soil that far surpasses our 246 years of enslavement and 75 years of sharecropping in the United States.
The Climate Solution Right Under Our Feet
By Michaela Haas, YES! magazine
The idea behind regenerative farming is simple and ancient: The mother soil, which nurtures the harvest, in turn has to be nurtured and protected.
How to Turn Dirt Into Soil
By Anne Biklé, David R. Montgomery, YES! magazine
Regenerating soil to change the piece of the planet where you live is possible at multiple scales. It might be a city yard like ours, rooftop garden, community garden, or working farm. Add up these efforts, and we can restore fertility to degraded soils, end hunger, and pull some carbon from the sky.