A Six-legged March Toward Regenerative Agriculture | Jonathan Lundgren | TEDxBrookings

[@saamokari2356]

I have to comment, so more people might see this. We need a Regenerative Ag Revolution! ❤🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@downbntout]

Someone could see that the best TEDs have the most interesting titles. This one deserves way more views.

[@etherwanger]

Jonathan, it was great to share the stage with you in Brookings. I really enjoyed your talk and shedding new light on the insect world.

[@holleey]

the channel got 10 million subs and this talk 3k views. it's a little bit sad that the title seems to invoke interest with so few people, even though contributions to fixing our utterly messed up, destructive and unsustainable agriculture should be pretty much the #1 global issue. but hey, it's great that talks like this exist at all.

[@stevencats7137]

Holly completely agree

[@karenrowley593]

I hope someday our politicians can understand this concept and change the way we are heading.

[@jonathanlundgren7416]

It will start with the farmers showing them how well these regenerative systems work

[@chriskroll2279]

Jonathan Lundgren . Amen brother keep up the good fight

[@chriskroll2279]

Karen Rowley. And sister

[@1voluntaryist]

Politicians do NOT lead. They follow sometimes, but mostly when drug kicking and screaming. They are self-focused on their career, their financial benefits. The conventional farmers will fight change, at first. Innovators always start alone and get ignored, then belittled, then obstructed, then they win. Persistence is needed to innovate. It helps to know you're right, and the majority are ignorantly enforcing the status quo. In conclusion, "we" are many diverse groups. If you bring innovation you will be in a very small minority at first. You may be crushed by democracy. That's why it is so destructive. This country was NOT unified at first and respected the individual's freedom to go against public opinion. Now it doesn't. It worships conformity and uses the political paradigm of "might makes right" to ensure what it calls "the common good". This is neither good nor moral for us personally or as a nation. If you want to help restore individual rights and reverse the march toward authoritarian collectivism, stop voting, stop supporting govt., and start self-governing and encourage others to help you create a society based on voluntary interactions, a society of live and let live.

[@wendyscott8425]

@@1voluntaryist Stop voting? Too many Americans don't vote, which is why we have the ridiculous nonsense going on today. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain about the government of, by, and for the people. It is certainly valuable to vote for the best candidate. It's also valuable to support regenerative agriculture by buying the products practitioners produce. A purchase is a vote and has a lot of impact. I spend more for grass-fed products grown on regenerative farms, but I consider that a donation and a vote for my and my grandchildren's future. I hope you'll stop whining about others "conformity" and look at your own. It's easy to complain. LOTS of people do it. But if you want to make change, you have to make your voice heard both through your vote and through your purchases. And btw, it is apparent you haven't noticed, but there are some terrific politicians these days, especially a lot of those who were elected in 2018, who are doing their best to make things better for everyone. Get used to it as it is a growing movement.

[@geiroveeide9204]

Thank you

[@1voluntaryist]

I'm against conservation for conservation's sake. I don't want to conserve modern farming. It is highly destructive of life. I don't want to conserve the worldwide political paradigm based on granting moral immunity to a few elite to force everyone else to conform to their rules. That way lies death and destruction. It is a fatal mistake that could destroy our species. For example, the USA is run by a small bunch of monopolies empowered by the govt., for the govt. Modern farming is an example of govt. in action. Govt. mandates (laws written by corps) benefit the oil industry, the chemical industry, and the farming machinery industry at everyone else's expense. And it is destroying the soil, the food, and our environment. It was a mistake to elect people to rule us. I resist it by not voting or worshipping authority. That paradigm has never worked and never will. Until we take back our lives and self-govern we will be in danger of self-annihilation. All we need is the freedom to solve our own problems but we have to respect ourselves enough to say that to rulers and those who want to be ruled. Let them forfeit their sovereignty. Don't let them drag you down with them.

[@wendyscott8425]

🎼🎶Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you, party pooper, party pooper... 🎶 LOL Enjoy!

[@1voluntaryist]

@@wendyscott8425 Every species has individuals who won't survive, failed experiments of evolution. Wake up! Ignorance is not bliss.

[@wendyscott8425]

@@1voluntaryist Is that your excuse???? Wake up yourself. None of us will survive this life. Your ignorance may be blissful, but it won't last forever. What makes us human is how much we care for each other and the planet we were given to live on. And btw, when I vote, I vote for people who will serve us, not rule us. People like you who see problems and shrug are part of the problem, not the solution. Sorry.

[@1voluntaryist]

@@wendyscott8425 That is my explanation and warning. You vote to be served? How's that working out? What do you do when it doesn't work, e.g., a blatantly immoral, unconstitutional law like the Asset Forfeiture Act is robbing 100s of millions from us? Sorry, you say? I don't accept your apology. I didn't authorize you to conspire against rights by supporting an authoritarian govt. But you do when you vote, and no one like you has ever answered the question: Who will protect us from our protectors?

[@htomerif]

This guy is not a farmer or an entomologist or even mentally competent. He can't go 30 seconds without saying something critically factually incorrect. Rather than break down the scores of mistakes he makes, anyone just pick a time code and post it as a response and I'll tell you what was wrong with what he said there. -edit As an example, 9:45 "some biodiversity is better than none and more is better than less" Really? If I have a corn field and 7 billion people to feed, do I wan't 100 percent corn in my field? Or do I want 50 percent corn and 50 percent ragweed, cause, you know, 50 percent ragweed is "more biodiversity" and "more is better than less". Idiotic.

[@1voluntaryist]

Monoculture is unsustainable. It resulted in "The Great Potato Famine" in Europe. For the philosophy of "do nothing growing" read "The One Straw Revolution" by Masanobu Fukuoka.

[@htomerif]

@@1voluntaryist That's a fine opinion to have but the fact is that these "monocultures" feed about 75 percent of the world's population. You need to work on the "dying of famine" before you work on the "biodiversity". Its amazing how many people miss that incredibly important fact.

[@htomerif]

@Binay Sangat No. You're talking about completely different problems. I'm going to guess from your user name that you're at least somewhat familiar with India and its food shortage problems. I could be wrong. In India, there were several drought resistant GM strains of corn and wheat developed. These could have saved lives but religious organizations and western "organic" organizations used scare tactics to get Indian farmers to refuse to use them. People died because of it. In African countries like Nigeria and Somalia and Ghana and DRC, the World Food Bank has tried to ship millions of tons of wheat and corn to people who were starving. Local warlords stole most of the grain, killed aid workers trying to distribute it and actually poisoned grain, then distributed it themselves to sew distrust. We already have enough food to feed the world. Biodiversity and "food waste" have utterly nothing to do with famine. International infrastructure, political instability and religious fear culture are whats keeping starving people dying year after year. Its a pretty big insult for you to sit here and tell me that "biodiversity is the problem".

[@lordnessa5893]

Nobody said you can't feed humanity. You can have for example 5% maize, 5% beans, 5% rapeseed, 5% wheat, 5% oats, 5% apples 20% pastures (with clover, dandelion, alfalfa, and a lot more) ... and other local species adapted to the climate. Some of them are nitrogen-fixing, some good for bees and blooming at different times, pastures are an ecosystem with tons of animals (way more than crop fields)... With this you also reduce the risk of pests and diseases which are a big issue for example for sugar beet. And even if you partly apply regenerative agriculture (for example you want to till to rotate yyour cultures), it's a great benefit for everybody. Signed: a farmer PS: It's also not healthy to only eat corn (or something else) even if it's better than nothing.

[@htomerif]

@@lordnessa5893 "Regenerative agriculture" is a scam. We'd all die of starvation if everyone did it. Its farmers playing amateur hour at ecology so they can put a meaningless label on their product and sell it for ten times the cost.