Can Regenerative Agriculture Reverse Climate Change? | One Small Step

Could the solution to climate change be right under our feet? Here’s why regenerative agriculture might be the key to securing a safe and healthy future.
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Some experts claim regenerative agriculture can reverse climate change by sequestering atmospheric CO2 in soil.
Regenerative organic farming emphasizes the importance of soil health and includes practices like cover cropping, crop rotation, holistic animal grazing, and the use of compost.
Proponents suggest it could increase biodiversity, make farms more resilient to floods, produce healthier food, and improve farm animal welfare.
'Healthy soil equals healthy food equals healthy people,' says Jeff Moyer, the CEO of the Rodale Institute, which has studied regenerative and organic farming methods for 70 years. 'The age of chemical food production is gone. Regenerative organic agriculture is really the future.'
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[@abipacific]

I have been switching our estate in Fiji from monocropping to a regenerative system. Over 10 years I have seen a massive difference in soil and biodiversity. Never going back. We have wildlife returning and now breeding on our property.

[@lukelints9776]

You should look into utilizing the power of woodchips, James prigioni with his back to Eden garden is awesome.

[@wendyscott8425]

How wonderful! From what I know about this, I've never heard of anyone going back to monoculture once they discover how this all works to make better food and make a better living for the farmer, too! We need farmers to be successful. They grow our food after all! :)

[@wendyscott8425]

@Grishnakh boogboi No.

[@kicknadeadcat]

This is the first year I have been using free wood chips in my 20x20 ft garden. Mycelium growth is everywhere. And instead of throwing away a ton of leaves, I bought a leaf mulcher, now I have mounds of organic material for next season. Filled with all kinds of microbes ready to feed my vegetable plants and fruits. Can’t wait for next season......

[@boyofGod81]

@@kicknadeadcat You don’t even have to mulch the leaves, the larger the pieces, the longer they will last in your soil. I will be for nothing now if countries like China continue contaminating the whole planet with their greed for power.

[@trentedan]

Don’t forget that you can grow your own food and help build your own soil at home. This does scale down. You can do something today to help heal the planet! 💙

[@SirPraiseSun]

cows are the best food and restore land growing plants without animals still destroys the land no 2 ways about it

[@mceliniak]

@@SirPraiseSun That's the overstatment so huge that it's a lie. Millions of people are growing vegetables and fruits in backyards gardens organic way without animal impact, which would be helpful obviously.

[@jms9057]

@@mceliniak a very large portion of us doing that use compost that contains animal manure. It's one of the best sources of soil nutrients. Where people go wrong is in thinking that you can separate the various systems and life on this planet and not suffer for it in the long run. People forget that humans are part of the system of life on Earth; they like to think humans are superior and therefore, outside the system. We all suffer for that arrogance.

[@Gronkiy]

​@@jms9057I know it's late but other methods of fertilizer for example mulch are also viable too

[@fonddulaclandwater6058]

Key word is transition. You don't snap your fingers and this stuff just happens. A lot of work is to help eliminate the barriers for farmers who want to transition. As one farmer said to me recently, "we want to change, but we have to learn, too. This stuff is new to us."

[@jonpatterson7211]

I hope to God you're in charge. You just made more sense than anything I've seen today.

I think part of the power in this is that it’s really easy for small farmers to implement too, my mom have used to know dig method for years in her own garden. I can really see this as the real new grassroots movement. 😄 the big farms will adjust in their time, but we can do a lot meanwhile.

[@franciscocontemacdonell6712]

When you understand that CARBON IS LIFE, regenerative agriculture makes totally sense

[@lucylyonsbiggers]

yes! that was the biggest light bulb moment for me!

[@franciscocontemacdonell6712]

​@@walkernicholasbarr8703 well, i think you are mixing things. CO2 are the gases that are releasse to the atmosphere and thay are part of the so called Greenhouse Gases but when the plants absorb it, through the photosintensis, they transform it in carbon, and it is part of the sap (sugar) transporting it to the root system and the plant feed the microorganisms with it, so if we have more plant as cover crops or vegetable / fruit production, you are regenerating the soil life (always under the regenerative agriculture principles)

[@MrBlazinman]

Walker Nicholas Barr what Francisco said, plus that’s not what’s causing climate change per-say it’s really humans doing it.

[@Mattstafford2009]

@@lucylyonsbiggers whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? You have another totally hip KZbin channel?!? I love the planet and one small step but YOUR FAMILY IS SO COOL!!!!! I'm watching the starships video and you're the one with the white dress? Haven't aged a day!!

[@jove6407]

@@franciscocontemacdonell6712 CO2 is made of carbon and oxygen. Plants don't transform carbon.

[@thechaosgardener]

I’ve been teaching these ideas to my students for years. It makes me so happy to see them becoming mainstream. I talk about regenerating Arizona desert I backyard gardens on my channel. Thanks for posting!

[@mauricebrown9094]

When i was growing up in New Zealand all my families neighbors had gardens. They were not all the same size but every one had one. Today it is not like that, people just don't make the time, I don't think they realize that it does not take that much time but the benefits are great. I have always had a small garden my whole life and no matter where i resided at the time.. I have never used chemicals. I have had so much goodness from my garden over the years and have loved every moment in it ..

[@sayakas_journey]

I grew up in NZ too

[@ecnopeponce2780]

You forgot to mention another benefit. With water retention the water table in the region is "filled sooner," then later and there is more fresh water and less wasteful irrigation. Also, in turn has a positive effect on local weather, with a stable balance, weather is not so extreme and could become temperate.

[@MrMawnster]

Yes and it filters it better as it goes down from the "table" to aquifers.....which actually takes a super long time

[@marlan5470]

When the soil is covered, it lowers the temperature.

[@richardlinares6314]

Much of the water plants use is to keep themselves from getting scorched by the sun. Grow things under solar panels and they consume less water. Of course you can't use some giant combine to harvest though.

[@fluffybunny644]

I was wondering this exact thing because I heard, maybe falsely, that some organic farming methods use more water than non

[@mceliniak]

@@richardlinares6314 Plants also lose less water when there's morę CO2 on the air, so... :-)

[@jamesickes9744]

Farmers must be paid to sequester carbon in the soil and not to grow corn that rots in the silos.

[@farmermatt629]

I’ve never had corn rot in a bin... I also notill farm and strip till corn... I plant a cover where erosion is probable... farms will never be paid to sequester carbon... the people that are writing the rules will collect the money as a tax and take individual land rights away...

[@boosted211]

that sounds nice and thats part of the green new deal. bUt We CaNt Do ThAt CuZ tHeY wAnT tO TaKe YoUr IcE cReAm!!!!

[@boyofGod81]

Stop with the world powers being our savior. The green new deal it’s just another power grab by the authoritarians. All we have to do is look at communist countries or other authoritarian dictator ships to see the results. How was the earth doing under the Chinese authoritarian government. Stop listening to the propaganda. It’s only when common people unite and reject the overseers. Don’t be sucked in the living 1984

[@boosted211]

@@boyofGod81 ice cream!!!

[@wendyscott8425]

farmermatt629 yes, Regenerative Agriculture is where it’s at and it makes more money for the farmers while producing tastier and more nutritious food. Yes, it would be nice to have government incentives to get farmers started, but it’s really not necessary.

[@jorgepratts8825]

Yea, Cuba does that nationwide. Took them a while to work it out but it now shows. In Australia it's helped, too.

[@Christoff070]

Nice to hear. We still have some work to be done in Australia here but awesome farming change is coming.

[@seandepagnier]

they claim they can capture everything what people are emitting and cuba isn't doing that

[@lordmike9384]

since embargoes have been lifted on cuba they have switched back to conventional fertilizer.

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

"Organoponicos" They had to do it, since the fall of the Soviet Union, they had no way to get pesticiedes.

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

@@lordmike9384 They have not.

[@priscillajimenez27]

Since there is so much food waste anyways, might as well cut down on the high, fast right of low quality foods and have high quality food in smaller portions. Might help with obesity as well

[@labbraworld]

@@jakubskop73 AND as above mentioned, it might HELP, not SOLVE. People don’t pay attention anymore...

[@Baard2000]

@@walkernicholasbarr8703 Nutrient dense foods give better and longer a feeling of being fed enough. For example soda's sweetened with aspartaam.....the body makes insuline as the taste is sweet..... but there is no sugar/ calorie so the insuline is turned into a kind of cholesterol and then .......

[@DaveE99]

The study that led to the averse childhood experiences study was a study on obese individuals, looking at people who would loose weight and then gain it back. They all had trauma histories. I’ve learned to look at obesity very differently, Unseen is also untouched and protected. It also functions as a grounding sense where if they loose the weight they actually go into fear responses. Not what you would expect. But makes you look at people differently for sure.

[@gibranmalik]

Also better for farmers income

[@priscillajimenez27]

@@DaveE99 trauma is one factor that can play into it

[@lyndaschroeder8117]

Yes. Lucy! We were organic farmers for 30 years. The results were amazing!!!! The university was not willing to help us. We got great help from Rodale and organic rice growers lundbergs. Your videos are wonderful Lucy. Keep at it. Cant thank you enough!! Greta, the spark, you, the ACTION!!!

[@robertlee8805]

Hope you're spreading this ideas/methods in this video to others around you and further out. Thanks for SAVING OUR WORLD.

[@stevenmayhew3944]

I saw other KZbin videos on regenerative agriculture. Have you interviewed Gabe Brown, Geoff Lawton, and/or Allan Savory? Each of their ideas are different, but the results are incredible! Gabe Brown even shows a huge difference between conventional, organic, non-tillage, and regenerative farming where the first three involve monocropping, which is detrimental to the soil in the long run, and regenerative agriculture involves making your farm into an entire domestic ecosystem containing at least sixteen species of cover crops and sixteen species of cash crops which greatly and quickly builds healthy topsoil on a once degraded farm like his.

[@don.timeless4993]

Remember, regenerative agriculture is a No-Till & No-Chemicals agriculture

[@lachronic7821]

I would pay this man and every farmer the military budget to get this done.

[@prophecyrat2965]

Dude this is literally all it takes, make a very soldier a farmer.

[@wandaacat]

As she said, You can help by tracking down food that is regen and supporting the farmers... organisations including governments only change if we the people tell them we want change with our dollar and voice.

[@kirknay]

@@prophecyrat2965 swords to plowshares!

[@SirPraiseSun]

cows are the best food and restore land growing plants without animals still destroys the land no 2 ways about it

[@wendyscott8425]

Excellent! I'm too old to start farming, but I do support regenerative agriculture by telling others about it and buying their products. I've found these products taste fabulous! I've even started drinking raw milk from a regenerative dairy nearby and it tastes terrific. It seems to be settling some digestive upsets I had, too. I've even started using raw cream in my coffee. Unbelievably good. And pasture-raised bacon is heavenly! I get chicken and eggs from regenerative farms, as well as olive oil. It's all just delicious. Who knew?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I'm glad youtube suggested your channel to me! This stuff is my jam - I am building a food forest on my property. It's 4 years old now, and I'm adding to it every year, expanding it. I have tours and more and try to show others how amazing this life can be! I am passionate about ecosystem design, permaculture, and teaching and inspiring people to make small changes in their lives that improves their life but also helps the planet. How to plant trees, what to plant, what guilds are, how soils work, how to build soil, etc. Love the video, really well produced also. Totally instantly subbed. We're both on the same team, fighting the same fight, trying to inspire others to follow us and regenerate our planet. Love it! Keep going!

[@nainaverma7822]

"Soil is the source of life. Your connectedness with it is a vital for a strong life. " ~ Sadhguru

[@prophecyrat2965]

Sad guru :(

[@nainaverma7822]

His name is "sadhguru". You can buzz off 😁

[@prophecyrat2965]

@@nainaverma7822 s Sad h Gurur :(

[@nainaverma7822]

@World's First Terrorist is Pedophile Mohammad our culture have tought this naturally to us because these were always a part of life. Other cultures may have forgotten this and now realising it again through science.

[@GreenDolphinProject]

Been hearing so much about this and hope it really starts taking off.

[@pigstain7531]

we could help by choosing carbon friendly produce .. and ofcourse doing composting of our own food waste

[@exidor-1685]

If it works it will

[@tomypreach]

It won't.. sadly

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

There seems to be a lack of scientific acceptance of this. Though it does kind of make sense with my limited knowledge. It's something I should look more into sometime. I don't really like all this talk of "chemical free" though as even water and carbon are chemicals, so that doesn't really make much sense.

[@Christoff070]

@@Competitive_Antagonist chemical free means free of toxic chemicals. Everything is of course made of chemicals. Almost everything nowadays is NOT chemical free. We are literally the guinea pigs for the effects of chemical saturation in so many products such as foods, perfumes, cleaners, even clothing. Nine in every ten people in Australia will not die of old age now but a disease. It is no coincidence that the huge rise in chemical use is related to this. Really, what else is it? Diet and smoking habits in Australia are relatively unchanged. It is beyond a joke. Imo chemical-free is the only way forwards for our health and future generations (low sperm count and increased birth defects/autism rates are also on a drastic rise globally)

[@richards5110]

Good news is this is something that is relatively easy to implement on almost any scale. You can do this in your home garden, and you can do it in your farm field. Makes a nice impact both ways (and we do need both!). Regenerate our back yards! Regenerate our pastures and fields!

[@veseyexclusive]

Regenerative farming is the future for health on the planet 🌿💚Thanks for sharing this research and showing how we can support these regenerative farmers.

[@jaykobe8086]

I'm a uni student majoring enviornmental technology, last semester, I took the subject and did learn about the composting. This was the time I felt the soil is where I want to study. Now I have been learning about the soil, agriculture, ecosystem, etc on my own aside from my study at uni. Soil is simply beautiful and the origin of many things on this planet, but it's hard for us to see the importance of it if you don't study it. So glad to have these kind of videos about soil, I also could learn new things from video. Hope I can see more contents about the soil & agriculture !

[@winstv2713]

Its been a year that i switch from monocropping(conventional) to regenerative farming. Its a long journey but I'm sure it will be sustainable and eco friendly way of farming. Greetings from Philippines. Farmer here.😊

[@kylapatriciac.salvador6532]

Where's ur farm? Filipino farmers need to be educated bout that.

[@NeetchianQueen]

I see the plains are using buffalo instead of cattle, less cost restorative, many places are on this, Africa, Malaysia, China, Arabia too. But It has always made sense to me as I never had large cash to output. It is so cool to see soooo many restoring our planet. Thank you sooo much.

[@monsitime9370]

Monsanto and oil companies have to go. Also people have to eat less meat and junk food. Less product and less emissions will it create in all. Hopefully this method will bring back all the minerals that soils loss, from over planting.

[@priscillajimenez27]

@One it's unfortunate when people are stubborn for the wrong reasons and give up when it comes to good stuff 😒 people need to change their mindset already. Not you but the people you're referring to

[@eatislovetv2857]

I'm becoming convinced that regenerative food production is the best hope we have for our future. We make the food and then the food makes us.

[@vivalaleta]

We feel the same way. It's the first real change that's given us some hope.

[@demonsforge1391]

This was awesome! We're on the right track for our own small garden and compost! 😁

[@show._bug]

i’m gonna be honest... as a teen, climate change has been extremely disheartening for my entire generation. It’s such a giant looming threat, our futures are hanging in the balance of choices we cannot make, and it really just really tears you down so much. Thank you for this.

[@Thesupermachine2000]

And republicans keep saying that this is some kind of indoctrination by “the left”. It’s really sad actually. How can we haver tought all that artificial economic growth was necissairy...

[@gnarmarmilla]

“The greater the threat, the greater the response.”

[@gnarmarmilla]

@@Thesupermachine2000 I would urge you to forgive those people and maybe write them thoughtful letters or emails, cordially explaining to them that they are wrong and that you would appreciate if they helped us save the planet from utter destruction.

[@Alex-fu3mi]

Young millennial here (25 y/o). I went through middle and high school assuming sooner or later politicians in the US would understand the threat of climate change and take appropriate action. Obviously, that hasn't happened. The one thing you can do to help tackle the climate crisis in our generation is to join up with an environmental activist group. Then try getting as many friends and family members involved too. Powerful people won't tackle this problem on their own, they need to be pushed, and it's up to us to do it! Climate change can be depressing, but taking action into your own hands feels incredibly empowering.

[@Thesupermachine2000]

@@Alex-fu3mi also, it gives me some comfort that most millenials seem to have a similar way of thinking about the environment. We are the ones that will be in charge in 20 years. I just hope it will be in time.

[@bobyoung1698]

Soil science made up a significant part of the class I taught to middle school students a few years back. I'd long been interested in it; I bought a couple of university textbooks and started boiling it down for students in grades 6-8. I had a blast and continue to use what I learned in my own yard and garden.

[@bentcn8511]

this needs to be world wide

[@LimitedWard]

This was actually one of the key strategies considered and signed on by 30 members of the paris climate agreement. So it is catching on, but its happening slowly in the areas that matter (US, India, and China).

[@TheMikeBase]

The fact that we only have 60 harvests left should be global news and much bigger than corona.

[@elenachristian9860]

Agreed! It should be front and center on the agenda of every government on the planet.

[@jimmydykes7961]

I have started no till with cover crops for 2 yrs now and love it.I love my land.with that being said...60 harvests?.I have relatives in Germany who live in a very old part of a farming area.they have been farming this land for a thousand years or longer... So 60 harvests is pushing it a bit.take care of the land and leave the politics out and let common sense rule the day

[@TheMikeBase]

@@jimmydykes7961 Mate i don't argue with their math but they are right on it, with current development rate of soil quality. We have not been farming the land for thousands of years the same way and you should realize that. The methods we use today, are way differrent than what was done 100 years ago. At this rate, the future is going to starve, that ain't no joke. Don't be ignorant about it. Read up on it yourself if you doubt. Kinda shocked me when i realized.

[@landtiller9881]

This is why we need hemp farms allowing our textile companies to produce materials so we can stop cutting down trees

[@shamicentertainment1262]

I thought most deforestation was for farmland. Cutting down trees probably isn't as bad if it's from a tree plantation, as they constantly have new trees growing

[@landtiller9881]

@@shamicentertainment1262 by using regenerated hemp farming technology,you create a CO2 vacuum. If you took ten acres of trees cut them down and produce materials,it would take a life time for new trees to grow. One acre of hemp plants can produce the same materials and more. It only takes a few months to grow a plant. Fossil fuels need to end. We need new resources for a greener healthier and more prosperous tomorrow.

[@waddeym]

Trees and lumber are one of the most efficient resources we have. A stump of a tree harvested for lumber, still sequestures almost 2/3 of the carbon that the tree took in over its lifetime. Hemp will help but it comes nowhere close to the efficiency of trees. also the lumber companies usually replant from 3 to 5 seedlings for each tree they harvest.

[@landtiller9881]

@@waddeym 1 tree provides enough oxygen and removes an average of 26,000 driving carbon dioxide for 1 person from the time they are born till the day they die. The Earth gets a population growth every year the size of Mexico's population. Take 10 acre of trees,cut them down,and make materials. Now 1 acre of hemp can make those same materials and much more. It takes a life time to grow a tree and only a few months to grow a plant. But you and Dictator Don the Con have a good life gasping for air. F@#*k the youth of the nation. Why should the next generation have anything? What did they ever do for you? Our house is on fire! Make Global Greta Again!

[@wobblybobengland]

@Ancient Miracle Source?

[@jayannakelley9051]

My family did this during my growing up years. We grew & raised about everything we ate. 👌🌱

[@meanderingmyrrkat8798]

We lived in the country with farmers as neighbors...no one used chems then, it was always cow or chicken manure based fertilizers...same thing in home gardens too. Great food naturally😎

[@jayannakelley9051]

@@meanderingmyrrkat8798 - Yes.. I grew up hearing ‘take this to compost pile’. lol! After all the canning & freezing it sure tasted good through the winter months 👌

[@Brandtphenom]

Worms! Worms and more worms. With some dung beetles! Soil aeration is extremely important and instead of a person bringing a tool to your house/yard and aerate..leaving all the dirt plugs..so many people donot know that when earthworms come up after a rain, it is bc they are drowning and need O2. Soil structures are impacted and when the rain comes, the roots disable proper percolation. Also! Dirt is deadened soil; Soil is alive and i want people to mind every step.

[@wendyscott8425]

I don't have a farm, just front and backyards, but I've recently had a gardener do some work in the yards, and he commented on how good and soft my soil is. I never fertilize (other than coffee grounds sprinkled over the surface), don't use pesticides, and I rarely see an earthworm unless I dig in the soil, not even after it rains, which means it's aerated enough that the worms don't drown. I was pretty proud of that. Oh, and I rarely dig in the soil unless I'm looking to put in a new plant, a perennial, of course, but I've seen plenty of earthworms over the years.

[@a-aron2276]

So much damage is being done by famers who've been lied to for generations by the likes of Monsanto. Hopefully the new administration will address these issues and support the farmers financially till their land recovers.

[@YEUNGMANCOOKING]

Super cool episode Lucy as always ☺️

[@SnakePliskenDK]

All that science talk, speed talk, super energy. All documentation with reports... Just to conclude the basic understanding of nature - I cry seeing especially these modern women who themselves has become all head and very little stomach over the years... Hope evolution will turn us and nature back in balance over time 🤞

[@gdfkpmw1803]

@@SnakePliskenDK Did the woman even write the script?

[@johnwilson1815]

I think most sane people have always thought this. I can remember 40 years ago when farmers wanted to produce organic products but were bullied by fertilizer companies into buying their products, threatening to ruin their business otherwise. The report went on to show healthy fields using organic manure and the degradation of fields using chemicals; it was a real eye opener! There are now many people using holistic farming and cultivation removing the threat of desertification in many countries from desert like environments to lush green areas full of wildlife. Keep up the good work!

[@johnjude2685]

I'm going towards the no tilt system to help feed me, improved veggies and help my world. Seems anyone who owns a piece of land any size are helping or damaging our world, also their own veggies and land

[@Thedeans716]

Kiss the Ground is a great documentary that explains this really well.

[@karenowens8287]

Agree

[@SirPraiseSun]

cows are the best food and restore land growing plants without animals still destroys the land no 2 ways about it

[@phillywister9957]

the whole thing is about improving the soil structure and soil microbial life to produce humus which would otherwise be lost by tilling the soil deeply or not covering the soil during winter. this helps the plants you wanna be growing to gain access to the nutrients that are already in the soil. the funghi that build up in the soil take nitrogen directly out of the atmosphere and feed it to the plants which makes the plants grow stronger and become much greener. also the soil can absorb and hold water much better and is less susceptible to erosion.

[@svetlanikolova7673]

Ever since I dont dig and disturb the soil, 7 different species of mushrooms are present including edible sorts. Birds love to come and eat here and I even leave them some of my organic grapes to munch on as well as worms . Squires come and take walnuts and hazlenuts from my trees and my soil is teaming with life. This year I am planting chestnuts and bamboo as well as starting an apple seedlings for my orchard. The grape vine is super healthy and holding on as november 1st. Green leaves are still present giving a green snack for my goats. We have to switch. Abundance is around the corner. The less we help nature the better. No till , no dig , no chemicals permaculture farming leads to abundance in crops and profits for the farmers increasing their yeids each year.

[@wonderfultinyfarm5731]

Came across your site in my regenerative agriculture searches and what an impressive young lady! I bought 10 acres in 2020 to start a farm and scaling my gardening skills. Wish me luck! I LOVE what you're doing! Keep doing that :)

[@THEASSOFJBM]

How's it going? Did you manage to accomplish your goals?

[@philippanicker5618]

Joel Salatin has been pioneering this for decades successfully. The chicken tractor is his idea too. More power to regen farming.

[@SeeNickView]

Yeah, not entirely sure why neither he nor Darren Doherty were interviewed for this episode. Those guys are the literal pioneers of regenAG. They were probably too busy or too far away, logistically, for show production.

[@ArmoniaDentalBogota]

Cultivate earth with love and earth will give back to us amazing fruits and vegetables. It s all about respect.

[@wendyscott8425]

Right, which means not tilling the soil so you protect the life in it.

[@45coopaloop]

This is great that they have made a certification for this, it's a good step to help farmers restore there soil quality

[@bazoo513]

A very good video, overall. Just to emphasize this: "regenerative agriculture" is _not_ identical to "organic farming". The former emphasizes the health of the soil and carbon sequestration, the latter avoidance (or hiding) the use of synthetic fertilizers, insecticides and pesticide. The former is sustainable agricultural practice, the latter mostly marketing. (They sometimes _do_ overlap, though.) Also, it would help if you didn't repeat myths like "conventional agriculture produces less nutritional crops" than "organic farming". There is _no_ evidence for that. The main downside (and a sufficient one) to the conventional farming is soil degradation. Also, use of genetically modified organism is on a "separate axis" from "conventional vs. regenerative farming" one. You can use GMOs in regenerative farming, too.

[@rubensalais1502]

I need to start doing something on my land

[@Aclifty]

I am a farmer, cover crops seriously reduce the amount of water in the soul and tillage reduces the soils water holding capacity. The microbes in the soil break down the straw and chaff from the old crop into carbon. This carbon is taken up by the new plant and makes it stronger. The untilled residue acts as a mulch to keep water in over summer. Fertiliser in urea form is just pure nitrogen, this adds biomass which increases carbon intake and leads to more carbon in the soil. Chemicals work in tandem with crop competition, fungi out break and result in huge areas of crop loss of up to 90%. Glyphosate is not applied to crops, it is a weed controller and would kill the crop. It is used pre planting

[@Ron.Murray]

Tilling the soil undoes what Regenerative Agriculture does. But you're going in the right direction Rodale as you always have, Just need to break that old habit.

[@javiercarrera6092]

Some very wrong things here. Rodale didn’t coin the term “organic”. And more important, there is no way changing agricultural practices will by itself stop climate change. I have worked on Permacultores / regenerative for 22 years and can tell you that without social justice, real democracy, fair trade and a major switch to local economies and appropriate technologies we are doomed.

[@phoenixrisen6935]

There are some very serious miss information going on here and I am a regen farmer.. I use permaculture principles with Capalist intent.. a nice balance. Spray free but not 'Organic'

[@javiercarrera6092]

@@phoenixrisen6935 the first and most important Permaculture principle is: take care of the land, take care of the people and set limits to population and consumption. If you don't understand this, then you are not really practicing permaculture. Bill Mollison also wrote "To accumulate wealth, power, or land beyond one's needs in a limited world is to be truly inmoral, be it as an individual, an institution or a nation-state". What you are proposing, a permaculture with capitalist intent, is a contradition in the terms, a watered-down version that will never serve the purpose of regenerating the Earth.

[@farmermatt629]

So your real goal is wealth distribution... there is a reason some people farm more land than others ... 1. Money 2. Work ethic 3. Most people don’t want to work that hard 4. It’s a free country 5. People buy land to secure it for future generations... rented land is easily lost... ( I know I’m a tenant farmer) 6. Btw there are countless “organic” substances in nature that will kill you...

[@davefroman4700]

The minute you add the profit motive? You negate sustainable practices. You are automatically incentivizing shoddy production, cyclical consumption, and over production for sales that do not occur. And while your first response to this statement is probably the likes of "We can legislate for that"? I'd like to remind you that laws do not solve problems. There is not a single law in history that has not been broken out of necessity, jealousy, or greed. There are no solutions to our problems within a profit driven society.

[@wendyscott8425]

@@davefroman4700 If a farmer cannot make a living off the land, he'll be out of business. It's happening all the time when conventional farming practices are used. Regenerative agriculture works because people are working with nature instead of against it. In the process, they make good money because they don't have to spend so much on chemicals. Many of them don't spend anything on chemicals. If you take the ability to sustain the farmer, you take away the ability to sustain the land.

[@notapplicable-zn9us]

The real concern of GMO’s is not if it is beneficial for food production; but how Corporate seed hustlers are intent on making Farmers chemically dependent on their patented GMO seeds and pesticides to create a market for their product.. Most GMO’s are targeted for commodity crops which have the biggest return for corporate investments. “The consolidation of seed suppliers and restrictive intellectual property rules are destroying small and independent breeders and growers.” A handful of oligopoly seed suppliers (Dow-DuPont, ChemChina, Syngenta, Limagrain & Cortera) control 66% of global seed distribution.” GMO’s are a reaction to the crop devastation caused by diseases or harmful insects which can be attributable to chemical & monoculture farming.

[@seandepagnier]

There are people in this world who use no machines, never plant two of the same plant next to each other, and the garden is in a forest under trees not an open field. They grow vegetables that weigh more than 200lbs growing next to trees thousands of years old. I don't think these guys are halfway there but at least they are trying something.

[@AlannaKingrose]

So thankful for the work your channel is doing to spread awareness. How can I help get this channel to 1 million subscriber or more?!

[@stevenstart8728]

I am a sheep and grain farmer from Australia and I’m always disgusted at how much of our produce is wasted. If you want to make a big change on your small patch in the city then don’t buy so much trash, don’t waste your food, grow some vegetables and have a couple of chooks. It’s not all the fault of the farmers.

[@waddeym]

I fully support regenerative farming. There is no question that it works. I do question whether it can be used on the hundreds of thousands of acres that grow cereal grains. It requires more labor in the production of compost. seeding, harvesting, and cover cropping. Most large scale farms already turn the waste products back into the soil. What materials will they be able to use for compost and can they produce enough for 10k to 20k acres? I'm not saying it can't be done, I just have doubts that it can be scaled up to work for the grain farmers and these guys are the backbone of food system in the U.S. Joel Salatin has proven that it works on a few hundred acres but even he admits it is more labor intensive than traditional ag.

[@allysandrailagan327]

Hi guys! i know many people will ignore this comment, but for those who didn't, hear me out :) if u love the environment, please use Ecosia as your search engine. For every 45 searches u make, a tree will be planted somewhere. if you think this is fake, u can always look at their channel in youtube. Also stay safe guys :)

[@davparksoh]

Wow - Lucy - your video did an excellent job of efficiently conveying scientific information into an entertaining platform that will do wonders for progress in environmental mindfulness & enlightenment. Your approach is way better than boring science lessons that leaves the general public disconnected because they get lost in esoteric scientific terminology. Keep up your important work - the more people understand, the more they can make positive change.

[@onalennasehume4586]

I agree with this of way agriculture. I also agree with pressuring government and corporate to reduce their emissions. We can't just find new ways of sequestering carbon whilst big companies continue to pollute without consequences

[@nikoshark4491]

Imagine what they could do if they stopped tilling on top of these regenerative practices.

[@wendyscott8425]

Not tilling the soil is an important part of regenerative agriculture.

[@Na7lasterone]

Amazing job. Very informative thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@chetnash5991]

As I recall, plants take in oxygen for 12 hrs then take in CO2 for 12 hrs. They are their own cycle. The Biodome project showed that we can’t rely on plants to produce to take in extra

[@lastharvest4044]

Yep, the magic happens in the ocean. Plants just recycle.

[@darongardner4294]

Very good information, I wish more world government s would take notice of such project's. I can not understand why they do not adopt these farming methods.

[@jolenedouglas3207]

This short video has so much for others to learn from.. thank you for sharing

[@angelocapozzi6978]

Well done report on this important shift for agriculture!

[@johnnydez4392]

Love you Lucy appreciate you going through your own personal process of understanding on full display. It makes climate science seem accessible and solutions attainable. Peace ☮️

[@martywilsonlife]

Watch 'kiss the ground' on Netflix for more information on this vitally important topic.

[@Octoberfurst]

Just found your channel and I love it! You got a new subscriber! Keep up the good work!

[@amandawells7945]

This is really clear! Thanks for the work you've put in to making this potentially complicated issue very easy to understand.

[@josdesouza]

Awesome video! Congrats, Lucy!

[@mickdodge9778]

Out Standing Video! Thank you.

[@melanieyu894]

Wow I learned so much just now. Gotta use some of these ideas for my backyard garden. Wish there was more info about what to use as crop cover because here in Canada, everything is going to be covered in snow real soon

[@robertlee8805]

Reach out to Rodale Institute or Lucy (the reporter in this NOW THIS video.)

[@melanieyu894]

@@HawkJammin yeah, I've heard of using woodchips, but I'm just not sure the whole process and I do enjoy the way Lucy explains things so would've been great to see

[@marcushavland9316]

Too late for a cover crop, but you might be able to get mulch down. Your neighbours might have bagged leaves, which are an excellent over winter mulch.

[@melanieyu894]

@@marcushavland9316 oh, interesting. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!

[@MrFurriephillips]

Hey, if you can’t find them in your local store, as a first step, ask your store if they’ll stock more stuff that bears that new mark, as that’ll have a greater effect than just on you.

[@mcortes2733]

Industrial farmer: We can capture carbon through plants? Subsistence farmer: You guys are barely finding this out?! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@aw5832]

Industrial farmer: who.needs customers when the government cuts us subsidy checks to grow commodities that are in such abundance we turn them into ethenol and put them in our gas tank, because hey we gotta do something with all this corn? Who cares if it releases carbon and degrades soil when we till or spray pesticides, herbicide, fungicides and fertilizer?...send me my check please

[@newbr182]

You guys speak like industrial farmers are idiots. They are not. The amount of knowledge and skills needed to run a farm is overwhelming. Believe me I grew up on a farm and come from a farming community. Farms will start to change to the new practices in the growing concern about climate change. But it takes time and there is very high demand for food. We can just switch farming practices that easily unless your willing to grow your own food for a while till we can see organic farms meeting the demands. Which in our area (northern Canada) would be impossible in our growing season which needs to be considered aswell

[@aw5832]

@@newbr182 Gabe Brown out produces the county average in north dakota on his no till regenerative farm. He's probably the most profitable without all the inputs.

[@newbr182]

@@aw5832 yes. Thats why I'm actually hoping to seeing in practices make it here too and on our farm. Our input costs are far to high. Makes it very difficult to be profitable. We have been zero till for years but would take time for the farms around here to make the change. The narrow growing season being the biggest obstacle. We can grow corn here because of the short season which means less options for crop rotations as well.

[@newbr182]

@James Parker farmers already know that. Nitrogen is the highest applied fertilizer in our area by far. Inoculate is becoming more popular here. Its added to our pulses and captures the nitrogen from the air Naturally which makes input costs down, healthy soil for the farmer and a set in the right direction for climate change. A win in all areas. Conventional farmers are being robbed on crop input costs. If we can produce high yielding crops without the high input costs you bet we will but it takes time to adjust

[@giojared]

Great video. Right on point. Another great source on info on this subject is Geoff Lawton.

[@JRR31984]

The specifics in this video killed. Build on!

[@denisesdiscoveries]

Great information! Thank you!

[@marilynm6346]

This was a very informative video. I also truly believe we need to stop being so reliant on these major farms but start growing in cities, neighborhoods, schools, and etc . Americans need to stop wasting so much food and start composting it. Half the items in landfills could be composted .

[@countdebleauchamp]

Props for enthusiasm! Terrific react.

[@natureisnature5985]

Amazing I enjoy to watch videos related to climate change

[@muemamusyoka6970]

Wow lots of goods to apply in our farms. Thank you so much

[@brzeelee36]

Highlighting important topics well done

[@AdamTaubVideo]

Thanks for the video! Everyone get out and vote and bring your friends and family. We need national leadership to counter climate change as well as state, corporate and individual action.

[@solgato5186]

And we'll get that out of this election how?

[@selfreliantliving3449]

True, Trump 2020

[@farmerwright]

Good video. As a farmer in England, i love the idea of regen farming. Many of the large estates and some smaller producers are already doing it successfully. But its important people understand its not simple for everyone. The use of agri-chemicals and tillage is very hard to live without on some soil types and in some climates. We have a min-till system which is helping to regenerate soils, but we still use minimal chemicals at the moment otherwise we simply wouldn't produce food. Also many of the components of regen agriculture are already present in conventional systems. Ie organic matter going back into soils, compost, cover crops, no-till. We can still be regenerative while using minimal chemicals in order to be productive, as long as they are known to be safe. Regenerative agriculture is the future no doubt, and will do far more for the environment than the current consensus of planting trees, which i might add is a monoculture by itself.

[@Justadude1904]

Love this message. It’s so important we all learn & keep spreading the message of how to interact naturally & in harmony with our planet. However, we also all have to wake up to the fact that the UN is not in place to benefit this planet as they claim & are 100% involved with the orchestrated intentional global destruction of agriculture among many other things. We’re on the right path and we can make this a better place for future generations.

[@boodalboushi]

Good video, informative and educative, and great to raise Environmental awareness.. Please Keep your work up

[@oby-1607]

I wish this was at least an hour of information. Not enough of this is portrayed as everyone is after the quick buck or dollar.Thank you so much for this production. Organic is the only way.

[@wendyscott8425]

There are a jillion videos about this on KZbin. I've been watching them for a little over a year now and I still haven't seen them all.

[@Yanshere]

Hi Lucy, Anyone with a garden or pot plants can help with this too, its not just the grand plan and designs, every little helps :) Nice video!!

[@Altafhussain-ns9wp]

Soil,which is the ultimate ingredient of each and every organism must be treated,cared and should be made rich,richer or even richest with every necessary essential elements ,so that healthy biodiversity may be established to make each and every place in this world not less than a heaven,we mostly dream . Always hat off to enthusiasts in the field of research ,and tribute to those who are striving hard to make this planet safer and safer.

[@peterbathum2775]

thank you. found ! subscribed.

[@willgrantresults]

Ahhh I love this video in every way!

[@errickrichardson2520]

This was so awesome. Thank you. Its kinda funny i just planted seeds in my garden and i saw this video

[@concordreprisal1585]

This is why we need counties working with citizens to make the world a better place. But no one is working together it feels like. It's like we all just live in our .5 acre suburban homes with our electricity and our phone/internet.

[@lukelints9776]

He talks about soil health but he went and tilled an entire field? What about all the worms that kills overtime? Billions of worms are killed because of that practice. Giving the ground an organic covering like the Forrest does and not just active plants is how you restore the mycelium structures underneath the ground and keep percolation active, I personally prefer paul's method of wood chips, it smells like the Forrest and on top of that you can put it right overtop of issues like water building up over clay and the chips take care of it! It's just awesome.

[@jamesvandamme7786]

You get a big boost in soil health by using biochar with compost. It sequesters carbon for a thousand years, instead of degrading into CO2 in a few years like plain compost does.

[@eyesonfire4301]

Excellent,thanks for the work and share :) Really great piece!! New Sub :)

[@danno1800]

Great video! Thank you - much appreciated…

[@gatbik2615]

Good thing ecosia is also Supporting this

[@peterbathum2775]

profit motive cant be the decider on how to produce food. we have to keep the planet healthy for our species benefit. not allow it to be destroyed for monetary profit of rich corporate agents

[@wendyscott8425]

And the good thing about regenerative agriculture is you don't need a lot of land to produce good food on it. Livestock doesn't take as much land either because they eat what grows and are moved frequently to get fresh grass, and there's no need to purchase feed. When farmers learn how much more money they can earn by treating the soil properly, they will switch because today's industrial farming methods don't create a good living for the farmer without government subsidies.

[@PeteThecurious100]

At last I get it, thanks to your credible proof. Thank you. A

[@bandhansangha9462]

i am starting organic farming believe me it's way more time consuming and slow if you start in rural area in which no one knows about why our health is bad so it's time consuming but i can't stop and i am from india

[@JA-zj6ft]

Im trying to become a farmer but I because aware of the environmental impact. I've always been one to care about the environment I'm glad I don't need to use the conventional methods.