Farmer takes part in unusual experiment to help farm thrive amid rising temperatures

With planet-warming carbon dioxide levels the highest they've been in millions of years, many farmers say record-breaking high temperatures are affecting their crops. One farmer is taking part in an unusual experiment to try and cut carbon emissions while improving his soil and crops.
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[@Asterisks12]

Wouldn't the C02 just get released again in the winter due to soil respiration?

[@user-zc2hk3cs6v]

Now the farmers can get some silica mesothelioma with their glyphosate lymphoma

[@DagNeb_It]

Always wash your food after you buy it.

[@user-5ee3zk1w]

With water from your lead pipes.

[@turbodog99]

Given that this dust (among others) is a carcinogen, he needs PROPER air filtration for himself during application (stirring it up). I highly doubt this scales across the economy...

[@MissLibertarian]

They are not spraying dust on crops. They are basically adding minerals to the soil.

[@MegaSnail1]

Clearly there are a lot of skeptics. I prefer to let the data speak. This is something I will continue to learn about.

[@cst270]

Someone with CBS should have asked how they get this concrete dust. Explain the process...yeah.

[@Dead.garden]

Can't we use the animal poop to add organic matter back to the soil and help it hold onto more water. And then add wood chips just call the tree trimmers they cut hundreds every day in summer. The wood will hold onto the soil and more water after its broken down it does the same but it adds more structure to the soil after it's no longer wood. Also doing that will add the co2 there concerned about into the soil how well poop and wood is made from co2 and other things so if it becomes the soil it adds co2 to the soil get it 😂.

[@jul.escobar]

yup- this is building the soil back! This is the way

[@lrs7777]

Concrete can have a significant environmental impact due to its large-scale production.

[@f.n.schlub2269]

I just don't know where to start about how stupid mineralization salting of soil actually is. Look at Mesopotamia.

[@42base13]

Illinois has enough natural rainfall to flush excess salts out of the topsoil. Mesopotamia isn't a valid comparison.

[@Mark_Nadams]

It should work well on acid soils. There is a fair amount of alkalinity in the Portland cement. There will be other minerals in the aggregate that is crushed along with everything else. However they will have to keep an eye on the pH of neutral and alkaline soils and add buffers as needed.

[@brianjonker510]

I am dumber for watching this

[@XCX999XCX]

Get r done!

[@sharontabor7718]

Good lord, you people know nothing about farming. The dust goes on the dirt, not the produce. I don't hear any of you complaining about chemical or natural fertilizer on the ground. Let's hope it works..

[@HiThisIsMine]

This may be a little embarrassing, but you don’t seem to know much about farming.. or consumers, either. People have been complaining about pesticides for years. Also, fertilizers and irrigation water have long been the source of E. Coli. contamination in produce and the reason for many food recalls.

[@jul.escobar]

@@HiThisIsMine maybe don't put raw waste water on the food and it wont carry ecoli risk. That's embarrassing. Farmers need to build soil not lay concrete and other chemicals on the earth. Some are killing the land daily.

[@HiThisIsMine]

@@jul.escobar - It’s not “raw wastewater”, it’s contaminated irrigation water. Maybe you have a better idea of how to provide the world’s farms with millions of gallons of clean water every month?

[@brucebosshardt3904]

It still costs more than organic farming and permaculture, AND do you know how much carbon was released when they mined that cement?

[@brucebosshardt3904]

Permaculture is the best way to farm. It forces all rain and snow run off to percolate into the ground and make the soil more fertile. If every landowner used permaculture practices, we wouldnt have a shortage of water, food, or trees/plants to soak up carbon.

[@lulajohns1883]

WTF

[@Levi-tm4gl]

You know what else takes carbon out of the air and puts it in the soil? Plants. Growing a cover crop will probably do a lot more good than this.

[@MissLibertarian]

We inhabit a living process.

[@ogadlogadl490]

Sure that’s gonna be great for the lungs…

[@jul.escobar]

Umm what chemicals are in that concrete? Why no compost or trees or mushrooms. My god hes spreading a host of unknowns over dead dirt where food is supposed to grow. Are you kidding me>?

[@kohno9647]

Why would they put it on crops if they don't know what's in it?

[@devinsullivan7233]

Why concrete? We already know the benefits of rock dust and AZOMITE but this is someone trying to make money off of a waste product.

[@briankenison7995]

To all you naysayers. Even if it doesn't work it's an effort in the right direction.