GFE 2016 - Ray Archuletta "It Starts With the Soil"

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[@C.Hawkshaw]

Everybody on the earth should watch this video! Because if you live on this planet, you are a manager of the earth, like it or not. So why not like it?

[@johnthomas8479]

I started down the road to understanding all of this when I read Joel Salatin's book "Folks this ain't normal". From there I heard Allan Savory and Gabe Brown present and it has completely changed my point of view on food production. Having that recent background, I was still floored by the quality of Ray's presentation. I will be passing this information to everyone who has an ear to listen and it will change both my consuming habits and my efforts to grow our own food. We look at this massively complex and beautifully symbiotic creation, and instead of humbly observing we design processes to attempt the subjugation of what we do not comprehend. One can only surmise that technology has advanced but we are less wise.

[@thechaosgardener]

Brilliant, I use these strategies to terraform my desert backyard in Arizona. My wife didnt believe me that I could make a sand clay compact backyard in arizona when a month out of the year the temperature is 120 degrees, into a green oasis garden. I agree it all starts with the soil, diversity, and keeping roots in the soil. Thanks for sharing.

[@franciscocampana7187]

hello, im really interested in the same because in Mexico we have the most sandy compact soil like a desert, how were you able to do it?

[@leelindsay5618]

@@franciscocampana7187 soil health principles.

[@tallcedars2310]

I'm old enough to remember agribusiness coming in and the loss of the more natural way of farm methods, small farms, happier animals, happier farmers who provided nutritious food and could make a meager living from it. Farmers tried to take a stand and we did nothing so we are at fault for where we are today. But even back then, and I bet I am not alone in this, I knew something was wrong, it just didn't seem right going to large scale farming/ranching. Chemicals were poured over the land, animals were confined from nature. Food tasted better, vegetables and meats, that all changed with agribusiness "etc." This video was awesome and made me cry for the farmers/ranchers who were forced to change, forced by regulations from our very own governments who ignored natures natural cycle for money "etc" and has caused immeasurable suffering globally. No till and paying attention to nature is the way to farm/ranch, lets hope more people can buy farm land to be self sufficient and provide for the community as well.

[@squiredc3277]

Tall Cedars i absolutely agree with you . Remember when a very large % of our country and the smaller towns had gardens in most houses. Thank you for sharing.

[@homeistheearth]

I also agree!!

[@NS-pf2zc]

One day, I hope to shake his hand. What a brilliant presentation.

[@StayPrimal]

Legendary presentation

[@rmray1183]

Outstanding existential talk

[@healthyfitmom]

Love this!! 👋❤️🙌

[@dilpreetsingh737]

Excellent information. Can’t thank you enough also l thank you for highlighting social pressure. I am going through the same but I am firm on no till and to protect soil and biology. Every Agro expert in india 🇮🇳 says to plough 2-3 times before any crop. Thank you so much from Punjab India.

[@sarbsukhsingh8347]

How is the progress going on brother.

[@frankihauser4126]

FINALLY!!! SOMEBODY GETS IT!

[@gizliliman1]

im watching this video 2. time,its amazing,tthank you very much sir.

[@ExploreSoilLife]

Thank you for sharing this video Grassfed Exchange!

[@juliamarple3058]

👍 Hear, hear ! ✊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️. I have seen a few videos on this subject,and this one is awe inspiring. Ray has a genuine feel and passion for this subject.. Please, share to spread the word.

[@Miss_Judy]

Peoria Dude sent me over - subbed - great video!

[@matthewrosso8569]

@30:50 first time I've heard atmospheric CO2 tied to agricultural activity, specifically tilling.

[@jimbledsoe9083]

HUge right, even greater is the water that can be stored living soil. diverse planting in your home garden will allow first hand experience, witness

[@simonmasters3295]

You been missing out!

[@putiwang7679]

Until we change the human mind we are not changing anything.

[@jonathanrayfencing1824]

Awesome thanks

[@jamestoday2239]

I've gone undercover, my allotment is fully covered with a multi-species covercrop and it looks the biz!

[@khushroodubash1669]

James Today As one who has been brought up with tilling, I am having a problem understanding how to proceed in farming with no tilling. I mean how do I grow rice, followed up with wheat or whatever as the next crop, when there is ground cover. Is there something I could read or a video I could watch to understand this.

[@jamestoday2239]

Hello Khushroo, i think that the biggest hurdle with this is the ingrained thinking that most of us involved with the soil in some way have inherited from our culture. And whilst i wouldn't know where to start with rice as i'm from England, the film that really flushed the blocked pore spaces out in my mind was 'Under cover farmers' by Buz Kloot. Because the farmers on his film were about as far from hippy as you could get, and yet here they were, embracing and adopting these holistic ideals on there huge farms. That's what really washed away the doubt in my mind that i had good intentions but they could never work in the real world. Also, look at Gabe Brown and his story and then use it to create your own, and i wish you every success! P.S Lots of people talk about Dr fukashima, i've not read his book' The one straw revolution', but many have and it could possibly have info on rice growing in there?

[@Jefferdaughter]

Very clever! lol!

[@friendlymeadows6185]

Good all around topic. Love it a lot. Lots of information and much more is explained in a book, Regenerating Farms & Gardens available on Amazon.

[@jeremysmith4044]

Hello Mr Archuletta - greetings to you from Bukoba, Tanzania on the Western shore of Lake Victoria. I wish to ask you about how you control weeds with commercial large scale farming please. I understand that you are not using chemicals to control weeds - is this correct? I also understand that on a small scale that cardboard and mulch can reduce weeds but how about on a large scale please???

[@nikoplohn]

Hi, did someone wrote down all the content he recommends to read and watch? Thanks

[@edwardhancock16]

Ray, Great video with worthwhile information that I need to know and utilize!!! I am old school and the book list [at 1:07:20] is really appreciated -- but I cannot find ECOLOGY, shown in the upper right corner with a brown cover. I don't do Facebook, so I ask for someone to post the ISBN, author or other details so I can locate it. Thank you. 05/06/2019

[@user-zu3rr6hq2c]

Book books.google.ch/books?id=iCC1sOmFTSMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=ru#v=onepage&q&f=false

[@user-zu3rr6hq2c]

More books understandingag.com/recommended-reading

[@nikoplohn]

What's the name of the book he mentioned? Just in the hour. 1:00:18

[@isaiahgarcia4707]

my uncle is rudy garcia

[@David-oe1xj]

If I won the lottery I would get ur message out to the world. My new answer for global worming. thk u

[@downbntout]

Good pun, global 'worming', we need lots more earthworms.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Don't wait. Find farmers in your local area or region who are producing food in ecologically REGENERATIVE ways. Support your local farmers and buy directly from them whenever possible. The ag and food industry and gov officials are both putting massive pressure on farmers, so they need our support - while we still have a choice of what to eat, and who we get it from. Think - and eat - 'outside the box': Try new vegetables, fruits, and meats. Variety on our plates supports biodiversity on farms. Biodiversity = Resilience 100% 'grassfed' and grass FINISHED meats need no tilling at all. In addition to beef, try grassfed lamb! Or bison, goat, alpaca... Pastured pork can also be raised without grain, and so can poultry, though both are better adapted to grain than cattle, and the knowledge of how to do it without grain is scarce - but the pastured versions are delicious, and lower impact. Grains and soy CAN and ARE being produced with ZERO tilling. Or application of any synthetic fertilizers, or herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides. See Gabe Brown's talks on KZbin for details. Ecological farming has always been around. It seems to be growing, but if you do not know where your food is coming from, it is being raised in ways that damage the climate, the water cycle, the soil life, create more tons of eroded soil each year than tons of crops produced, puts millions of tons of toxic chemicals into the soil, air, and water each year... Other things matter, too. Avoiding plastic. Minimizing unnecessary car miles. Choosing natural fabrics over synthetics for our clothing, furniture, drapes, floor coverings, etc. Seeking out and using RealMilkPaint.com instead of plastic latex paints tinted with heavy metals and other chemicals. Using natural soaps, vinegar, baking soda, etc - instead of chemical cleansers and detergents. I could go on... but you get the point: every choice we make MATTERS.

[@marlan5470]

Lease the land and manage it according to the principles.

[@CKDz]

I'm a big fan of no-till and covers, but I think the rainfall test is somewhat flawed. The oscillating system will deliver water to the two samples on the ends more quickly by delivering two passes in quicker succession on each cycle. It seems like this will make the runoff on those samples more likely during this short length test.

[@danlakey8074]

Chaim ben Ramon I've done the rainfall simulator and arranged the trays in every configuration and it doesn't matter. We also built finer nozzles that allowed a longer soaking to see if that influenced the outcome, all results were the same. An amazing experience to do/see in person with local soils and see for yourself. Especially when trays are flipped over revealing how dry some are...powdery dust, quite an experience.

[@marlan5470]

Try it in the shower at home with equivalent water fall one by one.

[@kevinmcgrath1052]

Legendary talk ... this man should be in the white house

[@StephenJelinek]

The dominion software would not allow it.

[@mercvtv8874]

can weeds be a cover crop?

[@Adam-bw4lw]

Def better than no cover...

[@leelindsay5618]

Yes.

[@rikkilee9409]

is this guy a farmer or a priest?

[@svetlanikolova7673]

Both?

[@jimbledsoe9083]

the drawing of roots at 1:12:43 shows us an idea but i feel/suspect that in, the 3rd dimensional, soil is breathing, pulsing, is alive. we are breathing, pulsing, alive. this is brand new and ancient too was in 1880 only yesterday that louis pasteur looked in and saw the little bugs?! and only like last year that we find out about the life in us? and how our interiors are gardens when we eat a carrot it recomposes turns into us everybody knows this and yet, do we? we are composting recomposters and when the billions residing within us get enough diversity of food stuffs they throw a party, turn on and get stuff done. the term for this is quorum sensing and it means get strong and expand our horizons biomimic? Hubris!! humans are to dance with find commune in except embrace and allow life to occur be occurring life bees and ants have hive mind as do we

[@johncisneros6676]

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[@beldengi]

We Australians cannot understand why America does not adopt a universal medical system like ours. It is one of our greatest institutions, completely untouchable, and we would fight to the death to protect it from any kind of trade deal.

[@adenclarke9939]

Quit yelling at me

[@joeltasca2531]

How can I keep a living root 24/7 in Australia. We can go 5-6 months without rain? with extended hot periods. No digestible grass species will survive, trees like gums are the only ones. Some of these principles will work, others just not suited to our climate. May work for you guys, but a lot of ifs buts and maybes for aus.

[@jimbledsoe9083]

this means you go 6 to 7 months with rain. in california this is our pattern too. with living soil that 6 to 7 months will absorb water and extend the growing cycle. maybe the irrigation tool needs to be embraced. how much rain a year do you get i liked the carbon dioxide concentration showing plow bloom and growth in fact this is huge.

[@joeltasca2531]

We average around 19-20 inches where we are some place average around 10 inches. We don't have access to irrigation, we are dryland sheep and wheat country. I think we can extent our growing season a little bit with these principles but no means make a huge difference. Have you embraced any of this principles?

[@joefrisbie2036]

Joel contact Dr. Elaine Ingham, Soil Food Web, she has done extensive successful work with these principals in Australia. If you search the web I am sure you can find kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl6znWCXhNCIm9U

[@marlan5470]

Not only contact Dr. Elaine Ingham, contact Geoff Lawton. He's specialized in greening the desert. Real deserts. Ingham is like Ip Man of soil microbiology. Lawton is like Bruce Lee.

[@Prodigyforfun]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpipanWLadqMg7c Geoff Lawton has a farm in Australia. Can teach you a lot about what to plants are drought tolerant.

[@StephenJelinek]

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12 KJV We need to gain an understanding of our true enemies that reside in places of power and authorities. The earth is flat.

[@vivalaleta]

Nah, we need to farm regeneratively.

[@CKDz]

I love the narrator of the NASA propaganda video at 31:32: "CO2 is the most important greenhouse gas... ...affected by human activity". When the reality is that Methane is actually the biggest greenhouse gas, by far, contributing 100 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide within a 5 year period, and 72 times more within a 20 year period. But Methane is emitted copiously by anything rotting or composting, meaning the very soil, the very planet we walk on is emitting tons of Methane. It is the sign of life! We need to be better stewards, not enlist as government or pop-culture puppets, this means dissolving the rife double-dealing, corruption going on in government right now. On one hand DC spends Millions telling us that we need to spend Billions on immature and inefficient energy initiatives to reduce CO2, while they are ALREADY wasting Billions of our dollars propagating a disastrous system of mismanaged livestock and synthetic monoculture farming at the behest of the sleazy lobbyists from Monsanto, Cargill, Bayer, Tyson, Perdue et al which is at the root of the majority of the rise in CO2. Reality/Honesty, Responsibility & Gratitude on OUR part will do much more than any government intervention ever could. Fix yourself first and then spread the word...

[@Jefferdaughter]

Actually, methane is produced by anaerobic microbial activity, not 'anything rotting or composting'. Healthy soils are aerobic. Decomposition of organic matter on the forest floor, and on the surface of intact savanna and grasslands is also aerobic. Methane is produced by swamps and marshes, ('swamp gas'), and decaying matter at the bottom of ponds. Decomposition in water-logged soils is also anaerobic. Rice paddies and human sewage also produce significant amount of sewage. Neither needs to be anaerobic; rice grows on regular soil just fine. And human waste is best decomposed aerobically, not in water. Leaks from oil and natural Cattle are often blamed, as you know, and they do produce some methane via eructation, yet this is quickly digested by soil microbes if the cattle are on pasture. Atmospheric scientists looked for methane in the air around cattle in Colo. using a mobile lab - and could not find it. They did find high levels of methane - next to oil and natural gas wells, and in towns and cities, from leaking gas pipes. C02 is considered 'the most important greenhouse gas' because there is significantly more of it than methane in the atmosphere. YES - the CAFO system that puts manure, used bedding, and/or carcasses or slaughter waste into water and holds it in open tanks, essentially cesspools (usually referred to by the prettier words, 'pond' or 'lagoon') produce methane. YES - The chemical cartel has pushed the paradigm of food production as an industry, and fields as factory floors. Dead soils which produce weak and unhealthy plants and unhealthy animals and unhealthy people - these all produce opportunities for these corporations to sell 'rescue chemistry' - from fertilizers, to 'cides' to drugs for livestock and for humans. You get all this, but it seemed worthwhile to clarify the bit about methane for those who may read these comments. Keep spreading the word!

[@redddbaron]

@@Jefferdaughter qr.ae/TUnRIA

[@michaeleeten7783]

did you mean fix yourself before you point a finger?

[@tallcedars2310]

@@michaeleeten7783 probably a good idea for sure.

[@zakhemabaso6644]

I sincerely hope that we won't be tricked with gestures such as naming a street, hospital, library, etc after any of the victims of police violence. Nor do we need a national holiday to honour them, because this would be downright dishonest. Please no more of these fake gestures. let it be made illegal for more than one officer to hold down a suspect with his hands cuffed behind his back. SIMPLE.

[@wwsuwannee7993]

Science is not the lowest form of knowledge.....he pissed me off when he said this.

[@wwsuwannee7993]

You are correct in your analysis. There are many mysteries that science cannot explain. A true scientist maintains an open mind and does not cling to dogma ( as so many do ). Real science is a pioneer endeavor at the frontier and cusp of ignorance. Real science acknowledges the unknown for what it is...unknown. As far as being systematic, this is a method that many use, right or wrong. Anyway my point was that science is not the lowest form of knowledge. It is mankinds way of trying to solve the mysteries of the cosmos. If we do not do this task....we might as well go back to living in caves and eating horses.

[@djpaz75]

Then Ray's statement is liberating rather than something that irritated you. Science does not equate for the 10's of 1000's of years that mankind has observed nature without being able to equate it, and keep in mind that "equate" does not mean the same as "understand". "Dogma" is a word with religious roots, and science and religion are not the only two kinds of thought that mankind has nurtured in it's history.

[@Jefferdaughter]

@@djpaz75 - Yet science as it is commonly practiced is full of dogma. Science has become the new religion, ceremonial vestments exchanged for the white lab coat worn by the new authority figures the masses dare not question. Like religion, science has power. Like religion, it has therefore been twisted to serve those who seek power, and money. Your use of the word 'equate' in this comment was unintelligible. There are different ways to examine and understand the world. Assuming that those who lived long ago were less intelligent that those living today is not a very scientific point of view. Consider just one among countless reasons this assumption could be wrong: the brains of humans SHRANK after they switched to growing crops as a major source of their food.

[@Jefferdaughter]

@@wwsuwannee7993 What's wrong with earth-sheltered homes? Or eating horses? Scientifically speaking, why would either of these things be seen as a sign of regression? Equines may not be as tasty as mastodons or mammoths, perhaps... as they are lower in body fat, though they can be nicely plump. Work done at the Mac Plank Institute, and elsewhere, is showing that humans were able to grow massive brains, relative to our body size, because our distant ancestors ate meat. And they preferred large prey animals with high fat content over more easily obtained smaller, leaner game, or fish and shellfish. The point that science -as-commonly-practiced is not the same as science as 'the search for knowledge and understanding and truth' is well taken. Science in the Western reductionist model often takes things apart in an effort to understand them, and fails to then step back and consider the context- to see how everything affects everything else. Hyper-specialization in science fosters this disconnect. One example is the 80.000 +/- species of soil-dwelling organisms whose existence was unknown, until their presence was detected by their DNA. These organisms were previously undiscovered because chemists had decided that soil life was irrelevant. And because these organisms failed to live and reproduce in petri dises in a laboratory. Things worth thinking about, eh?

[@mmccrownus2406]

“Science” doesn’t exist Scientists are just people with just as many flaws as everyone else Pride Corruption Stupidity Etc

[@mskogly]

Weird

[@birksvendborg635]

? Are you weird?

[@svetlanikolova7673]

The only equipment you need to farm is your truck and a rake! The rest is wasted money down the drain!

[@enzorocha2977]

Holy cow these cameramen...have to pause to stop rising vertigo. Horrible coverage, honestly. I can name five High School Audio-Video clubs that would do a exponentially better job. That's sad because this is an important talk.

[@Goodtimes523]

Great info but you need to relax a bit - I had to pause you every minute because you are yelling - learn from Gabe and tone it down. Take care.

[@Chris-op7yt]

plese keep your personal god(s) out of soil biology education. the christian god (and others) are instructive neither in soil biology or anything else. we have ourselves to blame and ourselves to fix, no hidden creator. bringing the lies/mythology of religion into farming is an emotive trick of lesser men.

[@sglewis42]

Chris we are ok creations in gods lab

[@4ydnarx]

Did you need a trigger warning. Get over it

[@Chris-op7yt]

@@4ydnarx : it's been 4 years since i made the comment. i got over it, but you needed to instruct me on what to do. instruct yourself, and get over it.