Microbial Communities for Carbon Sequestration with David Johnson

In this episode of the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, John Kempf interviews Dr. David Johnson, a New Mexico State University research scientist and Adjunct Professor at Chico State. They discuss his research on the BEAM Bioreactor, the rapid carbon sequestration rates he’s witnessed, the ideal fungal to bacterial ratio for healthy soils, how to obtain those communities while saving money, and the resilience of fungally dominant systems. Listen to find out how you can regenerate your soils quickly to see increased productivity, decrease costs, and have more fun on your farm! See the complete show notes at regenerativeagriculturepodcast....

[@inigomontoya8943]

Can someone get busy and award John Kempf an honorary doctorate already.

[@amadeusprakruti7441]

Grateful for all this useful information. Thank you AEA, John and Dr. Johnson

[@richardruss7481]

i discovered the plans for the Johnson-Su bioreactor several years ago, but this is the first time i have heard him talk, thanks again John for a great interview.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Another excellent AEA Podcast! Thanks John!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Finally getting into this.. this is an excellent and exciting conversation! Fungal importance is even more highlighted through this conversation! Ha! @ 25:00 talking about how much trouble we have managing NPK.. Such a great explanation and concept!Moral of the story... as John always says, "Biology is the trump card". This really supports what you have been telling us for a long time , Plants do better when nutrients come in the form of microbial metabolites.

[@TS-vr9of]

Love Dr Johnson’s work. If you missed it. Here’s a mind blowing detail. He grew corn with 260 units of N less, and only lost 6% yield. They only used 2 lbs of compost per acre to make the in furrow compost extract.

[@TS-vr9of]

Available N credit was only 40lb

[@johnrochester3551]

Never GIVE UP,,,,,,,.ONWARD I am learning regenerative ag ;by listening and planting crops in my yard in Charlotte n c And im spreading the word , today I talked to a Dr who raises cattle,,,very interested

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Thank you for contributing to the mission, John Rochester! - The AEA Team

[@marynunn1708]

Such wisdom articulated here. Adjectives seem insufficient to describe the insights articulated in this discussion. Im sold. Already using notill, cover crops and AEA biologics in my home garden and AMP in my sheep pastures. Constructing a Johnson-Su bioreactor next. Am SO looking forward to the next several years of soil building. Thank you both and the teams that support you for helping us heal our land.

[@andyrobinson9024]

Every days a school day, I work in fine spots turf and growing a crop by that i mean grass that is cut as low as 4 mm we can manage to raise our soil organics on average 0.4 and we just had 1.4 on a golf course on the west coat of Ireland. Take a look into an Amide spraying strategy if you have the budget. It vastly improves exculpate production and seems your carbon pool. This tied in with compost teas rely is helping us. great Pod cast. Many Thanks

[@semintegazon]

hello. can you help me with some info regarding amide spray, product, etc. i work in the lawn industry , thx.

[@fsspessoa]

Great sound!

[@Woody8168]

Chico!

[@michelbisson6645]

the question i have is how to make an extract and a tea from this compost without damaging the biology and mainly fungis, bacterias can be rocked more as they are brace all the time, but fungi are there since billion years and they grow but are not braced that much, seem easy to disrumpt and break..

[@Horse237]

I just found videos on how to build a bioreactor for composting.

[@indica_dogo868]

Id love to get in touch with David, i live in New Mexico and am creating a food forest permaculture yard. And would love to learn more about what David is doing!

[@jorg995]

As a hobby-gardener i only have one question: Where can i buy FUNGI ?

[@indica_dogo868]

The bioreactor looks great I'll be building a couple!

[@ttanne7838]

One little burp from a volcano has a whole lot of CO2.

[@benstromback5809]

Great stuff! Ive been listening through your episodes. If I may offer one critique/request if I may. Could you start to make more of an effort to simplify, clarify and to explain some of the more complex terms and concepts? Something I have noticed alot of other podcast hosts do is to put themsefves in the shoes of a less well versed viewer, dumb down the conversation slightly at times and ask questions of the interviewee that will benefit the majority or small minority of the audience. Something to concider and I realise its tough to find a balance here..

[@inigomontoya8943]

“The Cattle are critical for seeing the kind of carbon increases that you’re seeing.” Someone tell this to the UN and Cowspiracy movie crew.

[@rodneyjack3309]

Mushrooms are the Holy Grail