Regeneration of Our Lands: A Producer’s Perspective | Gabe Brown | TEDxGrandForks

The United States is in crisis. The health of our soil resource has declined to such a point that it is not only negatively affecting farm and ranch profitability, but it is also having a devastating impact on everything from our water quality to our communities and even to our health. North Dakota rancher Gabe Brown walks us through a common sense solution to this crisis.
Gabe Brown is one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement that focuses on regenerating our resources. Gabe, along with his wife, Shelly, and son, Paul, own and operate a diversified 5,000-acre farm and ranch near Bismarck, ND. Their operation focuses on farming and ranching in nature’s image.
The Browns holistically integrate their grazing and no-till cropping systems, which include a wide variety of cash crops, multi-species cover crops along with all natural grass finished beef and lamb. They also raise pastured laying hens, broilers and swine. This diversity and integration has regenerated the natural resources on the ranch without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides.
The Browns are part owners of a state inspected abattoir which allows them to direct market their products. They believe that healthy soil leads to clean air, clean water, healthy plants, animals, and people.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@donready119]

I have cashcropped for 40 years and no tilled for 30. Too bad I didn't find people like Gabe Brown, Dave Brandt and Dave Johnson until recently. Their revolution is in motion. Hope I last long enough to see it through. Higher organic matter, less synthetic inputs, and C02 reduction are an unstoppable combo.

[@possibleabundance3709]

The reduced herbicide is incredible!

[@morganicsmoothie964]

brilliant, love to hear that you're practicing these things!! it's inspiring. hopefully more and more farmers will move beyond conventional farming.

[@thatamerican3187]

Co2 as you may have realized is plant food. It's not harming anything.

[@michaelmartinmelendrez9541]

A message I started talking about to farmers 40 years ago and have lectured on at ACRES USA, the 1st Humus Experts Meeting in Austria, and at the Worlds Agri Expo. We can grow and add to soil the bacteria that cause soil aggregation. It's very affordable to the farmer. We can add to the soil the microbes that make Siderophores that can chelate the nutrient elements in the soil, making them available to the crop. We can produce and add to a crop the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, which have all been identified, gene sequenced, and referenced at the global resource of microbiology, the ATCC.

[@donready119]

@@thatamerican3187 Agreed that C02 is the basis of life on the planet and is in short supply for plants. It needs to go into the soil as organic matter and stay there. We vent off the gas when we till the soil and use excess nitrogen.

[@tubenotter]

Gabe, thank you so much for what you do! A great model for the future! I am a university prof in the water profession at TUHH in Hamburg, Germany. My institute does research how farmers can assure clean and abundant water below their land. You are my teacher and I teach about your success in international classes.

[@Gustav4]

Healthy soil is the best way to secure a lot of water and clean water.

[@dustystahn3855]

We ned more people like you in the universities. I hope your students continue what you teach them.

[@begonaRR]

great!! i would be interested in learn about your research. Do you have any publication or can i go to any website where i can read about it?

[@LITTLEMUSTANGFILLY]

That is super cool. Sounds like a class I would love.

[@classlessfool9398]

God bless you. Please continue

[@claydohsf]

Mr Brown is a Superstar! He makes the most sense. I hope US Ag farmers and ranchers pay attention and follow this remarkable man's lead. I'd love to visit his operation some day and experience his nature's way production model first hand! Kudos to Mr Brown!

[@benoitlambert8816]

I once said in a conference in Geneva "Gabe and Jill Clapperton are more a threat for biotech than Greenpeace". I think I was not exaggerating. What a clear, powerful, hopeful message!

[@yohjokromwood2327]

greenpeace means nothing we know that

[@funkycacahuete2933]

glad you mean it in a positive way

[@isabelsophia]

@Panthera how do we know what's possible?

[@beemanminnesota7683]

@Panthera Regenerative AG can reverse this pollution put out by the likes of Monsatan, in just one year. There is a way to repair the land in just a few days, it may require a little disking of the soil just before planting. It's called compost tea, spray just ahead of the disk, the sun can not destroy the new biology being introduced. This is no different than a sick person getting a blood transfusion. If done this way the farmer can not use chemicals or fertilizers, as they kill biology, the farmer then would brodcast a cover crop once the corn gets 6 inches high. This will cause the biology in the soil to take off and feed the plants what it needs to produce a crop. The farmer will see a reduction in crops but the quality will go way up. BTW the plow is more destructive to our environment than all industry and transportation put together, every time the farmer plows tons of co2 blows off into the atmosphere. And where is all this carbon? It is in the oceans where it is killing off biology there.

[@Jessica-kk1cz]

I could watch Gabe Brown’s lectures allllll day. And I live near DC, work for a technical company, and only have a container garden on the deck. His talks are so informative, with real life examples from he and his wife’s own lives, and his insight into into people make him approachable and trustworthy. There’s a great lectures by him on KZbin. Highly recommend!

[@thechaosgardener]

I have been using these strategies to change my land independently relying on a combination of legumes and different grasses. I am excited im not the only one to think of this. My neighbors thought i was weird. I am in the Arizona desert and have terriformed a barren backyard into a food forest. I use these exact same strategies. Awesome info, I agree. I use these strategies on my channel.

[@rbeerat2827]

Awesome! Can't wait to see it

[@highlandsgardeningcoach]

How's it going? I'm in the highlands just outside of Reno NV. Any tips on cover crop for the fall in our climate? Thank you in advance.

[@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem]

@@highlandsgardeningcoach mini clover works great. it only grows 4-6 inches tall so you never have to mow your lawn again

[@SemperAugustusBubble]

This man is an absolute genius. We need more young people following and learning from these innovators.

[@txwildflowers7]

Mr. Brown.. truly my hero. Endeavoring to model this ranch after his.. Thank you for showing us the way...

[@meretheundersrud7979]

He is a hero!!!!!!

[@katiie7]

SO MUCH respect for Farmers!🤍🤍

[@pepper419]

We need this all over the world. Thank you sir.

[@hlim431]

Thank you so much Gabe... we WILL win this for the earth!!!

[@ruthiewitter569]

This is so important. The world needs to consider resource management in a different light; we have all we need, fields, animals, plants... We’re just not taking very good care of it.

[@MarkTakamura]

THANK YOU GABE!!!

[@nixbondi5898]

Freakin legend. What a legend!

[@BrianStephens1984]

Easily the most clear, concise, complete explanation of what all producers should be doing. Bravo! If only 10-15% of the world's agricultural land achieved about half of what you have in terms of organic material, and water infiltration - then the atmospheric CO2 would return to early 1900 levels, and floods and drought would soon be forgotten.

[@markharris5544]

I heard something like this from a renowned soil biologist but don't remember the exact quote. Do you remeber your source?

[@jasonsimmons4319]

Agriculture only acounts for 10% of total ghg emissio s measured in co2 equivalents. We cant fix climste change through ag alone

[@CB-A6KZ]

mark harris you probably mean Walter Jehne - fantastic 2hr lecture on KZbin, or else watch the much shorter summary on Regenerative Agriculture from channel “Just have a think”.

[@CB-A6KZ]

Jason Simmons I think the point of soil building is not just to be carbon neutral as a means of food production but to actually use the plants to draw carbon out of the atmosphere and down into the soil (carbon + minerals, and fungi & other biologicals = topsoil, that thing we’ve been losing at an alarming rate). This can actually have a huge effect on atmospheric carbon, if the calculations can be believed. Yet another giant reason why Gabe Brown’s methods are essential to explore at scale

[@emeraldcoastgardensfl7323]

Thank you for setting captions on. Wow. Excellent talk!

[@markosborn1578]

Outstanding and so logical. Thanks for the great work Gabe.

[@bobbietriplett5569]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!! im with you 100%... thk you and god bless you.

[@riaanbotha186]

This leaves me with a lot of excitement. This is a world solution for restoring our soil back to the way it is meant to be.Cause we are connected to the soil.

[@KissTheGround]

Thank you for your work and sharing it. Our vision is that a new view has emerged where people are reverent of our interconnectedness with nature, Humanity is living regeneratively and our planet is restored, balanced, and abundant. Together, we can do this!

[@downbntout]

I was doing handsprings all through this but when he said 'no subsidies' I went happy-dance ballistic

[@Butternuttsquash]

Hi there

[@jenniferfree8746]

Such an amazing speaker

[@wmo1234]

Mr. Gabe Brown, should be the Sec. Of Ag! As a beekeeper, you offer a better future for our food system!

[@beemanminnesota7683]

Your damn lucky to have bees, no longer possible in the Midwest killing fields. I only see bees when a migratory beekeeper come in the area, but this year no bees can be seen, he must of lost all or moved to a new area. I used to run 300 hives in this area, but not any more. Would lose at least a 100 hives at harvest time, 100 lbs of honey and no bees left in hive. Craziest thing I ever seen in over 40 years of having bees, other live hives in the apiary would not touch the dead out honey.

[@nourishheallove]

Amazing work. You are giving back and not just taking from the earth. 👏🏽✨🙏🏽

[@stephensheldon35]

I'm starting to do the thing's you say on a microscopic scale compared to your operation. Thank you for giving my family back a future!

[@michaelvoigtlander9721]

Excellent presentation. In the long run good soil is vital to good health.

[@GmoBuelna]

Amazing to hear Gabe Brown...

[@matsm0n0]

Wow! Very inspirational. We need a change in legislation - applying this way of agriculture should be made law. We need to get off fossile fuels and toxins. This lecture shows the way forward.

[@coreluminous]

"if we had listened to the old, old cultures, we wouldn't be standing in this mess."

[@align2source]

Amazing! Great presentation, nature do have it figured out!

[@nicholasmiller733]

This type of farming reduces both flooding and the agricultural heat island effect versus the typical monoculture way, and best of all he's not suckling from the taxpayer's teats. Would the Mississippi ever flood if everyone farmed this way? Would we reduce the severe tornados/storms if the ground was kept cool by a continuous year-round blanket of cover crops?

[@pookiecatblue]

"...reduce the severe tornados/storms if the ground was kept cool by a continuous year-round blanket of cover crops" Wow. I think you're on to something Nicholas. I've often wondered about the severe tornados/storms that so often travel through that area. It's unlike any other place on earth. I never came up with any conclusions of my own, but yours sounds like a very good possibility.

[@lizbleakley]

This TEDX is from 2016. I would really love to know what Gabe Brown thinks of the historic flooding in the Midwest this year and how soil health (or lack thereof) has contributed to the ability of industrially-farmed fields to handle unprecedented amounts of precipitation. Gabe, we need an updated lecture from you!

[@beemanminnesota7683]

Your question is right on! If the land throughout the Midwest could infiltrate water like Gabe's there would be minimal flooding. Also just think, if the land is getting drier then the oceans and seas are rising and the so called expert scientist blame global warming. The land can not sustain this mono-culture farming something is going to break! The founding Fathers of this land did not plant mono-culture crops they farmed just like Gabe. When Monsatan convinced the Government to allow the use of bomb material to be used for agriculture, was the beginning of our problems.

[@northavealum]

@@beemanminnesota7683 the elevated temperature of the atmosphere leads to more rapid evaporation of groundwater (surface and subsurface) and that leads to increased moisture content of the upper atmosphere, which further warms the atmosphere. What you refer to as "so-called expert scientists" do, in fact, blame global warming - as well they should. Global warming affects the entire water cycle - not simply the phase-change from solid to liquid (i.e., melting the ice cap). Go look at data / plots on the moisture content of the upper atmosphere over the last 25+ years (or more).

[@ewitherell7205]

It's so sad because here in this North Central region, these greedy bastards invited another big Ag company that makes pesticides to build a factory here. DeKalb county has less biodiversity than places I've seen in Chicago because they just grow their Monsanto corn and soybeans. There's more insect pests here than I ever saw even near Chicago! I don't know if they'll change anything here until stuff just stops growing.

[@theguy9093]

Guess what these sick farmers are doing now. They are Tiling the water in every little low spot on the land. Tiling the natural holding ponds into the rivers creating a complete disaster making it a desert in the dry years here and a massive flood for the rivers during wet years. These sick freaks are ruining everything and the idiots that play with monopoly money don't care. People need to wake up to what's going on and overpower they sickos and tie their hands until these sickos understand they have a soul.

[@theguy9093]

@@ewitherell7205 I'm in South Dakota.

[@7ammit]

Extremely encouraging. Thank you!

[@highlandsgardeningcoach]

Love this! Thank you.

[@moderngames8892]

Brilliant stuff. Should get more views

[@downbntout]

Haven't eaten any beef or any other animal meat for 6-1/2 years but his beef I might not be scared to buy

[@downbntout]

@Panthera I subscribe to Stockman GrassFarmer and I routinely see ads featuring sound valued cattle in their teens and even 20s farmed this way. Those are the foundation genetics sought after by other farmers buying young cattle. Edit: Mr. Brown feeds no purchased feeds at all.

[@leelindsay5618]

His grassfed beef on healthy diverse pasture has as much Omega 3s as wild caught Salmon.

[@downbntout]

@@leelindsay5618 really? How many mg?

[@kangerol]

Bahasanya sangat jelas, mudah dipahami, terima kasih Gabe Brown

[@4legsfitness]

Incredibly interesting

[@izwanbaha9241]

thank you so much, so inspiring talk with relax presentation. i bet all the human with common senses realized about the important of soil preservation watched this video. this video also greatly helping me with my current study on soil fertility management in Malaysia. Thank you boss.

[@AdamBechtol]

Solid stuff, I'll try to remember to recommend this fellow to any corn/soy farmer I meet.

[@riaanbotha186]

This leaves me with a lot of excitement. This is a world solution for restoring our soil back to the way it is meant to be.. Cause we are connected to the soil..

[@nobodyimportant7567]

Love this concept so much!!

[@tolbaszy8067]

This is the most important speaker TED Talks has recorded. For Mr. Brown's sake, I hope he can keep talking, because he has a natural talent for speaking, and a wealth of common sense. My advice to him is he should have the same good sense about his own body, so he can have more years of teaching us how to live sensibly. He is a national treasure!

[@downbntout]

Anything he can do to stay well would be a service to us all.

[@Atimatimukti]

One of the best!! So simple, so inteligent...why most people can't understand this??? Let's save our soils, letś save ourselves and the rest of all the animals

[@DaniTessa]

Just watched the movie and found it so inspiring. Wish my country would adopt your ideas... great talk!! :)

[@capicuaaa]

This is beautiful and so needed. It must happen on a grand scale. Thank you for this!

[@144Donn]

Well, I certainly hope Mr. Brown's ideas have caught on in the 6 years since this talk.

[@BikeAndFish1]

Am here again. Wow.

[@jackalhackal1127]

Fantastic presentation, thank you.

[@scotthughes7440]

Love this guy!

[@reginabrown3018]

SWEET talk !

[@johnnierah]

I started my first cover crop in a small corner of my balcony. Very exciting. Breaking the rules.

[@jasonsimmons4319]

I dont see how cover cropping on a balcony with potting mix is building soil. Its all just 100% organic matter no way to build it... if youre talking nitrogen fert reduction then okay, but adding compost is just as good on that tiny of a scale

[@jeanbota9815]

Thank you amazing talk 😊 thank you !!

[@jonathanrayfencing1824]

Inspiring and great information

[@matthewpappalardo1393]

Amazing presentation. Anyone who eats food should watch this.

[@timj9418]

This is an excellent talk covering the basics of a more healthy and sustainable approach to agriculture. It deals with an approach that I've been in favor of for some time, even though I'm not a farmer. As he says, monoculture growing practices in the "industrial ag production model" are killing the soil, robbing nutrients from the crops we need to live healthy lives, and destroying biodiversity that the planet must have to survive. I wish this presentation could be included at every ag program and school in the country, provided to farmers of every scale, and in fact to average Americans who need to understand what an enlightened, natural approach to agriculture means for all of us, so they would try to support farmers who operate this way. Great stuff. Thank you.

[@ardenmedia]

Terrific!

[@manuelvidalgonzalez4068]

excellent!!!

[@souza151]

How fitting it is, the event titled "Roots to Wings," In North Dakota's embrace, where the soil sings. For "Strength through the Soil," their proud motto, A tale of challenges in agriculture's grotto. How do we feed nine billion souls by 2050? With tilled soil and monoculture, a production shift. Fields of wheat, corn, soybeans extend, Livestock in confinement, practices to mend. Yet, these methods have a cost untold, A loss of biodiversity, a story unfold. Native range land, once teeming with life, Reduced to monocultures, a world in strife. Statistics from North Dakota State University, In Walsh County, topsoil's dramatic eulogy. From 34 inches to 15, a stark decline, Organic matter dwindling, nature's design. The consequences visible, the proof is clear, Soil that once thrived, now shedding a tear. Pore spaces vanish, water can't infiltrate, Tile drainage surfaces, a human-made fate. A plea for biodiversity, for nutrient cycling, Synthetic fertilizers, a costly piling. Weeds prosper with nitrogen's embrace, Herbicides follow, a toxic chase. Chelates bind metals, micronutrients gone, Diseases thrive, a struggle prolonged. Fungicides and pesticides, a deadly dance, A decline in pollinators, a shrinking chance. Projected negative returns, a dire tale, Impacts on health, on communities frail. Nutrient densities decline, a silent scream, Ailing bodies, a fading dream. But nature's way, a beacon of hope, Five principles to embrace, a new scope. Least disturbance, armor on the soil, Diversity's dance, a lifeblood foil. Leave roots in the ground, an extended stay, Optimize solar energy, let nature's way. Animal impact, a holistic plan, Bees buzzing, part of the clan. A journey from shallow topsoil to organic delight, No synthetic crutch, a profitable height. Nature's principles, a regenerative art, Feeding the world, healing every part. In North Dakota's fields, a silent plea, To nurture the soil, embrace diversity. Roots to wings, a journey so vast, A story of healing, a future cast.

[@vivalaleta]

Outstanding. Thanks for your contribution.

[@philippetarnier9026]

Not enough views ! Bravo sir.

[@dawnpape8325]

Regenerative agriculture is key to all of the issues the presenter mentioned and sequestering carbon too!

[@kellyrodgers9326]

A powerful inspiring message of hope for our future. The planet needs politicians to legislate pro this type of farming. The planet needs we consumers to vote with our wallets and seek out environmentally beneficial produce. I think many farmers will struggle to change from the current/destructive model as huge chemical companies shove their poisons down the farmers throats (and all our throats literally). Politicians and governments must step up and support farmers to change. Consumers must show we want the good stuff. The more of us who turn away from "McProduce" the more farms and supermarkets will have to take notice. We consumers will ultimately need to be a big part of the solution.

[@jarnold8803]

Thanks for the video. I am a 3ed year beekeeper trying to get the soils to produce crops to feed the bees on a heavy clay soil. I know it can be done, but I don't see a quick fix for the problem on a very limited budget. Thanks

[@eschwarz1003]

Politicians; please listen to these people who actually produce food in conjunction with scientists; they have dedicated their life; respect them by heeding advice.

[@plantingthenorth7225]

YESSSSIR!

[@LizjaneMD]

New York City/New Jersey girl here but have loved to garden all my life. This is so inspiring. My question is, I understand that dollars per acre can be really good using this system, but how about calories per acre? In other words, could we feed the world using this model? And how about the marketing/distribution end of things? Those big Midwestern farms are optimized for harvesting, storing, and shipping enormous quantities of one or two crops. Isn’t it difficult to get those economies of scale on biodiverse farms like this?

[@80krauser]

I know this is an old comment but in some of his recent 2021 interviews he talks about the caloric and nutrient density of his crops. He has the paperwork proving his beef has more Omega-3 fatty acids than wild caught salmon.

[@williammcduff6531]

It amazes me why any farmers are still following the broken model of agriculture and not going the natural route.

[@jacobsmith8654]

I nerded way to hard to this. BUT SOIL SCIENCE IS THE SHIZZZZZZ!!!!!!!

[@centpushups]

Perhaps the new thing that can potentially solve every major problem we have and yet is not getting the attention it must have.

[@johngoudge5916]

How foolish the biotech industry and their largely unionized workforce lobby mightily to insure the system works for them no the Joel Salatin and Gabe Browns. Further, grants make sure researchers focus on farming chemically.

[@TS-vr9of]

He's been backed up by very few universities. But he's still changing the practices and understanding of farmers one presentation at a time. Now a days he speaks at conferences almost half the year.

[@monkeymanwasd1239]

this is the most scientific pro permaculture thing ive watched yet

[@funkycacahuete2933]

i'd recommend watching more gabe brown videos, but also check out ray archuleta

[@MrMarnix]

Look's like he jumped off a tractor just minutes ago, and probably did. The best part of the speech is the last part: making a profit without subsidies. The present agricultural model is regulated and largely funded by big government. If we get big government out of agriculture, small (organic) farmers stand a chance to grow.

[@susanwickman3236]

I have always said..we didn't get booted out of the Garden of Eden by any God..we ushered ourselves out...silly us...great logical presentation...Thanks!

[@LtColDaddy71]

The one thing I'd disagree with him on is shunning all forms of government programs / aid. Personally, I'll scrounge for every dime I can get, but I'll use that to grow, and more land will be managed properly.

[@yoopermann7942]

this is what i am trying to do on a very small scale, or should i say that i was trying to do till i lost my land that iwas renting!!

[@Automat1kkk]

Grüß Gott! Cooles Video! Gut gemacht... ✌🏼 Hast du schon mal zufällig das Miracle Hydrogen Rich Water aus einem solchen Aktivwasser Generator schon mal getrunken? Dieses Getränk ist einfach super! 😊 Ich trinke es vor allem nachdem arbeiten . :D

[@gizliliman1]

gabe brown

[@deanwitt8810]

Without pesticides, how do you terminate your cover crops?

[@runandstuff]

Great presentation. Question: how do you kill the cover crop without till and without herbicide? Would this be feasible in a place of lower latitude that isn't so cold year-round?

[@justinparrish2056]

In warmer climates you have to use a roller crimper, and you're timing has to be right, but you can mechanical terminate it with one.

[@TS-vr9of]

Like Justin mentioned, the first thing is growing cover crops that can be terminated by a roller. In Gabe's case he rolls down or grazes down his spring cover crop. His fall covercrop is terminated by heavy snow and bitter cold.

[@eikohuang2625]

Professional grow tent manufacturer . OEM ODM

[@scotcoon1186]

I didn't know anyone in Nort Dakoodah was putting in field tile. I'd like go know how fast that half inch of rain fell. Grass that's never been broken won't soak up a half inch of rain coming in 10-15 minutes.

[@vivalaleta]

You should look up the rain tests Gabe's been involved with. I know he's had a rain of 13" in 24 hours and it all soaked in.

[@theguy9093]

Don't forget about the farmers who are Tiling the earth's natural ponds. That should be illegal no question!

[@shelleywilson4475]

how do you sow large areas of land without tilling? What is the process you use to get the soil covered after planting?

[@centpushups]

Shelley Wilson there is much longer lectures he gives that are an hour to two hours long. The lectures are far more detailed.

[@shelleywilson4475]

thanks

[@dancarroll79]

Google roller crimper and watch some of the videos. Informative on how the bio mass is laid down as a cover on the soil which limits the growth of weeds. And there are machines for planting through the cover. Almost wish I was a farmer now.

[@beemanminnesota7683]

@@dancarroll79 Yes, yes, yes, and we would not need any stinking fertilizers, GMO's, herbicides, and pesticides poison!

[@wandaacat]

you drill seed into the pasture... ie you push the seeds into the ground without lifting any soil, hence keeping the soil 'armour' in tact. Yes, his long lectures are riveting...

[@samlair3342]

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[@forgoodnessache5399]

Gabe is *the best* . Why, oh why, is it taking so long for his wisdom to "catch on"? Fear, greed, habit, corporate intimidation & disinformation and political ignorance. :-| This will change!

[@JesseOtto]

For Goodness Ache Perhaps because Gabe and other soil restoration advocates do not published research papers to back up theirs claims.

[@TS-vr9of]

Current farm subsidies and crop insurance will not cover people wanting to transition to regenerative farming because its to complex. It's keeping many farmers from even trying to apply Gabes soil principles.

[@TS-vr9of]

@@JesseOtto Gabe is a farmer not a researcher. data is being collected on his farm which helps prove his principles work. but he refuses to simplify his adaptive farming system. It's hard to prove a single regenerative concept if all the pieces are needed for it to function as complete ecosystem. What researchers have found is that what he's doing works, he's building soil carbon levels at light speed and his crops are resistant to climate extremes.(flood or drought)

[@JesseOtto]

@@TS-vr9of Show me the data

[@TS-vr9of]

@@JesseOtto I'm not going to write a research paper for you, but feel free to read the research of many of Gabe's friends, mentors, and colleagues. search google scholar for Jonathan lundgren, Kristine Nichols, Rick Haney, Walter Jehne, Christine Jones, Fred Provenza for starters. Proving Gabe's soil health principles individually as I mention is very hard, because they have very powerful intertwined positive synergies to each other. All the mechanisms are trying to be deducted, but The real proof is in the pudding. The proof being, diverse and prolific soil microbiology, diverse native insect, bird, and ruminant populations on his ranch, Increased water infiltration rate, increased water holding capacity, increased soil organic carbon levels, Increased mineral availability to plants, Increase cat ion exchange capacity(The ability of the soil to hold onto nutrients and prevent leaching),increased nutrient density of crops grown on his land proved via tissue sample.

[@bryanverberg4342]

Yep

[@ChipSpencer123]

Self-reliance lived.

[@pardhu-]

pls refer our indian zbnf ( zero budget natural farming)

[@farmermatt629]

If I’m not mistaken half or more of Gabe’s land sits fallow every year... if my land sat fallow I’d be out of business in less than a year... we put tile drainage in because we get 10 times the amount of rainfall that Gabe brown gets on his farm...

[@MrMarnix]

The capital input for a conventional farm is far higher than for an organic one. If you don't use fertilizer, pesticides and lots of machinery, you have far less costs, thus need to make less profit to make a living. Also a mixed agriculture farm is the best insurance against pests and market fluctuations. What matters in the end is which farm has the higher ROI per acre? (Also I am wondering, lots of rainfall can be utilized for something, ponds for breeding fish and ducks perhaps?)

[@Butmunch666]

And yet he makes money? How does he do it? is he lying? Or is he right?

[@rollie3383]

wrong it is not fallowed its rested after a grazing cycle

[@johannekenhorst7777]

Very interesseting. !! What is CSB CSG WSB?? Never heart that, (Warm Season, Cold Season??????) thanks

[@justinparrish2056]

Yeah, cool season broad-leaves, warm season grasses, etc.

[@TS-vr9of]

Warm season (WS) and cool season(CS) Grasses and broad leaves(G)(B)

[@robertpayne2717]

Reclaiming carbon from the atmosphere ie....(carbon dioxide)is would be the the greatest economic boon to the world and human health in history

[@tepidtuna7450]

Tilling the soil releases vast amounts of CO2. Capture it back and then don't release it again. Common sense.

[@georgecarlin2656]

2:19 The soil used to be 8% organic matter?!! Holy cow!

[@TS-vr9of]

Yep, that's the sad thing. People south of him in the corn belt brag about having 4-5% organic matter levels. Corn belt prarie soils have been degraded from what was once 10-12% organic matter. What took buffalo thousandths of years to make we degraded more then 50% in 100 years of tillage.

[@r.t.1710]

check this short film "What I ate in 38 years" by Yuri A / R. Mond , he is Swiss and now follows a carnivore diet ​​@​

[@martingraziosi45]

The problem we have today is that we all want to advance our causes telling half truth. Why fo we have to use fear to convince. I love what this gentleman has to say, but when he said that his way is nature way, I feel a bit cheated. Doesn't he needs trucks internet roads etc for his operations? When he ask himself why do farmers till the soil, as if he es the lonly Quijote, I feel a bit cheated. In Argentina most farmers don't till the soil. They develope" siembra directa" long time ago. We have many things to improve and we can do it best without having to destroy what others do.

[@jefferyjeffery1707]

Now....I like Gabe!! He's great!! BUT.....corn, soybeans, and wheat. Do NOT....feed the world. Fruits and vegetables do!! Now....as I say this!! I own a large family farm, that's been in the family 200 years. In Illinois, growing corn and soybeans!! BUT....Im changing it out into growing fruits, and vegetables!! He's very right....except we need to trade out, and get rid or commodity crop production...and into more fresh produce!!

[@nourishheallove]

I’m more than fed up of this corporation run world and their barbaric practices. It’s all based on dependence and control and of course big profits for a few. I pray humanity recognise their relationship to nature and stop giving their power away to those who have no intention of taking care of us or our planet.

[@tazztone]

i wonder if there really is a need for farmed animals. he seems to focus on soil biodiversity while forgetting about animal biodiversity (10000 years ago we made up 1% of all animals. today we and our farm animals make up 98%. source: cowspiracy facts). also he doesn't really look like his diet is the best to drive down health care costs. a whole foods plant-based diet might be a better bet (see/read "how not to die").

[@scottschaeffer8920]

Corn, soybeans-Illinois diversity.

[@Gustav4]

If we couldnt drain our soils we couldnt be here, low lands areas close to sea level needs to be drained, no way out.

[@dustystahn3855]

Can you prove that?

[@possibleabundance3709]

Most crops are produced on high land areas

[@dustystahn3855]

There are lots of crops that can be grown in wet lands. It is foolish to grow crops that are not suited for the area.

[@wandaacat]

look at plants that naturally drain soil through transpiration (taking water from the soil and putting in back into the atmosphere) eg willow (and others) - plant them around each field - would have to work out how many and how close but ask around ...and just start!

[@ainashtleubayeva2678]

Please American people do what this good man says. And then bring it to other countries NOT guns and conflicts. You can influence your government