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“A regenerative no-till pioneer.”—NBC News
“Dirt to Soil is the [regenerative farming] movements’ holy text.”—The Observer
Gabe Brown (from the award-winning docs “Kiss the Ground” and “Common Ground”) shares 20 years of experience on regenerative agriculture principles from his North Dakota family farm
Gabe Brown began working on his family farm in North Dakota without intending to revolutionize agriculture. However, after a series of weather-related crop failures left him in financial trouble, he and his family adopted innovative farming practices to survive.
Brown experimented with regenerative agriculture, reducing the use of herbicides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers, and implementing no-till planting, diverse cover crops, and new grazing methods. This transformation revitalized their farm’s ecosystem, starting with the soil.
The Brown’s Ranch model focuses on regenerating resources by continuously enhancing the living biology in the soil.
Brown’s 5 Principles of Soil Health:
• Limited Disturbance
• Armor
• Diversity
• Living Roots
• Integrated Animals
Brown’s Ranch has regenerated resources, growing several inches of new topsoil and producing various crops and livestock. Brown emphasizes a shift in mindset from killing to fostering life on the land, highlighting that the greatest obstacle to solving problems is the human mind.
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From the introduction:
“Our lives depend on soil. This knowledge is so ingrained in me now that it’s hard for me to believe how many soil-destroying practices I followed when I first started farming. I didn’t know any better. In college I was taught all about the current industrial production model, which is a model based on reductionist science, not on how natural ecosystems function. The story of my farm is how I took a severely degraded, low-profit operation that had been managed using the industrial production model and regenerated it into a healthy, profitable one. The journey included many trials and constant experimentation, along with many failures and some successes. I’ve had many teachers, including other farmers and ranchers, researchers, ecologists, and my family. But the best teacher of all is nature herself.”
photo credit: Larry Reichenberger
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ASIN : 1603587632
Publisher : Chelsea Green
Publication date : September 20, 2018
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781603587631
ISBN-13 : 978-1603587631
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 6.03 x 0.69 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #18,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Soil Science (Books) #7 in Food Science (Books) #8 in Sustainable Agriculture (Books)
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