vue - 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 http://ted.com/tedx
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Superb and inspirational thanks, spent 1 year at agricultural college learning mixed farming and got taught none of this. The future of farming is clear to see in your message.
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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!
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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.
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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. -
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!! im with you 100%... thk you and god bless you.
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Outstanding and so logical. Thanks for the great work Gabe.
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Mr. Brown.. truly my hero. Endeavoring to model this ranch after his.. Thank you for showing us the way...
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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!
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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?
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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!
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If we couldnt drain our soils we couldnt be here, low lands areas close to sea level needs to be drained, no way out.
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