vue - Soil -- from dirt to lifeline: Fred Kirschenmann at TEDxManhattan
http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/2012talks Fred Kirschenmann has been involved in sustainable agriculture and food issues for most of his life. He currently serves as both a Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, and as President of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. He also still provides management over site of his family's 2,600 acre organic farm in south central North Dakota. He was recently named as one of the first ten James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards which recognizes visionaries in creating more healthful, more sustainable, and safer food systems. He is the author of a book of essays which track the development of his thought over the past 30 years; Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays by a Farmer Philosopher, published by the University of Kentucky Press. More information at http://www.tedxmanhattan.org About TEDx, x = independently organized event: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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" ...the cornfield as a metaphor for what a mass extinction might be like, where the Earth becomes "lots of one thing and not much of any other." . . . Cornstalks Everywhere But Nothing Else, Not Even A Bee!
http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/11/29/166156242/cornstalks-everywhere-but-nothing-else-not-even-a-bee -
Why on earth do the majority of people think that we need so much corn? So much grains and soy? Because we have been brainwashed to think so! Biodiversity is NATURE'S OWN model.
http://permaculturenews.org/2015/05/03/permaculture-soils-geoff-lawton/ -
Britain has used this system for ever. Cut your field sizes down and put the animals back on the land and rotate crops to help the land instead of killing it with pesticides.
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I have been studying Fred Kirschenmann for several years now. Fantastic information and fery well delivered. A great follow up to this is more toward resilient future is this video. https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change?language=en
Pass the word to others. To get others to move toward positive actions, give them something simple that they can do, such as start growing food in their lawns rather than fertilising, polluting, and wasting water (grow local food). -
This is permaculture, just fyi.
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monSATAN and their toxic GMO's are destroying the earths soil...those monsters need to be STOPT before its to late for humanity!
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Do what you should, and share with others. 100th monkey phenomenon. Right now I compost, vermicompost, and brew compost tea. I live in an area that gets very little water. My yard has no grass. I have shrubs and trees, that once established do not need supplemental watering. No chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, nor pesticides. I augment the bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and insects that are beneficial, leaving little space for those that are harmful. Typical soil here is heavy clay and layers of limestone shale. My yard looks like about 15 inches of bagged potting soil. The vegetable garden is healthy and I buy very little produce from the local farmer's market to augment it. For meat I eat game. Axis, Red deer, whitetail, dove, crane, duck that I process myself. Neighbors attitudes have evolved from "what in the world are you doing", to "that looks nice...you don't water? or Mow?" and " you gave me your recipe but it just doesn't taste the same". One step at a time folks. Bring them along.
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i think its TRAGIC that for as long as these talks have been online they arent getting any real views and its either a sign of our stupidity ,or its a specific group blocking views , regardless of why this information isnt getting out to enough people we can do something about it by sharing and ACTING to correct the problem , or be happy with the problem and let it be our undoing
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"We are stop overs between soil and soil...25% of the remaining soil on our planet is degraded..."
America: the answer is simple. Stop eating meat. -
This is a good informative video and well presented. Having watched a few you tube videos on soil and composting, I have concluded that soil that is compacted and dry becomes dirt and that all that was good in the soil is now dead. Dig it up, turn it over and wet it and it starts to look like soil again but it's still dead. Turning in some composted organic matter, leaves, grass, seaweed etc reintroduces some life and makes the soil better year on year. Just use what nature provides. That's it!
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Dennis Hopper is amazing!
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hogwash
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We need to design our society, by growing locally, as long as we have to transport food from states to states, countries to countries, no much gonna change. We need permaculture!;)
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I love your programs, they bring such important and timely information to the attention of the public. But I, like many "seniors," have hearing loss. Could you see that all your presentations include captions so we can better understand every word? Thank you.
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Such an important message and yet the video has only 18k views. While some half retarded bearded guy gets hundreds of thousands views. Mankind has no hope.
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It took nature millions of years to build soil. We can build soil in less than a decade. But we are not. Soil is being destroyed faster than it is created. This is due to mass ignorance. Organic produce should and would be cheaper if it was chosen over commercial produce. People would be healthier. The few who chose organic are helping themselves survive and our species. Commercial farming is unsustainable. It is a short sighted pursuit of profit, typical of big corporations and government working together for their special interest at the expense of everybody else. But this is made possible by the masses who allow their lives to be controlled by TPTB. A grassroots revolt dedicated to decentralized power, self reliance, and individual responsibility is needed to stop this insane species suicide.
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He's so cute and cuddly.
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Great talk, really enjoyed it and him touching on the importance of soil microbes in relation to plant health.
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you need two things: Fungi, & hemp. That is all.
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