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Brown, Gabe.
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Organic farming.
Organic farming -- Case studies.
Integrated agricultural systems -- North Dakota.
Integrated agricultural systems -- Case studies.
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Brown, Gabe.
Organic farming.
Organic farming -- Case studies.
Integrated agricultural systems -- North Dakota.
Integrated agricultural systems -- Case studies.
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Dirt
to
soil
:
one
family
's
journey
into
regenerative
agriculture
/ Gabe Brown.
by
Brown, Gabe.
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018.
Call #:
631.584 B877d
Subjects
Organic farming.
Organic farming -- Case studies.
Integrated agricultural systems -- North Dakota.
Integrated agricultural systems -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9781603587631 (pbk.)
Description:
xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Lessons learned the hard way -- Regenerating the ecosystem --
Regenerative
revelations -- Rethinking our livestock focus -- The next generation, building for the future -- Nourished by nature -- The five principles of
soil
health -- Growing biological primers -- Will it work on your farm? -- Profit, not yield.
Summary:
Gabe Brown didn't set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the
family
farm in North Dakota. But as a series of weather-related crop disasters put Brown and his wife, Shelly, in desperate financial straits, they started making bold changes to their farm. Brown, in an effort to simply survive, began experimenting with new practices he'd learned about from reading and talking with innovative researchers and ranchers. As he and his
family
struggled to keep the farm viable, they found themselves on an amazing
journey
into
a new type of farming:
regenerative
agriculture
. Brown dropped the use of most of the herbicides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers that are a standard part of conventional
agriculture
. He switched to no-till planting, started planting diverse cover crop mixes, and changed his grazing practices. In so doing Brown transformed a degraded farm ecosystem
into
one
full of life, starting with the
soil
and working his way up,
one
plant and
one
animal at a time.Gabe and co-writer Courtney White tell the story of that amazing
journey
and offer a wealth of innovative solutions to our most pressing and complex contemporary agricultural challenge: restoring the
soil
. The Brown'
s
Ranch model, developed over twenty years of experimentation and refinement, focuses on regenerating resources by continuously enhancing the living biology in the
soil
. Using
regenerative
agricultural principles, Brown'
s
Ranch has grown several inches of new topsoil in only twenty years! The 5,000-acre ranch profitably produces a wide variety of cash crops and cover crops, as well as grass-finished beef and lamb, pastured laying hens, broilers, and pastured pork, all marketed directly to consumers. The key is how we think, Brown says. In the industrial agricultural model, all thoughts are focused on killing things. But that mindset was also killing diversity,
soil
, and profit, Brown realized. Now he channels his creative thinking toward how he can get more life on the land more plants, animals, and beneficial insects. The greatest roadblock to solving a problem, Brown says, is the human mind.
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Adult Nonfiction
631.584 B877d
Core Collection - Adult
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Jun 06, 2024
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