@@vivalaleta yeah, the original comment may not have aged well hahahah, but look at the date it was made. Still, what Gabe is doing is far more important than anything Musk does.
I wish Gabe would do a presentation on his vegetable production with no till and cover crops. This is a whole different area compared to planting corn, beans, wheat, etc. I am just a tiny farmer planting vegetables(tomatoes, beans, bell peppers, etc) and I do use multi-species cover crops in my subplots.
I am just a backyard vegetable and fruit grower. Look at some of Gabe's other YT videos. He does briefly discuss his "chaos" garden. According to Gabe, and others, the principles of proper soil management obtain, regardless of the crop. Orchards, vegetable gardens, row crops, the scale doesn't matter. Livestock integration may or may not fit your context, but we all know folks who have poultry running around. I believe this is why Gabe now uses the term 'animal impact'. I don't have any livestock, but of course there are birds, small mammals, insects, and game species all around. In Gabe's other videos, he mentions the direct and indirect benefits of these animals on pest management, pollination, propagation, etc. Populations of fauna can be positively affected by sound soil management. Implementing these practices brings me great joy.
I was glad to see that you spoke about profit and the BS about feeding the world In Australia we have one of the worst droughts on record and when the drought ends they will keep farming the way they always have. The Barrier Reef in Queensland is being depleted by runoff and cane farmers are coming under the gun for their farming practices. You can turn a died in the wool plough and fertilizer man into a greenie if there is profit in it. People say they wan't ethically farmed animals with as natural a life as possible, fruit and vegies without sprays or inorganic fertilizers but they don't want to pay for it. John
Toward the end, Gabe mentions pasture and hayland, as though those are two separate things. Pasture land that is too steep or too rocky to mow for hay, (except perhaps by skilled people with European style scythes) is one thing... but hay fields should be grazed. The combination of hoof action, nutrients deposited on the field, and the biology in the saliva and manure is highly beneficial to the soil life - that feeds the hay. Historically, smart farmers also grazed their livestock on crop fields. The spilled grains were harvested by the animals, and the animals left their beneficial urine and manure. Hay and sometimes grain stalks were also fed on crop fields in winter, creating compost in place. Chicken houses built on wagon were pulled from one grain field to another to harvest the spilt grains, (long, long before Joel Salatin's 'egg mobiles'). Hogs were sometimes allowed to stay on a field long enough to 'plow' it, which was followed by harrowing in the spring to prepare the soil for broadcasting seed grain. Synthetic fertilizers, on the other hand, kills the soil life. None of the fertilizers contains all the trace and micro-trace elements that healthy soil life makes available to the plants from the subsoil. The lack of these numerous elements - Dr. Elaine Ingham says that 42 are now acknowledged to be important for plants - decreases resistance of the plants to weather stress (drought, frost, heat), their ability to withstand weed pressure, insect pests and disease.
Plant based sugars are healthy. Refined sugars are the problem. Plant based sugars are in the presence of micronutrients, trace minerals, and natural alkalinity, ie oxygen. In this form they are perfectly healthy. Meats raised the way Gabe is talking about here are nutrient dense and have healthy fats because they’re grassfed in nutrient-dense pastures. This is the point of his presentation. Meat raised this way is different than feedlot/grain fed, full of chemicals, glyphosatea, and likely gmo. Still, animal proteins and fats are more difficult to digest than vegetables so they should be eaten in moderation. Here’s why- even healthy meats/fats are broken down with pancreatic enzymes. These enzymes also perform the normal function of digesting errant malignant cells (cancerous) that everyone has to some degree. If we eat too much meat we divert valuable pancreatic enzymes to the digestion of those meats, leaving a shortage of enzymes to go after cancerous cells. Moderation is always a virtue. I raise cattle and have also beaten prostate cancer through the Gerson Therapy which is organic vegetarian, not vegan and restores the body’s own immune system and healing ability. After the two year therapy grassfed meats are allowed, in moderation of course. This therapy is a natural outgrowth of what the medical doctor Gabe refers to is working to achieve through nutrient dense foods raised regeneratively.
Eating grass fed beef is not the same as eating industrially fed beef. The grass fed beef fills you up faster. The meat is denser, more red and it need to be cooked differently. It lasts longer and has a great flavor, like venison. The farmers who are suffering with raising animals in concentration farms should just release their animals in the field and rotate them often, while observing the cycle of the grass. The current industrialization of animals is a tragedy but it doesn't need to be. Farmers are not the devil. They are the solution. :)
On the question about what the difference is between manure from CAFOs - from pits or 'lagoons' - Gabe is right, the lack of oxygen results in pathogenic soil life, and harmful chemicals being formed that can stunt or kill plants. Dr. Elaine Ingham explains this in her talks on RUclips. Manure in pits, ponds or 'lagoons, or compost piles that become anaerobic grow pathogens, harmful soil-dwelling life, and produce toxic substances. This can happen from compaction in compost piles, but often it is because the pile has become waterlogged. Good compost smells GREAT! Good compost, and good soil, will be dark, rich brown, and crumbly. Soil or compost the color of unsweetened chocolate is a good sign. Sometimes this was called 'black' - but truly BLACK soil or compost is a BAD sign: it has no oxygen and is toxic to beneficial soil life, and plant roots. If the compost, or stuff coming out of a manure pit, smells bad, it is BAD for the soil.
Excellent video, one of the best I've seen on the subject of soil health and the domino effect. Maybe it's because it's what I personally believe; but maybe it's just the Truth.
Hi Mr Brown, this is the second video I have watched by you and both have been very informative and have inspired me to follow in your footsteps hopefully. This is something that all farmers need to watch. Here in india we also are following monoculture and hopefully there will be changes so that we can save our soil. I have a citrus orchard in about 200 acres which I hope to change to your method. I would appreciate if you could possibly guide me a little bit. Hope to hear from you. Thanks Pawanpreet singh
I thought, being a Corporate Director of Engineering for a former world's largest company in its field, I was a smart person. You have proven, that Farmers need a lot more smarts than me. Too bad I'm well into retirement as I would have been fascinated to work with people like you in agriculture. Question: If you know, what would be the major plus and minuses of Aquaponics versus growing in soil?
34:21 - 'Plant and soil are one.' Ray Archuleta Just as the myriad of soil organisms below the soil surface are part of the SAME SYSTEM, so too are the large and small animals above the soil surface. J"We cannot have a healthy soil ecosystem without living plants." Gabe Brown We really can't have healthy ecosystems without LIVING ANIMALS filling the ecological niches, fulfilling the functions they were designed or evolved to fill. It does not really matter whether those animals are 'wild' or 'domestic' - except that what we call domestic animals are usually easier to manage. Without the predators that kept the larger herbivores bunched together as they moved frequently to fresh pasture, while culling the old, injured, weak, and sick animals, WE have to step into that role to keep the herds we manage healthy. This is easier with animals that respect fences, and have been selected for a calm temperament.
I do have a question for those following this. I am turning a small piece of land into a year around covered garden. Using hay, leaves, and grass clippings. I do plan to use companion planting of beneficial plants. Will this do some of what Gabe does on a large scale?
Hi Gabe I am finding it difficult in Australia to find Australian resources on regenerative agriculture and have a few questions relating to my farm where I would like to start this practice. I have just had the Haney soil test done on my trufferie and avocado orchard but have nothing to help me interpret my results, nothing to compare to ( and no one in my region can help me). i also would like to know how regen ag will affect my ph when I need ph 5.5 in one paddock and high 7 in another. Would you have advice on who I could talk to at all; I would really appreciate it. Katrina
I live in southern Missouri, what should I be seeding my pastures with? We have dairy cows, plan on getting some beef cows, dairy and meat sheep, and lots of different poultry. We just got our first homestead and it's mostly flat, sloping pasture 50-60 acres and it was very poorly managed.
Mr. Brown you are amazing. I agree with what you are saying. Do you ever come to the far Eastern U.S.A. ? I'm located in Winchester, VA.....LOVE to hear you in person. YOU ARE GREAT !!!! :)
Contact Gabe Brown directly and he will be glad to email you and let you know where and when he will be speaking next. If his contact info is not on this video, look up a few more; he usually includes it. Or do an Internet search.
The problem where I live is that there are few farmers that actually own the land they’re farming. The landlords don’t care, all they want is the rent check and if you’re not doing what it takes to pay what they’re asking, then there are ten or more people standing in line that are more than happy to pay the high priced rent. We are rice, cotton, corn and soybeans where I live. I’ve presented people in my area with Gabe Browns program and no one is interested. I’ve heard every excuse, from that won’t work here to it’s all a bunch of snake oil. Therein lies the problem, nobody cares and nobody is interested.
Disagree. I'm a landlord, and it's the farmers that don't care about the soil, just bushels per acre (and more and more fertilizer and chemicals). Almost all corn/soybeans where I live.
The idea common among scientists that it takes '500 to 1,000 years to build an inch of topsoil' seems to come from the idea that soil is comprised of fine particles of rock. Until recently, most scientists saw soil as just something to old the roots of plants, and they viewed soil nutrition and plant growth as simply chemical processes. Chemistry is important, but somehow they overlooked the BIOLOGY, the life that is the difference between soil and dirt. Dr. Elaine Ingham, soil microbiologist, talks about the 80,000 +/- soil organism, previously unknown, that were detected through their DNA. In addition to the fact that soil scientists had basically written off soil-dwelling organisms as irrelevant - soil research was focused on chemistry - these organisms had remained unknown apparently because **they would not survive or grow in a petri dish in a laboratory**. Talk about the tool and method limiting what we can see... or, maybe even imagine! Except for Dr. Seus, in 'Horton Hears a Who'.
From what I've read, seed-to-soil contact is critical to most cover species. Gabe uses his no-till drill to seed the cover crops through the surface biomass. He started with a JD 1590, but now uses something bigger. I'm just a schlub backyard vegetable gardener who is trying like mad to implement most of Gabe's principles. In an effort to accelerate soil quality, late last summer, I planted a winter-kill blend of cover crop seeds into a few "new" in-ground beds which I mulched with homemade compost. I just pressed the seeds into the compost, and kept it moist until I saw at least two species germinating. Naturally, I don't know what effect those crops will have on my tomatoes and squash, but considering the new beds were highly-compacted yellow clay lawn, anything I can eat will be a win.
Because they listen to bad information, thinking it's all they have. The message is slowly getting out, there is a better way to farm. Gabe and friends are doing good work.
They are both encouraged and pressured to sign up for the various government programs. Loans for land, equipment, seed and 'inputs' can be tied to participation. The crop insurance, and other programs, then limit how the farmers can farm. For example, Gabe, for instance, would not be allowed to farm the way he does - building soil, increasing air and water infiltration, and increasing biodiversity both above and below the soil surface - if he had crop insurance.
Well, the answer to the health care crisis is a plant-based diet (specifically whole-food), but good talk nonetheless, with information critical for the other reasons stated.
@@Randomdude-i8x It's not hard to do healthy, but it is easy to do wrong. Much unlearning is required: "Don't eat too much", "Potatoes are bad for you", "Fruit is bad for you because it has sugar", "olive oil is a health food", "salt is a nutrient", "meat is a complete protein", "everything in moderation", etc.
It's been decades the health institutions are recommending less and less meat and the problems have only gone worse. The mounting evidence is that plant-based is actually harmful for global health and eating less meat would actually be useless for the environment (as animals are literally the best way to regenerate the soil) but also globally harmful for health (which means more pharmaceutical dependence, etc.).
@@hyperTorless What are you on about? Consumption of meat and dairy has only increased over the past several decades. Yes, in the past few years more and more health institutions are recommending less meat as the mounting scientific evidence becomes undeniable, but the general public's eating habits have yet to catch up. Look around; you'll be hardpressed to find something cutting out animal products, but those who have are reaping the rewards. It's more than just meat; it's dairy, too, and eggs.
@@carbrock.2854 Consumption of animal products has actually decreased consistently (cf. Nina Teicholz's Big Fat Surprise) and we are starting to realize that what some people purported as "evidences" for so long were simply not: namely that cholesterol and saturated fats are not detrimental to health and in fact that sugar is the real culprit here (see Robert Lustig's great "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" conference and Credit Suisse "New Fat Paradigm" report). Dairy have been shown to be positive for health and a whole country is standing in the face of these theories, France, with it's very high consumption of meat and cheese, while maintaining the lowest BMI of Europe. It's still unclear whether it's low-carb (in general) or high-fat (or both together) which is to be recommended (though we seem to agree that a good level of [complete, ie animal] protein is preferable), but it's clearly not a plant-based diet which implies a lot of sugar, very few fats and few complete proteins. A good rather recent summary is : ruclips.net/video/9QgLVic9Kdg/видео.html
I watch this again and again ... truely great value
Gabe Brown, you are the Elon Musk of agriculture. I have hope for the future of my children and grandchildren because of people like you!
Perfectly said.
Elon Musk doesn't deserve so much credit.
@@vivalaleta yeah, the original comment may not have aged well hahahah, but look at the date it was made. Still, what Gabe is doing is far more important than anything Musk does.
@@nextworldaction8828 I could listen to Gabe speak all day. I'm not a farmer but have learned so much.
Anyway I agree completely.
Thank you so much Gabe.
From Punjab India.
This should be taught in school. It is vital knowledge.
I wish Gabe would do a presentation on his vegetable production with no till and cover crops. This is a whole different area compared to planting corn, beans, wheat, etc. I am just a tiny farmer planting vegetables(tomatoes, beans, bell peppers, etc) and I do use multi-species cover crops in my subplots.
I am just a backyard vegetable and fruit grower. Look at some of Gabe's other YT videos. He does briefly discuss his "chaos" garden.
According to Gabe, and others, the principles of proper soil management obtain, regardless of the crop. Orchards, vegetable gardens, row crops, the scale doesn't matter.
Livestock integration may or may not fit your context, but we all know folks who have poultry running around.
I believe this is why Gabe now uses the term 'animal impact'. I don't have any livestock, but of course there are birds, small mammals, insects, and game species all around. In Gabe's other videos, he mentions the direct and indirect benefits of these animals on pest management, pollination, propagation, etc. Populations of fauna can be positively affected by sound soil management. Implementing these practices brings me great joy.
I was glad to see that you spoke about profit and the BS about feeding the world In Australia we have one of the worst droughts on record and when the drought ends they will keep farming the way they always have. The Barrier Reef in Queensland is being depleted by runoff and cane farmers are coming under the gun for their farming practices. You can turn a died in the wool plough and fertilizer man into a greenie if there is profit in it. People say they wan't ethically farmed animals with as natural a life as possible, fruit and vegies without sprays or inorganic fertilizers but they don't want to pay for it. John
Toward the end, Gabe mentions pasture and hayland, as though those are two separate things. Pasture land that is too steep or too rocky to mow for hay, (except perhaps by skilled people with European style scythes) is one thing... but hay fields should be grazed. The combination of hoof action, nutrients deposited on the field, and the biology in the saliva and manure is highly beneficial to the soil life - that feeds the hay.
Historically, smart farmers also grazed their livestock on crop fields. The spilled grains were harvested by the animals, and the animals left their beneficial urine and manure. Hay and sometimes grain stalks were also fed on crop fields in winter, creating compost in place. Chicken houses built on wagon were pulled from one grain field to another to harvest the spilt grains, (long, long before Joel Salatin's 'egg mobiles'). Hogs were sometimes allowed to stay on a field long enough to 'plow' it, which was followed by harrowing in the spring to prepare the soil for broadcasting seed grain.
Synthetic fertilizers, on the other hand, kills the soil life. None of the fertilizers contains all the trace and micro-trace elements that healthy soil life makes available to the plants from the subsoil. The lack of these numerous elements - Dr. Elaine Ingham says that 42 are now acknowledged to be important for plants - decreases resistance of the plants to weather stress (drought, frost, heat), their ability to withstand weed pressure, insect pests and disease.
Look at Profit per acre over Yield. Great business advice Mr. Brown!
Plant based sugars are healthy. Refined sugars are the problem. Plant based sugars are in the presence of micronutrients, trace minerals, and natural alkalinity, ie oxygen. In this form they are perfectly healthy. Meats raised the way Gabe is talking about here are nutrient dense and have healthy fats because they’re grassfed in nutrient-dense pastures. This is the point of his presentation. Meat raised this way is different than feedlot/grain fed, full of chemicals, glyphosatea, and likely gmo. Still, animal proteins and fats are more difficult to digest than vegetables so they should be eaten in moderation. Here’s why- even healthy meats/fats are broken down with pancreatic enzymes. These enzymes also perform the normal function of digesting errant malignant cells (cancerous) that everyone has to some degree. If we eat too much meat we divert valuable pancreatic enzymes to the digestion of those meats, leaving a shortage of enzymes to go after cancerous cells. Moderation is always a virtue. I raise cattle and have also beaten prostate cancer through the Gerson Therapy which is organic vegetarian, not vegan and restores the body’s own immune system and healing ability. After the two year therapy grassfed meats are allowed, in moderation of course. This therapy is a natural outgrowth of what the medical doctor Gabe refers to is working to achieve through nutrient dense foods raised regeneratively.
Eating grass fed beef is not the same as eating industrially fed beef. The grass fed beef fills you up faster. The meat is denser, more red and it need to be cooked differently. It lasts longer and has a great flavor, like venison. The farmers who are suffering with raising animals in concentration farms should just release their animals in the field and rotate them often, while observing the cycle of the grass. The current industrialization of animals is a tragedy but it doesn't need to be.
Farmers are not the devil. They are the solution. :)
On the question about what the difference is between manure from CAFOs - from pits or 'lagoons' - Gabe is right, the lack of oxygen results in pathogenic soil life, and harmful chemicals being formed that can stunt or kill plants. Dr. Elaine Ingham explains this in her talks on RUclips.
Manure in pits, ponds or 'lagoons, or compost piles that become anaerobic grow pathogens, harmful soil-dwelling life, and produce toxic substances. This can happen from compaction in compost piles, but often it is because the pile has become waterlogged.
Good compost smells GREAT! Good compost, and good soil, will be dark, rich brown, and crumbly. Soil or compost the color of unsweetened chocolate is a good sign. Sometimes this was called 'black' - but truly BLACK soil or compost is a BAD sign: it has no oxygen and is toxic to beneficial soil life, and plant roots. If the compost, or stuff coming out of a manure pit, smells bad, it is BAD for the soil.
these anaerobic sludge ponds also create poisonous gases as well. So not only does this cause harm to the soil, but pollutes the air and water system!
Monsanto is going to be unhappy with this man.
Excellent video, one of the best I've seen on the subject of soil health and the domino effect. Maybe it's because it's what I personally believe; but maybe it's just the Truth.
Hi Mr Brown, this is the second video I have watched by you and both have been very informative and have inspired me to follow in your footsteps hopefully. This is something that all farmers need to watch. Here in india we also are following monoculture and hopefully there will be changes so that we can save our soil. I have a citrus orchard in about 200 acres which I hope to change to your method. I would appreciate if you could possibly guide me a little bit. Hope to hear from you. Thanks Pawanpreet singh
I thought, being a Corporate Director of Engineering for a former world's largest company in its field, I was a smart person. You have proven, that Farmers need a lot more smarts than me. Too bad I'm well into retirement as I would have been fascinated to work with people like you in agriculture. Question: If you know, what would be the major plus and minuses of Aquaponics versus growing in soil?
34:21 - 'Plant and soil are one.' Ray Archuleta Just as the myriad of soil organisms below the soil surface are part of the SAME SYSTEM, so too are the large and small animals above the soil surface. J"We cannot have a healthy soil ecosystem without living plants." Gabe Brown We really can't have healthy ecosystems without LIVING ANIMALS filling the ecological niches, fulfilling the functions they were designed or evolved to fill.
It does not really matter whether those animals are 'wild' or 'domestic' - except that what we call domestic animals are usually easier to manage. Without the predators that kept the larger herbivores bunched together as they moved frequently to fresh pasture, while culling the old, injured, weak, and sick animals, WE have to step into that role to keep the herds we manage healthy. This is easier with animals that respect fences, and have been selected for a calm temperament.
I do have a question for those following this. I am turning a small piece of land into a year around covered garden. Using hay, leaves, and grass clippings. I do plan to use companion planting of beneficial plants. Will this do some of what Gabe does on a large scale?
this guy should be minister of soil.i love him.
We done Gabe.
Coud the book "soil manual "be read on line???
Hi Gabe I am finding it difficult in Australia to find Australian resources on regenerative agriculture and have a few questions relating to my farm where I would like to start this practice. I have just had the Haney soil test done on my trufferie and avocado orchard but have nothing to help me interpret my results, nothing to compare to ( and no one in my region can help me). i also would like to know how regen ag will affect my ph when I need ph 5.5 in one paddock and high 7 in another. Would you have advice on who I could talk to at all; I would really appreciate it.
Katrina
27:00 Profit over yield, what is a plant made of?
I live in southern Missouri, what should I be seeding my pastures with? We have dairy cows, plan on getting some beef cows, dairy and meat sheep, and lots of different poultry. We just got our first homestead and it's mostly flat, sloping pasture 50-60 acres and it was very poorly managed.
How could i get that "soil manual"?
Mr. Brown you are amazing. I agree with what you are saying. Do you ever come to the far Eastern U.S.A. ? I'm located in Winchester, VA.....LOVE to hear you in person. YOU ARE GREAT !!!! :)
where is he speaking next? would love to go and hear these guys talk.
Contact Gabe Brown directly and he will be glad to email you and let you know where and when he will be speaking next. If his contact info is not on this video, look up a few more; he usually includes it. Or do an Internet search.
I have to have a crop this year how do I not ill sweet corn and green beans
The problem where I live is that there are few farmers that actually own the land they’re farming. The landlords don’t care, all they want is the rent check and if you’re not doing what it takes to pay what they’re asking, then there are ten or more people standing in line that are more than happy to pay the high priced rent.
We are rice, cotton, corn and soybeans where I live.
I’ve presented people in my area with Gabe Browns program and no one is interested.
I’ve heard every excuse, from that won’t work here to it’s all a bunch of snake oil.
Therein lies the problem, nobody cares and nobody is interested.
I think it's a big problem when Farmers don't even own their own land! Sheesh.
How much does a cattle farm rent for?
Disagree. I'm a landlord, and it's the farmers that don't care about the soil, just bushels per acre (and more and more fertilizer and chemicals). Almost all corn/soybeans where I live.
Wean in April, put on the stockpiled forage, then calving? Are the calving cows different than those that weaned?
The idea common among scientists that it takes '500 to 1,000 years to build an inch of topsoil' seems to come from the idea that soil is comprised of fine particles of rock. Until recently, most scientists saw soil as just something to old the roots of plants, and they viewed soil nutrition and plant growth as simply chemical processes. Chemistry is important, but somehow they overlooked the BIOLOGY, the life that is the difference between soil and dirt.
Dr. Elaine Ingham, soil microbiologist, talks about the 80,000 +/- soil organism, previously unknown, that were detected through their DNA. In addition to the fact that soil scientists had basically written off soil-dwelling organisms as irrelevant - soil research was focused on chemistry - these organisms had remained unknown apparently because **they would not survive or grow in a petri dish in a laboratory**.
Talk about the tool and method limiting what we can see... or, maybe even imagine!
Except for Dr. Seus, in 'Horton Hears a Who'.
When will Matt Groening give Homer a career change from nuclear plant worker into a soil health expert? Gabe should approach him with the concept!
Gave mentions a way how to eliminate perineal crops without using herbicide. Anyone know the procedures
have you tested your crops to see how much herbicide has been absorbed in your crop.
You had Allen Savory at your place?!? Cool! Love the talk as always.
Can anyone tell me how cover crops are planted? Do they just spread seeds on top of the soil without trying to poke them into it?
Wendy Scott ruclips.net/video/nWXCLVCJWTU/видео.html
From what I've read, seed-to-soil contact is critical to most cover species. Gabe uses his no-till drill to seed the cover crops through the surface biomass. He started with a JD 1590, but now uses something bigger.
I'm just a schlub backyard vegetable gardener who is trying like mad to implement most of Gabe's principles. In an effort to accelerate soil quality, late last summer, I planted a winter-kill blend of cover crop seeds into a few "new" in-ground beds which I mulched with homemade compost. I just pressed the seeds into the compost, and kept it moist until I saw at least two species germinating.
Naturally, I don't know what effect those crops will have on my tomatoes and squash, but considering the new beds were highly-compacted yellow clay lawn, anything I can eat will be a win.
Nature much more collaborative than competitive , great thought corporate is going to destroy this guy.
I dunno. Gabe's been doing this for quite a while and he isn't the only one either.
24:26 - No one laughed at Gabe's joke about the Internet! Wrong crowd, I guess...
What is the joke
@@JamesOBrien2253 that Al Gore hadn't invented it yet.
You should change the name of your technique from "No Till Farming" to "Never Till Farming" it is actually a 3rd way of farming!
'Farmers complain about $19 trillion debt, then walk to the mailbox looking for a check.'
Because they listen to bad information, thinking it's all they have. The message is slowly getting out, there is a better way to farm. Gabe and friends are doing good work.
They are both encouraged and pressured to sign up for the various government programs. Loans for land, equipment, seed and 'inputs' can be tied to participation. The crop insurance, and other programs, then limit how the farmers can farm.
For example, Gabe, for instance, would not be allowed to farm the way he does - building soil, increasing air and water infiltration, and increasing biodiversity both above and below the soil surface - if he had crop insurance.
@@Jefferdaughter Indeed. I helped hand out the checks for a while. 😕 Followed Gabe for a few years now and that's part of the reason I quit.
Well, the answer to the health care crisis is a plant-based diet (specifically whole-food), but good talk nonetheless, with information critical for the other reasons stated.
Plant based, with meat ;). Don't think vegan diets sustains health long tern. It is hard to do it healthy, and it certainly isn't healthy for me.
@@Randomdude-i8x It's not hard to do healthy, but it is easy to do wrong. Much unlearning is required: "Don't eat too much", "Potatoes are bad for you", "Fruit is bad for you because it has sugar", "olive oil is a health food", "salt is a nutrient", "meat is a complete protein", "everything in moderation", etc.
It's been decades the health institutions are recommending less and less meat and the problems have only gone worse.
The mounting evidence is that plant-based is actually harmful for global health and eating less meat would actually be useless for the environment (as animals are literally the best way to regenerate the soil) but also globally harmful for health (which means more pharmaceutical dependence, etc.).
@@hyperTorless What are you on about? Consumption of meat and dairy has only increased over the past several decades. Yes, in the past few years more and more health institutions are recommending less meat as the mounting scientific evidence becomes undeniable, but the general public's eating habits have yet to catch up. Look around; you'll be hardpressed to find something cutting out animal products, but those who have are reaping the rewards. It's more than just meat; it's dairy, too, and eggs.
@@carbrock.2854 Consumption of animal products has actually decreased consistently (cf. Nina Teicholz's Big Fat Surprise) and we are starting to realize that what some people purported as "evidences" for so long were simply not: namely that cholesterol and saturated fats are not detrimental to health and in fact that sugar is the real culprit here (see Robert Lustig's great "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" conference and Credit Suisse "New Fat Paradigm" report).
Dairy have been shown to be positive for health and a whole country is standing in the face of these theories, France, with it's very high consumption of meat and cheese, while maintaining the lowest BMI of Europe.
It's still unclear whether it's low-carb (in general) or high-fat (or both together) which is to be recommended (though we seem to agree that a good level of [complete, ie animal] protein is preferable), but it's clearly not a plant-based diet which implies a lot of sugar, very few fats and few complete proteins.
A good rather recent summary is : ruclips.net/video/9QgLVic9Kdg/видео.html