Grazing Down the Carbon: The Scientific Case for Grassland Restoration with Richard Teague
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2014
- Richard Teague addresses how land managers can base decisions for sustainable land use on the principles of ecosystem function. He will describe his studies of adaptive rangeland management, land restoration and carbon storage.
Presented at Biodiversity for a Livable Climate "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming" conference at Tufts University on November 21-23, 2014
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such a detailed and serious report, why did he have to use comic sans lol
Daniel Alvarado
Why do you even notice something so trivial
To keep the mood light.
Comic Sans is easy to read.
Anyone knows : how was the slides captured and put together with the presenter?
Mr. Teague is saying at 23:10 and on that research needs to determine 'how good is HPG as a regeneration and mgmt tool'? I think that's been established
What was his acronym GHG?
green house gas
How common is this practice?
Which one?
"graze again before the forage is too mature", I thought it was important to let the plants mature?
okay I see, I thought he meant to graze them before they go dormant which is pretty impossible if it only rains 4-6 month out of the year. The stage after the soil dries out and the plants turns yellow, they are still nutritious.
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@@Gustav4
Diverse plantings in grazing fields retain moisture longer...
@@b_uppy Yes true, are you doing any grazing your self?
@@Gustav4
I have a background in farming and ranching. What are you curious about that is actually germaine to improving soil carbon and soil moisture.
My previous answer above was rushed. I should have added that once fields yellow they've largely stopped growing, and the chance for more feed is reduced, because the tops have died.
Diverse plantings encourage soil biota that transfers moisture to where its needed by transportation and mycelium, etc. The forbs break up hardpan while also balancing animal nutrition. Trees can be added for coppicing, to supplement livestock feed, as well as fruit, input and leaf harvests, and to provide shade. Shade is useful in summer because grass doesn't grow when it gets too hot, and it can also reduce cattle stresses, allowing animals to put on more weight/produce more
@@b_uppy yea more of that please :))
Im raised on a dairy farm in denmark, had interest in regn ag for the past 6 years or so.
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This all makes sense to me, I have no problem with what Teague is saying. My question is this: how do we continue to feed people carbohydrates? Wheat, rice, potatoes, corn, sugar are all grown in monocultures. How do we adapt those systems? Of you grow a wheat crop with a multi species mix (as opposed to a monoculture), how do you collect clean seed at harvest?
I have heard Gabe Brown speak and have read much on Seis (I live in Australia) and understand that little of their crop ever reaches human consumption. You are right in what you say, but I still don't know how we feed 9-10 billion people without monocultures. And yet I believe (mostly through exposure to farmers on twitter) that it can be done. Do we just have to run the whole harvest through a seed cleaner? That would do the job in many cases but the amount of energy required would be huge..
The world could do with a little less carbs right now.
I eat nearly no carbs. Look up ketogenic diets. They are far healthier as its our ancestral diet..
The night time animal holding areas in Savorys system are used as small scale crop fields afterwards as they are so well fertilised.
It matters what you grow. Corn can be grown with hairy vetch or another legume that doesn't grow high and the corn can be harvested easily. Most of the diversity would come from diverse cover crops in the fall and spring.
Would this work with chicken. Not particularly big but easier to transport and contain.
chickens follow the cattle about 3 days later. The chickens scratch out the patties and eat the larvae. also drop their highly nitrogenous manure. but yes, you can do this with chickens too. lookup 'pastured chicken'
steve campbell thanks. I have a modest size backyard. And planning to get chickens.
you don't need the cattle to do this. With chickens the grass should not be too tall.
@@stevecampbell5314 will the chickens also eat my dung beetles?
chickens are omnivorous
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should we just not take down the fences and promote buffalo?
+Art Monkey well... you need natural predators to get natural behavior of herd. People don't like to live near those :/
I wonder if dogs or other animals could be trained to push them like a predator might but not eat them like a predator might.
I don't think dogs can do it alone, but with humans at their side they can be very effective.
Y'all everywhere of cowboys?
@@Kowzorz Ever heard of Border collies ? Or German / Belgian shepherds ?