Why Major Change is Needed
The Problems with Current Agricultural Practices
Industrial Agriculture is Unsustainable
Industrial-scale agriculture took off after World War II with the need to find ways of feeding impoverished communities at scale, utilising post-war chemical processes which switched from the making of chemical explosives to nitrogen-based fertilisers.
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It has taken several generations to appreciate that this form of farming is unsustainable. Depending on the data source, somewhere between 30 and 50% of all carbon that has been added to the atmosphere, and which is now implicated in the anthropomorphic component of global warming is derived from soil due to these practices. Recent estimates put the loss of carbon in soil across the United States prairies by farming as croplands as high as 60%.
With Regenerative Everyone Benefits
In Australia, it has been shown that adopting rotational grazing practices, and using a low-input approach can restore soil carbon levels. The benefits include improving soil quality, less water runoff and erosion, increased phytonutrient content and healthier ratios of Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acids in grazing animal protein, and greater animal carrying capacity on the land.
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The consumer is provided healthier food, and the farmer has a healthier, more productive, and more profitable farm.​ Multiple grazing rotations per day ensure that there is constant contact between grazing animals and farmer which engenders a more trusting and less stressful relationship.
