Regenerative farming takes a clear approach to agriculture, in that it’s not just about sustaining the land in its current state, it’s about bringing it back to its original, vibrant state. This creates greater biodiversity, more nutrients, stronger soils, and healthier food. Regenerative farming encompasses numerous practices that benefit the soil in which crops are being farmed. It is about being minimally invasive and supporting natural symbiotic relationships, so that bacteria in the soil, grazing cattle, and everything in between, are working together. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Miriam Horn as she shares the story of a midwest soil farmer who is using regenerative practices to restore his land back to its original Prairie state.
Miriam Horn works at the Environmental Defense Fund and is a New York Times best-selling author. Her books include, Rebels in White Gloves, Coming of Age with Hillary's Class, Wellesley '69, Earth: The Sequel, The Race to Reinvent Energy Stop Global Warming, which was co-authored with the Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp, and Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland.
Tune into Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Miriam Horn:
Fantastic and highly informative clip! A tip, could you please move the white papers away so people like me can read the subtitles which happens to be white also, thank you. 🙂
Dr. Hyman, you and that lady should do a documentary about this way of farming, the buffalos, plowing, and the dust bowl, the conservation acts etc. This info.could help change the world.
Thought this was going to be about meditation from the title.
I got it now – Way too much Methane, Fungi and Bacteria in the Politicians brains. Wow, what a concept, thanks. i know who to vote for now who does not have these issues
Great video! Very interesting… I learned a lot.
I wonder about yields of crops farming this way? Is it less productive per acre?
It seems farming livestock is a vital part of this. Vegans won’t like this solution since it doesn’t fit their dogma.
thanks!!
Don’t grow soy. GMO.
Wow! this is awesome. Have shared on my fb page.
Since adding Biochar to my garden areas, the microbial life has increased dramatically, and food production has increased four fold. Adding carbon to the soil and eliminating tillage is well worth it!
My father has always put nutrients into the soil or sprayed on apple trees and now with his backyard garden he composts leaves in fall then adds to soil his fruit and vegetables are bigger than normal. Any good farmer would check nutrients in soil