Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
An integrated, holistic approach is required in order to mimic the complexity and fertility of a prairie ecosystem on the farm.
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
storage ability is called effective rainfall.
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
amazingcarbon.com,
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
The soil–root interface is called the rhizosphere,
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
What is hugelkultur? The word means “hill culture” in German and is a technique where woody debris is utilized as a resource
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes to the DNA sequence. It is the study of biological mechanisms that will “switch” genes on and off.
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
Mycorrhizal fungi efficiently acquire minerals for plants in exchange for carbon, but if the fungi do not receive carbon from the plants, they can’t acquire minerals, and then plants can’t access those minerals. Also, synthetics supply only a limited type of nutrient, not the full range that plants need.
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
we shouldn’t refer to particular plant species as “native” because species are ever evolving, too. We should refer to the landscape simply as an ecosystem of plants.
Gabe Brown • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
“microbial activity also drives the process of soil aggregation, enhancing soil structural stability, aeration, infiltration, and water-holding capacity. All living things, above and below ground, benefit when the plant-microbe bridge is functioning effectively.”