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RE: Restoring Grasslands with Cattle - Long Considered the Problem, Well Managed Ruminants are Actually the Cure
Vast herds of buffalo and antelope roomed the western and Midwest plains, they were always on the move and the land thrived. I think we can do this with domestic livestock as well. Well written article!
Exactly. It's being done by various folks around the world, with amazing success. In some cases the cow-days/acre(or hectare) has gone up as much as 8 times, even while building topsoil at an amazing rate. It's pretty cool to see what can be done.
With the application of herbicides and pecticides our soils microbiodome is dying, we return nothing back to our precious dirt, and when soil is healthy it's a huge co2 sink. The way to sell this practice is to tie it to man made climate change ;-) I have a hundred acres in Oregon that hopefully will be used this way. Right now it's under lease for growing Christmas trees as I cannot afford to care for it. Eventually I will be able to afford follow this practice!
There are too many who deny man's role in climate change. I'm unconvinced, so avoid using that angle. However, either way, carbon sequestering is excellent for the environment, so it's a win/win no matter one's angle or perception.
Yes! Soil is everything. It's good to see more folks embracing this fact.
I don't know about the models used in parsing the data that are used in climate change science. All models are biased and the science does not consider other factors, like the sun, our solar system and our universe. So I am sckeptical, also the science is politized and grants are given to scientist who agree with anthropomorphic climate change, whilst scientist who disagree are threatened in many ways. So I am on the fence, I'm worried about nuclear and industrial pollution ... But both of us can agree this practice will be a win win no matter what! Well, vegans may not like this ...hehe