Intro/Chapter 1

 So far I find this reading very interesting. I also greatly agree with the author around the fact that education is lacking in this area especially surrounding the importance of soil. I feel like already there was so much to learn from basic misunderstandings like the majority of carbon trapped by plants is in the soil and not the plants itself. It was interesting to know that an enzyme in buffalo saliva helps plants grow! Another topic that is very lost in history classes is the importance of the people native to the land. Not only were they able to develop sustainable farming practices but often it is forgotten the hardships they faced through colonization. It’s interesting that many of these new regenerative farming techniques actually already existed hundreds of years ago but were put out of practice to support the so called European standard. If anything it may be more important to look back on the past ways to find solutions for the future. By looking back I mean back to before colonizations back before the industrialization of farming. How were farmers supporting the land then and how did they find solutions. The reading says that the ways of following buffalo worked for thirteen thousand years. This came from understanding the animals rather than hunting and we can do something similar with our farmlands. I think this can be done with a slightly different  mindset how can we support the soil to help the plants, rather than focusing just on the crops and what we get from the crops. If the soil doesn’t have the nutrients to support the crop how can you expect a good turnout.