In the introduction of this book Carlise explains how she became deeply interested in the concept of regenerative agriculture after realizing that industrial agriculture was focusing on monoculture and synthetic chemicals. Which has caused immense damage to the environment, including soil degradation and loss of biodiversity. She explains how regenerative agriculture is based on holistic practices aimed at restoring soil health, increasing biodiversity, and promoting climate resilience.
In chapter 1 she digs deeper into the specifics of regenerative agriculture and how its practiced. She notes that one of the most compelling aspects of regenerative agriculture is its potential to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and reduce the effects of climate change. She states many regenerative farmers struggle against powerful agricultural corporations. She states that even though these farmers have had challenges they persevere and continue to transform their land and communities for the better.
I agree with what she states in this first chapter. I think we need regenerative agricultural now more than ever. The world is heating up, and our soil has no nutrients anymore. This could help both of those problems. I like how regenerative agriculture treats the land as a living, breathing entity that requires care and attention. I think this is 100% true and we need to start taking care of it now.
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Looking at the agriculture we have now as an industrial, unnatural thing is a big deal. When the first people started agriculture, I would imagine they looked at the natural cycles around them and thought "Wait a minute, I can co-opt this and really help myself out here." What was rigging a natural system up to play out in our favor become it's own thing. Agriculture exists outside of nature, and is its own world. That is ultimately not true. We've lost the plot and have disconnected farming from the natural science it is built upon.
We have this issue where what we grew up with was the base line that's always been that way. That is NOT true. You'll see political cartoons poking fun at kids where they ask how much RAM a book has, but most people are that lost when it comes to what the physical, natural world should look like. Now that we're reaping what we've sown across global climate changes and ecological disasters, now is the time to try and push for a more natural agricultural system less detached from nature.
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