This column and the prior one are a bit different than my more scientifically oriented blog entries.In general, I try to steer away from politics and sociological issues with this website. I post those types of thoughts elsewhere. But, at … Continue reading Regen-a-nation
“…whoever cannot tell himself the truth about his past is trapped in it, is immobilized in the prison of his undiscovered self. This is also true of nations.” – James Baldwin The response below is a response to an article … Continue reading A belated response to Philpott’s “racist roots”
Preface: The below content is a cursory overview of numerous plant and soil microbiological processes. This overview is intended as an introduction to these processes. So rather than a detailed dissertation on each item, with lots of references, a lot … Continue reading Restoring the plant’s soil microbiome
Over the past year or two, I’ve seen a lot of articles and videos by people new to regenerative agriculture defining or attempting to define what regenerative agriculture is and isn’t. Some of these articles and videos are better than … Continue reading Regenerative Ag- Clearing up some misconceptions
Dear Vice President Harris, In this NY Times article discussing the debate over who should become the next Agriculture Secretary, the NY Times article is making a false dichotomy between what people want in different communities. I interact quite frequently … Continue reading Open letter to VP Harris regarding the next Ag Secretary.
To better understand regenerative agriculture, it helps to be a systems thinker. Why? It takes system thinking to better understand how the water, carbon, nitrogen and nutrient cycles are interdependent and interconnected through photosynthesis, decomposition, the microbial carbon pump, and … Continue reading Quality Agriculture- A book review
Western culture tends to split everything into binary opposing pairs. Such dialectical thinking permeates our thought process. So we have good versus evil, liberals versus conservatives, left versus right, East versus West, rural versus urban, black versus white, etc. Such … Continue reading Beyond Grass and Grains – Part One: Nutrition
I recently listened to a very interesting conversation on the Doctor’s Farmacy podcast with Dr. Uma Naidoo about nutritional psychiatry. I actually found this discussion interesting enough to buy Dr. Naidoo’s new book, This Is Your Brain on Food: An … Continue reading This is your brain on food- A book review
Back in May of 2015, I wrote this article, Understanding water footprint numbers, after spending a month corresponding with the organization generating these numbers: WaterFootprint.org. Prior to this correspondence and writing this article (now posted on my blog), like many … Continue reading More on water footprints
Will, . Loved your most recent blog post: Will’s Wisdom: Think About This When You Eat an Impossible Burger. I call burgers made from beef from holistically grazed ranches “regenerative burgers”. Conversely, I refer to the plant based analogs from … Continue reading An open letter to Will Harris at White Oak Pastures
“… all living systems are complex – i.e., highly nonlinear – networks …” Fritjof Capra CH4= Methane, CO= Carbon monoxide, CO2= Carbon dioxide, OH = hydroxyl radical There’s a fundamental problem with methane analysis, and that is most methane analysis … Continue reading Methane: Accounting for both sides of the scale
(Above photograph from the Kansas Farmers Union) – Just below is a post I read on Facebook by agronomist Dale Strickler, who I recently quoted in a couple recent blog entries. I’m sharing now so that hopefully this post will … Continue reading Guest post: 10 points on land management by Dale Strickler
