Last week, I shared a video introduction to a discovery that will help farmers and ranchers manage and build their soil to be more successful and to potentially slow and reverse climate change. The solution – a small dusting of compost that can double forage production and increase soil carbon sequestration. In Part 2 of this series, John lays the foundation for understanding why this works.
Some years ago, John Wick finally helped me understand how carbon gets into the soil. He’d learned it himself from the scientists he was working with on a study being done on his ranch. It was this background that helped him, and the researchers he was working with, to decide which practices they should include in the study, and what they would be measuring and looking for as signs of success.
John has shared this explanation with lots of audiences since then, and he does it so well that I wanted to share it with you. So, here’s a video excerpt from a presentation he did in 2013 at Fibershed’s Second Annual Wool and Fiber Symposium. You can see the full video here.
I’ve included a transcript for those of you with slow internet connections but I really recommend watching the video as John draws out the full process on his digital tablet for us all to see. Enjoy!
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