http://www.globalchange.com How global water shortages will be solved. Drought in Australia, America, Asia, China, Africa, Australia. Crop failures, food price rises, hunger and famine. Forest fires and other results of lack of rain. Virtual water — water used in energy production, manufacturing, agriculture, farming, food production and processing, textiles, pulp and paper industry. River management, [...]
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The fact that ranching heals the earth and if done properly can regenerate grasslands and watersheds — to us, thats not news, but its exciting that other people are catching on to that and that cattle in particular are not being blamed or though of as the cause of global warming but actually a solution [...]
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he Gardens for Good contest, sponsored by Nature’s Path, the maker of organic breakfast foods, and Organic Gardening Magazine, continues to receive applications from urban farms through its Facebook campaign. The competition is awarding $65,000 for urban farming ideas that produce organic food. Applications are being accepted through the end of this month at facebook.com/naturespath. [...]
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide pollution that we produce as a result of activities. Some people try to reduce their carbon footprint because they are concerned about climate change. Now, researchers have a way for people to measure how [...]
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You can never separate people from their land: you can never talk about livestock without talking about the land and the people; you can never separate biodiversity laws and desertification — when you look at the ecosystem, look at it as a whole … if you try to “split” things, you will never really get [...]
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http://www.holisticmanagement.org Holistic Management: excerpts from the PBS Video “Healing the Earth: The First Millimeter”. Far from being the problem, grazing animals can offer a way out of global warming, desertification, erosion, and other vexing environmental problems. Duration : 0:2:30 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-management%2Fholistic-management-regenerate-grasslands’; addthis_title = ‘Holistic+Management%3A+Regenerate+Grasslands’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: Australia, Carbon Dioxide, carbon sequestration, [...]
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Kirk Gadzia of Resource Management Services estimates pasture health & productivity at the Carbon Farming Course Holistic Management Module. More at http://carbonfarmingcourse.blogspot.com, http://tiny.cc/cfc, and http://twitter.com/carbonfarming Duration : 0:2:54 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-management%2Fholistic-management-pasture-health-productivity’; addthis_title = ‘Holistic+Management%3A+Pasture+Health+%26amp%3B+Productivity’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: carbon, carbonfarming, farming, holistic, holisticmanagement, kirkgadzia, management, pasture, permaculture
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We havent used any insecticides in our livestock since 1986. If you pour on insecticides you wont have these insects doing the job of recycling and decomposing, completing the cycle. We need the insects, the decomposers, breaking down fiber that wasnt broken down by the cows. Insects continue the decomposition, in order to complete the [...]
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http://www.holisticmanagement.org The question was, does changing the grazing management change the species diversity and the ground cover, and what happens to the functioning of that landscape? The study was three years and came out with some pretty spectacular results. I was mostly surprised at the speed at which the land changed… once you start to [...]
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http://www.holisticmanagement.org “What am I talking about when I say ‘healing the land”? I’m talking about the soil surface… the interface between the earth and the air…” – Bruce Ward, HMI Certified Educator, Australia Duration : 0:1:25 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-management%2Fholistic-management-the-soil-surface’; addthis_title = ‘Holistic+Management%3A+The+Soil+Surface’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: Australia, Carbon Dioxide, carbon sequestration, carbon storage, co2, [...]
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