Weeds are mother nature’s way of healing the soil
“You want to work with nature, not against it.” -Roy Thompson
“We have a human healthcare crisis going on in this country. The main way to fight that is by using food as preventative medicine.” -Gabe Brown, Regenerative Ag Pioneer
“Monocultures in intensive production systems don’t seem to be the way forward. They are just not doing it.” —Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, University of California, Merced biogeochemist
“What we’re putting into the soil is what we’re putting in our hands, and then putting in our mouth, then putting into our guts.” -Sunanda V. Kane, M.D. MSPH – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Just as toxic chemicals kill the microbes in the soil, they alos kill the microbes in our bodies. – -Kiss the Ground documentary
Since chemical agriculture ramped up worldwide in the 1970s, we have lost 1/3 of the earth’s top soil. -Kiss the Ground documentary
“Regenerative agriculture offers hope for farm families, the environment, and the climate; it offers better food, more sources for local food, and hope for struggling rural communities,” Nichols said. “It offers hope for cities and suburban communities, where people don’t have good access to pasture raised proteins and don’t understand the link between food and nutrition.” – Ron Nichols, “Destination Regeneration” film
“We all know how stressful farming and ranching is; suicide rates among farmers and ranchers are frighteningly high,” he said. “That is likely attributed to a lot of the stress, which is often financially based… Producers choosing regenerative practices are becoming more profitable, happier, and more successful. That’s the legacy we want to leave behind.” – Ron Nichols, “Destination Regeneration” film