Running out of Time | Documentary on Holistic Management
Why Hacker News recommends it
Offered as further reading in threads about carbon removal, regenerative agriculture and holistic grazing.
What it is
A 47-minute documentary on Allan Savory and how he used Holistic Management to restore degraded land in Zimbabwe. It covers rotational grazing, soil health and regenerative agriculture.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2018 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends iorek_dev · 2021-07 · on “Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana economies”
For those who are interested in the topic of soil reconstruction and balance in nature, some more sources: Documentary on the Loess plateau in China: [LINK] Talk on the Caledonian Forest: [LINK] Talk on using the "herd effect" in Africa: [this video] A talk presenting a realistic view on soil reconstruction, what IMO is the best argument to convince farmers: [LINK]
Cites dereke · 2018-10 · on “Carbon Removal Technologies”
I've been watching waay too many youtube videos about reforestation, agriculture and land management recently and I think I've learned a little from it (links at the end). We no longer have the number of massive herds of animals that used to roam the plains/savannahs grazing, pooing and to a lesser extent escaping from predators. This has meant that the grasslands are no longer trampled on and "fertilised". This has caused the grasses to die back, the soil to degrade, to not hold water and to turn to desert. (see the sahara, the outback, parts of china and the usa). Subsequently we've tried to be really careful with the land and not over graze it etc. which tends to have the opposite effect
Cites andscoop · 2021-06 · on “World’s first lab-grown meat facility pumps out 5k burgers per day”
I used to feel similarly, but now, I'm not so sure. What worries me is that lab-grown meat will allow big ag practices to continue, which will do more harm to our co2 emissions and world's soil health. To expand on this further, there is active research and practices into sustainable farming practices that show diverse crop rotations along dense but short grazing across the land has the ability to rebuild top soil 10x than previously thought. Most importantly this top soil serves as a MASSIVE CARBON SINK. Using this proven methods, we can leverage the world's farmland to sequester carbon while improving the health of our soil and the nurtition density of our food. The catch is that we need t