Healthy soil microbiology to reserve climate change
Added on 15 June 2022
One resource often left out of these discussions is what Iowans call their "black gold" - soil.
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, a third of the world's soil is already moderately to highly degraded. This threatens global food security while increasing carbon emissions. As a result, soil degradation has slowly become one of the biggest agricultural challenges of the decade.
In calling for an urgent change in farming practices, "regenerative agriculture" has become a major buzzword in many agriculture and climate circles.
According to estimates from the Savory Institute, over 15 million hectares of land are currently being farmed using regenerative methods. Positive changes from this practice have led to the IPCC describing regenerative agriculture as a "sustainable land management practice."
Climate research-driven nonprofit Project Drawdown shares that "at least 50% of the carbon in the Earth's soils has been released into the atmosphere over the past centuries. Bringing that carbon back home through regenerative agriculture is one of the greatest opportunities to address human and climate health, along with the financial well-being of farmers."
Editor's Note: The following article includes information from an interview between Agritecture and Brooke Salvaggio, Co-Founder of URBAVORE Farm.
Image sourced from URBAVORE Farm's Instagram
Source: Agritecture
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