Soil Building : Regenerative Practices

Why it Matters

Many people don’t realize the food crisis that we face today. The loss of the world’s fertile soil, biodiversity, and the loss of indigenous seeds and knowledge is a literal threat to our survival. According to soil scientists, at current rates of soil destruction from decarbonization, chemical pollution, erosion, and desertification is in a crisis state. Within 50 years we will suffer serious damage to public health due to a degraded food supply due to diminished nutrition and loss of important trace minerals, but we will no longer have enough fertile topsoil to feed ourselves. Fake foods such as lab grown meat, hydroponics, vitamins, and fertilizers are not the solution. Without protecting and regenerating the soil that we have polluted through fertilizers and pesticides, our 4 billion acres of farmland, 8 billion acres of pastureland, and 10 billion acres of forest, will no longer be able to feed the world, keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, or halt the loss of biodiversity. Food is medicine and soil makes food.