Joe was talking about the importance of grass (not devil's lettuce) and herd animals.
Contrary to the rhetoric from the science cult - herd animals are NOT the problem when it comes to climate concerns, but more to the point, desertification. - They are the SOLUTION.
Large herds of animals come thru - munch down the grasses, poop/fertilize the land and create healthy land. They prevent tall grasses/weeds that dry out and oxidize - and shade out the better grass varieties.
We need MORE animals....Not less. Any real farmer will tell you, it's the animals and their poop that are the life blood of the farm - without using chemical fertilizers etc. It puts natural nutrients back into the soil and helps to maintain pH levels...Plus, helps sustain fungi like mycorrhizae that are essential to unlocking nutrients and making them available to the plants.
This news alone tells me that the second Trump Administration is looking to be TOTALLY EPIC!!!
Reaching out the day after the election to Lunatic Farmer Joel Salatin -- author of books like Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal -- is incredibly better than I ever thought to expect!
I am gobsmacked. Stunned. Thrilled! We really ARE getting our country back!
Desertification happened with draining of the lake in central California and Mexico City. Corn stalks biomass for energy is just introduced and removes more nutrients from a soil area.
Herds make land useful that is not easily arable such as too rocky or too much grade. I was surprised the left “Transfarmation” went into depth on failings of factory meat farms. Specifically large farm fecal handling. Year old farms and independent are getting priced out by large corporation’s pricing control.
I am concerned how changes cause catastrophic reduction of food supply such as government overthrown when fertilizers were banned by Sri Lanka and only 25% of food production was harvested. Agriculture loss from urbanization and increase of government domain is a slower trend but cities are tending to higher density even though replacement population is under 80% so housing decay still uses land.
This is going to take a while to implement... because, well... yanno, government is involved.
New resources for implementation will be required, which will upset the existing supply chains for: NPK, lime and possibly rock dust to start transforming the soil - as well as seed, new equipment, such as no-till seed drills to keep underground fungi networks intact etc.
Education. This is a big one... Farmers will need the resources available to learn AND have access to Extension services for consultation.
Other things... including interruption of existing "shit" food supply that some Americans are addicted to, like sugared cereal and snack bs loaded with poison to make it palatable AND shelf life.
Salatin represents a serious paradigm shift and there's much to be done to keep supply chains stable as well as reeducation of the population regarding nutrition. I expect there to be some kicking and screaming from "shit addicts"...
Wow! What a pleasant surprise!!!
Joe was talking about the importance of grass (not devil's lettuce) and herd animals.
Contrary to the rhetoric from the science cult - herd animals are NOT the problem when it comes to climate concerns, but more to the point, desertification. - They are the SOLUTION.
Large herds of animals come thru - munch down the grasses, poop/fertilize the land and create healthy land. They prevent tall grasses/weeds that dry out and oxidize - and shade out the better grass varieties.
We need MORE animals....Not less. Any real farmer will tell you, it's the animals and their poop that are the life blood of the farm - without using chemical fertilizers etc. It puts natural nutrients back into the soil and helps to maintain pH levels...Plus, helps sustain fungi like mycorrhizae that are essential to unlocking nutrients and making them available to the plants.
This news alone tells me that the second Trump Administration is looking to be TOTALLY EPIC!!!
Reaching out the day after the election to Lunatic Farmer Joel Salatin -- author of books like Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal -- is incredibly better than I ever thought to expect!
I am gobsmacked. Stunned. Thrilled! We really ARE getting our country back!
He had some amazing info. I am not a farmer but I can tell you what I have seen in the third world countries. Animals are an integral part of farming.
People are upset about all the fallen trees in SC, NC from Helene
What I see is hugelkultur here wood chip garden there....
Desertification happened with draining of the lake in central California and Mexico City. Corn stalks biomass for energy is just introduced and removes more nutrients from a soil area.
Herds make land useful that is not easily arable such as too rocky or too much grade. I was surprised the left “Transfarmation” went into depth on failings of factory meat farms. Specifically large farm fecal handling. Year old farms and independent are getting priced out by large corporation’s pricing control.
I am concerned how changes cause catastrophic reduction of food supply such as government overthrown when fertilizers were banned by Sri Lanka and only 25% of food production was harvested. Agriculture loss from urbanization and increase of government domain is a slower trend but cities are tending to higher density even though replacement population is under 80% so housing decay still uses land.
I'm going to guess....
This is going to take a while to implement... because, well... yanno, government is involved.
New resources for implementation will be required, which will upset the existing supply chains for: NPK, lime and possibly rock dust to start transforming the soil - as well as seed, new equipment, such as no-till seed drills to keep underground fungi networks intact etc.
Education. This is a big one... Farmers will need the resources available to learn AND have access to Extension services for consultation.
Other things... including interruption of existing "shit" food supply that some Americans are addicted to, like sugared cereal and snack bs loaded with poison to make it palatable AND shelf life.
Salatin represents a serious paradigm shift and there's much to be done to keep supply chains stable as well as reeducation of the population regarding nutrition. I expect there to be some kicking and screaming from "shit addicts"...