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    Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
    Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
    Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
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    Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture

    Written by Gabe Brown

    Narrated by Gabe Brown

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    Gabe Brown didn’t set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakota. But as a series of weather-related crop disasters put Brown and his wife, Shelly, in desperate financial straits, they started making bold changes to their farm. Brown—in an effort to simply survive—began experimenting with new practices he’d learned about from reading and talking with innovative researchers and ranchers. As he and his family struggled to keep the farm viable, they found themselves on an amazing journey into a new type of farming: regenerative agriculture.



    Brown dropped the use of most of the herbicides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers that are a standard part of conventional agriculture. He switched to no-till planting, started planting diverse cover crops mixes, and changed his grazing practices. In so doing Brown transformed a degraded farm ecosystem into one full of life—starting with the soil and working his way up, one plant and one animal at a time.



    In Dirt to Soil Gabe Brown tells the story of that amazing journey and offers a wealth of innovative solutions to our most pressing and complex contemporary agricultural challenge—restoring the soil. The Brown’s Ranch model, developed over twenty years of experimentation and refinement, focuses on regenerating resources by continuously enhancing the living biology in the soil. Using regenerative agricultural principles, Brown’s Ranch has grown several inches of new topsoil in only twenty years! The 5,000-acre ranch profitably produces a wide variety of cash crops and cover crops as well as grass-finished beef and lamb, pastured laying hens, broilers, and pastured pork, all marketed directly to consumers.



    The key is how we think, Brown says. In the industrial agricultural model, all thoughts are focused on killing things. But that mindset was also killing diversity, soil, and profit, Brown realized. Now he channels his creative thinking toward how he can get more life on the land—more plants, animals, and beneficial insects. “The greatest roadblock to solving a problem,” Brown says, “is the human mind.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChelsea Green Publishing
    Release dateOct 4, 2018
    ISBN9781603588805

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    • 5/5
      I wanna give him a call! Id buy the book
    • 5/5
      Outstanding. Practical and inspiring seems easy to implement. Appreciate insights
    • 5/5
      Everything that I expected out of Gabe in a book.
    • 5/5
      Love gabe brown. I listen to all his stuff on YouTube
    • 5/5
      One of the best case studies in what regenerative agriculture can do. It is worth the read for producers and consumers alike.
    • 5/5
      Loved it so much I bought it, I highly recommend the read.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful book with plenty to say to anyone involved with the soil ..large or small. ‘Change the way you see things’...this book takes you on that journey. Thank you Gabe Brown.
    • 5/5
      This is a must read so inspiring and so well written thank you Gabe Brown!
    • 5/5
      Very clear, informative and relatable. Gave me lots to think about
    • 5/5
      A great listen/read for any farmer sick of the destruction of big agro and mono-cultures. I hope that this book can reach the Bill Gates's of this world so they stop blaming climate change on cow farts, and put regenerative agriculture into practise.
    • 5/5
      This book is on point on how our agriculture system should change. Regenerative agriculture should be the future of this world.
    • 5/5
      This is an excellent book that is highly inspirational showing how to build a sustainable farm. Even if you're not into green and are doubtful of some of the climate change stuff the methods in this boom are profitable with the bonus of improving your property and using less fossil fuels, thus reducing your costs.
    • 5/5
      Very inspired. An humble open mind wil has no limitations. Thanks to Gabe for sharing his experiences. May The Lord bless and keep you and your family.
    • 5/5
      I highly recommend this audiobook! Not a how-to book, rather a how-the-author-did-it, it is jam packed with inspiring and interesting facts and information about regenerative farming practices. The information presented here made me go looking for ways to use these practices on the tiny scale in my own backyard and made me want to learn more about soil ecosystems. Who would have thought learning about soil could be so interesting!

      I really enjoyed the flow and style of the writing, and the narration was well done and read by the author himself. This is an all around great audiobook, well worth listening to whether you are into farming yourself or not!
    • 5/5
      Honest, Moving, Very inspiring. Loved it! Coincidentally, I had been so moved by Ray Archuleta that I had left him a Thank you on his Facebook page. Since then, he has been offering free guidance and, like Gabe, truly believes he is doing God's work in some small way by spreading awareness. There is a reason these gentlemen have swum against the tide and won - they are motivated and guided by a far higher power. Thank you so much Gabe and May God bless you!
    • 5/5
      Full of the why and how to regenerate farmland while producing food and fibre. Information dense and clearly articulated. Highly recommend!
    • 5/5
      Insightful and informative. Important for anyone growing food or animals, as well as anyone that cares about the environment and how farming impacts ecological health.