Underground

You might remember Allan Savory's TED talk. He dedicated his life to finding a way to turn unproductive, dying grassland back into green and productive grassland.

Here are three farmer/ranchers who tried the new system and found that their dying grasslands became green, fertile, everything they could want it to be. They've regenerated dying soils "with cascading benefits: More water soaks into and stays in the soil; soil microbes thrive; plant nutrition and production levels take off; and wildlife — from bugs to birds to large mammals — flocks to the ranches."

If regenerated soil, flourishing grasslands, thriving livestock, happy ranchers don't ring your bell, then maybe this will:

Rancher Gabe says that in the few years they've managed grazing this new way, they have tripled the amount of carbon in the soil. Healthy soil with its lush plant life captures carbon from the air and stores it underground, where it should be, instead of in the atmosphere. Hugely significant for anyone worried about global warming.

(cont'd tomorrow)