John Kempf: Developing Regenerative Agriculture Ecosystems, part 1 | SNC 2018 Pre-conference

The Principles & Science of Developing Regenerative Agricultural Ecosystems, recorded at the 8th annual Soil and Nutrition Conference ...Are you ready for a deep dive into the principles and the science of regenerative farming ecosystems? Here John Kempf shares his vast knowledge about how to regenerate soil health, dramatically improve crop yields and quality, decrease pest pressure and grow crops more resilient to climate extremes. Essentially all soil and plant ecosystems are substantially degraded, to a point where we don’t immediately recognize how severely they are malfunctioning. We don’t have a frame of reference to know what “normal” actually looks like. It is common for most crops to produce only 15-25% of the yield they are genetically capable of. It is common for many plants to photosynthesize at only 15-25% of their capacity in a 24 hour photo-period. In this workshop, John describes the principles and the science of regenerative farming ecosystems that harness muc