Regenerative Agriculture: A Solution to Climate Change
Channel: Jimi Sol
Date: 2020-02-04

Regenerative agricultural practices have enormous potential in stabilizing the climate. What will it take to implement these practices across the board?

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This video is based on the writing of Charles Eisenstein. Visit Charles' Website for more related content:
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Sources:

Regenerative agriculture could offset all emissions:
Rodale Institute. Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Climate Change. 2014. https://rodaleinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/rodale-white-paper.pdf

Regenerative agriculture is productive:
Ünal, Fatma. Small is Beautiful: Evidence of Inverse Size Yield Relationship in Rural Turkey. 2008. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238728814_SMALL_IS_BEAUTIFUL_EVIDENCE_OF_INVERSE_SIZE_YIELD_RELATIONSHIP_IN_RURAL_TURKEY

1.41% of people in the US are farmers:
World Bank. Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) - United States. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?locations=US

12.2% of the people in the US were farmers in the 1950s:
Growing a Nation. An interactive timeline of the history of agriculture in the United States. https://growinganation.org/