Courtney Swan
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And we're depleting it of so much nutrients that at some point you literally cannot plant there anymore. And you have to go somewhere else to plant. And they are theorizing if we continue down this path and we keep ignoring this, that we have about, depending on who you talk to, anywhere between like 52 to 54 harvests left where we will no longer have soil that's plantable for plants.
And we're depleting it of so much nutrients that at some point you literally cannot plant there anymore. And you have to go somewhere else to plant. And they are theorizing if we continue down this path and we keep ignoring this, that we have about, depending on who you talk to, anywhere between like 52 to 54 harvests left where we will no longer have soil that's plantable for plants.
And we're depleting it of so much nutrients that at some point you literally cannot plant there anymore. And you have to go somewhere else to plant. And they are theorizing if we continue down this path and we keep ignoring this, that we have about, depending on who you talk to, anywhere between like 52 to 54 harvests left where we will no longer have soil that's plantable for plants.
So we need to do something because what we're doing right now, it's just a quick fix. Right. It's not long term sustainable. And our, you know, our grandkids are not even going to have soil left to plant in. Right.
So we need to do something because what we're doing right now, it's just a quick fix. Right. It's not long term sustainable. And our, you know, our grandkids are not even going to have soil left to plant in. Right.
So we need to do something because what we're doing right now, it's just a quick fix. Right. It's not long term sustainable. And our, you know, our grandkids are not even going to have soil left to plant in. Right.
I really hope so. That is one of my number one dreams, like hopes that we get out of Maha. I know Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is incredibly passionate about regenerative farming and I know he knows about it. And also too, we know that it can be done large scale.
I really hope so. That is one of my number one dreams, like hopes that we get out of Maha. I know Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is incredibly passionate about regenerative farming and I know he knows about it. And also too, we know that it can be done large scale.
I really hope so. That is one of my number one dreams, like hopes that we get out of Maha. I know Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is incredibly passionate about regenerative farming and I know he knows about it. And also too, we know that it can be done large scale.
I mean, we have these farmers like Will Harris and Joel Salatin that have these huge regenerative farms and they all came from the traditional conventional path and they switched over to regenerative. And they also provide a lot of resources for farmers that want to switch over.
I mean, we have these farmers like Will Harris and Joel Salatin that have these huge regenerative farms and they all came from the traditional conventional path and they switched over to regenerative. And they also provide a lot of resources for farmers that want to switch over.
I mean, we have these farmers like Will Harris and Joel Salatin that have these huge regenerative farms and they all came from the traditional conventional path and they switched over to regenerative. And they also provide a lot of resources for farmers that want to switch over.
It's also healthier for the farmers because they're not using all this glyphosate and all the other stuff that so many of these farmers, no one is really talking about this. So many of these farmers are now getting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
It's also healthier for the farmers because they're not using all this glyphosate and all the other stuff that so many of these farmers, no one is really talking about this. So many of these farmers are now getting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
It's also healthier for the farmers because they're not using all this glyphosate and all the other stuff that so many of these farmers, no one is really talking about this. So many of these farmers are now getting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
They're getting crazy aggressive forms of cancer from using these chemicals.
They're getting crazy aggressive forms of cancer from using these chemicals.
They're getting crazy aggressive forms of cancer from using these chemicals.
Exactly. But part of the issue is that we need an entire reform of our food system here in America because right now we have... I don't know the exact number, but we have a small amount of just really large industrialized farms. And then they're just shipping out everything across the country.
Exactly. But part of the issue is that we need an entire reform of our food system here in America because right now we have... I don't know the exact number, but we have a small amount of just really large industrialized farms. And then they're just shipping out everything across the country.