Joel Salatin

Right. In fact, when we look at that, in 1961, the first soil test that we took, we averaged about 1% organic matter. Organic matter is a kissing cousin to carbon. Organic matter is something is— Right, because carbon is life-based. Life-based. Life is carbon-based. Yeah, right, right, right.

Right. In fact, when we look at that, in 1961, the first soil test that we took, we averaged about 1% organic matter. Organic matter is a kissing cousin to carbon. Organic matter is something is— Right, because carbon is life-based. Life-based. Life is carbon-based. Yeah, right, right, right.

And so organic matter is something that was living at one time, and now it's in some state of decomposition in the soil. Yeah. It's what gives soil its porosity, its bounce, its, you know, its... It's what segregates it from sand or dust. Yes, yes, or even clay. Right, right, right. And so 1% today... we're a little over 8%.

And so organic matter is something that was living at one time, and now it's in some state of decomposition in the soil. Yeah. It's what gives soil its porosity, its bounce, its, you know, its... It's what segregates it from sand or dust. Yes, yes, or even clay. Right, right, right. And so 1% today... we're a little over 8%.

And so organic matter is something that was living at one time, and now it's in some state of decomposition in the soil. Yeah. It's what gives soil its porosity, its bounce, its, you know, its... It's what segregates it from sand or dust. Yes, yes, or even clay. Right, right, right. And so 1% today... we're a little over 8%.

So all it would take, I mean, if you want to talk climate, you know, atmospheric carbon, all it would take is all of our farmland to change 1% in organic matter, and we would return to pre-1960 atmospheric carbon levels.

So all it would take, I mean, if you want to talk climate, you know, atmospheric carbon, all it would take is all of our farmland to change 1% in organic matter, and we would return to pre-1960 atmospheric carbon levels.

So all it would take, I mean, if you want to talk climate, you know, atmospheric carbon, all it would take is all of our farmland to change 1% in organic matter, and we would return to pre-1960 atmospheric carbon levels.

That's exactly right. And as pastures, as perennials, and of course, you know, a lot of North America was a prairie, okay? That's a perennial prairie, as opposed to an annual, which is corn, soybeans, and crops. You don't have to plant perennials. They just grow year after year. That's right.

That's exactly right. And as pastures, as perennials, and of course, you know, a lot of North America was a prairie, okay? That's a perennial prairie, as opposed to an annual, which is corn, soybeans, and crops. You don't have to plant perennials. They just grow year after year. That's right.

That's exactly right. And as pastures, as perennials, and of course, you know, a lot of North America was a prairie, okay? That's a perennial prairie, as opposed to an annual, which is corn, soybeans, and crops. You don't have to plant perennials. They just grow year after year. That's right.

So in a perennial prairie situation, pasture situation, if it's healthy, there's enough methanotrophic bacteria. This is a special kind of freestanding bacteria, methanotrophic bacteria. And like its name suggests, it's there to pull down methane. There's enough there to metabolize into the soil bank the methane released from 1,000 cows per acre.

So in a perennial prairie situation, pasture situation, if it's healthy, there's enough methanotrophic bacteria. This is a special kind of freestanding bacteria, methanotrophic bacteria. And like its name suggests, it's there to pull down methane. There's enough there to metabolize into the soil bank the methane released from 1,000 cows per acre.

So in a perennial prairie situation, pasture situation, if it's healthy, there's enough methanotrophic bacteria. This is a special kind of freestanding bacteria, methanotrophic bacteria. And like its name suggests, it's there to pull down methane. There's enough there to metabolize into the soil bank the methane released from 1,000 cows per acre.

Well, you're never going to have 1,000 cows per acre.

Well, you're never going to have 1,000 cows per acre.

Well, you're never going to have 1,000 cows per acre.

No, they're not the same thing.

No, they're not the same thing.

No, they're not the same thing.