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FEEDING HUMANS

FEEDING HUMANS. Harry Carr 7-15-2014. Crises-earth’s carrying capacity exceeded by 50%. population growth climate change peak oil and unburnable carbon soil erosion loss of farmland water scarcity health care aging farmers-unemployed youth. Movement to cities. energy/food calorie.

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FEEDING HUMANS

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  1. FEEDING HUMANS Harry Carr 7-15-2014

  2. Crises-earth’s carrying capacity exceeded by 50% • population growth • climate change • peak oil and unburnable carbon • soil erosion • loss of farmland • water scarcity • health care • aging farmers-unemployed youth

  3. Movement to cities

  4. energy/food calorie

  5. PROPOSITIONS-Rethinking our food system • bringing people back to the land • carbon sequestration with perennial systems • Layering of trees, understory, shrubs, plants, ground covers, vines, roots • Multi-species grazing • human and animal power • rainwater harvesting • nourishing nutrient dense anti inflammation diet • farmer training internships in Agro-Ecology

  6. Properties of different systems

  7. Multi-species Grazing Grow topsoil/sequester carbon • Mimic tallgrass prairie • Relationship of bison, elk, etc. & predators. • Trampled huge amounts grasses • Not all eaten • Created thick thatch to hold moisture and soil biology.

  8. Root growth annual versus perennial

  9. Water supply 2050

  10. Water Usage in Nature • Extreme depth of tall grass prairie sod. • Moreorganic matter=More water retention • Roots bring in air and hold soil fast preventing erosion and allowing the water to percolate into deep extensive root systems

  11. Keyline design • Imaginary point on the lay of the land where the convex ridges meet the concave valleys

  12. Keyline design-pic

  13. Keyline Plowing

  14. Yeoman’s plow

  15. PA Yeoman’s Yobarnie 1950

  16. US healthcare spending as a % of gdp

  17. Ag land loss

  18. Ducks, turkeys, goats

  19. Wrap Up What’s going on at Mint Creek Farm • INTERNSHIPS AND FARMER TRAINING • MAXIMIZE VALUE TO CUSTOMER • INCREASE VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS • MARKET THE WHOLE ANIMAL • ECONOMICS

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