“more leaves mean more photosynthesis. Robust leaves also mean more roots, which means more carbon streaming into the soil. Which means, at… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“the continent with the highest proportion of its dryland areas classified as severe or moderately desertified is North America, at 74 percent.” — Judith D. Schwartz North america Copy Share Image
“the problem isn’t the amount of carbon per se—the quantity of carbon on earth is constant—but where that carbon is.” — Judith D. Schwartz Carbon Copy Share Image
“understand that the greatest danger to wildlife was not poaching but habitat destruction—the same thing that ultimately threatened humans.” — Judith D. Schwartz Animals Copy Share Image
“According to Christine Jones, soils hold more carbon than the atmosphere and all the world’s plant life combined—and can hold it longer,… — Judith D. Schwartz Carbon Copy Share Image
“First you’ve got to change the ideology,” she says. “Until you can show people that they’re losing profits, you can’t get them… — Judith D. Schwartz Change Copy Share Image
“The concept of the biotic pump, if correct, brings a new urgency to the need to conserve forests.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“One farmer I met, Gene Goven of Turtle Lake, North Dakota, put it more succinctly: “You build soil where the roots go—down!” — Judith D. Schwartz Farmer Copy Share Image
“grasslands, grazing mammals, and pack-hunting predators evolved together. So if domestic herbivores can be managed such that their behavior mimics that of… — Judith D. Schwartz Grasslands Copy Share Image
“The use of chemical fertilizers and other treatments has increased worldwide as large tracts of agricultural land are turned over to commodity… — Judith D. Schwartz Agriculture Copy Share Image
“the planet’s current vegetative cover captures around 3000 EJ of the sun’s energy. This photosynthetic capacity would appear to be sufficient to… — Judith D. Schwartz Climate Copy Share Image
“Steven Apfelbaum, a restoration ecologist in Wisconsin, says that every 1 percent increase in soil carbon holds an additional sixty thousand gallons… — Judith D. Schwartz Carbon Copy Share Image
“Organisms we can’t see are accorded the same respect as those that are big and flashy or promise to give a nice… — Judith D. Schwartz Organisms Copy Share Image
“Slaps in the face like this provide opportunities for change. A drought definitely gets people thinking about how they can manage resources… — Judith D. Schwartz Change Copy Share Image
“Every field that’s turned into a parking lot or industrial park means more water siphoned off into gutters and culverts and less… — Judith D. Schwartz Rain Copy Share Image
“Consider that farmers are sued when genetically manipulated seeds they don’t even want sprout on their soil. (The pretext: This is “patent… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“it turns out, is the natural and the most cost-effective carbon sink. According to Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor at the Ohio… — Judith D. Schwartz Carbon dioxide Copy Share Image
“The diversity aboveground is a reflection of diversity in the soil.” — Judith D. Schwartz Diversity Copy Share Image
“Water for the Recovery of the Climate: A New Water Paradigm,” — Judith D. Schwartz Environment Copy Share Image
“People need to manage land with water circulation in mind,” — Judith D. Schwartz Land Copy Share Image
“every seemingly unsolvable problem there was a flip side, an alternative set of strategies that would restore balance to the system. And” — Judith D. Schwartz Problem Copy Share Image
“the Keyline system combines the deep-reaching chisel plow with grazing timed so as to stimulate plant growth.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“On a more hopeful note, she adds: “Paradise has been lost on much of our agricultural land, but I know it can… — Judith D. Schwartz Hopeful Copy Share Image
“ultimately, quality of health depends on the quality of food, and food can only be as good as the soil on which… — Judith D. Schwartz Health Copy Share Image
“This means that the soil could offset about one-third of the human-generated emissions annually absorbed in the atmosphere.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Humans can’t eat grass, but cattle, thanks to their microscopic partners, are performing the service of turning inedible grasses into protein that… — Judith D. Schwartz Food Copy Share Image
“tucked into the 2012 Farm Bill was a clause indemnifying Monsanto if the use of their products happens to mess up someone’s… — Judith D. Schwartz Clause Copy Share Image
“We’ve lost an estimated 50 to 80 percent carbon in our soils over the last 150 years.” — Judith D. Schwartz Carbon Copy Share Image
“Globally, each year some seventy-five billion tons of soil is lost. That would cover about thirty-eight thousand square miles of arable land,… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“The EPA continues to classify Roundup as low-toxicity, despite numerous studies that have linked glyphosate itself or inert ingredients in Roundup to… — Judith D. Schwartz Birth defects Copy Share Image
“we probably know of less than 1 percent of soil biology. “A recent study found that there are more than 1.6 million… — Judith D. Schwartz Education Copy Share Image
“Across the board, levels of key mineral nutrients—zinc, calcium, manganese, iron, copper—in our food crops have declined by an average of 50… — Judith D. Schwartz Crops Copy Share Image
“It turns out that accelerated topsoil formation is doable, with the tools required as modest as livestock, hole digging, organic amendments, and… — Judith D. Schwartz Topsoil Copy Share Image
“proverb from the Sanskrit Vedic Scriptures of around 1500 bce: “Upon this handful of soil our survival depends. Husband it and it… — Judith D. Schwartz Nature of man Copy Share Image
“It’s become a truism that future wars will be fought not over oil, but over water. According to the journal Nature, four-fifths… — Judith D. Schwartz Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“This leads to drought and runoff, which then causes erosion and floods. However, this situation can be reversed by managing land in… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“from the soil’s or soil dweller’s perspective, chemical additives are not such a great thing. With zai, the organic matter in the… — Judith D. Schwartz Termites Copy Share Image
“Nature is complex, functioning at a level beyond our perception. If basic degenerative diseases go down, the demands for pharmaceuticals are lower.… — Judith D. Schwartz Nature Copy Share Image
“we learn that the way to deal with our carbon dioxide problem is through technology (low-carbon energy sources; whiz-bang contraptions to capture… — Judith D. Schwartz Carbon dioxide Copy Share Image
