“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 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 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 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 Life Copy Share Image
“from a soil microorganism point of view, a crop monoculture is akin to junk food: “If there’s just wheat or any one… — Judith D. Schwartz Junk food 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 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 North dakota 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
“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 Nature 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
“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
“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 Fossil fuel 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 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
“The concept of the biotic pump, if correct, brings a new urgency to the need to conserve forests.” — 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
“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
“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
“A 2002 study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that nearly half of all Americans have a chronic health condition. The… — Judith D. Schwartz Education Copy Share Image
“By itself, stopping emissions is insufficient. That carbon has to go someplace. As the Soil Carbon Coalition argues, it might as well… — Judith D. Schwartz Goals 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 Copy Share Image
“People need to manage land with water circulation in mind,” — Judith D. Schwartz Psychology Copy Share Image
“The most urgent challenge of present civilization is to understand that the drying out of landscapes has a much more serious impact… — Judith D. Schwartz Change 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 Copy Share Image
“The diversity aboveground is a reflection of diversity in the soil.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
