Quote by Judith D. Schwartz Download Open image ““The diversity aboveground is a reflection of diversity in the soil.”” — Judith D. Schwartz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The kind of soil in your area determines the type of crop you will plant to harvest; The kind of potentials in you will… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“If you want to have a balanced garden, feed the soil and build the ecosystem.” — Cindy Conner Copy Share Image
If diversity is a source of wonder, its opposite - the ubiquitous condensation to some blandly amorphous and singularly generic modern culture that takes… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“diversity, when leveraged to solve problems in new ways, is a magnificent thing.” — Tiffany Dufu Copy Share Image
“Your soil and plants are friends that benefit from constant care and attention to the details I explain.” — Charles Dowding 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 their wild… — 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 of water… — 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 to change.” — 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, in a… — Judith D. Schwartz 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 thing, it’s… — Judith D. Schwartz 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 immediate kick… — 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 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 water in… — Judith D. Schwartz 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 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 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 better. It’s… — Judith D. Schwartz 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 feed only… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
