TEDxIowaCity - Stephen Carr - Conditioning the Soil to Feed the Globe

How can making a minor modification to the soil allow it to provide better for our growing global population? The secret is looking at pancakes and waffles and learning how to fly an airplane undergroung.

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• United States
• English
• TEDxIowaCity
• Soil
• Farming
• Agriculture
• Soil Modification
• Brilliant
• Simple
• Climate Change
• Food Security

[TheOneLifeRider]

@wenrolland also, people have been doing that anyway through tilling. Pointless marketing. I agree with permaculture.

[wenrolland]

The idea behind this is good but this a bit too commercial. He's selling a product. If the subject of harvesting water in the soil is of interest to you, look into P. A. Yeomans and his keyline design technique often used in Permaculture. A basic technique to help get water in the soil is not to turn it and direct seeding trough residues or mulch. The less you destroy the structure of the soil, the better you soil is able to retain water and fertility. Swales are also great for water harvesting.