Podcast Short #11: Building Resilient Farms with Gabe Brown
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
AEA Marketing
4.7 • 548 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Gabe Brown is a renowned advocate and practitioner of regenerative agriculture from North Dakota, who runs Brown's Ranch and is the co-founder of Understanding Ag. He is recognized for his innovative approach to farming, focusing on enhancing soil health, reducing dependency on synthetic inputs, and using sustainable practices.
Gabe transitioned to regenerative agriculture after experiencing years of poor crop yields due to extreme weather events. Today, Brown's Ranch consists of several thousand acres of native perennial rangeland along with perennial pastureland and cropland. Their ranch focuses on farming and ranching in nature's image where he demonstrates holistic, eco-friendly farming practices and educates others on the benefits of regenerative methods.
In this episode, John and Gabe discuss:
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The importance of ongoing education in agriculture, specifically in soil health and ecosystems
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Maintaining an open-mind to avoid divisiveness in the regenerative agriculture community
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Adapting agricultural practices based on each grower's unique environment, economic, and family
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Taking a gradual approach to reducing chemicals on farms
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The importance of soil biology and mycorrhizal fungi
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How learning from a hands-on approach allows farmers to see benefits on their own land
Additional Resources
To learn more about Gabe and Brown's Ranch, please visit: https://brownsranch.us/
To learn more about Understanding Ag, please visit: https://understandingag.com/
About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). A top expert in biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who grow it.
Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology.
Support For This Show & Helping You Grow
Since 2006, AEA has been on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable with regenerative agriculture.
AEA works directly with growers to apply its unique line of liquid mineral crop nutrition products and biological inoculants. Informed by cutting-edge plant and soil data-gathering techniques, AEA's science-based programs empower farm operations to meet the crop quality markers that matter the most.
AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with its products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers to produce healthier soil, stronger crops, and higher profits.
Beyond working on the ground with growers, AEA leads in regenerative agriculture media and education, producing and distributing the popular and highly-regarded Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, inspiring webinars, and other educational content that serve as go-to resources for growers worldwide.
Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products: https://www.advancingecoag.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, friends. Welcome to the Region of Agriculture podcast. It is my delight to be here today with Gabe Brown. |
| 0:06.6 | And Gabe has been having conversations with several leaders and pioneers in the region of agriculture space. |
| 0:11.4 | I was hoping to have him on to have a conversation. When we look back through history, there are many moments when there were new innovations in agriculture that held a lot of promise. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm thinking of biodynamics. I'm thinking of organic certification. |
| 0:27.2 | You know, biodynamics, as I understand it, has a pretty significant role in parts of Australia, |
| 0:32.2 | where there's large parts of Australia that use biodynamic agriculture. |
| 0:35.2 | And yet in the U.S., it's right on the edge of nonexistent. |
| 0:39.7 | And I think that situation has evolved because the practitioners in this space have become very |
| 0:45.4 | dogmatic. And there's been a lot of internal conflict and you're right and I am wrong and a lot of |
| 0:50.9 | internal divisiveness. And we stand on the threshold if we're not cautious |
| 0:56.0 | of having something similar happen |
| 0:57.5 | in the region of agriculture space. |
| 0:59.5 | So Gabe, thanks for being here. |
| 1:00.9 | I'd love to get your thoughts on what you see emerging, |
| 1:03.6 | the patterns that you see emerging |
| 1:04.7 | and how growers and farmers are interacting |
| 1:06.8 | with each other in this space. |
| 1:08.9 | Thank you, John. |
| 1:09.8 | It's great to be with you. |
| 1:11.6 | Always enjoy coming on and having a conversation with you. |
| 1:14.6 | Yes, I think you're absolutely right. |
| 1:17.6 | I think we're kind of at a, I look at as an opportunity right now. |
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