SOOOOOO logical. A large majority of what Mark says continues to blow me away and make SO much sense, all you really need to do is go out and see it in nature, literally evidence everywhere. Really looking forward to putting lots of this to practice!
38:09 The Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia’s most popular tourist attraction, was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979. Located roughly halfway between capital city Zagreb and Zadar on the coast, the lakes are a definite must-see in Croatia. The beauty of the National Park lies in its sixteen lakes, inter-connected by a series of waterfalls, and set in deep woodland populated by deer, bears, wolves, boars and rare bird species. The National Park covers a total area of 300 square kilometres, whilst the lakes join together over a distance of eight kilometres. Thanks Mark, all the best from Croatia.
I've been farming for 25 years and I've never slashed and burned anything to be able to farm any ground. I think a lot of your points have value in the right context. But "modern agriculture" isn't the enemy to the earth you think it is.
I think Mark tries hard to not demonize modern agriculture. That said, if we’re tiling large portions of our land, using chemical pesticides and fertilizers, or planting monocultures, we are hurting the land and ourselves. My family have been “conventional” grain producers for a long time. It’s okay to change and this guy is maybe the best example of what we should strive to be!.... You should check out Gabe Brown and his book dirt to soil if you’re interested in this sort of thing!
No one is demonizing you. But- if you are not growing topsoil and enabling biodiversity, with less "entropy" and more "syntropy", it is NOT sustainable, period. That is a biological reality without contestation. This is not a demonization of individual farmers. But the biological reality is anyone who does mono-crop agriculture as the "staple crop" continues, in fact, from a biological standpoint, to be an enemy to life. Evolution creates ecological and climate stability through biodiversity. Mono-crops go against biodiversity and stability. Agriculture, civilization, is the downfall of human beings. Maybe read: Against The Grain by Richard Manning and same title by James C. Scott. The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. Nature does not centralize production and power in hierarchical systems, Monocrop agriculture does, and it has an expiration date. 75 billion tons of topsoils are lost every year by "modern farming" and by 2060, 90% of all arable land will be dead, uncultivatable soils, as shown in the FOA of the UN agriculture study. Step out of the Silo and see biological realities. The paradigm of civilization since agriculture and the plow is to make one living by destroying our habitat. That is, and will NEVER be sustainable, nutritious, healthy, moral, or sane.
It wasn’t the tax code it was agreements like NFTA that made companies move for cheap labor and no tariffs for sending products back into the US. Weeds are just a name for a plant that we do not like and want to get rid of, alfalfa could be considered a weed if let to grown wildly on land we want to grow something on. California has and always be a desert that’s why its inevitable that it will continue to have fires that’s how most oaks and pines reproduce from the burnin of the acorns to sprout a seed as more people move to the mountains and fires continue then the media and government will blame it on climate change and not the fact the building in the forest bring man and with man comes problems for the forest, power lines houses roads and more lives to become in danger.
That "California is a desert" is besides the fact that you can still sequester water and grow crops that help build carbon, and increase soil permeability/quality through better farm management.
Stilgar74 people go hungry in America in years without a drop in ag production boss man. It’s not about us not having enough food, it’s that people can’t access it.
Correct, Mark's point wasn't that the Majority is going hungry now. His point was that annual agriculture is not sustainable. A few years of crop losses like that, compounded with topsoil loss leading to non-productive ag fields, even the Majority won't be eating. Then Most will be going hungry.
Ethan Blevins good points! Add on to that the fact that there’s almost no nutrition (meaning not empty calories) produced from industrial ag systems and marks points are even more true. In his book he outlines that his farm, on a per acre basis, produces 4 times more calories than industrial ag corn or soy and the nutrition value is incalculable because his is so much better.
Nonsense! 16 million American kids struggle with hunger each year. An estimated 48.8 million Americans, including 16.2 million children, live in households that lack the means to get enough nutritious food on a regular basis. As a result, about 1 in 5 children go hungry at some point during the year. Jul 14, 2016. 50% of ALL Americans are obese, over 30BMI and 40+lbs overweight, and 50% are prediabetic, while 1 in 36 children suffer autism. By 2035 CDC estimates 1 in 3 children will be born autistic and 75% of Americans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer. Wake up! Industrial chemical and biotech agriculture kills life, period. Organic mono-cropping is a NO long-term solution. No one is demonizing you. But- if you are not growing topsoil and enabling biodiversity, with less "entropy" and more "syntropy", it is NOT sustainable, period. That is a biological reality without contestation. This is not a demonization of individual farmers. But the biological reality is anyone who does mono-crop agriculture as the "staple crop" continues, in fact, from a biological standpoint, to be an enemy to life. Evolution creates ecological and climate stability through biodiversity. Mono-crops go against biodiversity and stability. Agriculture, civilization, is the downfall of human beings. Maybe read: Against The Grain by Richard Manning and same title by James C. Scott. The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. Nature does not centralize production and power in hierarchical systems, Monocrop agriculture does, and it has an expiration date. 75 billion tons of topsoils are lost every year by "modern farming" and by 2060, 90% of all arable land will be dead, uncultivatable soils, as shown in the FOA of the UN agriculture study. Step out of the Silo and see biological realities. The paradigm of civilization since agriculture and the plow is to make one living by destroying our habitat. That is, and will NEVER be sustainable, nutritious, healthy, moral, or sane.
SOOOOOO logical. A large majority of what Mark says continues to blow me away and make SO much sense, all you really need to do is go out and see it in nature, literally evidence everywhere. Really looking forward to putting lots of this to practice!
38:09 The Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia’s most popular tourist attraction, was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979. Located roughly halfway between capital city Zagreb and Zadar on the coast, the lakes are a definite must-see in Croatia. The beauty of the National Park lies in its sixteen lakes, inter-connected by a series of waterfalls, and set in deep woodland populated by deer, bears, wolves, boars and rare bird species. The National Park covers a total area of 300 square kilometres, whilst the lakes join together over a distance of eight kilometres. Thanks Mark, all the best from Croatia.
I've been there a few times while driving down to Dalmatia, beautiful place.
@@Lochness19 You are always welcome.
Would love to see video on Mark in Africa.
Great talk!!
Just saw the. Is this possible for small land less than 1 acre? Like using tropical fruit trees.
I do wonder, how are we getting salt from the pond?
You know, the pond named after a lost civilization.
Mark! Do you think man is having an influencing on the weather? I mean they have messed with everything else in our world
I've been farming for 25 years and I've never slashed and burned anything to be able to farm any ground. I think a lot of your points have value in the right context. But "modern agriculture" isn't the enemy to the earth you think it is.
I think Mark tries hard to not demonize modern agriculture. That said, if we’re tiling large portions of our land, using chemical pesticides and fertilizers, or planting monocultures, we are hurting the land and ourselves. My family have been “conventional” grain producers for a long time. It’s okay to change and this guy is maybe the best example of what we should strive to be!.... You should check out Gabe Brown and his book dirt to soil if you’re interested in this sort of thing!
No one is demonizing you. But- if you are not growing topsoil and enabling biodiversity, with less "entropy" and more "syntropy", it is NOT sustainable, period. That is a biological reality without contestation. This is not a demonization of individual farmers. But the biological reality is anyone who does mono-crop agriculture as the "staple crop" continues, in fact, from a biological standpoint, to be an enemy to life. Evolution creates ecological and climate stability through biodiversity. Mono-crops go against biodiversity and stability. Agriculture, civilization, is the downfall of human beings. Maybe read: Against The Grain by Richard Manning and same title by James C. Scott. The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. Nature does not centralize production and power in hierarchical systems, Monocrop agriculture does, and it has an expiration date. 75 billion tons of topsoils are lost every year by "modern farming" and by 2060, 90% of all arable land will be dead, uncultivatable soils, as shown in the FOA of the UN agriculture study. Step out of the Silo and see biological realities. The paradigm of civilization since agriculture and the plow is to make one living by destroying our habitat. That is, and will NEVER be sustainable, nutritious, healthy, moral, or sane.
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It wasn’t the tax code it was agreements like NFTA that made companies move for cheap labor and no tariffs for sending products back into the US. Weeds are just a name for a plant that we do not like and want to get rid of, alfalfa could be considered a weed if let to grown wildly on land we want to grow something on. California has and always be a desert that’s why its inevitable that it will continue to have fires that’s how most oaks and pines reproduce from the burnin of the acorns to sprout a seed as more people move to the mountains and fires continue then the media and government will blame it on climate change and not the fact the building in the forest bring man and with man comes problems for the forest, power lines houses roads and more lives to become in danger.
He is talking about NAFTA, he wanted to explain what happened to his hometown, it was an aside.
That "California is a desert" is besides the fact that you can still sequester water and grow crops that help build carbon, and increase soil permeability/quality through better farm management.
California was not a desert, it was desertified by the Conquistadors.
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@@hosoiarchives4858 Agriculture, deforestation, and "conservation"
Sorry Mark.. I like a lot of your stuff but no one is going hungry In America even after taking a 25% hit on grain/soy production in a year..
Stilgar74 people go hungry in America in years without a drop in ag production boss man. It’s not about us not having enough food, it’s that people can’t access it.
Correct, Mark's point wasn't that the Majority is going hungry now. His point was that annual agriculture is not sustainable. A few years of crop losses like that, compounded with topsoil loss leading to non-productive ag fields, even the Majority won't be eating. Then Most will be going hungry.
Ethan Blevins good points! Add on to that the fact that there’s almost no nutrition (meaning not empty calories) produced from industrial ag systems and marks points are even more true. In his book he outlines that his farm, on a per acre basis, produces 4 times more calories than industrial ag corn or soy and the nutrition value is incalculable because his is so much better.
Nonsense! 16 million American kids struggle with hunger each year. An estimated 48.8 million Americans, including 16.2 million children, live in households that lack the means to get enough nutritious food on a regular basis. As a result, about 1 in 5 children go hungry at some point during the year. Jul 14, 2016. 50% of ALL Americans are obese, over 30BMI and 40+lbs overweight, and 50% are prediabetic, while 1 in 36 children suffer autism. By 2035 CDC estimates 1 in 3 children will be born autistic and 75% of Americans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer. Wake up! Industrial chemical and biotech agriculture kills life, period. Organic mono-cropping is a NO long-term solution. No one is demonizing you. But- if you are not growing topsoil and enabling biodiversity, with less "entropy" and more "syntropy", it is NOT sustainable, period. That is a biological reality without contestation. This is not a demonization of individual farmers. But the biological reality is anyone who does mono-crop agriculture as the "staple crop" continues, in fact, from a biological standpoint, to be an enemy to life. Evolution creates ecological and climate stability through biodiversity. Mono-crops go against biodiversity and stability. Agriculture, civilization, is the downfall of human beings. Maybe read: Against The Grain by Richard Manning and same title by James C. Scott. The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. Nature does not centralize production and power in hierarchical systems, Monocrop agriculture does, and it has an expiration date. 75 billion tons of topsoils are lost every year by "modern farming" and by 2060, 90% of all arable land will be dead, uncultivatable soils, as shown in the FOA of the UN agriculture study. Step out of the Silo and see biological realities. The paradigm of civilization since agriculture and the plow is to make one living by destroying our habitat. That is, and will NEVER be sustainable, nutritious, healthy, moral, or sane.
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