Webinar: Restoring Soils and Reversing Drought - Soil, Water, and Climate Change

Learn from 4 Soil Restoration leaders in this panel event, as they share some of their decades of experience. By restoring soil, we can restore our water supplies and reverse drought.

Ray Archuleta (star of the Netflix documentary "Kiss the Ground"), John Roulac (executive producer for "Kiss the Ground"), Vivian Kaloxilos (soil health consultant - DocTerre), and Todd Harrington (Harrington's Organic Land Care) each share some of their stories, examples, and case studies. Learn how improvements in soil health led to fertile and productive landscapes with the ability to withstand weather and climate extremes. By restoring soil, we can restore our water supplies, and reverse drought. Watch the webinar replay to learn how. This webinar was packed full of information and value, here were some of my highlights from each speaker:

Ray - Regeneration is a pathway, not a destination - it's a shift in mindset and a lifelong journey. We are making the Earth naked, hungry, thirsty, and fevered with our management. If we do one thing, let the plants grow and start to cover the Earth once again.

John - We can help fund regeneration efforts in places of need that have limited resources. People are ready to make the change, but they need the learning and training to know what to do. By helping communities with these approaches we make way for improved quality of life and environment.

Vivian - Diversity of biology is key, without the biology the vegetative matter builds up as thatch instead of breaking down to feed the soil. Not all compost is created equally, and you can quickly and easily determine the quality of the available compost with a jar test. Farmers are achieving a 2-3x increase in production per year by working with soil biology.

Todd - Our waste streams can be turned into assets. Broad scale application of soil biology can be done feasibly and economically by retrofitting existing equipment. When implemented it also delivers a dramatic decrease in costs of production, and water needs. Some projects were achieving a 50-60% decrease in their water needs, just through biology.