Session shares how farmers can impact the land
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A small herd of pigs is feeding on “odds and ends” now at Grain Place Foods north of Aurora, part of a long-term experiment to see if hogs produce better on silvo pasture, described as a combination of trees and pasture, as compared to having them in drylot.
Grain Place Foods held its annual field day and seminar virtually Saturday where those who logged in were treated to keynote speaker David Montgomery.
A MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington, Montgomery presented information from his studies on landscape evolution and the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies.
After writing three books about how soil impacts societies, the importance of microbial life and how to bring soil back to life, he shared the lessons he learned with those who attended.
“Let me get into it and sort of explain to you why geologists like myself will be so concerned and interested in the state of world soil, what I think we can do about it and why I’ve gone from being a bit of a pessimist about the problems to being a very enthusiastic optimist,” he said. “This is a problem that can be solved practically and profitably for farmers.”
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