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Gabe Brown is a pioneer of the soil health movement and the owner of Brown's Ranch, a diversified 5,000 acre farm and ranch near Bismarck, North Dakota. He integrates his grazing and no-till cropping systems with cash crops, cover crops, grass-finished beef and lamb, and direct marketing of his products. He is also an author, an instructor, and a partner in Understanding Ag LLC.
Brown's Ranch is a family-owned farm and ranch in North Dakota that practices Holistic Management, a natural and sustainable way of farming and ranching. Learn about their history, values, and goals for regenerating landscapes for a sustainable future.
Learn how Gabe Brown transformed his failing farm in North Dakota into a thriving regenerative enterprise using Holistic Management practices. Watch videos, read his book, and visit his ranch to see how he improves soil health, yields, and resilience.
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- Agriculture as Part of The Solution
- Barriers
- Education Gap
- Profitability
- Too Early to Sell Carbon Credits
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“It’s unbelievable the change. Finally, there is the realisation that while agriculture is part of the problem, it can be a bigger part of the solution.” But successfully transforming agriculture globally requires focusing and working on “common ground for common good” more than arguing about areas of contention, he stresses. “We firmly believe reg...
One barrier is peer pressure. It’s not easy being in a community when you stop tilling, start growing cover crops and cutting back on synthetic inputs, and taking criticism for how your fields look, he suggests. “You’re making other farmers uncomfortable, and their reaction can be to criticise, and that bothers a lot of people.” In the US, especial...
Mr Brown has helped set up two business to address the education gap – the non-profit Soil Health Academy, which focuses on helping farmers understand regenerative principles through workshops and online courses, and a for-profit consultancy firm, Understanding Ag. While both are predominantly based in the US, their reach is starting to expand, wit...
“Margins in agriculture, at least in the US, are extremely thin, with a 2-3% maximum return on investment. But if we show farmers increased profits, they’re all in.” Initial testing, especially of soils, is important to help guide farmers and avoid yield dips during transition. “We should not see an initial dip in yield, but if we do is there a dip...
Understanding Ag is advising its clients not to sell carbon credits yet, Gabe Brown says. “We don’t believe the timing is right.” There are a number of reasons behind that opinion, with inaccurate measurement a key one. “There is no way right now to accurately measure carbon from satellite imagery. “Scientists are getting closer, but one expert, Ja...
Gabe Brown is a farmer and author who transformed his ranch in North Dakota with regenerative practices. He now helps farmers worldwide to adopt and profit from regenerative agriculture through education and consultancy.
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