Soil Matters For Water Quality
1,618 views · Published 27 August 2013 · 2:39 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: NRDC · 2013 · Science & Technology
Our water quality is linked to soil health. Farmer and rancher Gabe Brown, a 2012 NRDC Growing Green Award winner, is the owner of Brown's Ranch in Bismarck, North Dakota. For over 15 years, Gabe has merged back-to-basics agrarian practices with innovative science-based sustainable farming techniques on his 5,400 acre diversified family ranch. In this video, Gabe and National Resource Conservation S scientist Jay Fuhrer show how healthy soil helps prevent erosion and protect the nation's waterways. Read Gabe's OnEarth.org column on the transformation of his land from barren range to fertile farm: http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/08/this-north-dakota-rancher-turned-barren-range-into-a-fertile-farm See NRDC's Soil Matters report recommending a new blueprint for resilient farms that would reward farmers for their healthy soil practices: http://www.nrdc.org/water/your-soil-matters/ Take action and tell the USDA that soil health matters to our food future: https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3185
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