Compost on a large scale: Regenerating 1000 acres: With Cory Miller and Kevin Lackey
Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль
My family and I have spent a year traveling western America visiting regenerative farms. Serendipity took us to Grass valley farm. A happy accident when the farm we were due to visit cancelled at the last minute. Grass Valley farm used to be farmed with synthetic chemicals and has managed to go fully regenerative in a year. I was blown away by Cory’s knowledge, processes and the flourishing diversity on the1000 acres ranch. So I got it all on camera, now you can learn from them too and see it for yourself.
This film is a micro documentary/ ‘how to’ for any farmer looking to transition to regenerative farming. It is also for curious minds coming to soil regeneration without prior knowledge.
Spread the word, degenerating land can become regenerating land using resources we already have. If the world’s existing agricultural land was to convert to regenerative agriculture today, increasing the soil organic matter in the soil by an average of 0.5% to 1% a year, theoretically, we could sequester all the excess carbon in the atmosphere within a year *(Stat: Kiss the ground).
Call to action:
Read: ‘Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into regenerative agriculture’ by Gabe Brown, ‘Regenerative’ by Paul Hawkins.
Watch: Kiss the ground, Living Soil, The need to grow, Farmer’s footprint, The biggest little farm.
Lecture: By Dr David Johnson. Static Pile Fungal Compost Presentation
Study online: The commune courses: ‘Kiss the ground’ with Finian Makepeace and ‘Regeneration’ with Paul Hawkins
Become an advocate: Kiss the Ground. kisstheground.com/
Become a soil specialist: Soil food Web www.soilfoodweb.com/, Soil Health Academy
Transition from chemical ag to regenerative ag: Soil food Web, Soil Health Academy
Equipment Links:
The Bio 5 Extractor: soilworksllc.com/
Esch 5612 No Till Drill: www.eschdrills.com/
Agri-Inject Inc CO Pivot Injection Pumps: www.agri-inject.com/
Schaffert Manufacturing: Liquid Drill Injection System: www.schaffert.com/
Vence: Virtual Fencing vence.io/
About Cory Miller: grassvalleyfarmsmt.com/:
I grew up in the city of Missoula with a small garden where I helped my mother grow flowers. My interest in gardening waned, as I discovered sports. In high school, I volunteered to build a garden for a group home that housed disabled adults. One of the greatest moments in my life was being invited back that fall for a dinner prepared from everything we planted. I went to college to study business and simultaneously started a commercial cleaning company. I spent a lot of my time making natural cleaning products, that I could use in the business and developed an interest in chemistry and biology. Later on, I focused my efforts into Pure Air Solutions, a mold remediation company that focused on removing mold and other microbials. As I studied molds and their affect on indoor air quality, I started to see that there were far more beneficial fungi than bad fungi and that fungi held a lot of the keys to soil health and improvement. I studied with Dr. Elaine Ingham and read Dr. David Johnson. I immersed myself in learning everything that I could about soil health and how to implement these theories. I quickly learned that there was not a lot of information or tools available to someone wanting to scale 1000 acres quickly to regenerative agriculture. I made soil health our focus, developing tools to help us effectively add biology to our soil, as often as possible. Every decision we make on the farm has to answer this question, "Does this improve the overall quality quality of our soil." If it does we keep it, if it doesn't then we move on.
Cory's soil sample mentor: www.soilscopelabs.com
About Kevin Lackey:
Kevin lives by the words “Become the most interesting person you have ever met.”A trained biologist and career conservation. Who packed in his land based conservation to set out to sea on a research vessel. He’s meant to have retired but he is on to his next adventure; the microbe and cattle operations manager at Grass Valley Farm. As an extra twist, Kevin is Cory’s father in law.
About Jennifer at www.millayandmeadowlark.com/
Millay and Meadowlark Flower Farm is a labor of love. Established in 2019, our business was conceived as a means of creating meaningful and engaging work for our son, Connor who has down syndrome. We are committed to providing Connor with opportunities to maintain and learn new life skills and for him to be a vibrant contributor and member of our community. We are also committed to the use of regenerative and sustainable growing practices on our farm. We grow without the use of harsh chemicals or pesticides. We subscribe to a "grown not flown" philosophy in that we try to locally source our inputs and keep our products local too!
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This is one of the MOST IMPORTANT videos on KZread. Hope for our future, as traditional chemical farming is a colossal disaster.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Going there, meeting them and learning has given me so much hope.
@miz180
Жыл бұрын
I agree!!! This is a very important video, our farmers need to see this is possible at a huge scale!
One thing that always comes through these regenerative natural approaches is that farm animals play an important role.
@rickysens597
Жыл бұрын
The NWO wants to eliminate farm animals.....you will eat zee bugs!!! I literally fear my own govt....😑
@craigaladd3262
Жыл бұрын
Non-human middleman is unsustainable simply end carbon drawdown. Hope is compassion action to end suffering. 13:55 mono-culture inherently less resilient less biodiverse
Healthier soil, healthier animals, healthier humans. Fantastic work! He mentioned at the beginning the freedom of not having the pressure from family members (and ag/chemical industry) pushing traditional farming methods
@charleswalters5284
Жыл бұрын
"traditional" only since hitler. Chemical warfare agriculture. Spraying poison on your food. Not really traditional
How refreshing to hear that there are people in the US that believe in a healthy environment. Up til now, all I've heard is about over-administration of penicillin and other unhealthy live stock treatments. All the best for the future and I'm convinced you'll be successful because you have an attitude that goes beyond the "investors quarterly report". Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪.
I’m a techy - mech engineer - own a software company….but, there is nothing more important than the work you are doing! The fact that you are sharing your learnings is awesome!!
I started incorporating a similar system onto our market garden soils around 10 years ago. My small cow herd is the key to our success. My tomato plants averaged 8-10 lbs per plant by the old method and they now average approximately 40 lbs of fruit per plant. This is a very inspirational video and now I'm excited and pondering ways to tweak and streamline my systems for next season.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Wow that’s such a huge difference. I’d be interested to know if adding in this kind of compost makes a bigger difference. Keep me posted.
@lilblackduc7312
Жыл бұрын
Wow! 🇺🇸 😎👍☕
@hikerJohn
Жыл бұрын
The hay is the key. You can compost it or not and you will get the same results. Composting just gets it going faster. You don't need to wash the microbes out and spray them around but this is just a proof of concept that it's the microbes that are what makes soil fertile. The compost is the habitat and food source for the microbes. As long as you keep the soil microbes fed you will never have to do another inoculation. Red worms speed the process up as well if you don't want to do rapid composting or even add worm castings to your ripe (cooled) compost. It almost does mater what you do as long as you DO SOMETHING with compost. We cannot just take, we have to give something to the soil. Look at what Joel Salatin is doing by having his chickens spread his manure or use the manure mixed with hay and spread it in the spring.
@martavionhamilton3634
Жыл бұрын
Come on now Yahuah is the creator of all things all life play a role in everything even insects. The natural way will always produce more yield, better quality better tasting products
Staring at that prairie line produces the same feelings as looking out into the ocean or the night sky on a stary night in the country.
I am so happy to see on a BIG scale what I have been doing on a comparatively tiny scale for almost 60 years. Now if the message can be spread and practiced world wide. I need to find something to be hopeful for my grandchildren. Thank you and keep spreading the word.
@marjoriejohnson6535
Жыл бұрын
Ps..just had to sell my last ditch effort, a worm farm.
@charleswalters5284
Жыл бұрын
@@marjoriejohnson6535 dang
Damned inspiring! Thanks for sharing that. I almost bought a dairy farm in New Jersey 20 years ago - the thing I remember the best was that the farmer had built an entire composting tea process to turn cow manure and wood chips into the liquid he spread on the fields which then grew the grass that fattened up his cows.... It was a beautiful system.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
That does sound beautiful. A circular system where everyone benefits. 🐄🌱💩🌎
This video is showing love and care to our mother earth and every living in it! Thank you so very much! ♥️
This video is exactly what I needed to show my client that just purchased land and is having problems with yields. Thanks guys, you rock for taking the time!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
This is so exciting! Let me know when it’s done, I’d love to see pictures of before and after.
I've been working with small farms and following this style of farming for several years now. Happy to see it's being scaled up
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for farming.
Loved this video. It shows that making compost "tea" and using it as a fertilizer can be converted to a large-scale operation. This knowledge will be crucial to changing from chemical fertilizers to "homemade" fertilizers across the growing spectrum. That it can be done in a year flies in the face of all the naysayers who insist it takes years to improve the soil enough to rely on it for good crop yield. It is my hope that this information and formula is dispersed to all farmers who are looking for alternatives. I hope you publish this information in every farming journal and website you can find. It is likely you would be inundated with questions and other farmers who want to visit you to see your operation up close, which could be a bit overwhelming. But you are pivotal in helping farmers find a new way forward.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
He’s getting a call a day. It is amazing! He’s loving helping people, he’s teaching on the farm and anyone with a van/rv can stay on the farm through harvest hosts, he’s also speaking at a few events and when his harvest is over he is hitting the road to meet farmers who have reached out to him. It’s exciting to see so many farmers getting excited about trying this method and Cory can help guide anyone willing to give it a shot. So keep reaching out to him and keep sharing.
@sprucemoose1133
Жыл бұрын
And it's even more than just a "fertilizer" it's jump starting and guiding the soil to healthy Carbon and Nitrogen exchange between plant and soil life. Amazingly cool work for large scale use. Especially the direct application with the seed at planting!
Wow. This is what I need, a living guide of how to implement regenerative ag at scale. Thank you
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Good luck with it!
I can't believe this! What a jewel!
So far ahead our times. I would like for all farms to do this. The fact that the cattle get fed nutritious feed from his land is so important
Fabulous melding of the old with the new. The old ways of feeding the soil with the technology to study your outcome.🌷
My company has been manufacturing, selling, and providing professional consulting for liquid composting on a commercial scale since 1983; we're taking all that "farm" waste and liquid composting it into a bioliquid fertilizer. I am a soil and plant scientist (with a few other specialties in there too) and I can't express enough how seeing people put soil health above everything, which then provides the benefits (as with improved animal health), makes me smile and warms the heart. Early on in my horticulture education I was seeing that soil health appeared to be far more important than the "genetic" route that many professors were pushing...and it just so happened that my family business involved the manufacture and sale of equipment that conducted liquid composting in liquid waste systems or continuous inversion (in aquatic systems).
@corymiller5538
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the work you do. If people like your weren't out there to share information, I would not have been motivated to choose this direction. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Pure genius, apparent tremendous amount of time spent in designing this process. Love the repurposing of equipment to aid in your process. Seems to me the answer to chemical fertilizers. Once you've healed the soil, the "bugs" do the work. Thank you.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
This is without doubt one of the most significant videos I have seen on KZread. Please follow up on this and make a full blown documentary as this information deserves much more publicity Globally. Regenerative farming and increasing soil fertility are two important directions for agriculture and ultimately for mankind. Well done and get the word out there.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Lots of conservations happening. Both of us are committed to telling this story because we know it’s works and this is what needs to happen. Thank you for watching!
"Getting that liquid compost produced on your land is invaluable" - Quote of 2022!
not a farmer but man the chemistry is amazing. shows you don’t need those cancer causing chemicals from the big corps. this needs to be spread!
A hidden gem of a video (now saved for re-use). One man's story (without the burden of tired expectation) of successfully getting it done. Pastoral care of an entire planet is the next big step. I see he has acquired lease land which means his success is spreading. From the bio we learn he sought out the experts (Elaine, David) and still put his own stamp on things. All the best Kevin from DownUnda.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully put, thank you!
Love this closed loop system besides the spent brewer grain
God bless you sir :-) I live 50 feet from a no till farmer that has destroyed everything in my life. You are on the right path go go go go I had to heal the micro biome of my gut and hear it from three other countries. Our country just practice medicine and cost $10,000 in testing. You heal the soil just like you heal the gut. My channel is dedicated to speaking the truth about chemicals in our food. Micro greens is what brought me back to life no secret crap. My gardens do amazing on compost tea and Korean farming jadam.
wow very simple but also very high tech. great way to transition old equipment used for tranditional fertilzers into something regernative, great stuff
warms my heart to see people being smart about their work and commitment to our future land the health of our planet! Right on Dude!
Impressive! I'm grateful for farmers and ranchers who are such good stewards of their land and animals. Keep up the great work!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Me too!
Roll this out across the country, it’s patently obvious it works and yes animals and humans need nutrient dense food. The chemical industry, the food industry and us consumers need to change. The carbon capture in the soils is yet another reason this is so urgent. Show this film to conservative farmers, help them understand, show them your fields! Fields of dreams, or reality….farmers are among the most important group of people on the planet right now 🙏🙏🙏
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
That’s so true. We really need to find a way for supporting farmers to transition over to regenerative methods.
So fantastic to see someone not hidebound by the so-called 'traditional' ideas of farming; the irony of which is that 'traditional ideas' of farming are anything but. What this gentleman is doing is simply the application of science to what our ancestors largely knew for centuries. i.e. look after the soil and it will look after you. I wonder if this short film was ever broadcast on USA TV? It would go a long way to convincing other farmers of all stripes that this isn't simply 'more of that green crap', it saves you money, sequesters carbon in the soil, saves water, makes farms far more resilient to drought, pests, diseases & fluctuations in fertiliser and fuel costs, both of which are hot topics worldwide at the moment. One thing that wasn't mentioned in the video was whether or not they were increasing tree cover. Australian farmers who planted about 25% of their properties found after roughly 3-5 years an increase in productivity of around 30%, due in no small part, to the ability of trees to assist with the sequestration of water into the soil & to bring nutrients to the surface. I also didn't see if they were also taking into account the contours of the land, using it to store/manage/spread water across the landscape accordingly & if they were continuing to plant monoculture alfalfa crops or mixtures of other grasses. Overall an impressive start. How we farm directly affects climate change. A quote I read yesterday said:"You can either continue to do hard farming or change to a sustainable system now. Do you want to carry on farming or do you want climate change to do you out of business?" Massive losses (financial & yields) worldwide of the climate change induced 2022 drought severity are a warning from nature. Food security IS national security for ANY country & climate change means we simply cannot rely on importing our way out of food shortages. Artificial fertiliser production & usage is a huge driver of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, not just in the USA. I'm watching this during the major drought of 2022. I wonder if their change in management practices have resulted in the farm being far more resilient to drought this year.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
I’m curious to know more about trees and farm land. If you know anyone who is knowledgeable in this field, please let me know. The water story is the next story I’d like to tell. Restoring the small water table on any piece of land, is a huge part of the regenerative process. Cory is very lucky. He has a lot of ground water, ponds and water ways and I know he plans to plant trees. Plus the organic matter in the soil restores that soil sponge and always having roots in the ground helps, so when it does rain that water doesn’t run off or cause erosion. We are looking to do some contouring on the land I’m on, it’s only 16 acres but I’ll share that process when we do it. And I’d love to know more about planting trees on farm land. If you know anyone who specialises in this, please send me the details.
This is a beautiful thing looking forward to it flourishing worldwide.
Great coverage, thank you so much
Stunning!
Wow, wow! Great Job, Cory, and team Miller.
This is great, thank!
Very cool! Keep up the great job!
THANK YOU - needed this.
Thank you
It so great you got into this with your background of fungi
WONDERFUL, I BELIEVE IT.
Amazing work. Thanks for sharing your wonderful story.
thank you to the young lady for her help in the demonstration
This is awesome. Amazing work. I wish there was someone around me that could help with doing this to my land.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Where are you based? We could see if the soil food web has someone who could help you. They are all trained specialists in soil regeneration.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
You can also reach out to Cory, who is very happy to help anyone transitioning to regenerative ag. He trained with the soil food web (Elaine Ingram).
Amazing 😁 keep going!!!
Go go Farmers - this is sooo cool.
Amazing. Love watching this kind of stuff. The virtual fence blew my mind.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
thank you so much, i have a mini setup at home now, already seeing improvement on my onions
This video is just beautiful. Kudos to those regenerative ranchers and the film producer.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, we all had fun making it.
I really appreciate the information your conveying. I especially like the tube with holes you put in your bins. I use alot of grass clippings in my compost and have trouble with it going anaerobic. Hopefully it will cut down on the number of times I have to flip the piles. Thank you
@corymiller5277
Жыл бұрын
They will definitely help. "Chimneys" in general, will help with airflow. A broom handle pushed into your pile will do the same thing. Don't be afraid to put lots of chimneys. They are also a good way to manage temperatures in your pile.
Brilliant, high quality, informative video thank you
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching it.
Lovely documentary. Well done and thank you.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Top class agriculture.
Amazing work, Cory. Thank you for your creative content Amy.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you John! We are hoping to create some more content for you in 2023.
So encouraging to see so many views of this important work!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
It’s exciting to see word spread.
thanks for sharing
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
You are very welcome!
This is THE first vídeo i watch on this channel .... It's beautiful.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Amazing story told in a great video.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
A virtual fence...just amazing, now the local wild life can migrate through an area with no real world physical obstacles in their way. It just gets better and better. : )
I have been studying Johnson-Su for about 2 years with intention of taking that knowledge to the Philippines to inprove the wifes family farms...Johnson-Su, biochar applications, mycorrizal fungi intervention and making sure that the soil is alive with bacteria and fungal loving microbes..
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Great work!
Beyond impressive as well as encouraging…thank you so much for caring and sharing,blessings wished always..
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
Great to see the applied knowledge, Regen Ag is the only way to improve soil and rcoly on farms, moving away from unconventional farming...
Great innovation, convincing message
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
Thanks from england. Inspirational.
@peopleoftheplants
6 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
Knowledge is wasted if only one person has it thank you for sharing
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
So true.
It is good to see that this no till farming and manure application is being done on large scale farms. This will also prevent soil erosion while producing healthier plants and feed for people and animals. Big kudos!
beautiful information ..
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
Wow. Just amazing.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Hope!
Thank You for Sharing Your Knowledge. I learned Much and have New projects to work on. 🙂
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
The side by side shot was wild. Thanks for the video!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it. More coming soon.
It all starts with soil biology. Great to see farmers taking up this knowledge and running with it.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Me too! Once you know about the biology, farming makes a lot more sense.
This gives me so much hope for the future! I feel like we're heading in a good direction again
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad! Corys farm gave me hope too.
What is amazing piece of property and a wonderful ecosystem
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Cory welcomes visitors!
So awesome. Wish I could get more hands on training like this.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Cory is very happy to help people and the soil food web do great training.
amazing !! thank you! definitely subscribed !
Brilliant
Great content!!
@peopleoftheplants
4 ай бұрын
Thanks you!
Wow amazing video and links below! Thanks and love from a soil regenerator in the Highlands of Scotland, I'm inspired to carry on!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Very grateful for your perseverance. Hard but very rewarding work! 💗
Found this late, superb ideas and operation. Regards from the UK.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
This is good content. Great work and help
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
this is cool!
Awesome ♥️
Three big messages !!
This is beautiful. I’m just finishing up the soil food web courses and trying to do the same thing they are but in central Indiana. This video is so well made and couldn’t have come at a better time for me!
@garettwatson8468
Жыл бұрын
Seriously thank you so much. Where can I give you money?
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
This makes me very happy. Make sure you share how it goes!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
I’m on patreon, if you’d like to support my regenerating/ filming making habit. www.patreon.com/amysmythplants
Keep learning and growing if we didn't it may still take months to go from the east coast to the west coast. Production in today's world is a must to pay the bills.
Started to go no till farming and cover cropping with cattle and the results are amazing, especially what you mentioned about the health of the animals it really shows it’s advantages
@peopleoftheplants
4 ай бұрын
I’m so happy to hear that! Keep up the amazing work!
Impressive.
i love the transitioning 😊 from somehow farming to manage farming, this an incredible work the future is green😮
@peopleoftheplants
8 ай бұрын
I know! So grateful for farmers like Cory.
I am so impressed with what you are doing on your farm and i would live to learn more!
@corymiller5538
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. Feel free to call anytime.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
More to come!
You could enhance the effects and growth of a healthy soil biome if you include more bushes and trees in the landscape. Their roots really help grow different fungi and other microorganisms
BRAVO!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
❤️
Thankyou 😊
@peopleoftheplants
4 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
I needed to see this...Thank you for sharing it...🇺🇸 😎👍☕
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Oh good! Pass it on to anyone else you know who might need to see it.
@lilblackduc7312
Жыл бұрын
@@peopleoftheplants I will. You're too groovy to keep to myself, anyway.. I mean, "People of the Plants"? You're either the real deal, or, that's the name of a really good Rock and Roll band, or even maybe a "B" movie that gained a 'cult following' like "Children of the Corn". (plants/corn...I get it...probably no relation?) I'm just putting you on...I'll share it. The whole community of growers should view this one. 🇺🇸 😎👍☕
wow, that was fast - 1 year. result depends of course on particular circumstances....blessings to all
Good for kids as well
God Bless You.
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Nice job!!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
No need to complicate nature. Spread organic material on the field (preferably with livestock not equipment) and let the rain make the “extract”. Wireless fencing technology is the innovation we need. When we get to the point where we are using it to establish trees on the land for even more feed and organic material for the soil, it will change the world for the better!
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
That’s where Cory is heading, the equipment with this method of compost is a quicker way to get natures processes rolling but once the soil health is restored, as I understand it, then the livestock should be all that is needed and I know Cory wants to plant trees.
Beautiful. Diversity is essential. Thank u fungi & bacteria & all the living beings we cant see who help us live & thrive ! Sincerely
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Well said
Good stuff, tks
@peopleoftheplants
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
I like your approach. This is an excellent one-year evaluation. I'd like to hear whether you end up up with parasites and fungus targeting your alfalfa due to the closed loop system.