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Healthy plants create healthy soil. Unhealthy plants create unhealthy soil, Here’s why – John Kempf

From the 2021 Innovative Farmers Conference, I describe the principles and the science of regenerative farming ecosystems in which soil health is quickly regenerated, crop yields and quality constantly improve, pest pressure becomes less of a challenge and crops are much more resilient to climate extremes. I also touch on nutrition management and how when a regenerative ecosystem is functioning well, the need for external inputs becomes less and less, and can even be eliminated entirely in some cropping systems.