By Elliott Pryor TWO DOT, Montana --
any ‘anti-environmentalists’ like to think that being an environmentalist is costly, but the fact of the matter is that it can be an advantage. Regenerative agriculture can be used to grow more food, more materials and products, and more profits. The Sandy Arrow ranch uses a compost ‘tea’ to fertilize their farm without chemicals. The bacteria in the tea help give the plants the nutrients they need to survive creating greater productivity. At the Two Dot ranch, they practice high density grazing, so the cows graze all the grass equally because there isn’t enough of their favourite species to go around and they trample down other grass to make a mulch. This mulch protects the soil, and it’s microbes, so the soil can remain productive to generate more food for more cows. These projects aren’t about restoring the environment, but about growing more food to make a profit. The Two Dot ranch can sustain higher stocking rates now, than when they started the program, thus allowing them to generate greater income (Two Dot Ranch Tour). The compost tea at the Sandy Arrow ranch will reduce input costs of chemicals by 70%: lowering production costs and supporting higher yields, further increasing revenue. In many cases, these types of practices aren’t about protecting the environment, but rather using tools that nature has invented and perfected over millennia to generate greater income. Perhaps environmental ideals aren’t the selfless choices... but the selfish ones?
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