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Can we sequester all of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the biggest side-effect being healthier soil?
I'm really excited to announce I've begun working on a new feature-length documentary that hopes to explore that question: Farming Carbon.
I've been interested in soil health for a long time, and when local rancher Steve Charter introduced me to the concept of Carbon Farming, it blew my mind. Why didn't everyone use these agriculture practices that use soil's microbial biomass to make healthier, more drought / flood-resistant soil while also trapping atmospheric carbon? And why had I never even heard of it?
The answers to these questions surprised me (and continue to surprise me as I dig deeper [pun intended] into this new soil science).
I'm still in the early production phase of this film, so I have a lot more exploring to do. Please follow the journey here, or on the blog. http://bit.ly/2p25RJE Also, feel free to message me if you're interested in helping out!
02/19/2017
The Charter Ranch enjoys some of the best conditions of any ranch in eastern Montana. Their summer range north of Billings stays clear of snow most of the winter. Just a few miles up the slope of the Bull Mountains is a summer grassland with cooler weather and abundant water aquifers. The Bull Mountains also contain massive coal deposits, threatening the viability of the ranch.
Third-generation rancher Steve Charter has been fighting since the 1970’s to keep the coal operations from destroying his family ranch. Since those early days, he has watched the coal industry erode the safeguards he’s fought so hard to establish. Now, as the threat of a strip mine on his summer range looms, he is scrambling to keep the ranch alive.
"A Strip Mine is Forever" screens at the Wilma Theater this afternoon at 1pm.
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