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Kiss the Ground

A farmer technically grows crops

A farmer technically grows crops

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A farmer technically grows crops.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:39:26
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May 31, 2025
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A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.
Why I like to be considered a rancher is because… - Kiss the Ground 00:08
Why I like to be considered a rancher is because…
And, to me, that's what my operation - a living ecosystem. - Kiss the Ground 00:05
And, to me, that's what my operation - a living ecosyst...
And for the first two years, I was farming conventionally. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
And for the first two years, I was farming conventionally.
Heavy, heavy tillage. High use of synthetics. - Kiss the Ground 00:05
Heavy, heavy tillage. High use of synthetics.
1995 came along, - Kiss the Ground 00:08
1995 came along,
That was really tough to take 'cause we didn't have crop insurance. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
That was really tough to take 'cause we didn't hav...
1996 came along, - Kiss the Ground 00:05
1996 came along,
1998 came along, and we lost 80 percent of our crop to hail. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
1998 came along, and we lost 80 percent of our crop to hail.
So we were four years with basically no crop income. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
So we were four years with basically no crop income.
The neighbors were all taking bets and waiting for my land. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
The neighbors were all taking bets and waiting for my land.
Times were really getting tough financially, - Kiss the Ground 00:06
Times were really getting tough financially,
I really had to start focusing, - Kiss the Ground 00:09
I really had to start focusing,
So I started to be a studier of soil ecosystems. - Kiss the Ground 00:06
So I started to be a studier of soil ecosystems.
I actually went back and I read Thomas Jefferson's old journals - Kiss the Ground 00:10
I actually went back and I read Thomas Jefferson's old ...
No tillage means you don't till the soil at all. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
No tillage means you don't till the soil at all.
No-till drills are available everywhere in the world. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
No-till drills are available everywhere in the world.
This will help you grow topsoil. - Kiss the Ground 00:04
This will help you grow topsoil.
This holds this residue so the disc here can cut it, - Kiss the Ground 00:07
This holds this residue so the disc here can cut it,
The seed travels down at a specific rate per acre. - Kiss the Ground 00:05
The seed travels down at a specific rate per acre.
This comes around, - Kiss the Ground 00:06
This comes around,