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Assignment Task: Soil Resources (Regeneration of our land)
Watch the YouTube video: Regeneration of Our Lands: A Producer's Perspective | Gabe Brown | TEDxGrandForks
Watch the video and answer the following questions
Question 1: What are two practices widely used in current agricultural production model?
Question 2: Explain how these practices have impacted the soil ecosystem in two ways?
Question 3: Explain how the top soil and organic matter level have been affected by modern farming practices.
Question 4: Explain why do farmers in the US need to use tile drainage? Why this practice is bad for the environment?
Question 5: How do herbicides and pesticides affect the soil biology?
Question 6: What are couples of effects do the current production model have on our health?
Question 7: What are nature's ways of functioning to preserve the soil resources?
Question 8: List the five principles we must follow in order to follow nature's model.