Agree, very interesting stuff. Before I get to the soils, animal ag intro. https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2022/03/15/it-may-be-uncomfortable-we-need-talk-abo

Agree, very interesting stuff. Before I get to the soils, animal ag intro. https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2022/03/15/it-may-be-uncomfortable-we-need-talk-about-it-animal-agriculture-industry-and-zero-waste https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2022/03/15/it-may-be-uncomf... The animal agriculture industry is the leading cause of most environmental degradation that is currently occurring. These detrimental effects happen due to overgrazing, habitat loss, overfishing, and more. We are currently in the next mass extinction and animal agriculture is only fueling this catastrophe. Waste in the meat industry, too, is a major problem in of itself. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.142033699 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.142033699 Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy Our accounts indicate that human demand may well have exceeded the biosphere's regenerative capacity since the 1980s. According to this preliminary and exploratory assessment, humanity's load corresponded to 70% of the capacity of the global biosphere in 1961, and grew to 120% in 1999. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00603-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00603-4 The carbon opportunity cost of animal-sourced food production on land ... shifts in global food production to plant-based diets by 2050 could lead to sequestration of 332–547 GtCO2, equivalent to 99–163% of the CO2 emissions budget consistent with a 66% chance of limiting warming to 1.5 °C And back to soils ... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/soil-has-microbiome-too-180960088/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/soil-has-micro... Soil Has a Microbiome, Too - The unique mix of microbes in soil has a profound effect on which plants thrive and which ones die https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/07/secret-world-beneath-our-feet-mind-blowing-key-to-planets-future https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/07/secret-w... The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future - Don’t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/05/how-climate-change-may-threaten-soils-ability-to-capture-carbon/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/05/how-climate-c... Getting to root of possible carbon storage changes due to climate change https://regenerationinternational.org/2023/02/16/maximizing-photosynthesis-and-root-exudates-through-regenerative-agriculture-to-increase-soil-organic-carbon-to-mitigate-climate-change/ https://regenerationinternational.org/2023/02/16/maximizing-... Maximizing Photosynthesis and Root Exudates through Regenerative Agriculture to Increase Soil Organic Carbon to Mitigate Climate Change https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/improving-farming-soil-carbon-store-global-heating-target https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/improvin... Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests Better farming techniques across the world could lead to storage of 31 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year, data shows