Published on Jan 20, 2016 by Mic. the Vegan
Livestock to save the world…What does the science actually say about Allan Savory’s methods? In this video we look behind the glamorous ‘before and after’ shots in the TED talk.
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2014 Paper: “…no peer-reviewed studies” for Savory’s grazing:
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbd/…
“lack of conclusive evidence on measurable benefits of HM grazing.”
http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/…
Definition of Short duration grazing:
https://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca4…
Short Duration Grazing and Intensive Rotational Grazing:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE…
Full Carbon Sequestration Study behind Paper Cited by Savory: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/…
38% world “arid regions at risk of desertification”: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/…
Guardian Article Questioning Savory Carbon Data:
http://www.theguardian.com/environmen…
1/8th as much as Savory’s methods require Paper:
“The Savory Method Can Not Green Deserts or Reverse Climate Change” (Just google it, no direct link)
Grass fed beef Methane Emissions:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/grass…
Methane 25x more potent than CO2:
http://timeforchange.org/are-cows-cau…
NY Times Op-Ed mentioning Polyface grain usage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/opi…
Geoff Lawton’s Greening the Desert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rKD…
Forest Man of India:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZDS…
16% of the world’s soil carbon is already stored by soil fungi http://phys.org/news/2013-03-fungi-re…
Fungi holds 50-70% of carbon in forests of Sweden. http://research.iae.ac.cn/web/UploadF…
95% of plants are compatible
https://www.uaf.edu/files/ces/publica…
Its the elephants fault! Kill them, but don’t waste the ivory.