Drop-in #3: Oil Well In Reverse - Closing the Carbon Cycle Using the Carbon Cycle with Russ Conser
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In our third drop-in for The Peter Byck Show, Peter and Russ Conser discuss Russ’s epiphany around soil health after meeting Peter over a decade ago. As Russ said then, AMP grazing is like an oil well in reverse. Instead of extracting and burning carbon, regenerative grazers draw down carbon and incorporate it into the soil system. As Russ says “putting it back to work, investing it in the business of life.” After a long career in the oil and gas industry searching for carbon-rich “so...
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