Diary of a Carbon Farmer

This is the diary of an Australian family who escaped from the city, joined a farming community, and learned to love soil. Carbon Farming is about growing soil carbon - the first link in our food chain. The topsoil is where God's creation is taking place, at every moment. Carbon is the building block of life. By growing it we can restore ecosystems to health. At the same time we can remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as Carbon in the soil.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Land is a fountain of energy

"Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants, and animals."

- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949

It also flows through humans because we are made of it.
"...the Latin name for man, homo, derived from humus, the stuff of life in the soil." - Dr. Daniel Hiller