Resources

USDA/NRCS Data: Comparison of birth to finish corn fed beef production vs. birth to finish 100% grass fed beef production. Erosion rates measured on a typical Wisconsin tilled crop field vs. a typical Wisconsin grass pasture.

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The World’s Appetite Is Threatening the Mississippi River
Pollutants from booming farms combined with record wet weather are contaminating the nation’s mightiest waterway.

https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_rabalais_the_dead_zone_of_the_gulf_of_mexico
Prof. Nancy Rabalais, LA University, Marine Biologist Ted Talk. 15 min. that will explain all you need to know on the how’s and why of the Dead Zone from a 20+ year research career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5m9gz08QA4&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7PurLqq5D_ETUPdXZVXFyheFlNshBBmD

https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-farmers-talk-about-water-louisiana-fishermen

http://www.pbs.org/video/the-louisiana-connection-uidmkn/

http://www.mightyearth.org/heartlanddestruction/

PDF Files

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Reducing marine eutrophication may require a paradigmatic change.

Bonterra Grassfed-MarketStudy

Meat-Pollution-in-America

Stanley_grad.msu_0128N_15480 MI STATE 2017

Abreviated 2012 USDA Natural Resources Inventory Report on Sheet and Rill Soil Erosion on Private Land in US

Secrets of the Soil 1 Percent Organic Matter Holds 20000 Gallons of Water