Have you heard of regenerative farming? Alex Wells from Kivoy in Uruguay is a regenerative farming enthusiastic, sharing his expertise and encouraging farmers worldwide to learn about this farming method. He discusses how this method is mitigating climate change by sequestering carbon while at the same time creating enormous opportunities for productivity for businesses – a true win-win situation.

Passionate about protecting the planet and his animals, Alex has been choosing solar water pumps as the preferred solution to providing drinking water for his cattle and explains how the problems that some associate with cattle farming are truly, ‘not the cow, but the how’.

Resources:  

Kivoy website - https://kivoy.com.uy/ 

Savory institute - https://savory.global/ 

Kiss the Ground - https://kisstheground.com/ 

Carbon Cowboys documentary - https://www.carboncowboys.org/

Episode notes:

• (1:58) Introduction to Kivoy and the initial start with regenerative farming 
• (2:10) Top three goals of Kivoy (raising animals in a way that is friendly to the environment, creating more profitable than conventional methods and to having a social impact on the community where people are more important than machinery)
• (2:50) Becoming the first certified B Corporation in the world 
• (3:28) Regenerative farming 101 
• (4:50) The need for solar water pumping in regenerative farming
• (5:45) Water situation in Uruguay
• (8:25) Use of LORENTZ pumps 
• (10:50) Productivity in regenerative farming 
• (14:10) Success stories with solar water pumping systems (cattle and people) 
• (20:00) Future opportunities for solar water pumping in Uruguay
• (24:00) Key lessons learned and the profitability of regenerative farming 
• (28:45) Recommended resources 
• (30:45) The future for regenerative farming 

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