Jimmy Emmons, OCC Soil Health Mentoring Coordinator, referenced by "Forbes" magazine
We want to congratulate Jimmy Emmons of Leedey, Okla., the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Soil Health Mentoring Coordinator and a recent inductee into the Oklahoma Conservation Hall of Fame, for his part in an article in "Forbes" magazine! In “Climate Catalysts: What’s A Planet Worth?,” Erik Kobayashi-Solomon writes:
In other words, by paying Nature back, we end up paying ourselves as well.
The lessons I learned from Conser and Herrington came home to me in a recent conversation with Mr. Jimmy Emmons, a regenerative rancher and farmer based in Dewey County, Oklahoma. Emmons believes that the strategy we have used to farm since the end of World War II has not only decreased biodiversity, lowered the productive capacity of the land, and made farms more susceptible to rains and drought, but has also devastated the economics of American farming families.
Emmons’s operations have generated much higher revenues at a much lower cost since he switched from “conventional” to regenerative techniques, and that is a combination that any businessperson – from a family farmer to a venture capitalist – can appreciate!
The Dasgupta Report tells us that we must start recognizing the debt to biodiversity we are accruing as a civilization. Blue Nest Beef, PrairieFood and regenerative producers like Emmons are showing us how we can pay back that debt with interest.
Conser, Herrington, and Emmons know, as I know, that the methods we have used to feed ourselves for the last three generations reached their “Best By” date long ago. It is time for a new paradigm.
Intelligent investors take note.
For the full article, go to https://www.forbes.com/.../climate-catalysts-whats-a.../Forbes also includes the video of “From the Ashes,” featuring Emmons, a former recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award.
Again congratulations to Jimmy Emmons for spreading the message of conservation, nationally and internationally!!!
