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Arizona State University professor Peter Byck doesn't grow up on a farm, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a vested interest in what farmers are doing on their land.
Byck is behind the Adaptive Multi-Pad (AMP) grazing method, which has been shown to increase soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and boost biodiversity by allowing cattle to graze more frequently while avoiding overgrazing, the Arizona Republic reports.
"It took a filmmaker here at place like ASU to put together science team to answer these questions that no one else had taken the time to answer," says Byck, who has secured support from McDonald's, ExxonMobil, Wrangler, and the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research.
His research has been peer-reviewed and has been published in nine peer-reviewed papers since he started it four years ago.
The idea is to divide grazing areas into smaller paddocks so cattle have more time to graze while avoiding overgrazing, and it's working, the Republic reports.
"They're 33% more insect diversity, 33% more insect diversity, and three times as many birds used to move across the Great Plains, farmers graze their land in a phenomenally fast, productive, profitable, and enjoyable way," Byck says
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