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40 years ago, Charles Massy nearly lost his family's sheep farm in    




40 years ago, Charles Massy nearly lost his family's sheep farm in Australia to drought after he overworked the land. Looking to keep the farm, and for better ways to raise merino sheep, he eventually discovered what is now called Regenerative Organic agriculture: a set of farming practices that produces healthier food for people to eat and cleaner fibers for people to wear, all while drawing heat-trapping carbon dioxide down out of the atmosphere. Massy explains why the methods he used to save his farm could help save our home planet. Read the story hear: Photo: Trisha Dixon