Award-winning filmmaker Peter Byck will screen and discuss his docuseries “Roots So Deep” at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
The free, public event runs from 3 to 6 p.m. on September 15th in the Kinnickinnic River Theater on campus.
The four-part docuseries explores how inventive farmers and scientists use “adaptive multi-paddock grazing” to restore depleted soil, rebuild wildlife habitats, and trap atmospheric carbon. This technique mimicks historic bison herd movements and has helped boost farm profits
Joining Byck for the presentation is Michigan State professor Dr. Jason Rowntree, co-director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture.
“Peter Byck’s documentary was a monumental effort to study the benefits of adaptive multi-paddock grazing,” said Michael Orth, dean of UWRF’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. He says, “The project spanned several years and multiple scientific disciplines. The research results will greatly interest our students, faculty, and agricultural community.”
Byck serves as a professor of practice at Arizona State University, holding joint appointments in the School of Sustainability and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. His previous work includes the climate solutions documentary Carbon Nation and the regenerative agriculture series Carbon Cowboys.
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