Peter Byck
2024
Peter Byck is leading a $10 million research project comparing Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing with conventional grazing; collaborating with 20 scientists and 10 farm families, focused on soil health & soil carbon storage, GHG cycling, microbial/bug/bird biodiversity & water cycling. The research includes a 4-part docuseries, “Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there),” directed by Byck, which is about the inventive farmers and maverick scientists building a regenerative path to solving climate. View the trailer and CNN segment.
Byck is a professor of practice at Arizona State University, where he teaches students to make short documentary films about sustainability solutions. He is the creator of carbon nation, and the short doc series carbon cowboys.
My Sessions
Roots So Deep: Stories from Farmers and Scientists about Soil Health & Farmer Wealth
Guided by director and wrangler of scientists Peter Byck, “Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there)”is a 4-part documentary series all about adaptive cattle farmers and their conventional neighbors across the fence – and a group of maverick scientists conducting ground-breaking research that explores the costs and benefits of grazing in harmony […]
The Power of Regen Films From Both Sides of the Pond
Peter Byck
Colin Ramsay
Claire Mackenzie
Anna Jackson
Adrienne Gordon
Ben Thomas
This session will include clips from the films Six Inches of Soil (UK) and Roots so Deep (USA), and these will showcase how the filmmakers have navigated the nuances of soil health and regen ag. The session will share how the films have helped communicate regen to a wider audience, from farms to city cinemas, […]