While we would rather see farms converted to regenerative agriculture, it is encouraging that even some conventional farmers are willing to give up crop land to build wetlands. They are discovering what Jim Laurie, Bio4Climate Biologist and Cofounder discovered decades ago- nature can clean up chemical waste in ways we don’t even understand. The new wetlands are designed to prevent nitrate runoff and protect waterways.
But that is not all. Farmer Jim Fulton shares, “We’ve had nesting ducks, herons, egrets in the summertime, hundreds of red-winged blackbirds that are out roosting in all the tall grasses, which is great. A lot of frogs. We had an exceptionally high amount of water, and at one point, we even had fish in it,” he said, which came as a surprise.
Posted: November 14, 2025