I'll go directly to my own farm.
I became involved in this world as the third participant farmer in the ALUS program back in 2006. Over 1,600 farm families have followed our lead.
One very simple example is this: Through our restoration work on native grasslands, which ALUS has helped me achieve on my lands, organic matter has doubled in 11 years. That means the land has the ability to hold, from every single rainfall event, approximately 25,000 more gallons of water. That means there are 25,000 gallons more—from every water event—allowed to seep in and stay in the soil, rather than run off directly into the watercourses. Just about every one of our project sites across the country increases soil and organic matter and increases biodiversity. All of this has the effect of slowing water as it seeps through the soil. It recharges and replenishes our water table while slowing the outflow of water into our lakes and rivers, where the damage can be done.
It's complicated, but not complicated at all.