1. Plant species diversity and biomass increased significantly with the number of regenerative practices employed on almonds and rangelands. 

2. Invertebrate species diversity and richness were positively associated with regenerative practices in corn, almonds, and rangelands, whereas pest populations and almond yields were unaffected by the number of regenerative practices. 

3. Corn yields were negatively associated with more regenerative practices, while almond yields were unaffected by the number of regenerative practices. Profit was significantly higher on more regenerative corn and almond operations."

1. Pests were 10-fold more abundant in insecticide-treated corn fields than on insecticide-free regenerative farms, indicating that farmers who proactively design pest-resilient food systems outperform farmers that react to pests chemically. 

2. Regenerative fields had 29% lower grain production but 78% higher profits over traditional corn production systems.

Brown and his family run a thriving 5,000-acre ranch in North Dakota and represent a modern-day success story with hard evidence to prove the viability of regenerative agriculture.

His book, Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture, serves as a primer for farmers, ranchers, and legislators interested in learning how to improve an entire farm's operations by prioritizing soil health.

Furthermore, Brown's conversion experience suggests a possible way out of our modern agricultural predicament, in which centuries of mechanical and chemical disturbance have left soils nutritionally depleted and highly vulnerable, trapping farmers in cycles of constant (and costly) interventions that merely perpetuate the underlying problem.