Feeding Adam: Food, Farming & Our Search for Eden

Sheila Darmos is a regenerative farmer and pioneer who has set up Regenerative Farming Greece, an initiative of  the non-profit organization, The Southern Lights, which she directs. RFG is pushing the regen movement in Greece through training, and establishing a network of pilot farms so local farmers can see and experience what regenerative farming is.Having her roots in the early organic movement in Greece, with her father being a pioneer in the movement, she has a lot of hands on knowledge of what it means to support farmers in their transition and to accelerate a greater transition across Greece. Still leading the family business which was created to support the organic movement, she also has a tremendous amount of insight into the marketing and operational sides of regenerative farming.Links:Web:http://regenerativefarminggreece.orghttp://thesouthernlights.orgSocial Media:FacebookInstagramSheila on LinkedIN

In this episode, I talk to Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin (Regi for short) who is a Guatemalan ex-pat and is also an indigenous Mayan who is bringing his people's ancient heritage and perspective on stewardship of the earth to farm production in Minnesota where he lives. While he operates his own farm (Salvatierra Farms), his vision is much larger than one farm - regenerative agriculture, he says, takes place across ecological systems and at RegenPoultry he is building a network of 250 farms from Minnesota down to Texas to create a new model for poultry meat and egg production, along with nuts and berries, that restores ecological balance to the system while meeting local demand. Links to follow Regi:LinkedINTwitter@regenpoultryFacebook@regenagalliance@salvatierrafarms  Websites:Salvatierra FarmsRegenPoultryRegenAgAlliance.orgRegenerative Agriculture Solutions

In this episode, I interview Gadi Kenny who is an Israeli impact investor accelerating the ecosystem of Regenerative Agriculture in Israel. From the Israeli delegation to the Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit in Amsterdam to the Model Farm for Sustainable Agriculture and the Volcani Institute - we go on a whirlwind tour of the Regen movement in Israel.Follow Gadi on LinkedInJoin the Israeli Regen Ag Pioneers group on FacebookOther noteworthy mentions:Dr. Gil Eshel (Model Farm)Prof. Rachel Creamer (Wageningen)Groundwork BioAgProf. Yoram Kapulnik (Head of BARD, former CEO, Volcani Institute)

In this episode, I speak with Philippe Birker, co-founder of Climate Farmers, a social enterprise working to jump start the transition to regenerative agriculture in Europe. We cover the many ways that Philippe and his team are working to support this transition through lobbying, developing carbon credits, providing on-farm training,  consulting through experts, and creating a community of like minded farmers who can support each other. You can follow Philippe on:LinkedInAnd follow Climate Farmers at:Instagram @climatefarmersAlso:An overview of some of the farmers of ClimateFarmers  And here is all information about the annual Climate Farmers conference       - 25 - 27 October in southern Germany!

In this episode, I speak with Troy Hinke, an organic farming and soil food web guru. He is the founder of Living Roots Compost Tea and is Chief Soil Biologist at the Urban Worm Company. We cover the basics of compost tea, compost extract and vermiculture, and talk about the many advantages, as well as the costs, of applying these practices in your farm or garden.You can follow Troy on Instagram and Facebook, and visit his websites above!Troy has also published the first (and probably only) podcast series on compost tea and extract called "What's Brewing"  - check it out on your preferred podcast channels.  

In this episode, I talk to Ykä about his pioneering work creating a one stop shop for rearing Black Soldier Fly larvae for livestock feed in used shipping containers.Ykä is a serial entrepreneur based in Finland and currently CEO and founder of Manna Insect, which is on a mission to feed the world sustainably and give animal growers a cost-effective solution to produce their own feed. Manna Insect offers a solution to turn used and scrapped shipping containers into intelligent and automatically climatized environments to rear black soldier fly larvae. This larvae can then be locally used to replace soy and fish meal. Ykä also co-founded GrainSense, Innopinion, People2join and Xardu. He has 15 years of technical experience developing B2B and consumer products relating to sensor and behavioral algorithms, autonomous measurement and analysis solutions. He has a PhD on understanding human comfort in moving machines.  He has been CEO, CTO, COO, CIO, CMO and chairman of the board for several companies. Links to Manna Insect: Website: https://mannainsect.com Instagram: @manna.insectLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mannainsect

In this episode, LyOr Rabinowiz talks about his work planting food forests, building bio-compost and conducting soil microbial health testing to enhance the soil food web. Follow Lyor:Websites:ReGenMiyawaki ILInstagram: @miyawakiil and @regen_soilFaceBook: @miyawakiil and @regensoililLinkedIN: @miyawakiil and @regensoilOther Links:Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School: https://www.soilfoodweb.comPrecision Development (where I work): https://www.precisiondev.orgUnited Designers: https://www.uniteddesigners.org/