Podcast appearances and mentions of David R Montgomery

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We are what we eat. It's an axiom. We take it as a great truth that the better the food we take on to fuel our human engines, the better those engines shall hum. Our guest this week asks us to both embrace that truth and expand it one further: we are what our food eats.This is just one of the core principles of regenerative agriculture, a practice celebrated by our guest today. Ryan Pintado-Vertner is an activist and a strategic marketing impact expert who helps purpose-driven founders, CEOs, and their teams stay true to their mission through thoughtful marketing and business growth strategies. Ryan has also spent a good part of his career working in natural foods and consumer packaged goods and works at the intersection of what we consume and how that consumption affects our planet and our bodies.Ryan is also a noted enthusiast for the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture. Far from a niche concept, regenerative practices offer a powerful trifecta of benefits: sequestering carbon to combat climate change, producing more nutritious food, and fostering healthier ecosystems.As Ryan explains, the health of the soil is the cornerstone that enables plants to convey the best nutrient benefits to both humans and animals. He illuminates how regenerative agriculture's focus on building healthy soil can allow agriculture to become a net negative contributor to atmospheric carbon. While still in the early stages, hundreds of organizations worldwide are pioneering regenerative practices at various scales.However, regenerative agriculture is about more than just farming techniques. Ryan emphasizes how it represents a broader approach to life and relationships, one that honors the sacredness of every part of the ecosystem. Embracing regenerative principles means adding value rather than extracting it and recognizing that diversity is inherently essential for any system to thrive.As awareness of regenerative agriculture grows, it has the potential to not only heal our planet and nourish our bodies, but to profoundly reshape how we relate to one another and the natural world we inhabit. This week's show invites each of us to plant the seeds of a regenerative future, one nutrient-rich carrot at a time. Our great thanks to Ryan for joining us this week on Mission Forward.Links & NotesKiss the Ground - NetflixKiss the Ground ResourcesWhat Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health by David R. Montgomery and Anne BikléSmoketownConnect with Ryan on LInkedInBig Fight on Substack (00:00) - Welcome to Mission Forward (01:46) - Introducing Ryan Pintado-Vertner (05:18) - Regenerative Agriculture (13:13) - The current landscape... of the landscape (17:04) - The Challenge of Defining Terms (23:48) - How can we help the journey

Forests have long occupied a fertile landscape in the human imagination. Places of mystery and magic – of wildness and wisdom – of vision and dreaming. Yet beyond mythic realms of imagination, we've largely treated forests as inert physical resources to satisfy human needs and desires. The main operative science behind this commodification has been market science – how to extract maximum resources and profits. Suzanne Simard is a revolutionary researcher who is transforming the science of forest ecology and coming full circle to the wisdom held by First Peoples and traditional land-based cultures from time immemorial. The story Simard is uncovering can change our story for how we live on Earth and with each other – for the long haul. Featuring Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, is an expert in the synergies and complexities of forests and the development of sustainable forest stewardship practices. Her groundbreaking research centers on the relationships between plants, microbes, soils, carbon, nutrients and water that underlie the adaptability of ecosystems, especially the below-ground fungal networks that connect trees and facilitate interplant communication. Learn more about Suzanne Simard and her work at her website. Explore More Dispatches From the Mother Trees, Suzanne Simard's keynote address to the 2021 Bioneers Conference, in which she discusses the dire global consequences of logging old-growth rainforests, and nature-based solutions that combine Western science and Indigenous knowledge for preserving and caring for these invaluable forest ecosystems for future generations. Lessons from the Underground, a panel discussion from the 2021 Bioneers Conference featuring Suzanne Simard as well as Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery, a wife and husband team of scientific researchers whose groundbreaking work on the microbial life of soil has revealed its crucial importance to human wellbeing and survival. Moderated by Bioneers' Restorative Food Systems Director Arty Mangan.  Intelligence in Nature, a deep-dive resource featuring leading experts in this burgeoning field. What We Owe Our Trees, an article by Jill Lepore in the New Yorker. This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage to learn more.

Welcome back for Series 2 of Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations.Farmers may wind up making or breaking our chance to tackle climate change.In this episode Claire Brady and Richard Delevan speak with Antony Yousefian, partner at The First Thirty VC, shares his journey from finance to the forefront of climate tech and sustainable investment in the UK. Delving into the impacts of climate change on agriculture, the potential of regenerative farming, Antony provides invaluable insights into leveraging technology and capital for a greener future.Time Codes & Highlights:[00:01:30] - Antony shares his background in finance and the transition towards sustainable investments and the decarbonisation of financial assets.[00:05:25] - Discussion on the challenges of ESG quantification and the journey towards actionable metrics in sustainable investment.[00:06:24] - Antony highlights the significance of food security, climate change, and the crucial role of sustainable agriculture in addressing these issues.[00:10:56] - Insights into regenerative agriculture, carbon sequestration, and the necessity of incentivising sustainable farming practices.[00:25:58] - The role of AI in capturing data and enabling sector growth, and the importance of data in attracting capital to sustainability efforts.[00:31:22] - Why investing in nature tech and the food system is bankable and the opportunity for returns on investment.[00:36:47] - Antony provides recommendations for books, films, and podcasts that have influenced his perspective on sustainability and agriculture.Antony's Catalysts:Films: "Kiss the Ground" and "The Biggest Little Farm" for insights into regenerative agriculture's potential.Book: "What Your Food Ate" by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé, exploring the impact of soil health on food nutrition.Podcasts: "Investing in Regenerative Agriculture" by Koen van Seijen and "Regenerative Agriculture" by John Kempf for discussions on the future of farming.Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit on climate-caused food price inflation.Contact:Connect with Antony Yousefian on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As plant-based diets gain popularity and outdoor activities like hiking and wild swimming become more advocated for wellness, the crucial link between nature and human health is gaining recognition. But what does it entail to derive nutrients, physical, and mental health benefits from the natural world? While the significance of dietary choices is well-established, can we also enhance agricultural practices to foster fertile soils, better health, and a deeper connection to the land? David R. Montgomery, a geomorphologist, delves into how Earth's surface processes shape ecological systems and human societies. His research spans from landslide impacts on mountain heights to soil's role in civilizations. Anne Biklé, a science writer, merges biology and environmental planning to explore humanity's complex bond with nature, focusing on agriculture, soil, and food. Their collaboration produced acclaimed works like "The Hidden Half of Nature" and "What Your Food Ate," examining soil health's influence on crops, animals, and humans. Marchelle Farrell, a therapist and writer, blends her Trinidadian roots with her UK experience, finding solace in gardening and nature writing. Her debut, "Uprooting," won the Nan Shepherd Prize for nature writing. Lorraine Lecourtois, the Interim Director of Wakehurst, bridges her background in theatre production with her passion for nature engagement. Committed to connecting people with the natural world, she spearheads research on biodiversity's impact on behavior. Kathy Willis CBE, a Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford, is renowned for her research on plant responses to environmental changes and ecosystem services. Her advocacy extends to public communication, evident in her BBC Radio series and books like "Botanicum." Recognized with the Michael Faraday Medal, she embodies the commitment to bridging science with public understanding. These voices collectively underscore the importance of nature's role in human health and well-being, inviting us to rethink our relationship with the natural world. For more on 5x15 events, visit: 5x15stories.com Twitter: twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: instagram.com/5x15stories

Episode 247 – Archeology and the Bible – Part 3 – Archeological Axioms Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script: Noah was 600 years old when he went into the boat to escape the flood, and he did everything the LORD had told him to do. His wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law all went inside with him. Genesis, Chapter 7, verses 5 through 7, Contemporary English Version ******** VK: Hello! Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m Victoria K. Today we’re going to be doing the third episode in a new series that we are calling “Archeology and the Bible.” Some scholars estimate that there are over 4,000 different religions in the world. With that many religions out there it’s reasonable to ask whether we can be sure which of those religions, if any, is true. The good news is that we can reasonably differentiate among the competing truth claims made by the various religions using logic, reason, and evidence. And one source of evidence that demonstrates that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God is archeology. Archeology helps us to show an unbelieving world that that the Bible contains a large body of reliable history. So, to help us continue our discussion today in the studio we have RD Fierro, who is an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. RD, one of the big points that we are trying to make in this that archeological finds can be a valuable source of support for the accuracy of the history that the Bible reports. In fact, the Bible’s history has been shown to be accurate even when doubted by secular historians and we talked about that in our last episode of Anchored by Truth, right? RD: Right. But before I get to a reminder of what we discussed last time I would also like to say “hi” to everyone and welcome them to Anchored by Truth. At Anchored by Truth we often say that there are four lines of evidence, at a minimum, that will help people understand that the Bible may be differentiated from all other books that claim to be the word of God. Those four lines of evidence are reliable history, remarkable unity, fulfilled prophecies, and redeemed destinies. And one way we can show that the Bible’s historical reports are accurate is through archeological finds. And there have been some pretty graphic examples of the Bible getting history right even when skeptics for centuries dismissed the Bible’s report. A case in point is the Bible’s report on the existence of the ancient kingdom of Assyria and its famous capital city, Nineveh. Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire literally disappeared beneath the sands of time in the 6th century BC and for over 2,000 years physical evidence of the once-mighty empire was missing. VK: Nineveh disappeared so completely that a Greek writer, Lucian of Samosata ([who lived from] A.D. 120-180), once lamented: "Nineveh has perished. No trace of it remains. No one can say where once it existed" ... This lack of visible evidence caused many scholars and historians as late as the 19th century to doubt that the Assyrian Empire even existed, much less was once the dominant military power on earth. RD: Yes. But then all that changed. The online Encyclopedia Britannica has this to say about the rediscovery of Nineveh. “The first person to survey and map Nineveh was the archaeologist Claudius J. Rich in 1820, a work later completed by Felix Jones and published by him in 1854. … Sir Henry Layard during 1845–51 discovered the palace of Sennacherib and took back to England an unrivalled collection of stone bas-reliefs together with thousands of tablets inscribed in cuneiform from the great library of Ashurbanipal.” VK: But while secular history had lost sight of Nineveh and the Assyrians the one witness to their existence that never wavered was the Bible. The Old Testament books of Kings, Chronicles, Isaiah, Nahum, and Jonah always contained a clear record of the existence of the Assyrians even preserving names of some of its rulers and officials, the name of its capital, and even records of its conquests. Once the clay tablets were recovered from the great library by Henry Layard the Bible’s accounts were vindicated. RD: Right. No serious historian today doubts that the Assyrian Empire at one time dominated the Mideast, was a very successful military power, and posed a grave and mortal threat to kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The Bible always contained a plain record of those facts and today scholars worldwide accept those facts. So, one subject I want to discuss today is why – at one time – there was so much doubt about the Bible’s reports about Assyria and Nineveh despite the fact that the Bible record was true and accurate. VK: Well, I suppose many, maybe most people, would say “before Rich, Layard, and the others who unearthed the ruins of Nineveh from the Iraqi desert there wasn’t any evidence that the Bible’s account was accurate.” RD: I think you’re quite right –. VK: Thank you. RD: - And that’s what I want to talk about. Why do so many people doubt the Bible until one of the Bible’s accounts is confirmed by an extra Biblical source? The Bible is an ancient record – but there are a lot of ancient records from about that same time period. The Greeks in particular had some well-known historians such as Herodotus and Xenophon. The Romans had historians such as Tacitus and Pliny. The Jews had a particularly well-known historian called Josephus. But when secular scholars read those ancient historians they don’t automatically doubt their accounts unless another source or archeological find confirms it. But all too many people automatically doubt the Bible’s records unless there is an extra-Biblical source that comes along and shows the Bible is right. VK: Oh. I see the point you’re making. Even before Rich and Layard discovered the physical remains of Nineveh and the Assyrians there was in fact very good evidence of their existence - because the Bible contained a record of their existence. But today the tendency is to discount the Bible’s record as having evidentiary value unless another source is available to confirm what the Bible says. Your point is that among a lot of scholars today there seems to be an anti-Biblical bias that says, in effect, “Sure it’s in the Bible. But how do we know the Bible is true.” Yet, those same scholars don’t bring that same attitude to other historical records from the Biblical times. The way the academic community, the journalists, and the media treat the Bible is exactly the opposite of the way they treat other ancient sources. The skeptics and critics will regard other records as being accurate on their face but they regard the Bible as being inaccurate unless confirmed. This is either ironic because, in fact, the Bible is what inspired many, if not most, of those early Middle Eastern archeologists to go on their expeditions. They saw Bible as being true so they were willing to stake time and money to look for the ancient cities the Bible said had been there. If they had had the same attitude as many people today have they would never have set on their expeditions. RD: Right. A belief in the Bible’s accuracy inspired much, if not most, of the early archeological exploration in Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, etc. Some of the greatest finds in archeological history, such as the rediscovery of the city of Petra in modern day Jordan, might never have been brought to light if it weren’t for the fact that explorers knew it must be there because the Bible said it was. Petra in Greek means “rock like” or “stony” and it is, quite literally, a city carved out of rock. In the Bible that location is identified with Edom. The Edomites were the descendants of Esau, who was the brother of the patriarch Jacob (also known as Israel). Esau was red haired and the city occupied by his descendants was known for the distinctly red color of the stone in that area. So, it is interesting that when it was rediscovered so much of the Bible’s text was vividly confirmed. At any rate, the point is that there is often the tendency to doubt the Bible unless confirmed, whereas the opposite attitude is taken with respect to other ancient documents. The histories compiled by Herodotus, Xenophon, etc. are accepted as being generally reliable until inaccuracies are shown. VK: Well, as you say that wasn’t the case a hundred years ago or maybe even thirty or forty years ago. So, why is it that way now. RD: In my opinion it’s because of the concerted pushback that has been occurring against Christianity and the Bible in recent decades in the west. Christianity’s values and ethics have been under attack in the western societies for a wide variety of reasons. But to effectively dispense with Christianity’s values you must dispense with the source of those values: the Bible. So, there has been a concerted effort in academia, the media, and popular culture to characterize the Bible as being filled with myth and fairy tale. Once that idea is established, whether it is true or not, much of the Bible’s magisterial authority has been eliminated. VK: This is not only sad, it is dangerous. The Bible contains the special revelation that God has given to mankind. We can no more dispense with that revelation safely and without danger than the patient can ignore the mechanic who has just told him that he has an issue with his car or truck which he should attend to. The driver can ignore the mechanic’s advice but not without risking catastrophe. With respect to ignoring the Bible it’s even more dangerous. Mechanics are human. They can be wrong. The Bible was inspired by God and God is never wrong. RD: Well said. What people need to realize is that all people, all of us, approach our lives using a set of axioms. These axioms form a lens through which we see the world. Sometimes these axioms are obvious and reasonable. Most of us tend to see the advice given to us by professionals as being useful and helpful. This means we will accept and follow the advice. But not all people operate by this axiom. VK: Recent events in America and other western nations have unfortunately caused previous trusting people to begin to doubt the advice they previously wouldn’t have questioned. This may be medical advice, advice about nutrition and health, or prescriptions involving social, political, or cultural norms. Hmmm. I see why we need to talk about this. The widespread confusion over the virus and how to deal with it has caused a lot of people to no longer trust medical advice they once would have never questioned. And sadly, tragically, something similar has happened in our culture with respect to the Bible. 20, 30, or 40 years ago you could have settled a discussion by quoting the Bible. Today, if you quote the Bible people are quite likely to say “so what?” RD: Right. We all view life through a set of axioms. Quite often those axioms have put into our lives by our families or cultures and we don’t even question them. The set of axioms that surround us tend to shape what many scholars or theologians will call our worldview. I don’t want to spend too much time on worldview today - because that would be the subject for a whole show or even series. But the collection and aggregation of our foundational axioms form our worldview. For most of us the ideas that form our worldview are unspoken and un-thought-of. Most of them seem almost self-evident. Well, interestingly enough these unseen, unspoken axioms can have a powerful role in areas of study like archeology. VK: What are you thinking about? RD: Let’s take a specific example. Chapters 6 through 9 of the book of Genesis clearly describe a worldwide flood. Despite the attempts of some critics to say that this flood was a localized, limited flood, the Genesis language is pretty clear. The flood endured by Noah and his family was worldwide and essentially reshaped the entire surface of the earth. And based on the time periods that we can derive by studying the genealogies elsewhere in Genesis we can confidently say that this worldwide flood occurred about 4,500 years ago. VK: The Amplified Bible, Genesis, chapter 7, verses 19 and 20 say this: “The waters prevailed so greatly and were so mighty and overwhelming on the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. [In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher [than the highest ground], and the mountains were covered.” RD: Yes. That’s pretty clear language. But, of course, despite the clarity of the language today there are a great many people, including scientists, who deny that such a flood ever happened. Deep time, uniformitarianism, and evolutionary thought rule the halls of academia, the discussions at most so-called science institutions, and popular thought. Thus, it has become a widely accepted axiom in archeological thought that the flood never happened. So, let’s think about this. If there was a worldwide flood about 4,500 years ago that reshaped the earth’s surface and deposited huge amounts of sedimentary material all of the earth then no structures that we can find on the earth today would be older than 4,500 years. VK: It’s not impossible that some artifacts or parts of buildings might be found in one of the layers deposited by all the water moving around – but with the kind of flood described in the Bible nothing would have survived intact. RD: Right. So, an archeologist who accepts the Bible’s flood account as being historical will rarely, if ever, be tempted to assign a date to ruins or an artifact older than 2,500 BC. One of the axioms which would form a part of their approach to their craft would include the presence of the flood in ancient history. They wouldn’t have any reason to try to put a date on an artifact earlier than 2,500 BC. But an archeologist who denies the historicity of the Bible’s flood account has no problem dating ruins or artifacts as being much older than 2,500 BC. And there are a number of sites around the world that have been assigned dates older than 2,500 BC. And similar older dates would be assigned to artifacts found in those ruins. Bible denying archeologists have an axiom in their worldview that says people have been around for hundreds of thousands of years and therefore ruins as old as 5,000 or 10,000 BC (or even older) are possible. The difference in the starting axioms between these two groups is going to lead to widely differing possibilities in assigning dates to ancient ruins, artifacts, or civilizations. VK: Let’s remind our listeners of something that we’ve talked about before. Historical science is not the same as operational science. In operational science hypotheses can be tested and results of experiments repeated and affirmed or refuted. One scientist boils water at sea level at 212 degrees Fahrenheit and other scientists around the world can replicate those results. That’s operational science. But that is not true for historical sciences like archeology, cosmology, paleontology, or the certain elements of geology that pertain to age. All any scientist can do is look at evidence available in the present and attempt to provide an explanation for what that evidence says about the past. And there is just about no way to dispositively confirm that explanation. The best scientists can do is provide explanations that can be tested against the evidence and determine whether that explanation is consistent or inconsistent with the evidence. RD: Agreed. Historical science can never reach the same level of certainty as operational science. Moreover – and this is really important – the number of scientists, historians, or archeologists who may accept a particular explanation does not determine the truth of that proposed explanation. VK: Or, said slightly differently, truth is not determined by majority opinion. We’ve talked before on Anchored by Truth that today geologists acknowledge that many of the great river valleys all over the world were created by truly epic floods. David R. Montgomery, a geology professor at the University of Washington, labeled the floods that created these river valleys “Noah-like” in a 2012 article for Discover magazine. But in that same article Montgomery noted that the first geologist to propose that the river valleys of eastern Washington were caused by such floods was J. Harlan Bretz. But when Bretz initially proposed his explanation in the 1920’s he was met with widespread. Yet the recognition that Bretz was correct is so widespread today that, at the age of 97, Bretz was awarded the Geological Society of America’s highest honor. When Bretz first proposed his explanation for the origin of river valleys in eastern Washington he was a minority of one. But today it is widely acknowledged that Bretz was right. RD: Exactly. And that same thing can be true for the axioms that archeologists or other scientists bring into their profession. Just because one, many, or most archeologists believe that there has never been a worldwide flood has no bearing on the truth of whether a flood actually occurred. What is important for listeners to note is that this rejection of the flood of Noah will greatly affect many of the explanations that flood-deniers offer. A specific instance of this that we will cover in greater depth is the ruins at Göbekli Tepe in south eastern Turkey. Secular archeologists date these ruins to about 11,000 – 12,000 years BC. Their assigned dating is largely due to the results of radiocarbon dating. VK: But there are well known problems with the accuracy of radiocarbon dating. Creation Ministries International has several excellent articles on their website that discuss these problems. So, we won’t go into them today, but we will mention one. Radiocarbon dating depends on a comparison between the amount of carbon-14 present in a sample such as a wood fragment with the amount of carbon-14 that is assumed to have been present when the sample was first formed. One basic problem is that we have no idea how much carbon-14 was originally present. The starting value to which the current amount is present is always an assumption. There is no way to know for sure what that starting value was. That’s one reason we say that dates to artifacts or ruins are always “assigned” not discovered. There is never any way to prove that assumptions that went into the assigned date are accurate. And it is quite common for different dating methods to differ widely in the assigned dates. RD: Yes. So, largely based on radiocarbon dating the ruins at Göbekli Tepe have been dated far older than possible when considering the date for the Noahic flood. This points out the importance of the date assigners underlying set of starting axioms. VK: So, how can we know who and what to believe? RD: By doing what we always recommend – consider the evidence and apply logic and reason. In the case of whether the Genesis flood occurred there is an abundance of scientific and historical evidence that it did. And we have covered that evidence in depth a couple of times on Anchored by Truth. And the series that discuss the flood of Noah are available from our website: crystalseabooks.com. In the case of the dating of the ruins of Göbekli Tepe one simple question to ask is whether the ruins are more consistent with a hunter-gatherer society (which is what secular archeologists tell us existed at that time) or a society that possessed some level of mathematical and construction sophistication. In the case of the ruins we now know that they were laid out with a level of mathematical precision that would be inconsistent with a society that had not supposedly even entered a settle agricultural phase. But they are consistent with a community that possessed the kind of technological sophistication described in Genesis chapters 4 through 6. VK: Let’s remember that in chapter 1 of the book of Genesis the Bible tells us that Adam was created with a sophisticated knowledge of many subjects. He possessed language, a knowledge of biology and botany, and the ability to reason and analyze comparative attributes. And, of course, Noah in the pre-flood environment was able to undertake a large naval architecture project. So, his descendants after the flood would have retained much of this knowledge. By contrast an evolutionary viewpoint says that man’s predecessors knew nothing of math and technology and had to discover everything? So, in this case what we know from the ruins is more consistent with a Biblical explanation than the alternative RD: Exactly. This line of reasoning cannot reach the level of absolute certainty but following it, in the case of the ruins at Göbekli Tepe we can make the case that the Biblical explanation for their existence and dating is at least as compelling as the flood-denying alternative. And that is what we wanted to point out in this episode. When people see reports of new and sensational archeological discoveries in the news or on the internet – that purportedly show how the Bible is wrong - they need to stop and think. They need to examine the worldview and axioms of the group making the discovery and they need to research and consider the Biblical alternative. When they do they are going to find out that the Bible holds its own in every situation. VK: Well, This sounds like a great time to pray. Today let’s listen to a prayer that all of us would receive the ability to discern truth from the Holy Spirit who is the only One that can truly illuminate the human mind. God created the human mind and it would be far better for us to receive the least little bit of his infinite wisdom to guide our lives than anything that world can provide. ---- PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the Contemporary English Version) Genesis, Chapter 7, verses 5 through 7, Contemporary English Version

Since October 2021, Jeff Ishee, Mary Sketch Bryant, and Eric Bendfeldt have had sixty conversations about the health and fertility of soil as part of the podcast. To celebrate World Soils Day 2023, we are sharing three recaps of conversations that were quite memorable with Dr. David R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle authors of What Your Food Ate and Growing a Revolution; Clare Tallamy of Virginia Tech's 2022 Soil Judging Team; and Lee Rinehart a grazing specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology. World Soils Day was organized to bring attention and focus on the importance of healthy soil and the sustainable management of soil resources. David Montgomery and Anne Bikle start the conversation off with a discussion about soil life and how the health of soil can ultimately affect diet and nutrition at a basic level. Clare Tallamy gives a summary of how to assess and judge soil from inside a pit, while Lee Rinehart emphasizes how critical soil health is for grazing management, water quality, and drought resilience.To join the Virginia Soil Health Coalition and listen to the other 4 The Soil: A Conversation episodes, please visit https://www.virginiasoilhealth.org/ and https://www.4thesoil.org/podcast To nourish and (re)imagine collaboration, conservation, and community, plan to register and attend the upcoming 2023 Virginia Farm to Table Conference.

What I learned from What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle. Join the Nat's Notes Newsletter to get my highlights and notes from the book. (1:25) Nutritional Differences in Organic vs. Conventional Foods (4:09) The Effects of Plowing on Food Quality (8:10) Why Glyphosate Might Be Killing You (11:11) The Risk of Artificial Fertilizers vs. Manure (15:16) Nutritional Differences in Whole vs. “White” Grains (18:31) Effects of Pesticides and Herbicides on Mental Health (22:41) Is Milk Healthy? (26:33) Why Some, But Not All, Meat is Bad for Your Health If you enjoyed this show or have any feedback, please let me know on Twitter (@nateliason) or Instagram (@nat_eliason)

Food can affect our mood - we've all experienced it. In the past, psychiatry has been concerned with what happens in the brain. Today, we know that what's going on in the gut can impact our mental health. Professor Felice Jacka is a pioneer of nutritional psychiatry. She discusses her groundbreaking research on how food can affect our mood.In this episode you'll learn about the link between anxiety, depression and diet. Felice shares her own mental health issues growing up, and offers simple lifestyle tweaks to that will make your gut and feel better.Join the Live Well Be Well Club and listen to this episode ad-free, as well as bonus episodes - tap 'Try Free' on Apple Podcasts.Timecodes00:00 People with anxiety live longer00:58 Which mental disorders are related to diet?04:15 It's not about weight loss!07:30 Felice's journey14:40 The non-industrial diet21:14 What is the food matrix?26:50 The ‘Smiles Trial'41:33 Your brain and your gut talk to each other (IBS + Depression)53:11 Poo transplants to treat depression?To give your wellbeing journey that extra boost, download Sarah's 30 day ‘Reset My Health' course FOR FREE.Links:Food and Mood Academy Felice Jacka Food and Mood centreThe Smiles Trial BMC MedicineBooks:Brain Changer by Dr Felice Jacka There's a Zoo in My Poo by Dr Felice Jacka What your food ate by David R. Montgomery & Anne BikléWatch this episode on YouTubeFollow me, Sarah Ann Macklin on InstagramAnd sign up to my newsletter here*****Thank you to my wonderful season sponsor Arena Flowers Use this code for 50% of your first 3 subscription boxes: LWBW50(New subscription customers only)Order your Arena Flowers before 9pm for next day delivery*****Want to create your own podcast? Contact Fascinate Productions to bring it to life

On this episode, Nate is joined by “free range biologist” Anne Biklé and “broad-minded geologist” David Montgomery - a married duo who have been educating about the link between soil and human health for nearly a decade. As we continue to strip the land and soil of its life supporting capacity, our food has become less nutritious, even as we've received more calories. Has the age of ‘The Green Revolution' - accredited with preventing millions from famine - led us to a new epidemic of starvation in the form of micronutrients? How do our modern systems degrade the land, leaving us with lifeless dirt even more dependent on fossil inputs? Can we implement better agricultural practices that lead to lively and fertile soils, better health, and a reconnection with the land that feeds us? About Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery Anne Biklé is a science writer and public speaker drawing on her background in biology and environmental planning to explore humanity's tangled relationship with nature through the lens of agriculture, soil, and food. She is particularly enthralled with the botanical world and its influence on humanity throughout history. Her writing has appeared in digital and print magazines, newspapers, and her work has been featured in radio and independent documentary films. David R. Montgomery is a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He is an internationally recognized geologist who studies the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He is the author of several textbooks in his field and his work has been featured in documentary films, network and cable news, TV, and radio. Anne and David are married and live in Seattle, WA. In 2023, they published What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health, which builds on their trilogy of books about soil health, microbiomes, and farming—Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, The Hidden Half of Nature, and Growing a Revolution. Social Media & Contact for David and Anne web: www.Dig2Grow.com || twitter: @Dig2Grow || email: Dig2Grow@gmail.com For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/79-anne-bikl-david-montgomery

“Across the board, dietary advice typically focuses on what and how much to eat, with remarkably little attention paid to how farming practices influence the nutritional quality of food and whether the “right foods” pack the nutrients they once had.” Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! In this episode, we're discussing What Your Food Ate by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé. Exploring the concept of "food chain reactions," the book unveils the hidden connections between our food choices and their environmental, social, and health impacts. Do you really know what you're eating? We cover a wide range of topics including: The revival of physical bookstores fueled by social media How the health of our soil essentially corresponds to our health Why nutritional diversity is so important The relationship between our diets and overall well-being What are our food cravings telling us? And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode. Links from the Episode: Mentioned in the Show: Great Book Series (1:04)  Barnes and Noble open 30 new stores (2:55) Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail (19:17) Mother Tongue Cooking Club (33:04) Force of Nature (57:55) Pluck (58:19) TrueMed (59:57) Rooted (1:09:26) Dutch Meadows Farm Books Mentioned: What Your Food Ate The Three-Body Problem (5:00) (Nat's Book Notes) Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (14:59) People Mentioned: Anthony Gustin (15:40) Wendell Berry (15:48) Ben Greenfield (26:57) Justin Mares (28:21) Miles Snyder (33:01) Calley Means (1:01:34) Gabe Brown (1:04:24) Show Topics: (1:35) The revival of Barnes and Noble along with the influence that 'Booktok' has had on physical book stores. (5:11) How different content performs on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. Each platform serves a different purpose whether it's for entertainment or educational.  (12:16) Today, we're discussing What Your Food Ate by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé! Our food is a lot less nutritionally dense than we realize because of way that the food we eat is grown. (14:55) The co-authors' first book talks about the importance of caring for the soil, as that's the base for everything we grow. The same food can have such different nutritional values depending on how it was grown or raised. (20:08) Why nutritional diversity is important and how eating as nutrient dense foods as possible is really important too. When it comes to food, it's best to aim for quality over quantity.  (26:13) When we take a look at the foods we're eating, it makes sense that we may need supplements to give us our essential nutrients that may be otherwise lacking in our diet.  (28:01) What does Europe do differently than the US in terms of growing their food? We also talk about glyphosate levels in the things that we eat. (33:35) We give a brief overview of how the government has subsidized farmers in the US, which plays a role in our food supply and what we eat.  (38:44) Do our food cravings hint to us what we are deficient in? There have been studies done in infants where they chose foods that were beneficial to them when they were sick.  (40:33) It's shown that diet makes a difference in your overall health. Examples: The British WW2 diet and how a study in Japan showed that diet made a difference in mortality rate for those with lung cancer.  (44:45) How we source our food plays a role in our overall health. The nutritional density of the same food can vary just based on how it was raised. (50:39) We share some of our current eating habits from kimchi to sauerkraut, and what we will be having less of. (53:20) So, what solutions do we have and are we trending in the right direction when it comes to the food industry? (59:29) Regenerative farming - can this be seen on a larger scale? Neil talks about the mission of TrueMed. (1:06:28) Nutrients in animals have changed over time due to their diet and breeding, and it has an effect on the nutrients we receive from them, too. (1:10:53) That concludes this episode! Catch us next time where we will be discussing The River of Doubt. As episode 100 approaches us, we're excited to hear your suggestions on what we should do for that episode! If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes and tell a friend. As always, let us know if you have any book recommendations! You can say hi to us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS, @adilmajid, @nateliason and share your thoughts on this episode. You can now support Made You Think using the Value-for-Value feature of Podcasting 2.0. This means you can directly tip the co-hosts in BTC with minimal transaction fees. 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It turns out that you owe a LOT to fungus. Specifically, you get more health and flavor in your food than you ever imagined from something called mycorrhizal fungi. In this episode, we dive into the following:What are these magical fungi?Why is it so crucial for creating healthy soil and flavorful food?What kind of farming disrupts it?What kind of farming enhances it?How do these fungi change the flavor of food?We dive into the topic using the following resources:A clip from a presentation from Dr. Jill Clapperton on soil healthFarmer Gail Fuller from KansasBook: What Your Food Ate by David R. Montgomery & Anne BikleBook: Teaming with Microbes by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne LewisBook: Entangled LIfe by Merlin SheldrakeSupport the showBrought to you by the Global Food and Farm Online Community Click here to subscribe on your favorite platform or click here to listen on our website. Support the show through Patreon -- Patreon.com/TastingTerroir

Oh hey, it's Mimi again. Gotcha two for the price of one today, because we're speaking with David Montgomery and Anne Biklé. I'm sure they don't need an introduction, because I know at least some of you all will have at least one of their books in your exhaustive libraries. If you haven't heard of them, David and Anne are married, live in Seattle, and are a pair of writers. To quote them, "Dave is a broad-minded geologist and Anne is a free-range biologist with a bad case of plant lust." If that doesn't make you want to hang out with them, I don't know how much better I'm going to be able to do. The reason I wanted to talk to them is not just because their book,  What Your Food Ate, just came out, but also because they have a really great way of going back through the membrane of time and looking at some of the origins of our understanding about the connections between plants, soil microbiology, and our own health. I can't recommend the books highly enough. Dave's mustache is also the mustache to end all mustaches.  A list of some of their amazing works... What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health (2022) The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health (2015) Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (2017) Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (2008) Folks who make the show possible... Certified Naturally Grown grassroots, peer-to-peer, holistic certification. Johnny's Selected Seeds vegetable, flower, and cover crop seeds. BCS America for two wheel tractors + implements. RIMOL Greenhouses quality greenhouses and high-tunnels. ... and, as always, our work is powered by the folks who support us every month over at patreon.com/notillgrowers, you can pick up a copy of The Living Soil Handbook if you don't have one already, as well as a No-Till Growers hat, and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our brand new forum at notillgrowers.community.chat  

Delving into soil health is like peeling the layers of an onion back: new layers to soil health are brought to light every day. David Montgomery and Anne Bikle share what they learned and synthesized about soil health and food connections in writing their latest book: What Your Food Ate. As we learn about soil ecology and nutrient cycling, the urgency for caring for health from the soil up is increasingly apparent. David and Anne mention the importance of phytochemicals, micronutrients, fat balances, and microbial metabolites to plant and animal foods, and that new layers and directions for study continue to emerge. Overall, David and Anne encourage farmers and gardeners to do their own on-farm research, particularly in minimizing and eliminating tillage. Similarly, they encourage taking regional approaches to improve soil health and increase farm profitability so we can move forward in new ways. Montgomery, D. R. & Biklé, A. (2022). What your food ate: How to heal our land and reclaim our health. W. W. Norton Company. Available for purchase online at https://www.dig2grow.com/books or from other independent bookstores.Notes and resources for What Your Food Ate: https://www.dig2grow.com/_files/ugd/efeec1_9af7d03df12f447f90dee61521c08707.pdfDavid and Anne's books were written in the following order: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations; The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health; Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life; and What Your Food Ate: How To Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health.Learn more about the Virginia Soil Health Coalition at https://www.virginiasoilhealth.org/ Please visit our new website with additional conversations and resources at https://www.4thesoil.org.

How do we nourish people rather than just feed them? Is there a more direct link between soil health and human health than we thought? David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé, authors of What Your Food Ate, talk with us about the deeper, more intriguing aspects of soil health, nutrition, and its implications for human health with us. David and Anne emphasize the importance of asking questions about the foundations of health: soil and nutritious food. David is a professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. Anne attended the University of California, Santa Cruz earning degrees in Biology and Natural History. She holds a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Anne's career has included work in biology, watershed restoration, environmental planning, and public health.Montgomery, D. R. & Biklé, A. (2022). What your food ate: How to heal our land and reclaim our health. W. W. Norton Company. Available for purchase online at https://www.dig2grow.com/books or from other independent bookstores.Notes and resources for What Your Food Ate: https://www.dig2grow.com/_files/ugd/efeec1_9af7d03df12f447f90dee61521c08707.pdfDavid and Anne's books were written in the following order: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations; The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health; Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life; and What your Food Ate: How To Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health.Learn more about the Virginia Soil Health Coalition and read the latest Soil Health Tip Tuesday blog post at https://www.virginiasoilhealth.org/ Please visit our new website with additional conversations and resources at https://www.4thesoil.org.

David R. Montgomery is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. David discusses our food and agriculture systems in the past and today and how those systems will need to evolve in the future.

Wow! What a year it has been. Just when you thought things couldn't get any crazier we find ourselves in a war in Europe, crazy energy and food prices and extreme high inflation rates in general. In an ideal world farms applying regenerative practises are more resilient, but as we saw with the story of Josh Heyneke, founder of Parc Carreg, farms can get into trouble very quickly when input prices spike (in this case organic grain from Ukraine to feed the ducks). It seems like Josh and his partner Abigail will make it through the winter and are building hard on their more resilient future, which will include climate neutral eggs!The most important storyHealthy soil equals healthy food equals healthy people is arguably the most important story we shared in 2022. We kicked off this new Nutrient Density in Food series unpacking this crucial piece of the puzzle (supported by the A Team Foundation who is looking to make investments and donations in the space).We interviewed Anne Biklé and David R Montgomery who not only co authored the study “Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming”, but also wrote the book What your food ate. if you haven't read it please do it asap and give it to anyone interested in health! Interviews with Fred Provenza and Zuzanna Zielińska really showed how strong this connection is. We look forward to continue this series in 2023.REQUEST: If you have people we should interview that are building companies in the food- from healthy soils- as medicine space, please let us know!Farmers' Philosophy Series and Video! There is so much more we can learn from the key decision makers of our time, farmers than soil health and this deserves time and space. Following the legends in the podcasting world, we couldn't stay behind :) and in November we recorded our first video interview.Together with regenerative farmer and pioneer Jeroen Klompe we sat down and took time to go deep. We covered a lot of ground while really enjoying the process. Let us know in the comments what you think! Going deeperThe video episode wasn't the only place where we went deeper. Non other than Charles Eisenstein joined us for a deep conversation! With Thomas Hogenhaven of Planetary Impact Ventures, we discussed regenerative investing, while with Kiss the Ground... Read more Support the showFeedback, ideas, suggestions? - Twitter @KoenvanSeijen - Get in touch www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.comJoin our newsletter on www.eepurl.com/cxU33P! Support the showThanks for listening and sharing!

Zu viel Stickstoffdünger, zu wenig Kohlenstoff, zu viel Erosion: Der Zustand der landwirtschaftlich genutzten Böden weltweit ist katastrophal. Vor sieben Jahren schlug die Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), die Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen, Alarm: Nicht mal zwei Generationen lang wären die Böden demnach noch nutzbar. Wissenschaftsjournalistin Nele Rößler ist der Frage nachgegangen, wie realistisch diese Zahl ist und hat Bodenkundlerinnen nach Lösungsmöglichkeiten gefragt. Im Gespräch mit Host Lucie Kluth berichtet sie von dem komplexen Ursachengeflecht, sie erzählt von ihrem Besuch auf einem Hof, der Böden nachhaltig bewirtschaftet - und erklärt, warum guter Boden nicht wie Schokolade aussehen darf. Die Hintergrundinformationen • Grafik "Do we only have 60 harvests left?" | Our World in Data, Januar 2021 https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans#:~:text=Summary,erosion%20is%20an%20important%20problem • Arbeitnehmende in der Landwirtschaft | Situationsbericht 2021/22 Deutscher Bauernverband, Dezember 2021 https://www.bauernverband.de/fileadmin/berichte/2021/index.html#0 • Landwirtschaftlich genutzte Flächen in Deutschland | Strukturwandel in der Landwirtschaft, Statistisches Bundesamt, Januar 2021 https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2021/01/PD21_028_412.html • Buch "Dreck: Warum unsere Zivilisationen den Boden unter den Füßen verlieren" von David R. Montgomery, oekom-Verlag, 2010 • Wie kam es zum Untergang der Maya? | Prof. Dr. Nikolai Grube, GEO Epoche Kollektion Nr. 9, Dezember 2017 https://www.geo.de/magazine/geo-epoche-kollektion/18001-rtkl-yucatan-wie-kam-es-zum-untergang-der-maya#:~:text=Die%20%20Analyse%20von%20Pollenresten%20%20aus,in%20%20Zentralamerika%20%20kaum%20%20geregnet%20%20hat • Bodenhorizonte | Die wichtigsten Bodenhorizonte, Bundesverband Boden e.V. https://www.bodenwelten.de/content/die-wichtigsten-bodenhorizonte • Nähr- und Schadstoffe im Grundwasser | Umweltbundesamt: Nähr- und Schadstoffe, 2020 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/wasser/gewaesser/grundwasser/nutzung-belastungen/naehr-schadstoffe#belastungen-des-grundwassers • Nitrat im Grundwasser: EU macht Druck | Lorenz Storch, Bayerischer Rundfunk, März 2022 https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/nitrat-im-grundwasser-eu-macht-druck,T0qHvot • Zahlen und Fakten zu den Böden der Welt | Anne Gerdes, Christiane Grefe, Urs Willmann, ZEIT, Februar 2019 https://www.zeit.de/2019/06/erdboden-nutzflaeche-oekologie-zustand-welt • Bodentypen | Bauernhof.net: Enzyklopädie https://www.bauernhof.net/enzyklopaedie/bodentypen/ • Die Fruchtfolge in der Landwirtschaft | Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft https://www.landwirtschaft.de/landwirtschaft-verstehen/wie-arbeiten-foerster-und-pflanzenbauer/die-fruchtfolge-in-der-landwirtschaft • Phosphorknappheit | Widerstandsfähigkeit der EU bei kritischen Rohstoffen: Einen Pfad hin zu größerer Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit abstecken, Europäische Kommission, September 2020 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0474 • Phosphor: Was tun, wenn ein Pflanzennährstoff knapp wird? | Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft https://www.landwirtschaft.de/diskussion-und-dialog/umwelt/phosphor-was-tun-wenn-ein-pflanzennaehrstoff-knapp-wird • Zusammenhang Bodenbearbeitung und Lachgas | Umweltbundesamt: Lachgas - Distickstoffoxid, https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/boden-landwirtschaft/umweltbelastungen-der-landwirtschaft/lachgas-methan • Agroforstwirtschaft | Agrosilvopastorale Systeme, Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft https://agroforst-info.de/arten/baeume-acker-und-weide/ • Entwicklung des Bodens | Umweltbundesamt, 2013 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/boden-landwirtschaft/kleine-bodenkunde/entwicklung-des-bodens • Bodenkunde: Lassen sich Böden reparieren? | Friedrich-Verlag, 2018 https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/geographie/bodenkunde/lassen-sich-boeden-reparieren-2142 • Terra Preta/Pyrolysekohle | BUND-Einschätzung ihrer Umweltrelevanz, BUND, 2015 https://www.bund.net/fileadmin/user_upload_bund/_migrated/publications/150504_bund_sonstiges_bodenschutz_terra_preta_einschaetzung.pdf • Chancen und Risiken des Einsatzes von Biokohle und anderer "veränderter" Biomasse als Bodenhilfsstoffe oder für die C-Sequestrierung in Böden | Umweltbundesamt, 2016 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/378/publikationen/texte_04_2016_chancen_und_risiken_des_einsatzes_von_biokohle.pdf

Zu viel Stickstoffdünger, zu wenig Kohlenstoff, zu viel Erosion: Der Zustand der landwirtschaftlich genutzten Böden weltweit ist katastrophal. Vor sieben Jahren schlug die Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), die Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen, Alarm: Nicht mal zwei Generationen lang wären die Böden demnach noch nutzbar. Wissenschaftsjournalistin Nele Rößler ist der Frage nachgegangen, wie realistisch diese Zahl ist und hat Bodenkundlerinnen nach Lösungsmöglichkeiten gefragt. Im Gespräch mit Host Lucie Kluth berichtet sie von dem komplexen Ursachengeflecht, sie erzählt von ihrem Besuch auf einem Hof, der Böden nachhaltig bewirtschaftet - und erklärt, warum guter Boden nicht wie Schokolade aussehen darf. Die Hintergrundinformationen • Grafik "Do we only have 60 harvests left?" | Our World in Data, Januar 2021 https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans#:~:text=Summary,erosion%20is%20an%20important%20problem • Arbeitnehmende in der Landwirtschaft | Situationsbericht 2021/22 Deutscher Bauernverband, Dezember 2021 https://www.bauernverband.de/fileadmin/berichte/2021/index.html#0 • Landwirtschaftlich genutzte Flächen in Deutschland | Strukturwandel in der Landwirtschaft, Statistisches Bundesamt, Januar 2021 https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2021/01/PD21_028_412.html • Buch "Dreck: Warum unsere Zivilisationen den Boden unter den Füßen verlieren" von David R. Montgomery, oekom-Verlag, 2010 • Wie kam es zum Untergang der Maya? | Prof. Dr. Nikolai Grube, GEO Epoche Kollektion Nr. 9, Dezember 2017 https://www.geo.de/magazine/geo-epoche-kollektion/18001-rtkl-yucatan-wie-kam-es-zum-untergang-der-maya#:~:text=Die%20%20Analyse%20von%20Pollenresten%20%20aus,in%20%20Zentralamerika%20%20kaum%20%20geregnet%20%20hat • Bodenhorizonte | Die wichtigsten Bodenhorizonte, Bundesverband Boden e.V. https://www.bodenwelten.de/content/die-wichtigsten-bodenhorizonte • Nähr- und Schadstoffe im Grundwasser | Umweltbundesamt: Nähr- und Schadstoffe, 2020 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/wasser/gewaesser/grundwasser/nutzung-belastungen/naehr-schadstoffe#belastungen-des-grundwassers • Nitrat im Grundwasser: EU macht Druck | Lorenz Storch, Bayerischer Rundfunk, März 2022 https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/nitrat-im-grundwasser-eu-macht-druck,T0qHvot • Zahlen und Fakten zu den Böden der Welt | Anne Gerdes, Christiane Grefe, Urs Willmann, ZEIT, Februar 2019 https://www.zeit.de/2019/06/erdboden-nutzflaeche-oekologie-zustand-welt • Bodentypen | Bauernhof.net: Enzyklopädie https://www.bauernhof.net/enzyklopaedie/bodentypen/ • Die Fruchtfolge in der Landwirtschaft | Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft https://www.landwirtschaft.de/landwirtschaft-verstehen/wie-arbeiten-foerster-und-pflanzenbauer/die-fruchtfolge-in-der-landwirtschaft • Phosphorknappheit | Widerstandsfähigkeit der EU bei kritischen Rohstoffen: Einen Pfad hin zu größerer Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit abstecken, Europäische Kommission, September 2020 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0474 • Phosphor: Was tun, wenn ein Pflanzennährstoff knapp wird? | Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft https://www.landwirtschaft.de/diskussion-und-dialog/umwelt/phosphor-was-tun-wenn-ein-pflanzennaehrstoff-knapp-wird • Zusammenhang Bodenbearbeitung und Lachgas | Umweltbundesamt: Lachgas - Distickstoffoxid, https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/boden-landwirtschaft/umweltbelastungen-der-landwirtschaft/lachgas-methan • Agroforstwirtschaft | Agrosilvopastorale Systeme, Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft https://agroforst-info.de/arten/baeume-acker-und-weide/ • Entwicklung des Bodens | Umweltbundesamt, 2013 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/boden-landwirtschaft/kleine-bodenkunde/entwicklung-des-bodens • Bodenkunde: Lassen sich Böden reparieren? | Friedrich-Verlag, 2018 https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/geographie/bodenkunde/lassen-sich-boeden-reparieren-2142 • Terra Preta/Pyrolysekohle | BUND-Einschätzung ihrer Umweltrelevanz, BUND, 2015 https://www.bund.net/fileadmin/user_upload_bund/_migrated/publications/150504_bund_sonstiges_bodenschutz_terra_preta_einschaetzung.pdf • Chancen und Risiken des Einsatzes von Biokohle und anderer "veränderter" Biomasse als Bodenhilfsstoffe oder für die C-Sequestrierung in Böden | Umweltbundesamt, 2016 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/378/publikationen/texte_04_2016_chancen_und_risiken_des_einsatzes_von_biokohle.pdf

To learn more about Anne & David, visit their website dig2grow.com.The Hidden Half of Nature is available on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/3SUrlmrWhat Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health is available on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/3rOadmGGrowing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life is available on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/3RLVh2QDirt: The Erosion of Civilizations is available on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/3rJMcwT

Anne Biklé and Dave Montgomery are a husband and wife team and authors of the newly released What Your Food Ate and the trilogy: Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations, the Hidden Half of Nature, and Growing a Revolution. Together, with Anne's lens of biology, and David's lens of geology, they explore the topics of soil, land, and human health. In this episode, we explore all things soil. Starting with an exploration of how many dynamics between organisms above ground feel combative, but life beneath the soil is truly collaborative. Anne and Dave explore nutrient cycles and how nutrition in the form of minerals is liberated from rocks by microbial and fungal life and recycled through time. We also explore how plants and animals (including humans) get their nutrition. Anne and Dave touch on the state of our soils and what it means to have lost around half of our soil organic matter in a short amount of time and what we can do about it. Touched on are ideas around taking a long view, and how we can do that with our own health and land health and how the history of the treatment of soil might teach us a little bit more about looking into the future. We look at not just regenerative agriculture, but also the impacts of chemical and mechanized agriculture. Ultimately, Anne and Dave guide us towards the future and just how much hope and resiliency nature is capable of. We also talk about: Policy changes informing changes in practice Boom and bust cycles of agriculture and civilization & so much more Find Anne + Dave: Twitter: @dig2grow Website: dig2grow.com Anne + Dave's Books (in order - but can absolutely be read independently): Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health Related Ground Work Episodes: Stephan van Vliet (for more on phytochemicals and the dark matter of nutrition) Brad Marshall (for more on omega 3:omega 6 ratios) Alicia Brown (for more on no till agriculture and growing for nutrients) Current Discounts for GW listeners: 15% off Farm True ghee and body care products using code: KATEKAV15 Join the Ground Work Collective: Instagram: @groundworkcollective Find a Farm: nearhome.groundworkcollective.com More: groundworkcollective.com Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: groundworkcollective.com/disclaimer Episode Webpage

David R. Montgomery, Ph.D. & Anne Biklé: “We're losing about 33% of our ability to feed ourselves globally each year to ongoing soil loss and soil degradation.”  David and Anne, husband and wife duo and co-authors, join mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to get the most nutritional bang for your buck, plus: - What we're getting wrong with farming & agriculture (~02:00) - How we can nurture the soil & feed everyone (~07:09) - The health benefits of eating organic food (~11:51) - The importance of grass-fed meat (~23:05) - Link between omega-3's & immunity (~27:35) - How the soil can change the flavor of your food (~31:13) - How to know if you're a “supertaster” (~35:16) - The connection between soil health & longevity (~39:30) - How to support farmers & rebuild soil health (~42:29) - What Bill Gates is really doing with all that farmland (~45:56) - The link between flavor & your health (~55:31) Referenced in the episode: - David & Anne's newest book, What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health. - UN's 2015 Global State of the Soil report. - David's previous book, Growing A Revolution. - David & Anne's previous book, The Hidden Half Of Nature. - A 1993 study on the mineral differences between organic & conventional food. - A 2001 study on organic crops & vitamin content. - A 2014 study on organic food & phytochemicals. - A study on tomatoes' flavor profile & phytochemicals. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on Youtube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.

For this episode I have the pleasure of talking with two of my favorite authors on soil and our utter dependence on it, Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery   David R. Montgomery is a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington.  He is an internationally recognized geologist who studies the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies.  His work has been featured in documentary films, network and cable news, TV, and radio including NOVA, PBS NewsHour, Fox and Friends, and All Things Considered.    Anne Biklé is a science writer and public speaker focusing on the connections between people, plants, food, health, and the environment.  She has been known to coax garden plants into rambunctious growth and nurse them back from the edge of death with her regenerative gardening practices.  Her work has appeared in digital and print magazines, newspapers, and radio and her gardening practices have been featured in independent and documentary films.    Anne and David are married and live in Seattle, WA.  Their work includes What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health, and a trilogy of books about soil health, microbiomes, and farming—Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, The Hidden Half of Nature, and Growing a Revolution.   These books are not only about soil but about agriculture, our food system, human health and survival and the climate… and, perhaps shockingly, they provide ample evidence for a way forward that provides solutions to the problems we face in all of these areas… dare I say they provide hope? And, even more importantly, he says sarcastically, they provide ample evidence for how to farm grapes in a better way to make more delicious wine. www.Dig2Grow.com  Sponsor: https://www.centralaswine.com/

David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.info

David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé."The last few decades have seen an explosion of information in terms of how our actions affect the natural world and arranging from, the climate to the soil, to water. There's an awful lot of things that we've been doing. That are degrading the life support systems of a planet that our descendants are going to depend on.We need to quite radically to readdress many of those basic issues about how we live in the land, how we raise our food, and reframe the way we think about them in terms of how to pass on the world in better shape than we got it. We're at a point where we now have the knowledge to be able to try and think about doing that, in terms of the soil, we have the examples of regenerative farmers who've been very good at figuring out ways to farm in a way that uses less fossil fuel, that builds soil's organic matter back up that I think would actually produce healthier food for the human populace.We really are this century in a place where the shape of humanity for centuries to come is gonna be influenced by the choices we make over the next few decades. We've got 20, 30, 40 years, probably, to get off fossil fuels and to reshape agriculture in ways that make the climate and our soil sustainable. It's crazy for humanity to be distracting ourselves with conflict between people at a time when the whole future of humanity is really at stake in terms of what we do this century. What really matters is the state of what we leave for those who will follow us and try and make the world a better place."https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

"The last few decades have seen an explosion of information in terms of how our actions affect the natural world and, ranging from the climate to the soil, to water, there's an awful lot of things that we've been doing that are degrading the life support systems of a planet that our descendants are going to depend on.We need to quite radically readdress many of those basic issues about how we live in the land, how we raise our food, and reframe the way we think about them in terms of how to pass on the world in better shape than we got it. We're at a point where we now have the knowledge to be able to try and think about doing that. In terms of the soil, we have the examples of regenerative farmers who've been very good at figuring out ways to farm in a way that uses less fossil fuel, that builds soil's organic matter back up that I think would actually produce healthier food for the human populace.We really are this century in a place where the shape of humanity for centuries to come is going to be influenced by the choices we make over the next few decades. We've got 20, 30, 40 years, probably, to get off fossil fuels and to reshape agriculture in ways that make the climate and our soil sustainable. It's crazy for humanity to be distracting ourselves with conflict between people at a time when the whole future of humanity is really at stake in terms of what we do this century. What really matters is the state of what we leave for those who will follow us and try and make the world a better place.”David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.info

David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.info

“When you dig into the medical literature, 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related chronic diseases. And so one of the hopeful messages that I think comes out of The Hidden Half of Nature, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate is that what we do to the land, essentially we do to us. And what's good for the land is good for us.So if we think about farming differently, we can actually enjoy ripple effects that are not only beneficial to the farmers in terms of reduced costs for fertilizer, pesticides, and diesel - the three of the big costs in farming today. If we can farm and grow as much food using less of those kind of synthetic inputs, we'll all be better off. And farmers will be better off and more profitable, but it could also translate into better human health outcomes at a population level.”David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.info

"The last few decades have seen an explosion of information in terms of how our actions affect the natural world and, ranging from the climate to the soil, to water, there's an awful lot of things that we've been doing that are degrading the life support systems of a planet that our descendants are going to depend on.We need to quite radically readdress many of those basic issues about how we live in the land, how we raise our food, and reframe the way we think about them in terms of how to pass on the world in better shape than we got it. We're at a point where we now have the knowledge to be able to try and think about doing that. In terms of the soil, we have the examples of regenerative farmers who've been very good at figuring out ways to farm in a way that uses less fossil fuel, that builds soil's organic matter back up that I think would actually produce healthier food for the human populace.We really are this century in a place where the shape of humanity for centuries to come is going to be influenced by the choices we make over the next few decades. We've got 20, 30, 40 years, probably, to get off fossil fuels and to reshape agriculture in ways that make the climate and our soil sustainable. It's crazy for humanity to be distracting ourselves with conflict between people at a time when the whole future of humanity is really at stake in terms of what we do this century. What really matters is the state of what we leave for those who will follow us and try and make the world a better place.”David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé.https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

David R. Montgomery teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. He loved maps as a kid and now writes about the relationship of people to their environment, and regenerative agriculture. In 2008 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of award-winning popular-science books (King of Fish, Dirt, and Growing a Revolution) and co-authored The Hidden Half of Nature, The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health with his wife, biologist Anne Biklé."The last few decades have seen an explosion of information in terms of how our actions affect the natural world and, ranging from the climate to the soil, to water, there's an awful lot of things that we've been doing that are degrading the life support systems of a planet that our descendants are going to depend on.We need to quite radically readdress many of those basic issues about how we live in the land, how we raise our food, and reframe the way we think about them in terms of how to pass on the world in better shape than we got it. We're at a point where we now have the knowledge to be able to try and think about doing that. In terms of the soil, we have the examples of regenerative farmers who've been very good at figuring out ways to farm in a way that uses less fossil fuel, that builds soil's organic matter back up that I think would actually produce healthier food for the human populace.We really are this century in a place where the shape of humanity for centuries to come is going to be influenced by the choices we make over the next few decades. We've got 20, 30, 40 years, probably, to get off fossil fuels and to reshape agriculture in ways that make the climate and our soil sustainable. It's crazy for humanity to be distracting ourselves with conflict between people at a time when the whole future of humanity is really at stake in terms of what we do this century. What really matters is the state of what we leave for those who will follow us and try and make the world a better place.”https://www.dig2grow.com/https://twitter.com/Dig2Growwww.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.infoPhoto credit: Cooper Reid

Anne Biklé and David R Montgomery, writers of What your food ate, join us to talk about the connection between soil- building agriculture practices and human health, and the differences in healthy compounds in our food, both plants and animal protein connected to the way that food has been grown.---------------------------------------------------Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits on www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag. Support our work:Share itGive a 5-star ratingBuy us a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture----------------------------------------------------Anne and David have studied over 1000 papers looking at the connection between soil health and human health. For everyone who keeps saying a carrot is a carrot and a calorie is a calorie, the science has proven and continues to prove otherwise. Although we don't understand all the nuances and connections, we can safely say that healthy soil leads to healthy food, which leads to healthy gut systems and then leads to healthy people.More about this episode on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/anne-bikle-and-david-r-montgomery.Find our video course on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/course.----------------------------------------------------For feedback, ideas, suggestions please contact us through Twitter @KoenvanSeijen, or get in touch through the website www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com. Join our newsletter on www.eepurl.com/cxU33P. The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.Support the show Support the show

Year after year, the quality of the world's agricultural soil is degrading, which deeply impacts the quality and quantity of the food that we grow. Further, there's a clear link between the health of our soil and the health of humans. What does that mean for us? Eventually we'll face an existential crisis of the world's food supply and our health. Fortunately, experts are studying how to improve our outlook, and two of them happen to live in Seattle. David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé believe that the roots of good health start on farms. In their latest book, What Your Food Ate, this local pair provided evidence from recent and forgotten science to illustrate how the health of the soil ripples through to crops, livestock, and ultimately us. They traced the links between crops and soil life that nourish one another, which in turn provide our bodies with the nutrients needed to protect us from pathogens and chronic ailments. Unfortunately, conventional agricultural practices hurt these vital partnerships and affect our well-being. Can farmers and ranchers produce enough nutrient-dense food to feed us all? Can we have quality and quantity? Montgomery and Biklé say yes. They argue that regenerative farming practices – agricultural practices that rebuild organic matter in soil and restore soil biodiversity – hold the key to healing sick soil and improving human health. “We need everybody to be thinking about a more sustainable food system,” says Montgomery, “because, quite frankly, the future of humanity in many ways really depends on what we do with that.” Agriculture and medicine emerged from our understanding of the natural world — and still depend on it. Through current scientific findings, Montgomery and Biklé showed us that what's good for the land is good for us, too. David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington, a MacArthur Fellow, a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and an internationally recognized authority on geomorphology. His books have been translated into ten languages. Anne Biklé is a biologist and environmental planner whose writing has appeared in Nautilus, Natural History, Smithsonian, Fine Gardening, and Best Health. She lives with her husband, David R. Montgomery, in Seattle. Their work includes a trilogy of books about soil health, microbiomes, and farming — Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, The Hidden Half of Nature, and Growing a Revolution. Buy the Book: What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health (Hardcover) from Elliott Bay Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

We've all heard the iconic phrase: you are what you eat. But the research we did for our forthcoming book What Your Food Ate reveals far more to this story. That carrot, cauliflower, or leafy green had to eat before it landed on your plate. And soil health is one of the chief factors that influences what your food ate. Why care about this connection or the way farming practices affect soil health? The state of the soil ripples into our bodies. Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery join Mark Alyn on this episode.

We've all heard the iconic phrase: you are what you eat. But the research we did for our forthcoming book What Your Food Ate reveals far more to this story. That carrot, cauliflower, or leafy green had to eat before it landed on your plate. And soil health is one of the chief factors that influences what your food ate. Why care about this connection or the way farming practices affect soil health? The state of the soil ripples into our bodies. Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery join Mark Alyn on this episode.

Weekly 30-min chat with Sustainability-focused consultants in Japan Tove Kinooka & JJWalsh & this week, we are joined by James Hollow. About Tove: Tove Kinooka is a Yokohama/Tokyo-based sustainability consultant who co-founded Global Perspectives: "Creating sustainability driven organizations and leaders to deliver financial, social and environmental sustainability for all your stakeholders" http://www.globalperspectives.biz/ (http://www.globalperspectives.biz/) Tove's Links today: * TimeOut Tokyo: https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/starbucks-opens-its-first-greener-store-in-japan-at-the-tokyo-imperial-palace-113021?fbclid=IwAR2_AxmtrR5OX5hdlTJNy_XgCxcOF_pYUSm5O_YGeQtu7XEIlhUXASazQM0 * Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2021/05/overselling-sustainability-reporting * Book: Entangled Life - How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures (Merlin Sheldrake). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Entangled-Life-Worlds-Change-Futures/dp/1847925197 #entangledlife #greenstarbucks https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCWo4IA01TXzBeGJJKWHOG9g ( @Harvard Business Review ) #oversellingsustainabilityreporting About James: James Hollow is the Founder/CEO of FABRIC KK based in Tokyo - a strategy design focused consultancy helping businesses transition to a better balance for the needs of people, and planet in addition to profits in Japan, Asia and the Global Markets. https://fbrc.co/ (https://fbrc.co/) JJ's Interview with James on Seeking Sustainability Live Talkshow (Seek Sustainable Japan from 2022~) https://youtu.be/AxrT7d05WIk (https://youtu.be/AxrT7d05WIk) Jame's Links today: * The Hidden Half of Nature https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/David-R-Montgomery/dp/0393244407 * Fossil Free Media Projects https://fossilfree.media/projects/ #fossilfreemedia #thehiddenhalfofnature About Joy: Joy Jarman-Walsh (JJWalsh) is a Hiroshima-based sustainability-focused consultant & content creator who hosts the weekly "Seeking Sustainability LIVE in Japan" talkshow and podcast - interviews with "Good People doing Great Things to keep People-Planet-Profit in balance." https://www.inboundambassador.com (http://www.inboundambassador.com) Joy's links today: * Hiroshima gets MUJI flagship sustainable lifestyle store in spring 2022: https://gethiroshima.com/news/new-muji-flagship-store-coming-to-hiroshima/ * The Outlaw Ocean Project & Book & Music & upcoming SSJ interview with author/jounalist/founder of the Outlaw Ocean Project Ian Urbina https://www.theoutlawocean.com/ Available in Japanese as well as many other languages: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4560098379 https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCykiIhv2wP4-BftEiKb241Q ( @The Outlaw Ocean Project ) #theoutlawoceanproject #muji #hiroshima Upcoming Seek Sustainable Japan talks: + 1/20 9am with Japan Times writer Alex KT Martin about the disappearance and mysterious stories of Japan's Wolf + 1/21 9am with founder of Inside Japan Tours Rob Moran about the more sustainable travel options they promote around Japan #SustainableShortTakes with a #Japan focus as a sub-series of the #SeekSustainableJapan talkshow and podcast series (previously called #SeekingSustainabilityLive in Japan 2020-2021) JJWalsh is a sustainability-focused content creator who founded InboundAmbassador to help entrepreneurs & SME's promote the value of sustainability in their brand. She hosts Seeking Sustainability in Japan LIVE to support "good people doing great things" in Japan. Like what you hear? Support JJ's work on https://www.patreon.com/jjwalsh (Patreon) /https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jjwalsh ( BuyMeACoffee) / https://ko-fi.com/jjwalsh (KoFi) / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbjRdeieOLGes008y_I9y5Q (YouTube) - https://linktr.ee/jjwalsh (All LINKS updated here on LinkTree) JJWalsh - InboundAmbassador Website http://www.inboundambassador.com/ (http://www.inboundambassador.com) --------------- Music by Hana Victoria Music rights...

David R. Montgomery defines regenerative agriculture as leaving the land better off and more fertile as a consequence of cultivation. David studied geology at Stanford University before earning his Ph.D. in geomorphology at UC Berkeley. Today he teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. In this research, he has defined three principles to build soil fertility; minimal disturbance, cover cropping and growing a diversity of crops. David has studied the success of these principles in agricultural systems around the world, from subsistence farmers to large commodity crops in North America. Healthy soils support more crop growth, have less erosion, and even look and smell healthier. The author of three books, David is a wealth of information on how soil life impacts plant productivity. References: 91: Carbon Sequestration (Podcast) @dig2grow (Twitter) Dig2Grow.com Floor Management for Soil Health Dirt the Erosion of Civilizations Growing a Revolution Sustainable Ag Expo SIP Certified The Hidden Half of Nature Get More Subscribe on Google Play, iHeartRADIO, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, or wherever you listen so you never miss an episode on the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.

Aria joins Carrie to help us understand the differences between industrial ag + regenerative ag, why we should care, what Land Core does and shares resources to learn more.   Resources: Landcore Kiss the Ground Bionutrient Food Association Rodale Institute The Hidden Half of Nature x David R. Montgomery + Anne Bikle Growing A Revolution x David R. Montgomery Lentil Underground x Liz Carlisle

The Great Australian Dream is under threat, according to The Conversation - "The Great Australian Dream? New homes in planned estates may not be built to withstand heatwaves"; We are "Missing in Action" according to the Australian Leaders Climate Group; The Guardian's Katharine Murphy reports: "When the US requires a deputy sheriff Australia reports for duty – but not when it comes to climate action"; From The New York Times, we hear that "Climate Change Is Bankrupting America's Small Towns"; CNN tells readers that: "Ida turns New York City into a front line of extreme weather supercharged by climate change"; A special Observor report asks: "Is deep-sea mining a cure for the climate crisis or a curse?"; The Guardian alerts readers to: "How a hot blob off New Zealand is contributing to drought in South America"; Writing in The Guardian, David R. Montgomery says there is still time - "Desertification is turning the Earth barren – but a solution is still within reach"; Grist tells readers: "Study: The public is pretty confused by your climate change jargon"; Mike Foley has some good news for Age readers with the report - "Second wind for regional towns if offshore turbines get green light"; Again from Mike Foley in The Melbourne Age - "Business urges government to take net-zero pledge to UN climate talks"; A question from The Conversation - "Is climate change to blame for extreme weather events? Attribution science says yes, for some – here's how it works"; And The New Daily takes readers to New York - "Deaths in flooded basements, roads turn to rivers as extreme storm slams NYC"; Writing in The New Yorker, Bill McKibben tells readers that "The Answer to Climate Change Is Organizing". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

In this week’s podcast Saifedean is joined by Joel, a bitcoiner from Virginia-based regenerative farming business Untapped Growth. Joel explains the damage done to soil by modern agriculture, and how it has its roots in rising time preference and increased short-termism fostered by inflationary monetary policy and government interventions in the food and land markets. Joel explains why low time preference regenerative cattle grazing can fix soil, and how many farmers in America are switching to this model. Related links: Untapped Growth’s website Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery Website of The Savory Institute TED talk by Allan Savory Buy The Fiat Standard via Saifedean.com

Can a whole-food plant-based revolution start in the frozen food aisle? Tyler Mayoras of Cool Beans sees the transition coming—and believes it can grow across the plant-based space. With simple ingredients and upbeat branding, Cool Beans wraps are making it easier to eat whole plant foods on the go. But for Tyler, that's only part of a bigger picture that includes everything from regenerative agriculture to better-for-you plant-based products. In this episode, we get groovy about: How a lack of convenient whole-food plant-based options spawned the idea for Cool Beans Why Cool Beans focuses exclusively on gluten-free, whole-food plant-based products The benefits of beans for gut health The environmental impact of animal agriculture Potential health effects of glyphosate used in conventional farming Why Tyler believes a return to regenerative agriculture is essential The role of indoor agriculture in the future of food The need for a "clean ingredient" revolution in the plant-based space How cellular agriculture and precision fermentation fit into the larger plant-based picture Want more plant-based nerdity and industry insights? Subscribe to The Modern Health Nerd for weekly updates: https://www.modernhealthnerd.com/news/ About Tyler & Cool Beans Tyler Mayoras is the Cofounder and CEO of Cool Beans. One could say he's the Cool Executive Officer. Tyler has spent more than 20 years in private equity investing and consulting, focused on sustainable food and agriculture. After adopting a plant-based lifestyle and seeing the incredible health benefits, he wanted to continue helping to create a sustainable future of food and worked with partners to create the 100% plant-based taste adventure that is Cool Beans. Prior to founding Cool Beans, Tyler was a principal in the Advantage Capital Food and Agriculture Fund. In addition to leading Cool Beans, he continues his support of other plant-based brands as an angel investor and mentor. He's a board member of Naturally Chicago and ACG Chicago, and an avid speaker on plant-based food and sustainable agriculture, appearing in the media and on podcasts. Tyler lives in the Chicago area with his wife Sasha and their two daughters. Tyler received his BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Connect with Cool Beans! Website: https://www.eatcoolbeans.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luvcoolbeans Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/eatcoolbeans Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coolbeans You can also purchase Cool Beans products at Vegan Essentials, Good Eggs and select retailers throughout the U.S. For Further Reading The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé SWAP-MEAT Study: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/112/5/1188/5890315?login=true My post on SWAP-MEAT: https://www.modernhealthnerd.com/plant-based-vs-whole-food-plant-based/ < --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-modern-health-nerd/support

Episode 108 – A Flood of Truth Part 4 – St Scientific Support Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script/Notes: But God remembered Noah ... He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days … from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Two and a half months later, as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible. The Book of Genesis, chapter 8, verses 1 through 5. New Living Translation ******** VK: Hello. I'm Victoria K welcoming you to another episode of Anchored by Truth. I'm in the studio today with RD Fierro, author and Founder Crystal Sea Books. RD, I understand that today you want to continue our discussion about Noah and the flood that's described in the book of Genesis. We've been talking about Noah for a few episodes now. RD, would you like to say hello to the Anchored by Truth audience and catch us up on some of the important ideas that we've been discussing? RD: Sure. Let's start by reminding people that the Bible makes it clear that the story of Noah is one of the major steps in God's unfolding plan of redemption. But it couldn't be a real step in a real plan of redemption if the story wasn't real history. So, that's the first really big point. The Bible treats the story of Noah as literal history. A second major point is that because Noah's story is real we should be able to find evidence of the story's historicity in at least four different areas: the origin and after effects of the flood itself, the ark, the animals, and anthropology and genetics. By origin I'm obviously thinking about the very basic question of where did all that water come from? By after effects I'm including the paleontological and geological evidence that we should be able to see if the earth was at one time suddenly submerged under water. The questions about the ark and the animals are pretty self-evident. By anthropology and genetics I'm referring to the fact that flood stories exist in hundreds of different cultures around the world and that we can see evidence of a major bottleneck in the world's population today by looking at DNA. And a third major point is that, unlike some personalities from the Bible, the Bible never tells us that Noah had any special ability. The only reason we know about Noah today is because in a world of unrighteous people Noah was willing to obey God. VK: Well, I think that sets the stage pretty well. Before we get too far along into the heavy stuff let's start off on the lighter side with one of Crystal Sea's Life Lessons with a Laugh. This one will reinforce the historical reasonability of the ark's design as related by the Bible. ---- NOAH 4 – Stability in Rough Seas VK: Ok. I think I counted six or seven different names you used for Jerry in that exchange. I'm kind of amazed how much information you two actually manage to exchange while you keep playing ping-pong with something as simple as Jerry's name. RD: The challenge is keeping up with Jerry's ability to return serve. He doesn't really let me get away with much. VK: So I've noticed. But in between the Jermajesties and Jerbits I noticed that you brought out one of the points that we covered in our Life Lesson in the previous episode – the fact that the dimensions of the ark that God gave to Noah help produce a very stable ocean going vessel. In the Life Lesson we heard previously we heard that the ark had the size to carry a vast cargo of animals and their food. In this humor piece you pointed out that the ark's dimensions as described in the Bible provide a design that is very stable in rough seas. So, insofar as the ark is concerned we've now shown that the ark's size and stability are consistent with what we know about the real world. Is that one of the points you want to make? RD: Yep. And in the humor piece we're planning for next time we're going to talk about the ark's strength. So the Life Lessons are helping people have a great start in thinking about what kind of vessel would be necessary to successfully survive a flood of Biblical proportions – the necessary size, stability, and strength. So, that's one of the four lines of evidence that can be cited to demonstrate that the Genesis account is an accurate record of a historical event – that the ark described by the Bible was suitable for its intended purpose. So, now let's take a look at one of the other lines of evidence for the historicity of the flood story: the origin and after effects of the flood. VK: Sounds good. Where do you want to begin? RD: Let's start with a relatively simple point. Where did all the water come from? VK: Well, the Bible tells us that contrary to most of the cartoonish portrayals of the major source of flood the source of the flood came from down below not from up above. Genesis 7:11 tells us that “in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.” So, the Bible shows us the water came first from sources deep within the earth's crust. RD: Exactly. And the fact that there is enough water present on the face of the earth to cover all the land is well known and has been known for over a century. Even Charles Darwin's colleague, Alfred Russell Wallace, famously wrote that if the surface of the earth were smoothed out the entire globe would be covered with water about two miles deep. We now know that Wallace was pretty close in his estimate. The actual depth would be about 1 and 2/3 miles. VK: So, there's plenty of water available on the earth to submerge all the land. But is there evidence that all the land on the earth was at one time submerged? RD: Actually there is. There are vast stretches of the planet covered by layers of sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary rocks are the type of rocks that are formed by the deposit and subsequent cementation of mineral or organic particles from a flowing body of water. Such deposits regularly happen on the floor of oceans or other bodies of water on the earth's surface. One of the best known of these layers is the Coconino sandstone that has an average thickness of over 300 feet and combined with equivalent sandstones to the east it covers an area of almost 200,000 square miles. Moreover, there is fossil evidence that demonstrates that some the highest geological structures on earth were at one point under water. Fossil evidence also demonstrates that large numbers of animals were, at one point, buried suddenly and in groups that contained mixtures of land and marine animals. Harold Coffin has a good article on Bibleinfo.com entitled “Is there evidence that the flood was global,” which has some good examples. VK: Why don't we mention one or two of the examples that Mr. Coffin cites? RD: Sure. There are massive graveyards of thousands and even millions of fish, dinosaurs, and mammals that are found in North America, Europe, and Africa. The same is true of plants. From Utah-Colorado north to Alberta-Saskatchewan, Canada, thousands of dinosaurs are found in certain beds such as the Morrison Formation. These sites along with others mentioned above reveal that great quantities of animals were buried together rapidly. The rapid burial resulted in excellent preservation of the remains and the position of mammals that suggest death by drowning. The geological processes seen in the modern world cannot account for such unusual conditions. A world-wide catastrophe involving water is the easiest explanation for these observations. VK: So part of the thinking is that such huge fossil beds wouldn't be present if all the animals hadn't been buried suddenly simultaneously? And that would make them all having been covered suddenly by a huge volume of mud and silt. The easiest explanation for how that could happen is being caught unexpectedly in a catastrophic flood. I mean if the water had risen gradually or the flood hadn't been so extensive they could have gotten away. RD: Exactly. And such fossil evidence isn't limited to North America. In Brazil there is a large plateau where fish fossils are found with the skin, muscles, organs etc. all preserved. The fish look like they had just been caught but they are petrified and hard as stone. They are abundant and distributed over several thousand square miles. The plateau where these fossils are found is well above sea level and a good 500 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. This is remarkable because experiments with fresh dead fish have shown that dead fish in water will disintegrate and their skeletons will fall apart in less than one week. Only catastrophic conditions would have enabled such an extensive collection of animals and plants so exquisitely preserved. A final example of fossil evidence is found unexpected fossil mixtures of amber which is petrified pitch from trees. It is easy to understand how insects could be caught in sticky pitch and wind could blow pieces of leaves and even flowers into the pitch. But how could sea animals such as coral be included? One explanation would be that waves or strong currents from the sea must have broken up and carried bits of coral that stuck to the pitch before it became hard or petrified meaning that forests where such amber is found must have been underwater at one time. VK: The point is then, that there is a lot of fossil evidence that is consistent with a sudden, widespread inundation of truly mammoth proportions. Naturally, we recognize that non-Christians would offer a different explanation other than a world-wide flood. But that just means that there are two competing truth claims on the table, right? And the fact that there are competing explanations means people should investigate the evidence for themselves to decide which explanation is more credible. But you mentioned that in addition to fossils there is also geological evidence that is consistent with an ancient, massive flood. RD: Yes. But before I move away from the fossil evidence, I just want to emphasize that the examples I mentioned are exactly that – only a few examples. There are lots of others. In these radio episodes we only have time to skim the surface – no pun intended – of the evidence available that supports the Biblical flood account. There are entire books that have been written on the subject as well as a lot of great resources available from the internet. VK: Well, to quote Jerry from the Life Lesson, true dat. We're really just starting the discussion here in the hope that listeners can take some time to investigate this subject for themselves. RD: True dat. So let's move on and take a brief look at some of the geological evidence. First, we've mentioned the presence of huge layers of sedimentary rocks are found all over the world. These include at levels that are far above current sea levels. The most common cause for the formation of sedimentary rocks is sediments – essentially earth and mud being carried along by moving water – being deposited when the water slows down or disappears completely. The sediments then cement together and the sedimentation process occurs fairly quickly if the sediment is given the opportunity to dry out. When the 2011 tsunami struck Japan, sedimentary layers were deposited as much as kilometers inland and formed layers up to 20 centimeters thick. All that occurred from an event that would have been dwarfed in size by an inundation such as the one described in Genesis. VK: But people who don't accept the Biblical account might say that these layers were built up over thousands or millions of years and not in a single catastrophic incident? RD: They could, but when geologists examine these layers they don't see evidence that the sedimentary layers were built up in successive events. If successive events were involved geologists would expect to see either soil formation or evidence of organic activity such as holes from burrowing insects or plant roots, but such soil formation or bioturbation is absent in many of these really thick layers. In general, the deeper the layer of sedimentary rock the larger the amount of sediment that was deposited in a relatively short amount of time and thus the greater the volume and flow of water that was involved. If a single tsunami deposited sediment layers up to 20 centimeters think, imagine how much water would have been involved to create a sediment layer hundreds of times thicker. VK: So both the fossil evidence and the geological evidence are both consistent with a flood of Biblical proportions? RD: Absolutely. And the geological evidence is not limited to just the presence of massive layers of sedimentary rocks present all over the world. Geologists also acknowledge that many of the great river valleys all over the world were created by truly epic floods. David R. Montgomery, a geology professor at the University of Washington, labeled the floods that created these river valleys “Noah-like” in a 2012 article for Discover magazine. In that same article Montgomery noted that the first geologist to propose that the river valleys of eastern Washington were caused by such floods, J. Harlan Bretz, was met with widespread disbelief when he first proposed the idea in the 1920's. Yet acceptance of the truth of Bretz's observations is so widespread today that, at the age of 97, Bretz was awarded the Geological Society of America's highest honor. Nor is the evidence of ancient flood carved landscapes limited to North America. It is also found in Europe and Asia. Other, geological phenomena also demonstrate that at one or more times in history megalithic hydrodynamic forces were acting on the surface of the earth. There are huge boulders perched on the tops of mountains in many parts of the world that are of are distinctly different from their surroundings. It's hard to see how they would have arrived there unless carried by to their positions by an enormous force such as that which would occur during a flood. In other words there is substantial evidence that at one point the entire surface of the world was affected by major hydrological forces. We recognize that not all observers will agree with this conclusion. But the point is that there is evidence from both paleontology and geology that is consistent with the Biblical account. And though all people might not arrive at the same conclusion about what the evidence means that doesn't do away with the evidence. VK: I think that's a point that should be emphasized. Just because there are people who are not persuaded that the fossil or geological evidence demonstrates the certainty of Noah's flood does not do away with the evidence, Disbelief in the occurrence of Noah's flood does not render the account any less likely. Science provides solid support that the earth contains physical remains of one or more past cataclysmic floods. Everyone is free to evaluate the evidence and arrive at their own conclusions. But it is entirely reasonable for Christians to use science as well as scripture in their pursuit of truth. So, again, what we see is that the Bible story makes perfect sense when we compare how the story stacks up against real-world considerations. RD: Exactly. One final reminder for today. By their very nature past events, especially those of the distant past – like the flood of Noah - cannot be repeated. So to make intelligent assessments about whether such a flood took place or is highly likely to have occurred we have to look evidence that is available today. And as we reminded everyone last time, all investigators, all interpreters of evidence, bring a viewpoint, a lens through which they interpret evidence. I'm hesitant to say they bring a bias because that word can have a negative connotation but we certainly should be aware of our interpretive lens. This is particularly important when it comes to evaluating the historicity of Bible events. VK: That is a very important point. Today Bible critics may try to criticize – say a geologist – who believes that the earth's crust provides evidence that a worldwide flood occurred by saying the geologist is a Christian. But that criticism would be no more valid than someone criticizing a non-Christian geologist who doesn't believe a flood occurred by pointing out that that geologist isn't a Christian. It's no more fair to say that a Christian geologist can't interpret geological evidence fairly than to say that a non-Christian geologist can't. Sounds to me like a good time for a prayer. Today let's listen to a prayer for us all to receive the illumination we need to bring the light of truth to our friends, communities, and world. ---- PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT (episode 92) We hope you'll be with us next time and we hope you'll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. If you'd like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We're not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New Living Translation) The Book of Genesis, chapter 8, verses 1 through 5. New Living Translation https://creation.com/topics/global-flood https://activechristianity.org/6-unbelievably-good-reasons-to-read-your-bible https://answersingenesis.org/noahs-ark/safety-investigation-of-noahs-ark-in-a-seaway/ https://christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a007.html Safety investigation of Noah's Ark in a seaway - creation.com https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/geologic-evidences-for-the-genesis-flood/ https://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/06-biblical-type-floods-real-absolutely-enormous https://considerthegospel.org/2014/03/28/the-noah-controversy-could-that-flood-have-happened/ https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/there-evidence-flood-was-global

I've recently started an online book club called the Better World Book Club (where we are trying to build an image of the better world we all want to create together). If you'd like to join to you can find it on reddit at r/betterworldbookclub and you'll see the other links and info. For this first episode it's just me and Simon discussing chapters 1-4 of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery. Music is 1848 and After the Revolution by David Rovics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucas-pompey/message

Hi. Welcome to the Fourth Episode. I'm your host Noel Woodward and this is For The Love Of. For The Love Of Policy | Impact Investments & Climate Smart Agriculture with Ashna Rustagi Ashna joins us to discuss her work at seed and early-stage venture fund that invests to improve access to sustainable energy and resource productivity solutions for the underserved in India that can lead to inclusive development and creation of communities that are resilient to climate change with a keen focus on Climate Smart Agriculture. Links Paris Agreement 4 per 1000 | Soils for Food Security & Climate Root of the Matter Agriculture Development | Gates Foundations The Race of Our Lives | Talk Regenerative Organic Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution World Resources Institute Documentary Kiss The Ground | Netflix Podcast Drilled Books Silent Spring by Rachel Carson The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Climate Crisis & The Green New Deal by Noam Chomsky & Robert Pollin Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery Music Sound Discoveries Don't forget to Subscribe to us on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and wherever else you listen to your favourite Podcasts. Follow us on Instagram at @fortheloveof.podcast or write to us with your thoughts/ideas/comments at connect@fortheloveofpodcast.in

with Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Jakob Collins where we talk about: three of five books from Becky's Library Sampler! Sampler commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyj13avtng Unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQ9NgN5xd0 Sampler request form: http://longviewlibrary.org/sampler.php Winter Reading 2021; A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong; Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny; Among Others by Jo Walton; Cork Dork by Biana Bosker; Red Rising by Pierce Brown; I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist; Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero; Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman; Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh; One of Our Own by Jane Haddam; The Hidden Half of Nature: the microbial roots of life and health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé and more!

David R. Montgomery defines regenerative agriculture as leaving the land better off and more fertile as a consequence of cultivation. David studied geology at Stanford University before earning his Ph.D. in geomorphology at UC Berkeley. Today he teaches at the University of Washington where he studies the evolution of topography and how geological processes shape landscapes and influence ecological systems. In this research, he has defined three principals to build soil fertility; minimal disturbance, cover cropping, and growing a diversity of crops. David has studied the success of these principals in agricultural systems around the world, from subsistence farmers to large commodity crops in North America. Healthy soils support more crop growth, have less erosion, and even look and smell healthier. The author of three books, David is a wealth of information on how soil life impacts plant productivity. References: 91: Carbon Sequestration (Podcast) @dig2grow (Twitter) Dig2Grow.com Floor Management for Soil Health Dirt the Erosion of Civilizations Growing a Revolution Sustainable Ag Expo SIP Certified The Hidden Half of Nature Get More Subscribe on Google Play, iHeartRADIO, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, or wherever you listen so you never miss an episode on the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.

EPISODE 42 | Wanting to interview someone about regenerative agriculture, I scoured the ol' Internet. I hoped to find someone *kinda* cool to interview but ended up finding THE coolest, nicest expert: Tim LaSalle, PhD! Dr. LaSalle's #1 hope is for our food system to transform into one that's regenerative, meaning it'll be able to mitigate climate change by sequestering 100% of the current emissions. If you're wondering how to eat in a way that supports and protects the environment—and I certainly hope you are!—this episode is gonna be right up your alley. Enjoy! EPISODE WEBPAGE: thehealthinvestment.com/regenerativeagriculture P.S. – If you're liking The Health Investment Podcast, be sure to hit “subscribe/follow” so that you never miss an episode

David Montgomery, PhD. - Growing A Revolution - Sept 10, 2019, Interviewers, Seth Itzkan & Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc. - David R. Montgomery is a professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life and The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, a collaboration with Anne Biklé.

In this wide-ranging episode, we take an inspiring soil journey through the eyes of Dr. David Montgomery, telling us his story of exploring how soils shaped human civilizations. That exploration resulted in his book “Dirt, The Erosion of Civilizations” and lead to more learning as he investigated the connections between the geology and biology of the soil. Dr. Montgomery delves into the messy nature of nature and how we’ve come to understand the connections between microbial ecology and the health of crops. Key discoveries of how plants get their nutrition and tee up their defense systems have given us a greater understanding of plant and microbial partnerships. Those partnerships go even further as we understand the nutrients and compounds from plants that serve to benefit human health. Not only that but in the midst of a pandemic, we’re learning how farmers, who are like-minded in their practices, are working together to provide food that nutrient-dense food directly from farms to consumers. And there’s more work to be done as we traverse the world of federal programs, current commodity channels, and other old models, looking for solutions that strengthen our new paradigm. We’ve heard a lot about the “unintended consequences” of our farming practices but today we put a finer point on it as we discuss the “unintended benefits” of the work being done in regenerative agriculture. There’s more at play here than simply soil health. David R. Montgomery is a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He is an internationally recognized geologist who studies landscape evolution and the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He has authored more than 200 scientific papers and 5 popular-science books, and has been featured in documentary films, network and cable news, and on a wide variety of TV and radio programs. When not writing or doing geology, he plays in the band Big Dirt. Connect with him at www.dig2grow.com or follow him on Twitter (@dig2grow). Got questions you want answered? Send them our way and we’ll do our best to research and find answers. Know someone you think would be great on the AgEmerge 2021 stage or on the podcast? Send your questions or suggestions to kim@asn.farm We’d love to hear from you!

Part 2 in a deep dive on soil health through no-till systems, cover cropping, the loss of the manure cycling of historical farming, and new old research on intensive grazing practices to mimic nature.  Sources: Cornell Extension School's Soil 101 course Jim Gerrish, "Management-intensive Grazing: The Grassroots of Grass Farming" David R. Montgomery, "Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life"

Stell dir vor, wir könnten in Österreich pro Jahr rund 2/5 des CO2-Ausstoßes auf natürliche Weise im Boden binden, müssten unsere Felder weniger bewässern, hätten eine höhere Biodiversität, gesündere Lebensmittel, bräuchten weniger Kunstdünger, … Klingt utopisch meinst du? Unsere beiden Experten im Interview meinen – das geht! Wie? Durch HUMUSAUFBAU. Hallo aus dem HomeOffice bzw. HomeStudio! Sigrid hat in ihrer Wohnung ein richtiges Studio eingerichtet und von dort aus haben wir das Interview via Zoom für Euch aufgenommen. Wir (Clara und Sigrid) hatten die Ehre Gerald Dunst (Gründer von Sonnenerde mit jahrelanger Praxiserfahrung zum Thema Boden und Kompostierung) und Stefan Forstner (Projektmanager für Humusaufbau der Ökoregion Kaindorf und Bodenökologe) zu befragen. Wir haben versucht das Thema HUMUSAUFBAU für Euch kurz und knackig verständlich zu machen und aufzuzeigen warum es für das Klima so wichtig ist. Hier noch die Links zu den Projekten unserer Gäste sowie deren Buchempfehlungen (laut ihnen Pflichtlektüre für jeden, insbesondere BOKU-Studierende): Sonnenderde: https://www.sonnenerde.at/ Projekt Humusaufbau der Ökoregion Kaindorf: https://www.oekoregion-kaindorf.at/humusaufbau.95.html https://www.oekoregion-kaindorf.at/index.php?route=common/download/file&download_id=308 Buchempfehlungen: • Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations von David R. Montgomery • Das leise Sterben von Martin Grassberger • Dirt to Soil von Gabe Brown • Der Milliarden Joker von Franz Josef Radermacher - Mein landwirtschaftliches Testament von Sir Albert Howard Zu guter Letzt noch Vielen Dank an David Luger (Agrarwissenschaftsstudent), der uns bei der Einführung in das Thema und Ausarbeitung der Fragen geholfen hat.

This week we travel back in time to very Ancient China ( 2070BC) and look at an incredibly very unique flood myth that may have some geological evidence. Like everything else, it's highly debated! Get in touch! Email: thegreatandterriblepod@gmail.com Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/thegreatandterriblepod Twitter: @GandT_Pod Instagram: @thegreatandterriblepod Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegreatandterriblepod Article by David R. Montgomery: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-chinese-megaflood-may-be-fact-not-fiction/ Music by: Joseph Amato. Notice an improvement in our audio? We're using Auphonic to level things out. If you'd like to assist with cost, and help ensure better audio, you can donate time credits here: https://auphonic.com/donate_credits?user=TheGreatAndTerrible --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greatandterrible/message

Hello there, we’re back for Season 6! I can’t wait to kick this off and I’m really sorry it took so long to arrive. I had a million things going on working on the Food Lies film back home in Hawaii and also when I got back to LA. Also a couple interviews fell through. I did focus on getting some more video content out on youtube, so check out the Food Lies channel. There’s a ton of short & sweet content to keep you educated and entertained!  My number 1 goal of Peak Human is to have top quality informative content - quality over quantity. I also wanted to not have any conflicts of interest so I decided from day 1 to not have any sponsors. This also allows me to have top quality guests at my own pace. If I was making money per episode I’d have all kinds of random people on because I’d be incentivized to do so. Instead, I briefly mention my own projects and companies before each episode and have guests I really want to have on and take some time off if I need to. So what’s going on with me? We made an epic intro to Food Lies that took months of planning and all kinds of resources. It’s a 4.5 minute piece with 130 shots, each which took many hours to prepare and shoot. This film is going to be something special. As I’ve said before, we could have rushed something out that was a B+ by last fall. We are going for an A+ (which might take a year longer). You can continue to support it’s costly creation on Indiegogo by clicking through http://foodlies.org The trailer is very outdated and was created with almost no budget - so it’s not representative of the final product. We’ll redo it at some point. I also have been fired up about Nose to Tail. I served some of the grass finished primal ground beef with liver, heart, kidney, and spleen at the Meat-Up we had in West LA this past weekend. It was a huge hit and went very quickly. It’s so delicious - you don’t taste the organs - it just tastes like richer, more nutrient dense meat. Especially if you add a little seasoning in. We have all kinds of great stuff on http://NoseToTail.org that’s all sustainably and ethically raised, beyond organic, high omega 3, and extra tasty. Per popular demand, I’ve been making some cooking videos and am just finishing my 15 minute workout routine video for Patreon members. I only work out 4 times per week for 15 minutes and have seen great results. If you go to http://patreon.com/peakhuman and join as a supporter you’ll get these private videos and also support this podcast and everything else I do. I really, really appreciate everyone who has stepped up and done this. I honestly turn down sponsors each and every week because I don’t want to promote other people’s products and get caught up in all that - even if I totally agree with what they’re selling! It’s just a few bucks per month at Patreon.com/peakhuman or click through the link in my Instagram bio. My instagram is where most of the action takes place daily. If you're not following there my handle is http://instagram.com/food.lies That’s it! Give the show a review on itunes or click on 1-5 stars in the podcast app if you’d like to do something that’s free. You can also share any of my content with family or friends of course! So here’s a bit about my Guest today. David R. Montgomery is a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He is an internationally recognized geologist who studies landscape evolution and the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies. An author of award-winning popular-science books, he has been featured in documentary films, network and cable news, and on a wide variety of TV and radio programs, including NOVA, PBS NewsHour, Fox and Friends, and All Things Considered. His books have been translated into nine languages. He also travels the country speaking and educating on regenerative practices. I first caught wind of him from his excellent book DIRT: Erosion of Civilizations and am halfway done with his book Growing a Revolution. Listen to this interview and you’ll probably want to grab them both. He’s an awesome guy doing great things. Although soil seems like a boring topic, trust me, there’s a lot more to it, and a ton of great info in this interview. Without further ado, here’s Professor David Montgomery.   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES (Need to add 4:20 to these timestamps to account for the intro) [4:15] Our main focus should be how we raise food, whether it is plant or animal based. [5:15] David explains gross biogeography and how it should influence us on how to feed the world. [6:18] How the modern factory method of raising livestock is destroying our soil.  [6:42] David explains how organic plant-based farms aren’t in the clear either. [8:40] “The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself” - Franklin D. Roosevelt. [10:15] There has been a long history of agriculture soil degradation and erosion impacting ability of people living on the land. [11:42] Why big river flood plains are able to get away with constant farming. [18:00] Inca terraces and their fertile soil. [18:25] Terra Preta: black earth of the Amazon and Northern Europe soil. [21:30] Inclusion of charcoal and how it helps the soil. [27:30] The issue of tobacco and the erosion of soil it caused in the colonial years. [28:50] Difference of farming practices of the North compared to the South colonies. [30:22] Why David is shifting from being a pessimist about the world’s soil health into an optimistic. [34:40] Disparity between how fast we can degrade soil and create soil. [39:45] How farming started and the systems of cropping and animal husbandry.  [43:08] How diversified, smaller farms with plants and animals are much more efficient for food production compared to large scale industrial monocultures farms. [44:03] The role of regenerative farming in the quality of the food we eat. [51:20] No till farming and why it is so important for improving soil health (the first pillar of regenerative agriculture). [56:50] Research and incentives on regenerative farming and practices like it to restore soil health is clearly absent in our modern society. [1:00:45] What are cover crops and how they help with preventing soil degradation (the second pillar of regenerative agriculture). [1:02:29] The diversity of crops and the soil that it will bring (the third pillar of regenerative agriculture). [1:03:15] The role livestock plays in regenerative agriculture practices and how they are incredibly beneficial. [1:05:40] Nitrogen fixing microbes in the soil and how it works. [1:06:30] The relationship of plants, rocks, and fungi.  [1:10:00] Profitability of regenerative agriculture practices compared to conventional methods.  [1:15:10] Are we able to feed the US with regenerative farming practices? [1:17:40] What can we do to get to this idealistic future of regenerative farming and improving soil health?  [1:19:00] The farm bill and the structure of policies regarding agriculture. Connect with him at www.dig2grow.com Twitter: http://Twitter.com/dig2grow   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dig2GrowBooks/   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg  

In Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (W. W. Norton & Co., 2018), Dr. David R. Montgomery portrays hope amidst the backdrop that for centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Once a self-proclaimed dark green eco-pessimist, Dr. Montgomery finds this new hope as he travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health. Readers join him driving passed no-till, precision agriculture fields in Kansas to walking around The Centre for No-Till Agriculture in Kumasi, Ghana. Each step of the way we are reminded that adopting the three tenets of conservation agriculture—ditching the plow, planting cover crops, and growing a diversity of crops—is the solution to align agricultural production and environmental outcomes. Throughout the book, evidence mounts -- maybe farmers and ranchers can feed the world, cool the planet, reduce pollution, and return profitability to the farm. What’s unique and refreshing, Dr. Montgomery cuts through the typical debates about conventional versus organic farming. Instead, Montgomery explores why practices based on the principles of conservation agriculture help restore soil health and fertility – naturally reducing the reliance on herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Chris Gambino works at the intersection of science and policy in hopes of creating more informed decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (W. W. Norton & Co., 2018), Dr. David R. Montgomery portrays hope amidst the backdrop that for centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Once a self-proclaimed dark green eco-pessimist, Dr. Montgomery finds this new hope as he travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health. Readers join him driving passed no-till, precision agriculture fields in Kansas to walking around The Centre for No-Till Agriculture in Kumasi, Ghana. Each step of the way we are reminded that adopting the three tenets of conservation agriculture—ditching the plow, planting cover crops, and growing a diversity of crops—is the solution to align agricultural production and environmental outcomes. Throughout the book, evidence mounts -- maybe farmers and ranchers can feed the world, cool the planet, reduce pollution, and return profitability to the farm. What’s unique and refreshing, Dr. Montgomery cuts through the typical debates about conventional versus organic farming. Instead, Montgomery explores why practices based on the principles of conservation agriculture help restore soil health and fertility – naturally reducing the reliance on herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Chris Gambino works at the intersection of science and policy in hopes of creating more informed decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (W. W. Norton & Co., 2018), Dr. David R. Montgomery portrays hope amidst the backdrop that for centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Once a self-proclaimed dark green eco-pessimist, Dr. Montgomery finds this new hope as he travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health. Readers join him driving passed no-till, precision agriculture fields in Kansas to walking around The Centre for No-Till Agriculture in Kumasi, Ghana. Each step of the way we are reminded that adopting the three tenets of conservation agriculture—ditching the plow, planting cover crops, and growing a diversity of crops—is the solution to align agricultural production and environmental outcomes. Throughout the book, evidence mounts -- maybe farmers and ranchers can feed the world, cool the planet, reduce pollution, and return profitability to the farm. What’s unique and refreshing, Dr. Montgomery cuts through the typical debates about conventional versus organic farming. Instead, Montgomery explores why practices based on the principles of conservation agriculture help restore soil health and fertility – naturally reducing the reliance on herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Chris Gambino works at the intersection of science and policy in hopes of creating more informed decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (W. W. Norton & Co., 2018), Dr. David R. Montgomery portrays hope amidst the backdrop that for centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Once a self-proclaimed dark green eco-pessimist, Dr. Montgomery finds this new hope as he travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health. Readers join him driving passed no-till, precision agriculture fields in Kansas to walking around The Centre for No-Till Agriculture in Kumasi, Ghana. Each step of the way we are reminded that adopting the three tenets of conservation agriculture—ditching the plow, planting cover crops, and growing a diversity of crops—is the solution to align agricultural production and environmental outcomes. Throughout the book, evidence mounts -- maybe farmers and ranchers can feed the world, cool the planet, reduce pollution, and return profitability to the farm. What’s unique and refreshing, Dr. Montgomery cuts through the typical debates about conventional versus organic farming. Instead, Montgomery explores why practices based on the principles of conservation agriculture help restore soil health and fertility – naturally reducing the reliance on herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Chris Gambino works at the intersection of science and policy in hopes of creating more informed decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life (W. W. Norton & Co., 2018), Dr. David R. Montgomery portrays hope amidst the backdrop that for centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Once a self-proclaimed dark green eco-pessimist, Dr. Montgomery finds this new hope as he travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health. Readers join him driving passed no-till, precision agriculture fields in Kansas to walking around The Centre for No-Till Agriculture in Kumasi, Ghana. Each step of the way we are reminded that adopting the three tenets of conservation agriculture—ditching the plow, planting cover crops, and growing a diversity of crops—is the solution to align agricultural production and environmental outcomes. Throughout the book, evidence mounts -- maybe farmers and ranchers can feed the world, cool the planet, reduce pollution, and return profitability to the farm. What’s unique and refreshing, Dr. Montgomery cuts through the typical debates about conventional versus organic farming. Instead, Montgomery explores why practices based on the principles of conservation agriculture help restore soil health and fertility – naturally reducing the reliance on herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Chris Gambino works at the intersection of science and policy in hopes of creating more informed decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David R. Montgomery is an author and professor at the University of Washington. He is a morphologist and has been focused in recent years on the relationship between humans and soil. Books by David Montgomery Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations https://www.amazon.com/Dirt-Civilizations-David-R-Montgomery/dp/0520272900/ The Hidden Half of Nature https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393353370/ Growing a Revolution https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393356094/

For episode 58 we're lucky to be joined by David R. Montgomery. A MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington, Montgomery is an internationally recognized geologist who studies landscape evolution and the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies.  He is the author of numerous scientific papers and has been featured in documentary films, network and cable news, and on a wide variety of TV and radio programs. In his book 'Growing a Revolution', Montgomery introduces us to farmers around the world at the heart of a brewing soil health revolution that could bring humanity’s ailing fertile grounds back to life remarkably fast. Montgomery assessed different approaches being used to instigate health into the living systems making up our food. It's called Regenerative, and with it agriculture can help cure what ails us, and the planet.  Cutting through standard debates about conventional and organic farming, Montgomery explores why practices based on the principles of conservation agriculture help restore soil health and fertility. Drawing on visits to farms in the industrialized and developing worlds he finds that the combination of no-till planting, cover crops, and diverse crop rotations provides a profitable recipe to rebuild soil organic matter. Farmers using these unconventional practices cultivate beneficial soil life, smother weeds, and suppress pests while spending far less on diesel, fertilizer and pesticides. It's revolutionary stuff. With his wife Anne Biklé, David is currently framing out his fourth book. We learned that with "What your food eats" - working title of this latest deep dive - this husband & wife writing duo seek to connect soil fertility to human health. Anne and David have also worked together to pen the book 'Dirt' —about the plight of soil and what we've done to it since the dawn of agriculture. And, 'The Hidden Half of Nature', a revealing exploration of how microbial life underpins the health of soil and, even our own bodies. It's great to speak with David. He's always a wealth of information. His concise and logical explanations of complex subject matter and interconnected systems is pretty special. That comes across in his books, and it came across in 45 minute conversation.  I listening in pre-production I realized that this may be the guy who may finally stitch soil health -to- human health.  That would be a game changer in establishing broader awareness and appreciation to the fact the Sourcing Matters first.  An investment in food and its production is our silver bullet of change.   www.SourcingMatters.show

Carol and Dee greet the new year with ideas on new flowers to grow, new veggies to grow, and some gardening resolutions. They also talk about allelopathic properties of sunflowers and other plants.  And the book Carol couldn't remember the title of is "The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health" by David R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle.

When we stop treating dirt like dirt, when we accept it’s neither ‘dirt cheap’ nor ‘dirt poor’, we will come to realise it is the most precious resource we have. Treat dirt, or soil, the way you want to be treated. In this episode, David R. Montgomery joins us to talk about how soil has shaped the course of civilisations. From the Classical Greeks and the Romans to the Maya civilisation – the story of soil and its mistreatment has been central to explaining why civilisations collapse. The plow – the tool that defines farming - is the number one culprit. Some argue it has been more destructive than the sword. David is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, he is a MacArthur Fellow, and author of King of Fish: The Thousand-year Run of Salmon; The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood; Dirt: The Erosions of Civilizations; The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health (which he co-authored with Anne Biklé); and Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life. We cover: A crash course on soil, soil formation, erosion and degradation The myth that ancient civilisations lived and farmed in harmony with nature The central role of soil in the fall of ancient Greece and Rome The plow: more destructive than the sword? Soil erosion and colonialism, slavery and empire Soil and climate change Soilutions: the promise of conservation agriculture     Links: David Montgomery’s Website and Twitter Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisation– David R. Montgomery The Rocks don’t Lie: A Geologist investigates Noah’s Flood  - David R. Montgomery The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health - David R. Montgomery & Anna Biklé Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life- David R. Montgomery    You might also like:  FFS 034 – Wizards and Prophets FFS 024 – The Soilution: Saving our soils, saving ourselves FFS 011 – Transforming Agriculture to Feed the Future

When Anne Biklé started rehabilitating her Seattle backyard to plant a garden, she didn’t anticipate the return of carbon to the soil. But after a few years, she got curious and invited a soil scientist from the University of Washington to compare samples from the original dirt behind the garage with samples from the Eco-Lawn, perennial beds, and vegetable bed. The results were astonishing. The Eco-Lawn had 5% more carbon than the baseline sample, the perennial beds came in at 8% more carbon, and the heavily amended vegetable bed had a full 12% more carbon. Imagine the impact if every gardener applied the same processes and principles. And what if farmers applied the ideas at scale? Anne is a biologist and environmental planner with what she calls "a bad case of plant lust," and her career spans the fields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and public health. She is also the co-author of The Hidden Half of Nature, a thought-provoking book about leveraging the cultivation of microbiomes to transform agriculture and medicine. Anne and her husband, professor of geomorphology David Montgomery, speak regularly on the topics of soil health, conservation and sustainable development.  Today, Anne joins Ross, Christophe and Paul to share the origin of her interest in the soil and appreciation of the natural world. She walks us through the process of rehabilitating the soil in her backyard garden, describing how she collected the necessary mulch and organic matter as well as the stunning experience of watching life return to the yard. Listen in to understand the concepts of biodynamic agriculture and learn how Anne came to recognize the significance of microbial life in the health of the soil AND the human body!   Resources Nori’s Crowdfunding Campaign Dig2Grow Dig2Grow on Twitter The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Healthby David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé Mary Oliver Poetry Foundation Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver Dream Work by Mary Oliver Rudolf Steiner 2018 Biodynamic Conference Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery Kiss the Ground   Key Takeaways [0:49] Anne’s interest in the soil Plant lust in college at Santa Cruz Garden with house in Seattle [5:00] Anne’s insight on dirt vs. soil Soil includes living organisms Dirt = dead parts (rock fragments) Plants interact with both [7:47] The magic of the natural world Soil one of most biodiverse places Humans can’t see most life forms Watch insects ‘better than birding’ [12:03] The emergence of life in Anne’s backyard Demolished lawn for blank slate Life returned (i.e.: evolution of life on Earth) [15:56] How Anne rehabilitated the soil in her garden Collect mulch and organic matter Coffee grounds, wood chips and leaves Conserve water, feed life of soil Buffet for trillions of species of soil life Flow of carbon from plant into soil [22:37] Our recent understanding around soil 25-50% of carbon in atmosphere from topsoil Depletion of nutrients from change in land use [24:00] Anne’s advice on starting your own garden Visit native vegetation communities Mimic processes, materials  [30:13] How the garden impacts Anne’s consumption Garden and farmers market for food Source own organic matter [33:34] The concept of biodynamic agriculture Respect for, understanding of cycles Farmers work with metabolism of soil Soil seen as grand engine  [37:31] The parallels between plant root systems and the human gut Microbiome in colon = grazing pasture Soil as digestive tract of Earth

The State of Washington is a clear leader in technology innovation and carbon-free energy, so it is fitting the Nori chose Seattle for its headquarters. To learn more about the state’s leadership in the climate change space and cryptocurrency regulations, we are speaking with Joseph Williams and Brian Young with the Washington State Department of Commerce. Joseph serves as Governor Inslee’s ICT Industry Sector Lead, while Brian works as the Sector Lead on clean energy technology. Today, Joseph and Brian join Ross, Christophe and Paul to explain their role in providing policy guidance to elected officials in the State of Washington. They discuss the state’s ecosystem when it comes to technology and clean tech as well as Washington’s early involvement with cryptocurrency and the blockchain. Joseph and Brian speak to the leadership around climate change and clean energy in the region, the state’s Clean Energy Fund, and PPNL’s work to use the blockchain to secure the energy grid. Listen in as the group considers Nori’s challenges in terms of regulatory compliance and verification and learn why Washington State is a good place to innovate blockchain and energy solutions.   Resources Washington State Department of Commerce Cascadia Innovation Corridor Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Avista Utilities Giga Watt Pacific Coast Collaborative Clean Energy Fund VOLTTRON COMET-Farm Washington State Department of Financial Institutions Growing a Revolutionby David R. Montgomery Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizationsby David R. Montgomery   Key Takeaways  [1:08] Joseph’s role in the State of Washington Provide policy guidance to elected officials Promote state of Washington [5:04] The Washington State technology ecosystem Talent economy, good place to incubate ideas Core values—environment, philanthropy [8:10] Washington’s relationship with the blockchain Involved in crypto in 2014 (money transfer rules) First blockchain summit in 2016 to attract companies Monetary requirement to license as exchange [11:18] The Bitcoin mining operations in Eastern Washington Take advantage of inexpensive, carbon-free energy Local decision (no state policy re: Bitcoin mining) Creates value for economy, attracts capital [16:53] The future of regulations around crypto in Washington Expect blockchain-friendly legislation around smart contracts  [19:45] The leadership around climate change and clean energy in the region    Pacific Coast Collaborative aligns policy with goals of Paris Agreement Washington developing pathways to decarbonization PPNL, WSU, and UW working on grid modernization [25:16] Washington State’s Clean Energy Fund Focus on new tech in clean energy sector [26:50] The PPNL VOLTTRON Project Use blockchain to secure energy grid Ledger, smart contracts to create trust [32:28] Nori’s challenges around crypto regulations Need clarity on how to comply (Reg D exemption) Washington hasn’t taken stance on utility token [40:26] The challenges Nori faces around verification Model estimates improve with verified data Nori take on risk through insurance pool

‘People do not move because they’ve been convinced intellectually. Unless you move the heart, the rest of you won’t move at all. All storytelling is about moving the heart, and when you’ve moved the heart, the brain will follow.’ If you want to sell voluntary measures to offset carbon emissions, tell a compelling story. Data is less persuasive than the narrative of a village lifted out of poverty. What else is facilitating the cultural shift toward doing the right thing? The market itself. As network-based systems begin to outperform hierarchical ones, companies are realizing the long-term benefit and profit-potential of carbon neutrality. Mark Stevenson is a self-proclaimed ‘reluctant futurist’ and author of the bestsellers An Optimist’s Tour of the Future and We Do Things Differently. One of the world’s most respected thinkers, Mark supports a diverse mix of clients including government agencies, NGOs, corporations and arts organizations in becoming future literate and adapting their cultures and strategy to face questions around climate change and gender inequality, among other issues. Today, Mark joins Ross, Christophe, and Paul to explain how he uses standup comedy to build literacy around important issues. He describes the benefit for companies that invest in reversing climate change, the climate solutions that have the potential to scale rapidly, and the opportunities in proper grazing and regenerative agriculture. They discuss the difference between climate change mitigation and adaption as well as Mark’s decision to calculate and offset his lifetime emissions. Listen in to understand the value of network-based systems like the blockchain and learn how to sell voluntary measures to offset carbon emissions—including the Nori platform!   Resources  Mark’s Website An Optimist’s Tour of the Futureby Mark Stevenson We Do Things Differently: The Outsiders Rebooting Our World by Mark Stevenson The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley UN Sustainable Development Goals The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power from the Freemasons to Facebookby Niall Ferguson World Bank CO2 Emissions Data UN Platform to Offset Emissions The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery   Key Takeaways [0:48] How Mark became a ‘reluctant futurist’ Mission to build literacy around climate change, gender equality, human genome, etc. Standup comedy to learn communication, ‘talk to everybody’ Slowly morphed into futurist (research, consultancy, public-facing role) [6:11] Mark’s experience at an underwater cabinet meeting in the Maldives Low-lying island with emissions problem President brought attention with underwater meeting [9:00] Climate change mitigation vs. adaptation Mitigation deals with root cause (i.e.: stop emitting, pull excess CO2out of atmosphere) Adaptation implies dealing with impact of climate change (e.g.: build seawalls) [12:10] The benefit for companies that invest in reversing climate change Climate change is shareholder value risk Climate-competent board attracts best talent Consumers reward brands that align with values Cheaper in long run (reduced water waste, electricity) [15:00] The cultural shift toward doing the right thing Make more money in short-term as ‘bad guy’ but lose in long run Many companies don’t advertise carbon neutrality (e.g.: Microsoft) [19:19] Mark’s insight on climate solutions that can scale rapidly Renewables (solar, wind) continue to outperform growth predictions Liquid fuel taken from different source (renewed daily) [25:41] Mark’s take on the failure of government Not true democracy—must democratize health, wealth, education and opportunity All time low trust in large-scale institutions as only 10% work in system and profit from it [30:00] Mark’s decision to calculate and offset his lifetime emissions Opportunity to practice what preach, establish credibility Used World Bank data for average citizen, added travel plus 20% Paid via United Nations platform [34:20] How to sell voluntary measures to offset emissions Move heart, brain will follow Tell compelling story about truth (i.e.: lift village out of poverty) [40:28] The difference between hierarchies and network-based systems Past systems ran on hierarchies (e.g.: teacher in classroom) Networked systems have started to outperform (i.e.: solar energy) [42:03] How the blockchain functions as a network-based system Trust established via multiple auditing groups vs. single, centralized bank [45:53] How Nori will verify carbon removal activity Depends on methodology Practices verified by performance Start with traditional verification methods IoT likely to drive down cost of verification  [48:58] The opportunities in proper grazing and regenerative agriculture 5B acres of badly managed grassland, half of carbon in atmosphere comes from soil Only 60 harvests left at current level of soil erosion, costs US $44B/year Regenerative agriculture can triple yield, put carbon back in soil and increase fertility over time

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Groff, a farmer and cover crop pioneer who has also worked with the University of Maryland on extensive cover crop research. Steve founded Cover Crop Coaching in 2016 and has spoken to audiences across North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and many other parts of the world on the use of cover crops across the full range of agricultural applications. In this episode, we talk about important management tools to incorporate with cover crops, the causes of erosion in a soil system, and how farmers can supply consumer demand for nutritional value. We also discuss farm economics, the books Steve read that started him in cover cropping and a step by step guide for growers who want to start developing healthy soil.     Support For This Show & Helping You Grow This show is brought to you by AEA, leaders in regenerative agriculture since 2006. If you are a large-scale grower looking to increase crop revenue and quality, email hello@advancingecoag.com or call 800-495-6603 extension 344 to be connected with a dedicated AEA crop consultant.       Resources recommended by Steve Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery The Biological Farmer: A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biological System of Farming by Gary F. Zimmer Stubble Over the Soil: The Vital Role of Plant Residue in Soil Management to Improve Soil Quality by Carlos Corvetto Lamarca The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka     Episode 7 - Steve Groff - Highlights 3:00 - What are some of the memorable moments that have lead Steve to where he is today? Steve started no till in the early 80’s - Solely to stop soil erosion A key moment for Steve was 3 years into doing no till - He noticed his soil was beginning to “mellow out” Today we can transfer to no till much faster than ever before In 1995 Steve started researching cover crops - he noticed after a drought year that he had 28 bushels more of corn preceding the previous 3 years Steve is all-in on cover crops!   8:20 - Erosion is a symptom of a bigger problem Healthier soil isn’t going to blow or wash away We don’t have a runoff problem, we have a water infiltration problem Steve is encouraged by seeing mainstream agriculture start to clue in   10:00 - Can we completely resolve erosion with the use of cover crops? We can greatly reduce it Not just cover crops - there are many other practices however they are a key component. Cover crops are a tool - you need to manage them properly Having a living root in the soil as long as possible is important Having diversity of species is important - we can enhance this with cover crops! Less/zero soil disturbance is important   12:30 - What are some of the other important tools farmers should incorporate? Fertility management - (Ex: Avoid anhydrous ammonia, high salt fertilizers) Once you get your soil functioning, you can start unlocking things that were locked before, such as allowing more access to certain minerals Steve isn’t saying everyone needs to be no till - but does advocate it. Tillage is a destructive event   15:10 - How important is it to have a diversity of cover crops? There is a time and a place for single species cover crops Steve always plants mixed species You have to play around and see what works on your farm! How many species do you need? Going beyond 6-8; advantages start to level off. Mixed species doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive Cover crop mixes can be thought of as a “one plus one equals three” solution   20:30 - What is something that Steve has puzzled over? The link to human health from how we grow plants and nutrient density Steve noticed that the USDA doesn’t say how they establish the averages for nutritional value Steve is looking into creating branding for nutritional basis   26:00 - Does Steve believe it is possible that farmers will be compensated for growing quality Generally, Steve thinks yes. Majority of plant genetics are made for yield - so it may take awhile to get right There are some plant breeders that are now breeding for quality over yield   30:50 - Buyers care about flavor and aroma - These are the same markers of nutrient density Flavor and aroma is what makes repeat customers These can also be traced back to plant genetics and breeding - it’s important to build from the ground up Big similarities between microbiome of our gut and the microbiome of soil   35:50 - What is something that has surprised Steve in his work? The importance of soil health - What tools like cover crops and no tillage are capable of Once you get the system working, you don’t need as much input! Steve expects to continue being surprised as he tries to discover more   38:00 - What does Steve believe to be true about agriculture that many others do not? Reducing input is not going to lead to “mining out” the soil That the use of insecticides and fungicides can be reduced “Would you take chemo to prevent cancer?”   41:40 - What does Steve believe to be the biggest opportunity in agriculture today? Cycles always come and go Regenerative agriculture and growing with reduced input Steve believes there is a bright future ahead   45:00 - What is a book or resource that Steve would recommend? Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery The Biological Farmer: A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biological System of Farming by Gary F. Zimmer Stubble Over the Soil: The Vital Role of Plant Residue in Soil Management to Improve Soil Quality by Carlos Corvetto Lamarca The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka   46:50 - What ideas or technology is Steve excited about for the future of agriculture? Advancement on cover crop equipment   50:10 - Is Steve having fun? YES! Steve finds it fulfilling to help farmers and being a steward of God’s earth   51:10 - What would Steve recommend to a farmer starting down this path today? Ask: What do you want to accomplish? Good to prioritise when you’re new Time of year will determine species to plant Only apply a new practice to the amount of plants you can afford to lose Learn all you can - Talk to and follow those who are achieving what you want to do   54:40 - What does Steve wish John had asked? How the economics work out - “How can I do this, and flourish?”   56:20 - What has been the economic impact of cover crops on Steve’s operations? Looking at 5 years - Fertilizer went down 50%, and chemicals went down 37%   58:20 - What was the cost of these results? Growing your own cover crops cuts down on cost 60-80 lbs of nitrogen instead of 175-200 lbs Average corn yield is between 185-200 For pumpkins: Can cut nitrogen rate to 45-50 lbs      Feedback & Booking Please send your feedback, requests for topics or guests, or booking request have a Podcast episode recorded LIVE at your event -- to production@regenerativeagriculturepodcast.com. You can email John directly at John@regenerativeagriculturepodcast.com.     Sign Up For Special Updates To be alerted via email when new episodes are released, and get special updates about John speaking, teaching, and podcast LIVE recordings, be sure to sign up for our email list.  

Dr. David R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology in the department of Earth & Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. In this episode David shares a bit of his story, and we delve into the details of building healthy soil, and how it's connected to our own health. He does a great job of communicating the science, and explaining these details. I had a great time interviewing him.Thanks to everyone who supports us in some way shape or form. We always love hearing how you're living a probiotic life. Links Website: dig2grow.comTwitter: @dig2growFacebook: dig2growbooks SHOW NOTES Geomorphology- study of topography- soil erosion- works on the here and now of geography- looks at sustainability, long term perspective  Geology & the Human Element- David wanted to learn about the world- took geology, “competing against [their] lack of knowledge”- saw how ecosystems & farming impact soil erosion- wrote a book about how religious thought & geological science have historically affected each other- wrote a book with his wife about how microbial life influences health of plants, people, farms  Formative Influences- spent lots of time playing outside as a kid- his wife Anne (a biologist) had a similar experience  Humans Have a Lot to Learn- when it comes to modern impact on natural age, humans are in the driver's seat- we are still figuring out the blueprint of how this earth works   Soil & Geology- takes lots of micronutrients to grow a healthy plant- the vast majority of these come from the ground- need to get rocks broken down and their minerals released into the soil- this is mostly done by microbes- soil is a grand recycling system, that takes organic material and returns it to the ground to feed new life- earth is the only planet we know of currently where this is the case  Soil Around the World- discussion of specific places in the world, where availability of different mineral elements has greatly impacted the botanical world- most soils around the world have the basic sets of minerals needed for plant growth, but they are often locked up in the soil unreleased- it's possible to add the nutrients needed to the soil- we need to bring the biology back to the soil  The Soil & Our Gut- aha! moment while writing The Hidden Half of Nature”- striking similarities between soil system and human gut- inflammation is a very important part of immune function, goes to fix problems- we don't want to be constantly in inflammation- what you are feeding your microbes has a direct impact on your immune system function- we need to eat fibre for our gut function, to feed our microbes- what we eat and how we treat the soil really does matter- probiotics are the microbes; prebiotics are what we feed the microbes  Restoration of Farmland- discussion of restoring farmland- 3 principles in common shared by farms where soil was restored quickly- 1) no-till or minimum-till farming- 2) keep the land covered with cover crops to act as green manure- 3) plant a diversity of crops- these all promote the growth of beneficial microbial life- these are all against modern conventional agriculture- the places that used the conservation agriculture made the land even better than nature had it in the first place- the future of biodiversity is tied to the future of agriculture- on all markers, these regenerative farming techniques are a win  Final Thoughts- American indigenous agriculture: they were practising crop diversity on their planting- all of the people David & wife Anne interviewed shared a common desire to rebuild the land's fertility, as the foundation of our civilisation- past civilisations stopped their soil to their societies' detriment- if we can change these practices in our current century, that would alter the arc of history, and we need to get it right this time- David's books: 1) Growing A Revolution: Bring Our Soil Back To Life; 2) The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health; 3) Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations- books available wherever books are sold  Links Website: dig2grow.comTwitter: @dig2growFacebook: dig2growbooks

Horticulturist Melinda Myers previews the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Openlands president and CEO Jerry Adelmann explains how one our most important environmental laws is at risk. David R. Montgomery has a plan to regenerate our soils.

Modern conventional agriculture is destroying our soil. At the rate we’re going, we will lose one-third of our agricultural production capacity in the next century, even as the population is expected to increase by at least 50%. Worse yet, our current system actually pays farmers to destroy the land through subsidies and crop insurance, perpetuating a model that keeps farmers reliant on oil and chemical inputs. But there is a solution, and today’s guest has written two books about it. David Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and the author of Dirt: Erosion of Civilizations and Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life. David studied geology at Stanford University before earning his PhD in geomorphology at UC Berkeley. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2008. Today David joins Ross and Christophe to explain why civilizations that degrade their soil don’t last. We discuss the troubling numbers around soil degradation and loss and the three simple farming practices that would restore our soil. David walks us through the residual benefits of regenerative farming and the factors that inhibit widespread adoption. Listen in for David’s insight into the challenges Nori might face in paying farmers to capture carbon in the soil and learn how quickly we might restore the soil pending the adoption of regenerative practices.   Resources David’s Website Big Dirt music Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery UN Report: Status of the World’s Soil Resources   Key Takeaways   [2:08] The relationship between civilizations and soil Civilizations that degrade soil don’t last Carbon in soil serves as fuel, recycles dead stuff   [4:45] The troubling statistics of soil degradation, loss 1/3 of agricultural land taken out of production due to degradation 50% loss of carbon from agricultural soil Lose 1/3 of agricultural production capacity in next century   [6:38] How simple changes in farming practices could restore the soil Plow degrades natural production capacity of land Tilling soil accelerates breakdown of organic matter Monocultures promote pests, pathogens Adopt no-till agriculture, cover cops and crop rotation Save on diesel, fertilizer, pesticides = increase profit Practices would return carbon to soil as well   [13:42] How diverse crop rotation defeats pests without chemicals Pests adapt to predictable patterns Grow three to four crops in unpredictable pattern Reduce need for agrochemicals, spend less to grow more    [18:36] What is preventing widespread adoption of restorative practices Requires shift in how think about soil Takes time for knowledge to diffuse Need policy incentives, education (i.e.: demo farms)   [23:12] How regenerative farming provides a better business model Farmers control what, how they grow Reduces expenses up front and maintains yield Current industrial model undervalues farmers’ ingenuity   [29:21] The role of subsidies and crop insurance in slowing adoption On level playing field, regenerative practices would win out  Farmers see damage of conventional practices, want to take care of land   [31:40] The challenge in Nori’s intent to pay farmers who remove carbon  Difficult to quantify, technical challenge to measure carbon in soil Could incentivize to adopt regenerative practices Helping farmers make transition is good investment   [36:52] The residual environmental benefits of regenerative farming Fewer emissions from production of fertilizer Less diesel burned for tractors   [37:40] How regenerative farming translates to variability in soil, crops  Several hundred thousand soil types Principles apply, farmers must adapt practices   [42:44] David’s insight on the future of our soil Embrace science of soil ecology Could restore soil by 2100/2200      

In the Age of People, the plow was, and remains, one of the most destructive inventions. In his new book Growing A Revolution, award-winning author David R. Montgomery calls on farmers to ditch the plow, bring back cover crops, and grow for diversity. Such an agricultural revolution puts soil health at the center of farming. It transforms agriculture from a destructive practice that is very much part of the problem to a major solution that combats climate change. In this episode, we talk to David and discuss: What soil is, and why farming depends above all on healthy soils What conservation agriculture is and why it works better, including: why tilling your land is not a good idea why an overdependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides turns plants into ‘botanical couch potatoes’ Why monocrops are vulnerable to pests, disease, and climate change How labels such as organic or conventional are missing the point How farming can shift from a carbon-emitting activity to a carbon-storing activity What obstacles still remain to making conservation farming the norm   “The debate over the future of agriculture is misrepresented when cast as the simple choice between organic methods and AgroTech approaches like GMOs. It really comes down to the philosophical rift between agricultural practices based on enhancing nutrient cycling and soil health versus those that mine soil fertility and attempt to replace or compensate for degraded soil health with technology and commercial products”  David R. Montgomery    Links: Growing A Revolution: Bringing our soil back to life Growing a Revolution excerpt: 'Giving the Plow the Boot in the Era of Climate Change' Dig2Grow: David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé's website David R. Montgomery & Anne Biklé on Twitter   You might also like: FFS 013 - How Plants Domesticated Humans FFS 011 - Transforming Agriculture to Feed the Future FFS 003 - The OurField Cereal Co-op Movement

In this epispode, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews David R. Montgomery, a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He is author of The Hidden Half of Nature and Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, as well as other award-winning popular science books. He lives in Seattle with his wife, author and biologist Anne Biklé, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout. What if there was a relatively simple, cost-effective way to help feed the world, reduce pollution, pull carbon from the atmosphere, protect biodiversity, and make farmers money to boot?  Through fieldwork spanning three decades and six continents, renowned geologist David R. Montgomery discovers that the answer is right beneath our feet. GROWING A REVOLUTION: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life [W. W. Norton & Company; May 9, 2017] is a spellbinding journey to uncover the blueprint for a regenerative agriculture that builds soil health and leaves both farmers and the environment better off. It is a book that Kirkus Reviews states is, “An optimistic look at how regenerate farming can revive the world’s soil, increasing food production, boosting cost effectiveness, and slowing climate change.” In his quest to reveal the solutions beneath our feet, Montgomery introduces us to innovative farmers who practice regenerative agriculture. Montgomery shows that restoring fertility to the land is not an either-or choice between modern technology and time-tested traditions. Ending with a call for action beyond the fields, Growing a Revolution is an inspiring addition to the bookshelf of anyone seriously concerned with the future of food and farming, our relationship with nature, and the fate of civilization and the planet.

David R. Montgomery, a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington invites Dan over to discuss soil, carbon dating, and how farmers are restoring profitability and reducing environmental impact.

This event celebrates the book launch for Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery, a former Town Hall Scholar in Residence and a beloved local geologist. Montgomery tracks the fates of once-great civilizations that sank into poverty after destroying the fertility of their land. Today, despite this correlation, soil degradation remains the least recognized, yet most solvable, crisis humanity faces. Montgomery takes us on a journey around the world to visit farmers who are building fertile soil and turning the tide on this problem. Montgomery shows why the regenerative practices of this new breed of entrepreneurial farmers can heal damaged environments and improve their bottom line. Their focus on soil health merges ancient wisdom with modern science into simple, cost-effective practices to help feed the world and pull carbon from the atmosphere. Sharing their stories he lays the foundation for a soil health revolution. Recorded live at Town Hall Seattle Tuesday, May 9, 2017

This is a special Premium audio episode. to the BenGreenfieldFitness show and access this and over 300 additional hidden audios, videos, pdf's and more! I read plenty of books about gut health, immune system, and alternative medicine, but one of the best books I discovered in the past several months is entitled "". When authors David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé decide to restore life into their barren yard by creating a garden, dead, barren dirt threatens their dream. As a cure, they feed their soil a steady diet of organic matter. The results impress them. In short order, the much-maligned microbes transform their bleak yard into a flourishing Eden. Beneath their feet, beneficial microbes and plant roots continuously exchange a vast array of essential compounds. Dave and Anne soon learn that this miniaturized commerce is central to botanical life’s master strategy for defense and health. They are abruptly plunged further into investigating microbes when Biklé is diagnosed with cancer. Here, they discover an unsettling truth. An armada of bacteria (our microbiome) sails the seas of our gut, enabling our immune system to sort microbial friends from foes. But when our gut microbiome goes awry, our health can go with it. The authors also discover startling insights into the similarities between plant roots and the human gut. We are not what we eat. We are all―for better or worse―the product of what our microbes eat. This leads to a radical reconceptualization of our relationship to the natural world: by cultivating beneficial microbes, we can rebuild soil fertility and help turn back the modern plague of chronic diseases. reveals how to transform agriculture and medicine―by merging the mind of an ecologist with the care of a gardener and the skill of a doctor. The book, in which they highlight this journey, is a riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves―and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health―for people and for plants―depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. You're about to learn the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut. During our discussion, you'll discover: -What exactly a microbe is, and how it's far more complex than you'd actually think... -The strange "home-brew" Anne dumped into her garden to change the soil from dead to living... -How microbes tie into the ancient art of making wine... -How modern, conventional agriculture is completing changing how soil and microbes interact, and how this is affecting the quality of the food that we eat... -The ideal scenario for growing food, from a soil standpoint... -Why the colon so important when it comes to the immune system... -What to eat if you want to increase the microbial diversity of the colon... -The fascinating parallel between the root system of a plant and the gut of the human being…  -And much more! Be sure to check out Dave and Anne's websites, including: Website:    Twitter:   Facebook:  Do you have questions, comments or feedback about microbes, Dave and Anne's book, or anything else we discussed during this podcast episode? Leave your thoughts at  and one of us will reply, and

In The Hidden Half of Nature, David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé suggest we are in the midst of a scientific revolution of our understanding of the role that microbes play in the health of many other life forms on earth, including plants, as well as our own. I devoured this book, and for this episode, David, a geologist, and Anne, a biologist, are my guests. Also: the winner of The Salatin Semester giveaway is announced. You'll also hear a couple of ideas for replacing expensive specialty farm parts with their hardware store equivalents. The intro to this episode is kind of long. Skip ahead to, I don't know, 9 minutes to get to my conversation with Anne and David. 

Krista Tippett interviewed geologist David R. Montgomery on July 3, 2013. This interview is included in the show ‘Reading the Rocks.’ Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

This week on Skepticality, Derek interviews geomorphologist and Professor of Earth and Space Sciences (University of Washington) David R. Montgomery about how his work led him to write his latest book The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood. The book is thoughtful and readable, and attempts to respect both young Earth creationist views and the world of evidence-based geological science. According to the books publisher, with an explorers eye and a refreshing approach to both faith and science, Montgomery takes readers on a journey across landscapes and cultures. In the process we discover the illusive nature of truth, whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, and how it changed through history and continues changing, even today.