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In this episode, Dr. Rob Mikkelsen  teaches us about the fascinating and often overlooked world of root health and its crucial role in plant nutrition. He begins by posing a thought-provoking question: Do nutrients influence roots, or do roots influence nutrients? The answer, as Rob explains, is a complex interplay of both. The Hidden Half of Agriculture: Rob emphasizes the importance of roots, which are frequently overlooked despite their critical role in plant health. He encourages agronomists and farmers to always carry a shovel to inspect root health regularly. Complex Structure of Roots: The episode highlights the significance of root hairs in water and nutrient uptake. Rob explains how calcium is absorbed only at the root tips, underscoring the need for healthy roots to continually explore new soil zones. Historical Perspective on Nutrient Uptake: Rob shares an old illustration that depicts nutrient uptake as a train system, transporting nutrients to the “factories” in the leaves. This analogy helps explain the complexity of nutrient assimilation processes. Influences on Root Health: The podcast discusses several factors that affect root health, including: Soil Acidity: High soil acidity can stunt root growth due to toxic soluble aluminum, but this can be remedied with proper limestone applications. Soil Salinity: Excess salt can cause water stress and reduce plant performance. Soil Compaction: Compact soil can hinder root penetration, affecting water and nutrient uptake. The Role of the Rhizosphere: Rob introduces the rhizosphere, the narrow zone surrounding roots, rich in biological activity. He highlights its importance in nutrient uptake and overall plant health. Subscribe to our channel to stay updated on future episodes where we continue exploring the fascinating world of plant nutrition and its impact on crop health. Connect with Us: • Website: Yara North America • Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

I LOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS EPISODE!!!!! I learned so, so, so much from GEOMORPHOLOGIST David Montgomery! Discover how soil life is the foundation of healthy ecosystems and how modern agricultural practices have disrupted the delicate balance between plants and soil microbes. David explains the crucial roles of microbes in the soil, their relationship with plant roots, and the parallels to our own gut microbiome. Tune in to learn about practical steps for restoring soil health, the benefits of getting our kids dirty, and how nurturing the world below us can lead to a healthier future above ground. It's an amazing episode! ** Learn more about David here >> https://www.dig2grow.com/ Purchase your copy of The Hidden Half of Nature here >> https://amzn.to/4ayfm63 Purchase your copy of What Your Food Ate here >> https://amzn.to/3KgMRzm ** Download your free 1000 Hours Outside tracker here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/trackers Find everything you need to kick off your 1000 Hours Outside Journey here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/blog/allthethings Order of copy of Ginny's newest book, Until the Streetlights Come On here >> https://amzn.to/3RXjBlN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Dr. David Montgomery has been so prolific, that for several years I actually thought he was two people:First, Dr. D. Montgomery is a well known geomorphologist from the University of Washington (and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow) whose name is on much of the seminal, high-gradient channel transport and classification literature. And then there David Montgomery,  the narrative non-fiction author from Seattle who wrote books like Dirt, The Rocks Don't Lie, and The Hidden Half of Nature.It actually took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that this was the same person.So the first time I sat down to scribble a list of guests I'd like to invite on a yet to be named river process podcast, Dr. David Montgomery was on that first list…because who wouldn't want to talk to both those people...especially at the same time.In this conversation David and I moved between the spatial and temporal scales his work spans,  discussing the deep sediment history from his books and his classical technical work. We cover the role of sediment in the rise and fall of ancient near-eastern civilizations, high-gradient river classification, a surprising story about the long temporal tail of wood impacts in natural river systems, incipient motion at the grain scale, and, somehow, a range of other topics. And, I found out that there is, actually, a third David Montgomery…guitar and vocals for the Seattle band Big Dirt, so most of the music you'll hear (after the opening theme) is from their new album.  You can find David's books that we talked about here:Dirt - https://a.co/d/eaE9P3YThe King of Fish - https://a.co/d/2wArLH1The Hidden Half of Nature - https://a.co/d/eaE9P3YAnd you can access music from Big Dirt here:https://www.reverbnation.com/bigdirtmusichttps://www.bandmix.com/bigdirt/This series was funded by the Regional Sediment Management (RSM) program.Stanford Gibson (HEC Sediment Specialist) hosts.Mike Loretto edited the episode and wrote and performed the music.Video shorts and other bonus content are available at the podcast website (which was temporarily down but is back up now):https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/confluence/rasdocs/rastraining/latest/the-rsm-river-mechanics-podcast...but most of the supplementary videos are available on the HEC Sediment YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/stanfordgibson

How does soil health intimately and profoundly impact human health? What's the link between the soil microbiome and the human gut microbiome? How can we begin to restore our health, and the health of the living earth in concert with each other?  These are the questions posed by the outstanding book 'What your Food Ate: How to heal our land and reclaim our health' and the co-authors, Anne Biklé and David Montgomery are this week's guests as we delve deeply into the nature of soil, the functions of fungi, the populations of bacteria we depend on that inhabit our guts, and how we might affect total systemic change in the food and farming system.  So a little light listening for your day. In detail, Anne Biklé is a biologist, avid gardener. She is among the planet's leading experts on the microbial life of soil and its crucial importance to human wellbeing and survival. She is married to David Montgomery, who is a professor of Geomorphology at the University of Washington. David has studied everything from the ways that landslides and glaciers influence the height of mountain ranges, to the way that soils have shaped human civilizations both now and in the past. All of this has led him to write a number of books, including Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations which explores how our historic - and contemporary - farming practices have critically undermined the living soil on which we depend. Following this, David and Anne co-wrote, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and the book we're going to be exploring in depth today:  What your Food Ate: how to heal our land and reclaim the our Health.  David also plays in the band, Big Dirt, which is, and I quote directly from their Facebook page: Americana Alternative. Whatever that means. Roots folk-rock with something to say and fun to listen.I read What your Food Ate earlier this year and if you've listened to the podcast for any length of time, you'll have heard me mention it more than once. It's the most readable exploration I've come across of how our food is grown, and how it could - and should be grown - it's really easy to read, but it's full of the kind of mind-blowing data that we need if we're going to change our habits. You'll hear more in the podcast, but truly, the detail they gathered on the difference in content between food grown in the modern agri-business farm and that grown on a regenerative farm with no chemical inputs and no or minimal ploughing, one that strives to build the soil health and so build the health of everything else... it's both terrifying and inspiring. If you want something to persuade you that you need to change the places you buy your food, this is it. So, here we go. People of the Podcast, please welcome Anne Biklé and David Montgomery. Dig2Grow Website https://www.dig2grow.com/Buy the Books: https://www.dig2grow.com/booksBig Dirt https://www.reverbnation.com/bigdirtmusic

Regenerate Soil, Regenerate Health: Author, Anne Biklé in Conversation With Zach Bush, MD - Conversation recorded live at Groundswell 2023.Hosted by Koen van SeijenThis eye-opening moderated session explores the interconnections between our health and our environment and how this translates into wellbeing for people and communities alike. Anne and Zach share their thoughts and experiences on the role of regenerative agriculture, farmers, and consumers in transitioning from a system that feeds degenerative disease to one that promotes health and vitality.Anne Biklé is a science writer and biologist with a soft spot for the botanical world, mulches, and microbes. Her research and writing focus on the linkages between soil, agriculture, microbiomes, and health. Her latest book is What Your Food Ate, and previously, The Hidden Half of Nature. Zach Bush, MD is a renowned multidisciplinary physician of internal medicine, endocrinology, hospice care, and an internationally recognized educator on the microbiome as it relates to health, human health, soil health, food systems, and a regenerative future.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!

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

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.

You have likely noticed that men – and teenage boys – will sometimes act foolishly in front of a pretty women. It is also true that men take more risks if they know a woman is watching. Why do they do that? This episode begins with an evolutionary explanation. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/sp-wdm031810.php You probably think the world is fairly predictable and there is probably a good explanation for why things happen. However, that's not exactly true. For instance, why does one smoker die young while another lives to 100? Why do certain medications work for some people but not others? The answer is – no one knows. Journalist and broadcaster Michael Blastland believes that we need to face the fact that much of how the world works is a total mystery. Michael is the author of a book called The Hidden Half (https://amzn.to/3pCFvt8). Listen as he makes the case that there are unforeseen forces that influence much of what happens – and no one can explain it. News has always been treated as important. If there is a story in the news, it must be a big deal – or it wouldn't be in the news. When you watch or read the news you get the impression that whatever is being discussed must really matter. But does it? Do people really care about what is in the news? You may be surprised to hear the answer from Rob Brotherton, a psychology and science writer who teaches at Barnard College in New York and is author of the book Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News (https://amzn.to/3dySmKn). If you watch the news, you will find what he says to be fascinating. Did you know chocolateis partly responsible for the discovery of the microwave oven? Do you know how much caffeine is in chocolate? And what's the link between chocolate and acne? Listen as I explain some fascinating facts about chocolate you may not know. http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-chocolate/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Packed with industry-leading tools ready to ignite your growth, Shopify gives you complete control over your business and your brand without having to learn any new skills in design or code. Sign up for a $1/month trial period at https://Shopify.com/sysk to take your business to the next level today! Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way by going to https://RocketMoney.com/something ! With With TurboTax, an expert will do your taxes from start to finish, ensuring your taxes are done right (guaranteed), so you can relax! Feels good to be done with your taxes, doesn't it? Come to TurboTax and don't do your taxes. Visit https://TurboTax.com to learn more. Intuit TurboTax.  Did you know you could reduce the number of unwanted calls & emails with Online Privacy Protection from Discover? - And it's FREE! Just activate it in the Discover App. See terms & learn more at https://Discover.com/Online Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.

Read the Transcript Article Here. This episode was sponsored by: Bartlett Tree Experts Guests David Montgomery and Anne Biklé talk with Garden Futurist about how they have used soil science, history, and storytelling to explore the interconnections between farming practices, how soil health affects the health of crops, how the health of crops influences the health of livestock, and how all of these things affect human health. David Montgomery is a professor at University of Washington, a MacArthur Fellow, and an authority on geomorphology and Anne Biklé is a biologist and environmental planner. They are known for previous books such as The Hidden Half of Nature and for a new book What Your Food Ate.

As a business owner, every time that you solve a problem it probably feels like you're doing your job. But, what if you're actually undermining your business' longterm potential for growth?In this episode of the Business Accelerator podcast, Joel Miller attempts to answer that question through an exploration of a concept called "choice architecture" or "choice design". First Joel speaks with Eric Johnson, a professor at Columbia Business School and the head of the Center for Decision Sciences. He's also the author of the book, The Elements of Choice: Why the Way we Decide Matter. After that, in a revealing conversation, Megan Hyatt Miller and Courtney Baker take the philosophies of choice design and apply it to the business world. The Business Accelerator podcast is a reflection of values the BusinessAccelerator coaching program. If you want a free Business Growth Coaching Call, visit www.businessaccelerator.com/coach.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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

In this episode, Forrest talks with Dave Montgomery and Anne Biklé about their new book,  What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health. The authors aim to raise our awareness of the community of life in the soil beneath our feet—or more importantly, the soil on the farms that grow our food. They make a compelling case for changing the ways that food is grown so that the life of the soil is respected and cared for . . . and so that the food produced by healthier soil makes us healthier in turn.Guests: David Montgomery - author and geologist at the University of Washington  Anne Bikle - author and biologist & plant whisperer Book:WhatYour Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our HealthDirt book trilogy - Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations; The Hidden Half of Nature; Growing a Revolution Mentions: regenerative farming practices monoculture tillage mycorrhiza the three sisters - squash, beans & corn Farm Bill renewal in the US Earthkeepers' interview with Good Food Clubs Wangari Maathai - Kenyan woman - tree planting project; Nobel Peace Prize price of fertilizer skyrocketed in the last year Actions:  learn about your food - where was it grown, who grew it, how did they grow it? in farming communities - educate about regenerative farming practices and their benefits public policy - vote for elected officials who share your views on the benefits of regenerative practices  find others who care about how our food is produced, and dream up ways to make a difference together!Keywords: monoculture, industrial farming, Green Revolution, regenerative agriculture, regenerative farming, food cooperatives, soil fungus, organic, permaculture, soil ecology, no-till, young farmers, cover crop, crop rotation

“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

"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 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

“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

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

"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

On this week's episode of the TopSoil Podcast, host Mitchell sits down with authors David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, a husband and wife writing duo. David is a broad-minded geologist and Anne is a free-range biologist with a bad case of plant lust. The pair have written several books both together and separate, including The Hidden Half of Nature, What Your Food Ate, Growing A Revolution, and Dirt. The couple started Dig2Grow because "that's what happens when you write, talk, and act on things that matter to the well-being of people and our one-and-only planet". You can learn more about both David and Anne on their website linked below.Mitchell HoraContinuum Ag | Founder & CEOWebsiteTwitterLinkedInDavid R. Montgomery and Anne BikléDig2GrowWebsite

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. 

In this episode of the MGC podcast, I talk to husband and wife bestselling writing team Dr. David Montgomery and Dr. Anne Bikle, co-authors of the new book, WHAT YOUR FOOD ATE: How to heal our land and reclaim our health. I talk to them about their amazing book, and discuss some crucial questions about where our food comes from, in which soil it has been grown and what this has to do not only with the plants' but with our own health. • What is the main problem with our food supply? • What impact do the changes that have happened in the past 75 years have on our health? • What role does soil health and the microbes living in the soil play in our gut health? • How can the consumer respond to the problem? • How should the consumer make choices about the healthiest foods when shopping for food? David is a professor at the University of Washington and an internationally recognized authority on geomorphology. He is a MacArthur fellow and a finalist for the Wilson Literary Writing Award. He has been a prolific author and has published several books including a trilogy about soil health, microbiomes and farming, including The Hidden Half of Nature and Growing a Revolution. Anne is a biologist and environmental planner who has published articles in Nautilus, Natural History and Smithsonian. She has co-authored several books with David. I have been inspired by their books and some of their presentation and widely acknowledged their work in my own books. I hope you enjoy! Rather watch this episode? Check it out on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/eIle0rO5nTQ Check out Dave & Anne's website: https://www.dig2grow.com/ Follow Dr. Mayer: https://linktr.ee/emayer

In this episode of the MGC podcast, I talk to husband and wife bestselling writing team Dr. David Montgomery and Dr. Anne Bikle, co-authors of the new book, WHAT YOUR FOOD ATE: How to heal our land and reclaim our health. I talk to them about their amazing book, and discuss some crucial questions about where our food comes from, in which soil it has been grown and what this has to do not only with the plants' but with our own health. • What is the main problem with our food supply? • What impact do the changes that have happened in the past 75 years have on our health? • What role does soil health and the microbes living in the soil play in our gut health? • How can the consumer respond to the problem? • How should the consumer make choices about the healthiest foods when shopping for food? David is a professor at the University of Washington and an internationally recognized authority on geomorphology. He is a MacArthur fellow and a finalist for the Wilson Literary Writing Award. He has been a prolific author and has published several books including a trilogy about soil health, microbiomes and farming, including The Hidden Half of Nature and Growing a Revolution. Anne is a biologist and environmental planner who has published articles in Nautilus, Natural History and Smithsonian. She has co-authored several books with David. I have been inspired by their books and some of their presentation and widely acknowledged their work in my own books. I hope you enjoy! Rather watch this episode? Check it out on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/eIle0rO5nTQ Check out Dave & Anne's website: https://www.dig2grow.com/ Follow Dr. Mayer: https://linktr.ee/emayer

What is soil health, and how do we measure it? What is regenerative agriculture, and why is the label organic confusing and not particularly useful? In this episode of the podcast Lars talks to David Montgomery, a professor of geology at University of Washington, who has in the last fifteen years written a number of books and articles about soil health, food production and agriculture. As he tells it himself, his journey through the world of regenerative agriculture and soil health has turned him from being a pessimist into a staunch optimist, and we're pretty sure that this comes through in the episode.  David also has a new book coming out this summer, written with his wife Anne Biklé: What your food ate: How to heal our land and reclaim our health, which we talk about in this episode. The book is already available for preorder. (https://wwnorton.co.uk/books/9781324004530-what-your-food-ate)  Books and articles:  David Montgomery (2007) Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, University of California Press David Montgomery (2007), «Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability», PNAS, August 14, 2007, vol. 104  no. 33, ss.13268 –13272, https://www.pnas.org/content/104/33/13268 David Montgomery & Anne Biklé (2016), The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, W.W. Norton David Montgomery (2017), Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life, W.W. Norton David Montgomery & Anne Biklé, (2021) «Soil Health and Nutrient Density: Beyond Organic vs. Conventional Farming», Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 04 November 2021, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.699147/full David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé, Ray Archuleta, Paul Brown, Jazmin Jordan (2022), «Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming», PeerJ, 27.jan 2022 David's recommendations: Charles Darwin (1881), The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits, John Murray Gabe Brown (2018), Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture, Chelsea Green Publishing ---------------------------- Our logo is by Sveinung Sudbø, see his works on originalkopi.com The music is by Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, see the facebook page Nygrenda Vev og Dur for more info.  ----------------------------  Thank you for listening. You can contact us on our facebook page or by email: larsogpaal[at]gmail.com There is no better way for the podcast to gain new interested listener than by you sharing it with friends, so if you find what we do interesting and useful, please consider doing just that. The podcast is still most in Norwegian, but we have a lot of episodes coming out in English.  Our blogs: https://paljabekk.com/ https://larssandaker.blogspot.com/ Alt godt, hilsen Lars og Pål

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...

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In this episode we meet with Justin “Cheezy” Taylor, soil food web expert and co-founder of https://www.ramblinfarmers.com/ (Ramblin Farmers), to discuss all things SOIL! What is it? Why is it relevant to our daily lives? We dig into how Cheezy discovered homesteading and farming while hitchhiking in Oregon (best ride he ever caught?) and then fell in love with soil, composting, and all things self-sufficiency.  Then, we explore what Cheezy and his partner Logan (the https://www.instagram.com/ramblinfarmers/ (Ramblin Farmers)) learned over the course of 6 years of traveling and working on over 15 organic vegetable farms around the country. Working on farms is no joke and they have some hilarious stories to share!  Cheezy digs deep into the fascinating below ground world of soil and how it relates to our lives on a daily basis. But not all soil is equal! We emphasize the importance of a healthy soil microbiome and explore how microbes actually make food nutritious (or not) depending on their diversity and presence in the food web. We draw clear parallels between soil health and human health, including the fascinating connections between digestion, immunity, and microbes.  Lastly, we round off with how balance and diversity is so important in the microbiome. Microbes form a protective layer around the plants just like they act as our own defensive army in our bodies. They also facilitate all of our nutrient uptake, which is why tillage and soil destruction with chemicals has led to our food being up to 50% less nutrient dense than it was just a few decades ago. As always, we dive into solutions and concrete actions, including some tips on how to talk to your local farmers and what to look for in grocery stores, as well as how to start your own no-till garden! Thanks for joining us! Mentioned in this episode: ‘For the Love of Soil' by Nicole Masters (book) ‘Dirt to Soil' by Gabe Brown (book about conventional farmer transitioning to regenerative) ‘The Hidden Half of Nature: Microbial Roots of Life and Health' by David Montgomery and Ann Bikle (book) ‘The Living Soil Handbook' by Jesse Frost (book for gardeners or farmer)  Dr. Elaine Ingham of Soil Food Web: https://www.soilfoodweb.com/about/ (https://www.soilfoodweb.com/about/) Follow along with Cheezy and Logan @ramblinfarmers on https://www.instagram.com/ramblinfarmers/ (Instagram), https://www.tiktok.com/@ramblinfarmers (TikTok), and https://www.youtube.com/ramblinfarmers (YouTube) Submit your questions and follow us: https://www.instagram.com/thesoilcollective_/ (@thesoilcollective_) on Instagram Email us at info@thesoilcollective.us Like, subscribe + follow https://www.instagram.com/thesoilcollective_/ (@thesoilcollective_)

This episode feels almost nostalgic, as it is a return to the theme of the roles and interactions of the conscious and subconscious mind, something which I focused on early in the podcast and came out strongly in my main series on expertise (around episode 20). It also shares some relation to books on the topic of cognitive biases on the one hand, and the complexity of the world on the other. Psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has two main points to make: firstly, that ignorance and cognitive biases often outperform knowledge and "clear thinking"; and secondly, he proposes a way in which gut feelings work. On the first point, Gigerenzer points us to some experiments which are convincing of their point but difficult to know how to make use of. It turns out that, in tasks like guessing which of two cities has the larger population, if you've heard of one but not the other, the one you've heard of is probably more populous. This requires that you are "somewhat ignorant" - you know one city but not the other - as if you are completely ignorant (not heard of either) or somewhat knowledgeable (heard of both) then you can't use this trick. It seems very impractical to try to reach a perfect state of mild ignorance in everything in order to use this trick, and you would have to give up the benefits of knowledge in order to do so... Nevertheless, the theoretical point is well made. On the second point, Gigerenzer proposes that gut feelings are simple rules that cut out most of the information, and they often make use of an algorithm called "take the best". The algorithm works like this: you compare whether the available options in the most important feature, then the next important feature, and so on, until in one of the comparisons one of the options is clearly better, at which point you choose that one. So, for example, if you're choosing a restaurant, maybe you first think about the food, but two places both have good food; then you compare atmosphere, but both atmospheres are good; then you compare price, and find one is considerably cheaper, so you go there. Overall Gigerenzer's work makes a welcome contribution to thinking about the nature of intuition. Probably the most insightful idea is that gut feelings use simple rules, because that way they can cut out the noise and make decisions easier. Richard Dawkins apparently once claimed that when we catch a ball we must be implicitly solving partial differential equations; Gigerenzer shows that this is probably not what happens. Enjoy the episode. *** RELATED EPISODES Phenomenology of learning / relation between conscious and subconscious mind: 7. The Practicing Mind by Thomas Sterner; 9. The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey; 10. Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi; 17. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell; 49. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin; 64. What Bruce Lee taught me about learning Mental architecture: 79. What learning is; 80. The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters Expertise: 18. Bounce by Matthew Syed; 20. Genius Explained by Michael Howe; 22. The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle; 24. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Expertise in "wicked" domains: 98. Range by David Epstein; 108. Expert Political Judgement by Phillip Tetlock The world is complicated: 113. The Hidden Half by Michael Blastland Cognitive biases: 11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman; 12. "Picture yourself as a stereotypical male" by Michelle Goffreda

#027:  How many civilizations have collapsed due to extractive agricultural practices and soil degradation and how close is ours to reaching the same fate? Author and geologist David Montgomery talks us through the ultimate costs of taking our soils for granted and the difficulty of reversing course with modern technology. Author and geologist David Montgomery is a professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. He has written the books Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations and Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life, and along with his partner, Anne Biklé, he co-authored the book The Hidden Half of Nature and is currently working on You Are What Your Food Ate. David and Anne also run the website Dig2Grow and are both members of the Real Organic Project Advisory Board.To watch a video version of this podcast please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/david-montgomery-clever-modern-technology-vs-ancient-soil-wisdom-episode-twenty-sevenThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce. It also identifies pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs as compared to products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be. But the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing small farms that follow the law. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but are still paying a premium price. The lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

#026:  In  the second part of our interview with author, biologist, and gardener Anne Biklé, the conversation focuses on the human microbiome and the indirect yet irreplaceable role that soil microbes and plant exudates play in keeping humans healthy. Anne Biklé is a biologist, environmental planner, and gardener who has worked in watershed restoration and public health. Along with her partner, David Montgomery, she co-authored the book The Hidden Half of Nature and is currently working on You Are What Your Food Ate. Anne and David also run the website Dig2Grow and are both members of the Real Organic Project Advisory Board.To watch a video version of this podcast please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/anne-bikle-from-soil-to-gut-episode-twenty-six/The Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce. It also identifies pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs as compared to products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be. But the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing small farms that follow the law. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but are still paying a premium price. The lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

#025:  Author, biologist and diehard organic gardener Anne Biklé takes us on a journey through the soil microbiome, introducing us to the fetching fungi and beneficial bacteria that deliver and exchange nutrients with the plants that make our food. Anne makes us  appreciate how this complex and mysterious system can't easily be replicated.Anne Biklé is a biologist, environmental planner, and gardener who has worked in watershed restoration and public health. Along with her partner, David Montgomery, she co-authored the book The Hidden Half of Nature and is currently working on You Are What Your Food Ate. Anne and David also run the website Dig2Grow and are both members of the Real Organic Project Advisory Board. To watch a video version of this podcast please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/anne-bikle-digging-into-soil-microbiome-episode-twenty-fiveThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce. It also identifies pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs as compared to products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be. But the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing small farms that follow the law. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but are still paying a premium price. The lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

When we ask the question of whether something is "nature or nurture", we are implicitly suggesting a dichotomy, or excluded middle - it is either nature, or nurture, or a mix of both, but not a mix of both plus something else. In The Hidden Half, Michael Blastland takes us on a journey of skepticism which somehow magically reveals the presence not only of a "third factor", but shows, startlingly, that such a factor has been known to account for as much as half (!) of the variation in some traits. References to dark matter immediately spring to mind. After reflecting on a paradigm-shifting species of parthenogenic crayfish, the author discusses, among other things, how you only have a 50% chance of developing the same mental disorder as your identical twin you were raised with is already suffering from (shared genes and environment, remember - shouldn't this be close to 100%?); the mysterious inability to transfer infant mortality reduction measures to new regions; and the still inexplicable sudden drop in teenage pregnancies in the UK around 2008. One could see Blastland as occupying allied but opposite territory to the human irrationality parade, spearheaded by the likes of Daniel Kahneman and Dan Ariely. Blastland contends that yes, we do misunderstand the world a lot, but rather than focusing on the human weaknesses of irrationality, he draws our attention to the fact that the world is just really, really, intractably hard to understand. In that sense, you could see him loosely affiliated with Nassim Taleb. Another way of seeing Blastland is as a voice (however inadvertantly) in the incredibly important but widely ignored literature on transfer of learning. I covered Robert Haskell's book on the topic recently, and one of the central messages was that people don't seem to be very good at transfer of learning. Blastland's position would be that the world is not very amenable to transfer of learning. Again, it's not people's fault, the world just is that way. This book came as a powerful message to me on the limits of human knowledge (relevant to the enterprise of this podcast) and an alternative view on human irrationality and transfer of learning (relevant to its content). I would like to get a picture of a marmokrebs crayfish and put it in a frame on my desk, so that I never forget the book's central message. Enjoy the episode. *** RELATED EPISODES 110. Transfer of Learning by Robert Haskell 108. Expert Political Judgement by Phillip Tetlock 11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Horticulturist and author Robert Kourik shares his research on understanding and enhancing plant roots in this program originally posted in June of 2019

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.

ANNE BIKLE and DAVID MONTGOMERY, write about the astounding parallels between the botanical world and our own bodies and how beneficial microbiomes hold a key to transforming agriculture and medicine. Their book is The Hidden Half of Nature.

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/

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.

Anne is a biologist, an author and an avid gardener. She co-wrote The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health with her husband David Montgomery, who was our guest in the previous episode. Her interests and expertise have led her into environmental planning, public health and watershed restoration. Join us as Anne shares a bit of her journey, and the insights she's gained from building soil in her garden. She shares about her case of “plant lust” and how she's started noticing the diversity of insects in her garden.Though Anne touches on the immune system briefly, we focus on gardening in this episode, mostly because I'm also a fanatical gardener. I may have acquired a case of the “gardeners high” Anne refers to just by talking about gardening…Enjoy this delightful conversation with Anne Biklé. Links Website: dig2grow.comTwitter: @dig2growFacebook: dig2growbooks   SHOW NOTES  Early Life- developed a case of “plant lust” in childhood, viewed green things growing as magical- both of her parents had an interest in putting in landscape that was tailored to the Colorado climate  Love for Nature- “biophilia”, term coined by EO Wilson, meaning: we have an innate need to connect with nature, innately know that to harm nature is wrong- Anne decided to grow food for insects, to see what kinds she could draw into her garden- observing a mini-ecosystem within your own backyard- all life forms are connected to each other; when we forget this, we begin to allow ourselves to do harmful things  Educational Background- studied Natural History, a branch of biology- later developed an interest in microbial biology  Perceptions of Nature- Anne aims to draw biology in around her in her everyday life as much as possible- “gardener's high”, losing track of time when around plants- there is mystery to explore behind the natural forces and elements e.g. soil- soil is dark coloured, which has negative connotations for many people- we also can't see the life in the soil at a glance so it appears dead to the naked eye- soil is the land equivalent of the sea; most life on earth dwells in the soil- there's evidence for a bacterium in healthy soil that can affect our mood positively  At Anne's Place- they had some terrible soil- laid wood chips on top of the garden beds- scattered lots of coffee grounds into the soil- Anne & David realised that you can make soil, you don't need to import it in- anyone can make soil, if you have the inclination and the materials  Bokashi Compost & the Immune System- soil has a metabolism, just like our gut- Bokashi can be made full of things that make the soil a bad place for pathogens to survive- our immune system is made up of many specialised cells (that become immune tissue) that live right next to our stomach & intestines - especially our large intestine- a person with gut problems likely also has an issue with their immune system- if the microbiome takes a hit, the immune system doesn't have the info it needs to know how to look after the person, and may start seeing problems where there isn't one = autoimmune conditions- your gut and soil are very similar & both need to be “mulched”- the microbiome is made up of trillions of organisms that are alive and need to be fed- eating a diverse diet, especially diverse plant foods, feeds the maximum amount of your microbiota, and keeps the diversity in your gut alive Website: dig2grow.comTwitter: @dig2growFacebook: dig2growbooks 

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

Today we talk to Finian Makepeace, a Co-Founder of Kiss The Ground. He is a recording artist, activist and self-taught soil advocate who has a passion to change the world. He strives to make the world a more peaceful and harmonious place for humans and all of nature. Join us as he shares a bit about his background, and why he is passionate about advocating for regenerative agriculture and building soil carbon. He shares with us about how healthy soil creates delicious and nutritious food, and how composting is a simple way to get started in building soil carbon.  Check out Kiss the Ground online:www.kisstheground.com www.facebook.com/kissthegroundCA/www.instagram.com/kisstheground/ For the speaker training Finian mentions:Contact Michelle via Email at speakertraining@kisstheground.com  Show Notes Background- there are things in our lives that set us up for our big epiphanies- grew up with lots of exposure to the natural world, mother was an avid gardener- considered himself in the top bracket of people in level of understanding climate change- influenced by hearing Graham Sait speak & share much he didn't know- concluded that if he didn't know, that most people would know even less- resolved that he (along with others) would get the message out to people, and thus Kiss the Ground was born- Finian's parents encouraged critical thought, gave him the chance to find answers for himself- his schooling (home-based, then heavily nature-focused) favoured gaining experiential knowledge, which gave him confidence as an adult to become a self-taught soil scientist  Kiss the Ground- director of storytelling, media, and communications at Kiss the Ground- brand new speaker training course happening now, wanted to help other people become advocates also- course is about 70% content, 30% training on speaking- giving people the tools to articulate the Big Idea- the Big Idea: the difference between degenerative, sustainable, and regenerative- this is NOT a sustainability movement, it's a regenerative movement- a new way of interacting with nature in all arenas of life  Sustainability vs Regeneration- sustainability = cessation of harm to the world, while regeneration is far more than that = makes everything better- you don't need to make people feel bad about doing harm (sustainability) before introducing them to regeneration- help them see how much better everything will work in their favour through regenerative practices- people are motivated ultimately by pleasure, so show them that and they will move towards it  Current Projects- Kiss The Ground book came out in November 2017- Kiss The Ground movie coming out soon, with Exec. Producer Leonardo DiCaprio. Woody Harrelson as narrator. - launched a new blog, looking for writers to contribute.- speaker training with Kiss The Ground.  Our Microbiome & the Soil- our taste buds are designed to increase our consumption of things that are really good for us- in the last 150 years, we've had access to whatever we want, and fake flavours that trick our taste buds into eating more- good news: research is showing that food that tastes better has better content for us, and is most likely grown using better soil practices- rhizosphere : the tip of plant root systems, where sugars are leaked out to feed microbial communities, and in that process, the plant is getting to take those minerals and fortify itself- reverse this process, and you basically have the human gut- as if we have roots inside us, or plants have a stomach under the ground!- number-wise, we have many more microbes than human cells in our bodies- who's actually in charge: us, the plant, or the microbes??  Other Influences & Inspirations- David Montgomery's book: The Hidden Half of Nature - his wife -Anne Biklé built soil in their backyard, we can build soil much quicker than used to be commonly thought- in the 70s, Carl Sagan's ex-wife -Lynn Margulis was doing research on mutualism: two things coming together, and both becoming better as a result- in the U.S., this mutualism research opposed by “competitive theory” i.e. survival of the fittest- Dr Alan Williams: soil building research  Getting Practical - compost at home- watch 2 Youtube videos and become an expert on home composting, it's not rocket science- keep compost container in your freezer: eliminates stinkiness, mess, and fruit flies- want an equal nitrogen to carbon ratio- food scraps are very high in nitrogen- keep a browns bin right next to your compost bin: leaves, newspaper, other carbon-based materials- intersperse browns with your frozen compost scraps, shuffle together, water twice a month- because scraps are frozen, it's not gross at all- become a first time parent to epic compost!- look for ways to source products made using regenerative practices- ask farmers their practices- ask local chefs where they get their produce: best growing practices equals best-tasting food  Final Thoughts- nature wants to be regenerative- instead of just doing less harm, we can actively restore vitality- life is designed to move in the direction of regeneration, and it's not that much work to help it and watch it grow exponentially- being probiotic = living regeneratively  

264: Anne Biklé on Microbial Roots of Life and Health Mapping the nutritional highway that connects healthy soil to healthy plants In This Podcast: The microscopic world of fungi and other soil organisms is crucial to the health of soil, plants and any being that lives off those plants. Biologist Anne Biklé understands the relationship between the lifeforms which create the microbiome that starts the food chains, and helps explain the basics in this conversation.  Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates Anne is a biologist and avid gardener whose wide-ranging interests have led her into watershed restoration, environmental planning, and public health.  She uses her broad background and endless fascination with the natural world to investigate and write about people and their environments.  Anne is also a rampant plant whisperer, coaxing plants into rambunctious growth or nursing them back from the edge of death.  She uses her garden, a nearby traffic circle and sidewalk planting strip as places to watch plants, people, and their interactions. She co-wrote The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health with her husband David Montgomery who was our guest on episode 259. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/rootsoflife for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

259: David Montgomery on Bringing Our Soil Back to Life. Using a geology background to understand regenerative soil processes. In This Podcast: Studying the surface formation of the earth usually means looking at geological processes taking place over long periods of time.  Geologist David Montgomery, however, became interested in studying more than just rocks and focused on something a bit more connected to life on earth and in the soil. As a non-farmer, his outsider's perspective might help others understand the crucial processes taking place in regenerating this very necessary material for food production. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates David 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. David has written two books on soil: Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life, and The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health which he co-wrote with his wife Anne Biklé. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/bigdirt for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

The book, The hidden half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, is an exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves. It reveals why good health—for people and plants—depends on Earth's smallest creatures. Nurse Rona Renner interviews the authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their  insights into the similarities between plant roots and the human gut. You can learn more about their work at http://www.dig2grow.com The post The Hidden Half of Nature: Microbial Roots of Life and Health appeared first on KPFA.