Welcome back to The Agriculture Season, our new series that explores the food on your plate, how it got there, and its global impact on the environment, social justice, and the economy.

In this episode (EP 3), we're explaining regenerative agriculture and indigenous farming methods. We dive into how these practices can be used with new technology for a healthier future.

Time stamps:

00:00 Intro

02:06 Topic intro

04:25 What is "regenerative agriculture"?

22:40 Harnessing indigenous wisdom

30:35 The truth about the transition

34:06 Europe vs. USA case study

42:06 What does regeneration look like?

57:31 Final thoughts & next episode reveal

Sources cited in this episode:

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/ag-and-food-sectors-and-the-economy

https://abcnews.com/Technology/borlaug-saved-millions-hunger-dies/story?id=8595855#:~:text=He%20was%20known%20as%20the,%E2%80%94%20a%20much%20better%20place.%22https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/life-in-soil.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10969708/

https://www.undrr.org/understanding-disaster-risk/terminology/hips/en0019

https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans

https://www.valleyagvoice.com/regenerative-agriculture-offers-long-term-solutions-for-central-valley/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8801175/

https://foodtank.com/news/2020/02/24-organizations-finding-food-justice/

https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/data-and-analysis/markets/outlook/medium-term_en

https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/george-monbiots-critique-of-grazing-livestock-its-not-the-cow-but-the-how-the-sustainable-food-trust-responds/

Want to go deeper?

Find a CSA near you: localharvest.org

California Healthy Soil Program: cdfa.ca.govFood Tank's food justice organization list: foodtank.com

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