196: Hold hands with the earth

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Diet, Health

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

John Arbuckle of Singing Prairie Farms is a 9th generation livestock farmer. Today, he helps us take a deep dive into the heart of regenerative farming practices. He explains how we need to see soil differently, as a living entity that we must nurture and respect.

His family has been farming for the last 300 years, and they've learned a thing or two along the way. In this conversation, John shares their accumulated wisdom. He discusses how recent droughts, flooding and even wildfires are related to our disconnect with the land. He contrasts regenerative agriculture to the industrial model of farming and explains how good the former is for the planet. And he invites us all to "hold hands with the earth" and take part in regenerating the soil, whether we are farmers or not.

For more from John, visit his website, singingprairiefarms.com.

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0:00.0	The land that is healthy and strong and regenerated is going to produce food that makes our bodies healthy and strong and regenerated. From the Westin A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for
0:20.5	Wise Traditions in Food, farming, and the healing arts.
0:24.0	We are your source for scientific knowledge and our guest today is John Arbuckle.
0:43.0	John is a ninth generation livestock farmer
0:46.0	with a focus on regenerating the land.
0:49.0	He and his family live, farm,
0:51.0	and market their farm products in Coastal Maine.
0:54.0	John told me that he is grateful for each day that he gets to wake up and hold hands with
0:59.2	the earth.
1:00.4	And that concept has captivated me and is highlighted in our conversation today.
1:05.5	He invites us to join him in doing just that.
1:09.0	This conversation makes us ponder what it means to live in such a way that revitalizes the earth and
1:15.2	you don't have to be a farmer to do this. We want to give a quick shout out
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