#243: Soil Health & How It's Affecting You with Rob Herring

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Themes: Health, Sustainability, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture, Nutrition, Food Systems Summary: Is Glyphosate really that bad? Does buying local produce actually make a difference? Why should we care about soil — it’s just dirt, right? WRONG! So pumped to bring you this conversation with environmental filmmaker, citizen journalist, and musical activist, Rob Herring. Rob is the director and producer of the award-winning film The Need to GROW, which explores the opportunity we have to help regenerate our planet’s dying soils and participate in the restoration of earth. Join us for a fascinating chat on the importance of restoring our connection to nature, rethinking our food system and regenerating our most precious natural resource: soil. Discover: Why using the herbicide Glyphosate has become common-practice for farmers around the world and its detrimental effects on our soil, food and health Why soil biodiversity is so freaking important and why we should care as consumers What regenerative agriculture is and why it’s the key to a healthy planet and people The simplest and most powerful steps you can take to mitigate the effects of destructive/conventional agricultural practices on your health and that of the environment The health benefits of gardening, getting your hands dirty and eating fresh food 00:00 Intro 00:36 The Need to GROW 08:07 Why destructive agriculture is the norm 23:42 How you can help 31:15 Connecting with nature and the positive health effects 40:17 The environmental cost of corruption 48:56 What could happen if we let nature regenerate 52:03 Returning to nature Links: Watch this episode on Youtube Watch The Need to GROW for free here! Farmacy of Light | farmacyoflight.com Earth Conscious Life | EarthConsciousLife.org Tip News | Tip.News Make Soil | makesoil.org This Is Your Brain on Food by Dr Uma Naidoo The Biggest Little Farm Documentary Sponsors: ION* | Use code CREATETHELOVE for 15% off sitewide at intelligenceofnature.com (Offer only available to US based residents. Coupon applies to all one-time purchases, excludes bundles and subscription purchases) Cured Nutrition | Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% all products at curednutrition.com/createthelove Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	A lot of people are skeptical of any big messaging from what you might call mainstream narrative
0:07.0	or something that comes from the politicians down or something that comes from media,
0:11.8	particularly when they see those forces working in concert, there's a really good reason to be
0:17.8	skeptical. We have the evidence of being hoodwinked in the past.
0:22.5	Hi, I'm Mark Groves. I'm a human connection specialist and founder of Create the Love.
0:27.7	At an early point in my life, I became obsessed with understanding relationships,
0:31.7	the intricacies of how people connect. And through this exploration, I have created a life
0:37.2	in a business dedicated to
0:38.6	learning out loud and exploring how we interact with each other and the world. This podcast brings
0:44.6	the world's top thought leaders, spiritual luminaries, physicians, scientists, researchers,
0:49.6	bestselling authors and health and wellness experts under one roof to discuss the good, the bad, the messy,
0:56.2	and of course, the beautiful parts of the human experience. Welcome to the Mark Groves podcast.
1:01.2	I can't wait to dive in with you. Welcome to the Mark Groves podcast. Rob Herring. I'm so
1:09.4	pumped to have you here. Thanks for saying yes.
1:11.9	It's a pleasure to be here, Mark. Yeah. I've been looking forward to talking to you for a while.
1:16.5	You know, I feel really blessed in the last two and a half years, three years to have been brought,
1:23.4	you know, to people who are willing to speak out, who are willing to tell the truth, who are
1:28.6	willing to stand in their integrity, because that was something that I felt really challenged
1:33.8	by was speaking out at the cost of belonging and even just like dancing in that space of discourse.
1:39.8	So I found you in that adventure and I also then found your film and the need to grow,
1:47.7	which really for me spoke to this need to connect back to nature, this need to actually
1:52.7	be educated about what's actually going on on the planet because it feels like the dehumanization
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