52: Tom Newmark | Regenerative Agriculture: The Answer To The Climate Crisis

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Simply planting or farming more will not save our planet, and at worst, it might even speed up its destruction. That’s where regenerative agriculture comes in. Tom Newmark is the Co-Founder of The Carbon Underground, a 501(c)3 organization focused on solutions to drawdown carbon into our soil through regenerative agriculture, and the owner of Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, a wholly organic and regenerative farm in Costa Rica. In this episode, he joins Corinna Bellizzi to explain why regenerative farming is the solution that will save our planet. Keep your ears glued to this insightful discussion and learn more about how farming impacts our future and the role you can play in saving it.Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction2:06 - The origins and creation of Finca Luna Nueva7:31 - Finca Luna Nueva’s transformation from organic to biodynamic12:02 - Enriching the soil and Mother Nature’s response to biodiversity23:55 - The irony of agricultural technology33:15 - Achieving global cooling by drawing carbon underground44:29 - Soil Carbon Initiative 49:39 - Soil Carbon Index and contention with the Regenerative Organic Certification55:51 - Transition to a regenerative future58:05 - ConclusionJOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:🌴 Subscribe to our newsletter, and we'll plant a tree in your honor! https://caremorebebetter.com🌲 Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen, and we'll plant another tree Follow us on social media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caremorebebetter TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@caremorebebetterInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMoreBeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/caremorebebetter

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0:00.0	If enough acreage in the world would begin to farm regeneratively, we might be able to draw down and integrate into the living soil of a regenerative farm, enough of the atmospheric legacy CO2 to actually reverse climate change.
0:21.0	Welcome to Care More Be Better,
0:23.4	a podcast for people like you
0:25.2	who care about the social impact
0:27.2	of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:30.5	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet
0:33.5	before profit and personal gain.
0:35.7	You'll learn how you can make a difference,
0:38.1	vote with your dollars, and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. Hello and welcome fellow
0:47.2	do-goaters and friends. I am your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist and cause marketer who's
0:52.5	passionate about social impact and sustainability.
0:55.9	If you've just discovered this show, you may not have heard that I created a powerful tool
1:00.8	for all of my listeners. It's a five-step guide to help you on your journey to make a difference
1:06.8	and have more impact. If you're curious, all you have to do is go to care more be better.com and sign up for
1:12.7	my newsletter. You'll receive a download link right away. I'm thrilled to be joined today by Tom Newmark,
1:19.3	who I know from my life working in the natural products industry, and I'm sure many of you know him as well.
1:26.2	He was the CEO of New Chapter back in 2012 and left
1:30.9	to focus his passion and dig deep in the world of regenerative agriculture, creating truly
1:35.8	sustainable solutions. He owns a regenerative farm and retreat center that we'll all learn a little
1:43.0	bit about, Finca Luna Nueva, where I'm really
1:45.8	curious to learn more, and I have a surprise for him specific to that as well. And he's the co-founder
1:52.1	and chair of the not-for-profit, the Carbon Underground. Have you been following my work on
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