Agroecology: From Annual to Perennial Crop Farming | Tim Crews, PhD | The Lands Institute

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

Corinna Bellizzi

Personal Journals, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The future of food can only be secured through the adoption of sustainable renewable practices. Tim Crews, PhD, Chief Scientists at the Land Institute, joins Corinna Bellizzi to discuss how the principles of agroecology can turn such a dream into reality. He explores agroecology’s overlapping concepts with other practices such as permaculture and emphasizes the urgent need to reduce energy use in most farming methods today. Dr. Tim also breaks down the many benefits of perennial crop farming, particularly its efficient water use, and the production of grain crops like Kernza.

About Guest:

Tim Crews is the Chief Scientist and Director of The Land Institute’s International Initiative. The Land Institute is a non-profit agricultural research organization based in Salina, Kansas dedicated to developing agroecosystems that capture key functions of natural ecosystems through the integration of perenniality and diversity. Tim has been fascinated for most of his life with how we can improve our food producing ecosystems—agriculture—by studying how people grew food before the fossil fuel era, and also how natural ecosystems function. Tim studied agroecology at UC Santa Cruz, ecosystem ecology in Graduate Studies at Cornell University and in a post-doc at Stanford. Before coming to The Land Institute, he developed an agroecology program at Prescott College in Arizona.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-crews-2080a015/

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https://landinstitute.org/our-work/new-roots-international/

https://kernza.org

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-land-institute/

https://www.instagram.com/thelandinstitute/

https://www.facebook.com/TheLandInstitute

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's exciting. There's a lot of momentum right now with Curinza, both in the U.S. and Europe.
0:08.2	I was just meeting with a group in Kenya that was interested in trialing Curinza to see if it would grow on the slopes of Mount Kenya.
0:17.1	We don't know because of the day length in particular how well suited it is.
0:21.6	We think it might need more of a temperate latitude, dark and light set of seasons to trigger the vegetation growth and seed production.
0:32.6	But there's one way to find out. and a lot of people are excited.
0:46.4	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:52.2	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
0:55.0	You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. Hello and welcome to Care More Be
1:04.2	Better, a Circle B podcast. Each week, I invite you to care more so that together we can create a better world. As part of our
1:12.2	commitment to create that better, greener world, I'm planting a tree for each new subscriber on my website,
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1:33.5	We have quite the treat in store for anyone interested in the future of food, as today we get to connect with Dr. Tim Cruz. He is the chief scientist, international program director, and
1:39.6	director of ecological intensification at the Lands Institute. His work there promises to transform agriculture from being an ecological liability to an asset.
1:49.8	He first visited the Lands Institute in 1981 after reading New Roots for Agriculture as an
1:56.3	undergraduate majoring in agroecology at My alma mater, University of California, Santa Cruz.
2:02.3	Over the next three decades, he pursued a doctorate degree at Cornell, carried out a postdoc
2:07.0	fellowship at Stanford, and developed an agroecology program at Prescott College in northern Arizona.
2:13.2	Our paths do echo one another in some really interesting ways, which I'm sure we'll get into today,
2:19.3	since both my undergraduate studies and my graduate studies at Prescott are underway now.
2:24.1	Now, I've spent nearly three decades in the field of health and nutrition, so I am really
2:29.5	excited to connect with him today. I couldn't be more excited for all of you. Now, Dr. Tim Cruz, welcome to the
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