Concepts of Biological Farming with Gary Zimmer
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
AEA Marketing
4.7 • 548 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Gary Zimmer's impact on modern regenerative agriculture technique and proliferation is hard to overestimate -- with an enthusiasm and zeal that are positively infectious -- we are privileged to have him as a guest on the podcast.
Zimmer is the founder of Midwestern BioAg, a company which advocates similar principals to Advancing Eco Agriculture, while focusing on dry soil amendments.
He farms with his family in Sauk County, Wisconsin and is the author of two seminal books on biological agriculture, which I highly recommend: The Biological Farmer (now available as an updated and expanded second edition), and Advancing Biological Farming.
In this episode, Gary:
- Provides stories and insights from his decades-long career
- Clarifies the distinction between soil-correction and crop-fertilizer
- Reiterates the need to focus on biology in our soils and to use crop variation
- Warns against simply replacing fertilizer sources point-for-point when transitioning to organic production
The discussion is lively, informative and short. Thus, we decided to invite Gary back for a follow up episode which will air next week, where Gary and I dive deeper into specific actionable steps growers can take to better manage nitrogen and trace mineral nutrition delivery from the soil.
Hope you enjoy!
John
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends. This is John. I'm passionate about developing regenerative agriculture systems |
| 0:05.7 | that improve soil health, produce crops that are completely resistant to diseases and insects, |
| 0:11.2 | and produce food of such an exceptional quality that we can have a legitimate conversation about |
| 0:16.9 | growing food as medicine. I've been fortunate to meet many people with incredible knowledge |
| 0:21.5 | and information about soil and plant systems. However, much of this knowledge and information |
| 0:25.9 | is scattered all over the place. There are many incredible stories and a lot of knowledge that |
| 0:31.5 | have not been widely shared. I found that advancing eco-agriculture in 2006 to bring this knowledge together in a more coherent fashion |
| 0:39.3 | and incorporate it into products and growing systems that growers can easily put into practice. |
| 0:44.3 | It's my personal mission to have these regenerative agriculture systems become the mainstream globally, |
| 0:50.3 | the status quo against which all other growing systems are compared. To achieve this goal, |
| 0:55.5 | I want to share the knowledge that we have learned in the last decade and make it available to |
| 0:59.1 | everyone. These concepts and principles about regenerative systems can be applied anywhere, |
| 1:05.4 | and when they're properly applied, they will increase farm profitability and resilience to |
| 1:10.2 | climate stress. |
| 1:11.3 | If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or topics of ideas that you would like for me to discuss, |
| 1:17.3 | please connect on social media or email me, John at regenerative agriculturepodcast.com. |
| 1:23.6 | Be sure to sign up for our email list at regenerative agriculture podcast.com. |
| 1:28.2 | Hope you enjoy and thank you for listening. |
| 1:31.0 | Hi, friends. |
| 1:31.6 | I'm here with a consultant and one of the original co-founders of Midwestern Bioag, Gary Zimmer, |
| 1:36.7 | who has been a leader in the biological farming field for many years, several decades, |
| 1:42.3 | and was one of my original mentors in getting started. Gary, |
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