Episode #71: Harriet Mella
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
AEA Marketing
4.7 • 546 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Harriet Mella is an independent Austrian researcher known for her work uncovering the unexplained phenomena of plant growth and development. Informed by her background in microbiology, mycology, and biochemistry, Harriet has a unique capacity to describe little-known connections between emerging biological research and agriculture.
During the interview, Harriet and John discuss:
- Observations on epigenetic expressions and the role of optimal nutrition.
- The flexibility of plant architecture and its direct correlation with microbiome health.
- Harriet's insights on zodiac rhythms, humic substances, Biodynamic methods, and numerous first-hand agricultural experiences.
- When a plant is no longer absorbing nitrate and how this affects water use efficiency and carbon cycling.
- Harriet's findings on biophotonics and dark septate endophytes, and her explanation of their impact on plant health.
- Building stable humic substances during the winter months with the assistance of specific fungal groups.
Harriet Mella's new online course, "Carbon Micro Cycling," explores the connections between soil carbon and soil fertility. Sign up for the course on Kind Harvest today! https://kindharvest.ag/courses/ra-cc-carbon-course/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, this is John and this is the regenerative agriculture podcast where we talk about the agronomic science and the cultural management practices that regenerate soil health and plant health, that regenerate ecosystems, that regenerate the economic health of farmers, and ultimately that also regenerate public health as well. |
| 0:18.0 | My guest for today's episode is Harriet Mella, who I am absolutely delighted to have here |
| 0:24.8 | and to introduce to all of you. Harriet is one of those rare individuals who is very widely |
| 0:31.1 | read in all the different fringe sciences that connect to agronomy and to agriculture, and was |
| 0:37.2 | able to connect the dots in a really |
| 0:38.6 | beautiful way. I've known Harriet for a number of years and I've really enjoyed the conversation |
| 0:44.3 | that we have had talking about all the different science areas. So today is going to be an |
| 0:50.1 | awesome conversation. Hang on to your hats. You're probably going to hear about 20 things |
| 0:54.3 | that you've never heard about before, and you will enjoy every minute of it. So Harriet, |
| 0:58.4 | thank you for being here. Can you tell us a little bit about your story and the context of |
| 1:04.6 | your growing experiences and some of the things that you're fascinated by and that you're working on? |
| 1:08.7 | Hi, John. Thanks for having me on the podcast. So I think |
| 1:13.3 | if I try to find the one major line of all my agronomical experiences, it's taste, simply taste. |
| 1:22.9 | I have been with 18. I've spent a year in Australia woofing. And that's where I have been with 18. I have spent a year in Australia, Woofing. |
| 1:28.8 | And that's where I have been on the vegetable farm of Deadly Fredericks in Brisbane, in the area of Brisbane. |
| 1:36.4 | And I have come in contact with fantastic vegetable taste. |
| 1:41.8 | And so afterwards, when I got back home, some years passed, and I started to |
| 1:48.0 | put together a self-sufficient garden, nothing tasted well at all. And the beans were |
| 1:57.8 | stringy and everything. Nothing worked, basically. |
| 2:01.6 | And I had grown up with a garden crazy mother on a sandy soil, |
| 2:06.7 | and here I was on a very silty, compacted soil, |
| 2:09.7 | and just nothing worked, nothing. |
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