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Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

Episode #81: Fred Provenza

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

AEA Marketing

Earth Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 546 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Fred Provenza, Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Ecology at Utah State University, is the co-founder of BEHAVE (Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation and Ecosystem Management), an international research and outreach program that seeks to understand the principles of animal behavior. For the past 30 years, this group has produced ground-breaking research that laid the foundations for what is now known as behavior-based management of landscapes. 

Through his research, books, and speaking engagements, Fred has paved the way for the behavior-based management of landscapes. His work has influenced researchers across disciplines.

In this episode, Fred and John Kempf discuss:

  • The consciousness of plants and animals, and our relationships to them
  • The relationships between domestic animals, crops, and healthy landscapes
  • Fred's understanding of the gut microbiome of livestock and how it changes with diverse diets 
  • The pathway for regenerating millions of arid acres in the US West
  • Appreciating the culture and heritage of animals 
  • The functional significance of both human and animal family structures

Fred has authored three books:

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, friends, this is John, and this is the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast. Welcome and thank you for being here and for listening.

0:07.9

At this place, this time here on the podcast, we talk about the agronomic science and the cultural management practices that have the capacity to regenerate plant health, soil health, and public health.

0:21.6

And I also want to give a shout out to the amazing team that we have at advancing

0:26.6

eco-agriculture that supports this podcast and really allows this to be.

0:30.6

I find my life so enriched by being able to work with them.

0:35.6

You know, here on the podcast and my own journey has really been informed by not just reading and theory,

0:44.3

although I certainly enjoy that, but able to actually implement it on scale and see what works and see what doesn't work.

0:52.3

And that's something that all of us as individuals need to constantly evolve and become better

0:58.4

at.

0:59.4

So for this podcast today, for this episode, I have looked forward to this conversation for a long

1:06.2

time.

1:06.5

And I have a lot of joy in inviting Fred Provenza, who has done a lot of amazing work on animal nutrition,

1:16.1

ruminant interactions with ecology and human health and human nutrition and how we should be grazing on our food.

1:24.3

And so there is so much richness.

1:26.7

You know, one of the joys of having Fred here and one of the challenges is when you have someone who has such depth and such breadth of their life work, the question is really, where do you begin?

1:39.3

Where do you start and where might you end up?

1:42.3

So I look forward to that. Fred, thank you very much for being here.

1:47.4

And I can't possibly do justice to your story of what you have experienced in your life, what you've

1:55.5

worked on, and where you are today. So I'd love it if you could just share that with us.

1:59.9

What has your pathway been?

2:02.1

Well, John, it's wonderful to be here with you. I too have really looked forward to this

2:06.4

conversation. And the first thing that pops into my mind as you ask that question is, for me,

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