Episode #84: Joel Williams

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

AEA Marketing

Earth Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 546 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Joel Williams is an independent plant and soil health educator who provides lectures, workshops, and consultations on soil management, plant nutrition, and integrated approaches to sustainable food production. Joel enjoys designing farming systems that focus on managing soil biology along with crop and soil nutrition to optimize plant immunity and soil function. He has extensive experience working in Australia, the UK, and Canada, integrating soil and plant analyses as a joined-up strategy for managing production.

In this episode, Joel and John discuss:

The differences between the chemistry vs. biology approach
The importance of a well-structured soil
Reasons for using biological seed coatings
Efficiencies of foliar applications vs. soil applications
Crop responses to incremental changes over extended periods
Strategies for efficient foliar applications
Nitrogen applications and management
Yield expectations during regenerative transitions

To learn more about Joel and his work, please visit https://integratedsoils.com/

About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture. A top expert in biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who grow it.

Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology.

Support For This Show & Helping You Grow
The recognized leader in regenerative agriculture since 2006, Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) is on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable.

AEA works directly with growers to apply its unique line of liquid mineral crop nutrition products and biological inoculants. Informed by cutting-edge plant and soil data-gathering techniques, AEA's science-based programs empower farm operations to meet the crop quality markers that matter most.

AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with their products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers in North America to produce healthier soil, stronger crops, and higher profits.

Beyond working on the ground with growers, AEA leads in regenerative agriculture media and education, producing and distributing the popular and highly-regarded Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, inspiring webinars, and other educational content that serve as go-to resources for growers around the world.

Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products, and check out the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast.

VIDEO: For more conversations with John Kempf about regenerative agriculture, watch this inspiring webinar featuring John and three AEA grower partners that share how regenerative agriculture is changing the way they farm and live: https://youtu.be/n9U6GwbYPDk

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi friends, this is John and this is the regenerative agriculture podcast where we talk
0:04.8	about agronomy and cultural management practices that can regenerate plant health and soil
0:09.4	health and of course ultimately public health which is the mantra that we care about, healthy
0:14.9	soil, healthy plants, healthy people.
0:17.7	My guest for this episode is Joel Williams.
0:19.8	I'm really excited to catch up to Joel. I've
0:21.5	been trying to catch him for some time. And given that he's just north of the border of us here in
0:27.8	Ohio, it took more effort than I expected. So Joel, welcome. We're really glad to have you here
0:33.1	and glad to be having this conversation. Thanks very much, John. Pleasure to be here, looking forward to it as well.
0:38.9	Joel, you've had quite a journey of working in what is now called the regenerative ag space
0:44.4	and used to be called biological agriculture and various different names around the world.
0:49.7	Tell us a little bit about your journey and some of the things you've worked on over the years
0:53.2	and what has brought you here. Yeah thing i um i'm originally from australia and uh but i've been a little
1:01.1	bit mobile through my career since then but i was born and raised there and i uh studied agriculture
1:08.0	then and um yeah actually way back when i was young even before i went to university i always had a bit of an interest in soils and more organicy or you know alternative ways of producing food i um used to be a keen back um vegetable gardener in my garden and yeah, I was always kind of keen
1:31.0	on how I could do things better and better quality, better flavors, but also, you know, without as
1:36.0	many inputs. It's always been a bit of an interest of mine, actually, since I was about probably 15 or so.
1:41.4	And so, yeah, through uni, it was a very conventional ag science degree, but I always had
1:46.3	that kind of interest in some of the different ways to do things. But still, I learned lots of
1:51.8	valuable things, but yeah, really, of course, moved on and started working with a company that
1:58.7	does biological inputs and microbials and that kind of thing.
2:02.6	I'm sure many of your listers might be familiar with Graham Seyte and NutriTech Solutions.
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