Food Nutrient Density; The Health of our Food with Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient Food Association

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5 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode, we're joined by Dan Kittredge to discuss the work his organization the Bionutrient Food Association is doing. The Bionutrient Institute team is a global collection of scientists, technicians, engineers, organizers, and others working toward our collective goal to define nutrient density. We chat at length about the surprising results of their studies, and how their testing allows us to better assess the claims of various farming methods, from permaculture, no-till, broad-forking, organic, all the way to conventional agriculture. How can we take this unique data to grow better food, and what are the implications of making food quality knowledge more democratic to consumers? To check out Dan's work, visit: https://www.bionutrientinstitute.org/ https://www.bionutrient.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@Bionutrient and on instagram: @Bionutrientfoodassociation @Bionutrientinstitute To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at https://www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For PPA Writing Content, visit: www.agroecologies.org For PPA Restoration Content, visit: www.restorationagroecology.com For PPA Merch, visit: www.poorproles.com For PPA Native Plants, visit: www.nativenurseries.org To hear Tomorrow, Today, our sister podcast, visit: www.tomorrowtodaypodcast.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the poor proles almanac.
0:16.8	As always, this is Andy and this week's episode is dipping into an area we've talked about peripherally, but we're diving in much deeper today.
0:25.4	We're joined by farmer and food advocate Dan Kittridge to discuss nutrient density.
0:30.7	I think this is an area that we all understand as something that just needs some more attention,
0:36.0	that our food isn't as nutritious as it should and could be.
0:39.8	Now, Dan has been working to develop tools
0:42.2	to assess food nutrient density
0:44.4	through the Bio Nutrient Institute,
0:46.3	an organization he founded in 2010.
0:49.0	They currently have three labs internationally,
0:51.6	testing food nutrient density and building a foundation for a better
0:55.2	understanding of the dynamics between food quality, soil health, and more.
1:00.7	And trust me, it's not as simple as you might think, and we dive into all the nuances
1:05.6	and surprises that come up in their data.
1:08.2	To learn more about the BioNutrient Institute, check out the links in the show notes,
1:12.8	and as always, let us know what you think of our discussion.
1:20.2	Dan, thanks so much for coming on.
1:21.8	Tell us a little bit about yourself and the Bion Nutrient Institute, where this all came from.
1:26.4	I grew up on an organic farm.
1:28.3	My parents ran an organic farming organization called NOFA for about 35 years.
1:32.3	So I come from that sort of cultural sort of homesteader community movement thing.
1:39.6	So I kind of grew up in it when I got married and had not really developed any other
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