How Regenerative Farming Can Lead to Healthier Living With Mollie Engelhart

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Adapting a fully organic diet and lifestyle requires a huge amount of effort and dedication. Mollie Engelhart responds to the call for healthier living by focusing on regenerative farming. Joining Corrina Bellizi, she talks about her work as a farm-to-table farmer who promotes organic diet by adopting a closed food loop and getting rid of the use of fertilizers. She explains the benefits of vertical farming technology, how to be mindful of excess food, and why our health is directly connected with healthy soils. Mollie also talks about how to become regenerative beyond farming and even into community-building approaches, food production, and our daily routines. About Guest:Mollie, a mother of four, is one of California's foremost advocates for regenerative farming. She uses sustainable practices on her three regenerative farms, two of which are located in California and the other in Texas. They supply fresh and organic produce to many residents as well as her four restaurants and brewery, including Sage Vegan Bistro, which is co-owned by famous actor and activist Woody Harrelson.Mollie started Sow a Heart Farm in 2018, which has become known for its exemplary regenerative practices and inspirational volunteer opportunities. The farm now delivers pesticide-free CSA produce boxes throughout the Greater Los Angeles area, and it also facilitates a sustainable food and compost loop with Mollie’s renowned restaurants.Mollie sits on the board of Kiss the Ground, the foremost soil and regenerative agriculture nonprofit that raises awareness through storytelling, education, and advocacy—it has large followings on both Instagram and Facebook. The foundation produced the film Kiss the Ground to show the potential of stabilizing Earth’s ecosystems through regenerative practices.Mollie is dedicated to living and sharing a natural and practical earth-minded lifestyle. From her regenerative farms and restaurants to her deep concern for healthy eating and holistic family life (she delivered four home births), Mollie is showing a way forward for Americans. Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollieangelheartGuest Website: https://www.sageveganbistro.comGuest Social: https://www.instagram.com/chefmollie, https://www.facebook.com/mollie.engelhart Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetterFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More Be Better answers only to our collective conscience and aims to put more good into the world. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate.

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0:00.0	We don't need to rewild the whole world. If every farm transitioned to a regenerative,
0:05.1	if you look at the mountain that's wild across the river right now from my farm, and you look at
0:09.7	the soil at my farm, there's much more carbon sequestered. There's much more soil health.
0:14.8	There's much more microbiology. There's much more diversity because I'm stewarding the land to be even better than wilding.
0:22.9	We don't have to have this like villainize the farmers and take their land away and rewild it.
0:27.9	We can actually work with the farmers to train them to how they can steward the land.
0:34.9	And instead of putting all this money into vertical farming and growing
0:40.0	food in cities, we can use those subsidies instead of for corn or soy or whatever to grow more
0:47.3	carbon in the soil. Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact
0:55.6	of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:58.6	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
1:04.1	You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.
1:09.0	Here's your host, Karina Belize.
1:13.7	Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends.
1:16.0	I'm your host, Karina Belizzi.
1:18.0	Over the last few weeks, we've taken a deep dive
1:20.8	into the future of food, farming, food procurement,
1:24.1	and creating communities that people will want to live in.
1:29.1	And today, I'm thrilled to further this discussion with one incredible woman who committed to be part of our food
1:34.6	solution, from the regenerative farms that she owns and runs to the restaurant she owns in
1:40.3	greater Los Angeles, called Sage Vegan Bistro, which she founded and co-owns with actor Woody
1:46.7	Harrelson. She also sits on the board of Kiss the Ground, a film narrated by Woody, and an incredible
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