No Topsoils, No Food

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Soil grows 95 percent of our food and sustains human life. But monocrops, pesticide reliance, and other modern farming methods have degraded soil health in lasting ways. Some scientists believe we have less than 60 harvests left. The way we are feeding ourselves is undermining the very ecology we’re dependent upon. The hope? Regenerative farming. On today's show Kiss The Ground's Chief Executive Officer Evan Harrison urges each of us to participate in the regenerative movement. Here's a preview: [6:00] A laundry list of all the consequences associated with degraded soil [10:00] The main reason why pesticides are a staple of the monocrop farming model, plus: what science says about degraded soil and a food's nutrient density [19:00] For people who buy and eat food (aka everyone), here's how you can support regenerative agriculture Resource mentioned: Kiss The Ground film -- Join our (free!) community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
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0:37.0	Support your gut this summer with seeds, DS01, daily symbiotic.
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0:43.0	sustainable and use code 25 sustainable to get 25%
0:48.0	off your first month.
0:49.0	That's 25% off your first month of seeds, DS01, daily symbiotic at seed.com slash sustainable,
0:58.3	code 25 sustainable.
1:06.4	Well, hello my friends and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 447 of sustainable minimalist. This is a show about
1:11.4	intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:14.3	And on today's show, we are discussing,
1:17.2	oh my goodness, hold on to your hats,
1:18.9	regenerative agriculture.
1:20.8	It's a mouthful, it can sound scary and intimidating, but we're going to break it all down for you today.
1:27.0	Multiple listeners reached out to me in the past, I don't know, maybe six-ish months saying, oh my goodness Stephanie, have you watched the Kiss
1:35.8	the Ground documentary on Netflix?
1:39.0	You need to interview somebody from the nonprofit Kiss the Ground who created the documentary and so I thought to myself
1:46.4	hold up let me watch the documentary first and oh my goodness if you have not watched it yet
1:52.0	go watch it and for those of you who have not watched it yet, go watch it.
1:53.4	And for those of you who have not watched it, here are a couple of the main takeaways.
1:59.0	Number one, this planet, our planet, our home, it's becoming a desert.
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