Podcast Extra: Farm to Table Talk - Fresh Eyes to Fix Farms with John Kempf

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

AEA Marketing

Science, Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences

4.7 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this Podcast Extra, John Kempf joins Farm to Table Talk, hosted by Rodger Wasson.

Rodger is a seasoned food and agriculture expert from a Central Illinois farming family. He brings together chefs, farmers, policymakers, and researchers to discuss how food is grown, prepared, and shared. The podcast explores stories and ideas shaping the modern food system for anyone curious about their food's journey.

In this episode of Farm to Table Talk, Rodger and John discuss:

How John's Amish roots shaped his approach to revitalizing degraded lands
Why Soil microbiome and minimal tillage sustain healthy, productive soils
Nutrition and microbiome management to make crops resistant to pests
How Plant sap analysis can help predict crop health more accurately than tissue analysis
How AI tools provide non-linear agronomic recommendations using comprehensive data.
How a generalist approach integrates diverse fields for practical farming solutions

Additional Resources
To listen to more episodes of Farm to Table Talk with Roger Wasson, please visit: https://farmtotabletalk.com/

About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). 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
Since 2006, AEA has been on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable with regenerative agriculture.

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 the most.

AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with its products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers 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 worldwide.

Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products: https://www.advancingecoag.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Heritage Radio Network.
0:08.1	Probably by the time this show airs, we will have launched our own AI that is a combination of an algorithmic engine that you can provide it with agronomic data,
0:19.3	crops, soil, irrigation water,
0:21.7	nutritional profiles, et cetera, and it will make a set of recommendations.
0:25.8	And also with a chat GPT-like chat bot that is trained on all this information,
0:33.5	this data set.
0:34.8	What a journey.
0:36.2	We started this out talking about hundreds of years ago
0:39.2	the success of Amish farmers in Switzerland
0:41.5	and were ending up on artificial intelligence.
0:45.9	And we took a swoop down through the soil
0:48.3	with what's going on with these wonderful little communities
0:50.9	that we're still trying to figure out
0:52.7	what keeps them happy and doing their best work just to keep plants going.
1:05.6	It's time for conversations about our food and how it's grown on Farm to Table Talk with your host, Roger Walson.
1:22.1	The conversations I've had over the years have not just been in podcast, obviously.
1:27.4	Sometimes you run into people,
1:28.8	and you run into people that make an impression on you. And for me, somebody that has good ideas
1:36.0	and vision, that's what I remember most. Now, on the other hand, if somebody invites me to dinner
1:41.1	and have a great meal, I remember that too. So there are certain things that I find are important, but I think I still have to rank ideas higher.
1:51.0	And one of those people come back to me today.
1:53.6	I'm glad to have with me, John Kemp.
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