Regenerating Earth And Feeding The Future With Kelsey Timmerman
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Without committing to the mission of regenerating earth, we are putting our planet’s health and our entire future at risk. New York Times bestselling author and immersive journalist Kelsey Timmerman has been using the insights and experiences he has gathered from his global travels to put regenerative agriculture, food security, and soil health into the spotlight. He joins Corinna Bellizzi to share real-life stories of how farmers are working with nature, despite the lamentable state of their profession. He talks about their noble sacrifices and innovative practices in securing food systems, building a more sustainable tomorrow, and ensuring that the next generation can continue eating healthy.
About Guest:
Kelsey Timmerman is a journalist, speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author of Where Am I Wearing?, Where Am I Eating?, and Where Am I Giving? His immersive storytelling takes readers to the people and places behind the products they consume, exploring global issues through deeply human experiences.
Guest Website: https://kelseytimmerman.com/
Guest Social:
https://www.instagram.com/kelseytimmerman/
https://www.facebook.com/KelseyTimmerman
Additional Resources Mentioned:
Regenerating Earth: Farmers Working with Nature to Feed Our Future by Kelsey Timmerman
Show Notes: Raw audio
00:04:02 - Kelsey Timmerman And His Journey Around The World
00:13:20 - Holding On To Hope Amid Degeneration
00:19:15 - The Battle For The Term Regeneration
00:31:23 - How Regenerative Farmers Adapt With Severe Weather Challenges
00:40:59 - The Challenging And Unfair Life Of Farmers
00:52:11 - Glimmers Of Hope For Regeneration
00:58:03 - Becoming Your Community’s Force Of Regeneration
01:07:18 - Episode Wrap-up And Closing Words
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | People aren't just sitting in this destruction, like they're doing something. |
| 0:05.0 | And I think much of my work, whether it's with clothing or looking at where our food comes |
| 0:09.8 | from and our life as consumers, you know, we can kind of feel like we can't do anything. |
| 0:14.1 | We have this awareness and this we accept this responsibility of like, yeah, we're connected |
| 0:18.3 | to this. |
| 0:19.2 | But awareness without action leads to apathy. |
| 0:22.7 | So then, like, how are you going to act once you have this knowledge? And the farmers I've met and |
| 0:28.7 | many people I profiled are acting. So they're not sitting around, like feeling sorry about the |
| 0:35.3 | way the world is. They're actively working to make a better world. |
| 0:38.7 | I think it's possible for all of us to do that, whether we're farmers or not. |
| 0:42.8 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social |
| 0:48.4 | impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:52.2 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:57.4 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 1:02.3 | Here's your host, Karina Belizei. |
| 1:06.1 | Hello and welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about our planet, |
| 1:12.1 | our communities, and want to take part in building a better future together. Before we |
| 1:16.7 | introduce today's guest, I have an update for you. Did you know that we've been on a tree |
| 1:21.4 | planting mission this year? For every new subscriber to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, |
| 1:29.8 | YouTube, and our newsletter on Care More Be Better.com, we've been planting a tree. Yes, that means up to four trees for each of you, |
| 1:35.6 | but that's okay. Ultimately, our goal is to make the world a little greener. Now, this is through |
| 1:40.8 | our partnership with forestplanet.org, and they are presently in Africa |
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