Regenerative Agriculture Podcast Extra - Robert F Kennedy Interviews John Kempf

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

AEA Marketing

Earth Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 546 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

John Kempf, Advancing Eco Agriculture Founder and Chief Vision Officer was a guest on the Robert F Kennedy Jr. Podcast. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a presidential candidate in the 2024 election. His career in public service began in 1985 as an attorney for the environmental nonprofit RiverKeeper. He eventually became one of the most influential environmentalists in the United States, receiving TIME Magazine's "Hero of the Planet" and the Sartisky Peace Award.

In this episode, Robert and John discuss:

The transition from intensive pesticide use to ecological farming
The discovery and application of plant immune systems to resist diseases and pests
Economic incentives in transitioning to regenerative agriculture
Importance of systemic approaches in disease management
Need for collective will and alliances to implement solutions

All views and opinions expressed by the host and guests of the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA), its affiliate companies, or the companies with which the guests are affiliated. The appearance of a guest on the Regenerative Agriculture podcast does not constitute an endorsement by AEA or its affiliates.

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

VIDEO: To learn more from John Kempf about regenerative agriculture, watch this conversation between John and three AEA grower partners about how regenerative agriculture is changing lives and conventional farming: https://youtu.be/n9U6GwbYPDk

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, friends. This is John. Welcome to the Regionative Agriculture Podcast. I'm really excited to share a
0:05.1	conversation with you today. I was very fortunate and blessed to be invited to Bobby Kennedy's podcast.
0:12.3	And I think we live in an era. We live in a time where there is a need for us to align and to pull together,
0:20.3	to implement on scale the things that we
0:22.1	collectively already know to be true. I've really been looking forward to having a conversation
0:25.9	with Bobby for months already because I see the opportunity for us to align and to begin working
0:32.4	together. And I think it's for all of us in the agricultural space and around the world to solve
0:37.3	the challenge and the opportunities that we have in front of us. So Bobby space and around the world to solve the challenge
0:37.7	and the opportunities that we have in front of us. So, Bobby, thank you for joining me for this
0:41.2	conversation. Thank you, and John. As you and I agreed, I'm going to take the lead. We're going to
0:46.1	air this simultaneously on both of our podcasts. I'm going to take the lead and kind of asking you
0:52.8	and we'll have a general conversation,
0:55.5	asking you questions, we'll have a conversation.
0:58.5	But then I want to come back on your podcast so that you can interview me.
1:03.9	And we're trying to schedule that right now.
1:06.7	But anyway, welcome to the show.
1:09.0	And I'm happy to be on your show.
1:12.2	All right. Thanks, Bobby. Let's have fun.
1:14.7	So tell me about your journey and, you know, and about how you sort of discovered this occupation, I'll call it.
1:28.2	Yeah, it's been an interesting journey, that's for sure.
1:31.3	I grew up on a family fruit and vegetable farm in northeast Ohio and the snow belt south of Lake Erie,
1:36.0	where I still live.
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