What's the challenge to soil health that even organic production isn't yet able to master? Just what does it take to restore unhealthy soil? How can understanding regenerative agriculture empower you to find the flavorful, healthy food you are looking for despite a sea of misleading marketing?
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Last week we discussed what we mean when we say Tasting Terroir. My co-host Dr. Jill Clapperton, a soil scientist and plant physiologist, explained how the flavor of food is connected to many factors – including most likely, the way it was grown and the health of the soil the food was grown in.
This week, we dive into understanding what makes soil healthy and what it takes to restore unhealthy soil.
To start, I will give you an overview of the principles of regenerative agriculture - a way of farming that restores and renews the health of the soil by working with nature instead of against her.
Finally, we will hear more from my interview with Dr. Jill Clapperton about a challenge to soil health that is widely used in both conventional and organic farming systems – tillage – or plowing up the land to plant a new crop – and how this practice compares to the use of applying chemicals.
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