What IS Regenerative Agriculture? Find Out from Farmers!

If food can likely get its flavor and certainly it's nutrient density from the health of the soil, then of course consumers need to be able to understand just what makes soil healthy!

That is a process you may have heard about called Regenerative Agriculture.....

But just what IS regenerative agriculture?  What does it look like on a real farm?  And what effect could it have on your food and the planet?  

In this episode, we begin a deep dive into these topics and more by bringing you real farmers and emerging food companies on the front line!

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Episode Summary:

How does regenerative farming play out on the farm?  What kind of difference do these regenerative principles make in the food they create?  How do food brands incorporate regenerative into the ingredients they use?

And of course, can you taste the difference?

These are some of the questions we are going to be exploring over the next several weeks as we bring you interviews with farmers and emerging food brands in our online community – the Global Food & Farm network.

In this episode, I’m going to share brief clips from a few of the folks you will be learning more about in future episodes – and then, we will dive into a full interview with some of my favorite regenerative farmers – Canadians Derek and Tannis Axten.

To get us started, let’s first hear from my co-host, Dr. Jill Clapperton – a top soil scientist and plant physiologist……
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