Rebecca Tickell is an award-winning filmmaker, author, environmental activist, and regenerative farmer. We talked about the journey that led to her films Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, the history of our soil and pesticides, why conventional farming is a cycle of degredation, the corruption of the agrochemical industry, Monsanto whistleblowers, how to feed the world, the global movement of regeneration, how to eat, bees & pollinators, and much more.
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Timestamps:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:03:07) – The road to regeneration
(00:11:51) – Storytelling
(00:15:02) – Farmers & desertification
(00:18:33) – A brief history of our soil
(00:27:11) – Connecting to nature
(00:28:48) – Two fun facts
(00:30:29) – We don’t eat our food
(00:33:26) – Sacrifice zones & human rights
(00:38:21) – Glyphosate, wheat, oats, & chickpeas
(00:44:47) – The good news
(00:46:09) – Monsanto, Bayer, the EPA, & whistleblowers
(00:49:36) – Feeding the world
(00:56:04) – Soil regeneration
(01:02:41) – A global movement
(01:14:49) – How to eat
(01:23:10) – USDA Organic
(01:29:36) – High stakes
(01:30:43) – Bees & insects
(01:37:39) – Stories of hope
(01:38:59) – Rebecca’s dream documentary
(01:41:32) – Hopeful
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