The way we grow food has been broken for 10,000 years (but we can fix it)

May 22, 2018 01:28:17
The way we grow food has been broken for 10,000 years (but we can fix it)
Deviate
The way we grow food has been broken for 10,000 years (but we can fix it)

May 22 2018 | 01:28:17

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“I think the fate of humanity ultimately rests on how we conserve and protect that thin, magical layer of soil on this planet” – David Van Tassel

David Van Tassel is a lead scientist at The Land Institute, a non-profit research, education, and policy organization dedicated to sustainable agriculture.

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and David discuss Agriculture 101 (3:00); the impact of agriculture on the formation of society (25:00); farming, modernity, and the Green Revolution (39:00); The Land Institute and the push to develop perennial staple plants (47:00); and politics and the long game of sustainable agriculture (1:13:00).

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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