Ashes Ashes22 Mar 2018

Ep 16 – What We Reap

Episode 16 - "What We Reap"

Global topsoil is being lost at terrifying rates. So much so that many experts predict less than 60 years left of agricultural yields before the global food system collapses. Add to this questionable chemical inputs, monoculture, and other large-scale industrial practices as well as the dangers climate change introduces to disrupt traditionally fertile regions (decreasing yields further and impacting food nutrition) and we've got a perfect storm on the horizon.

We are joined by Chris D'Alessandro of Harvest Moon Garden & Orchard to discuss organic farming techniques, what it means to form a regenerative relationship with the soil, and hopefully how we can avoid this coming tragedy.

Chapters

04:51 Unsustainability
06:25 Can Anyone Farm?
08:17 What is Topsoil?
13:12 Soil: Bacteria
13:54 Soil: Fungus
16:15 Pear Tree from the Ashes
18:17 Chemical Revolution
20:42 Soil: Nitrogen
26:30 Overshoot and Carrying Capacity
29:45 Industrial Agriculture
34:23 Debt Cycle of Fear
36:50 Financial Resiliency
39:19 Balancing Large and Small
40:55 Organic Profitability
43:49 Input Costs
44:28 Phosphorous
45:43 Diversity
46:48 Weeds
50:41 Monoculture
51:27 Honeybees
56:47 Plant Nutrition
59:33 Soil Nutrition
1:01:21 Wine
1:03:00 Climate Change: Soil Loss
1:04:50 Climate Change: Heat
1:06:15 Year Round Growing
1:08:47 Variability
1:09:48 Hope?
1:14:58 Thinking About Technology
1:18:59 Exponential Growth
1:21:14 Diversity and Integration
1:23:52 What is Productive
1:25:03 Supporting Farming
1:28:00 The Most Important Question
1:28:35 More About Chris

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