389 Jonathan Lundgren - You Need More Cows, Not Fewer, To Save The Planet Investing In Regenerative Agriculture And Food podcast

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389 Jonathan Lundgren - You need more cows, not fewer, to save the planet

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A new conversation with Jonathan Lundgren, one of the world’s most interesting and most cited scientists when it comes to regenerative agriculture. For the last four years, Jonathan and his team have been in full swing with their 1000 Farms Initiative, where they document research and follow regenerative farms, actually closer to 1600 farms now.
An episode where we talk about data, data, and more data. We unpack a four-year effort that spans commodities, ecoregions, and management styles, revealing how regeneration scales in the real world. The results are striking: equal or better yields, stronger profits, higher biodiversity, improved water infiltration, and a path to substantial soil carbon storage.

But it isn’t just about that. It’s about farmers’ health and happiness. It’s about pushing our imagination of what farmland could look like. It’s about the outliers in these studies that show us what is possible: more people on the land, more farmers connected to every acre being managed. It’s about producing food for your family and community.

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In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.

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Chapters

1. Setting The Stage With Jonathan (00:00:00)

2. The 1000 Farms Becomes 1600 (00:02:45)

3. Farm Life Updates And Livestock (00:05:10)

4. Flowers, Insects, And Ecosystem Health (00:08:40)

5. Mosquitoes, Swallows, And Resilience (00:12:35)

6. Community Nutrients And Global Cycles (00:15:15)

7. Why Build A Massive Field Study (00:18:20)

8. The Gap Between Hype And Science (00:21:05)

9. Redesigning How We Do Research (00:23:55)

10. Defining Regeneration By Outcomes (00:27:35)

11. Animals’ Role In Functioning Landscapes (00:30:35)

12. Carbon, Carrying Capacity, And Grazing (00:34:05)

13. It’s Not The Cow, It’s The How (00:38:05)

14. Identity As The Real Barrier (00:41:55)

15. Cool Kids, Clusters, And Adoption (00:45:55)

16. Rural Sociology And Reviving Communities (00:50:50)

17. Decommodifying Food And Scale Limits (00:54:30)

18. Project Avalanche And Community Science (00:58:00)

19. Testing Extremes And Different Climates (01:01:40)

20. Local Geography Shapes Regeneration (01:05:40)

21. Farmer Health, Integrity, And Pesticides (01:08:40)

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