EP: 431 - Why Every Homestead Should Adopt These Regenerative Agriculture Practices Now

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In the realm of sustainable farming practices, regenerative agriculture has really come to the forefront of our attention. It provides hope with a holistic approach to land stewardship that goes beyond mere sustainability to actively restore and regenerate ecosystems. But what exactly is regenerative agriculture, and why does it matter? Join me with Noble Research Institutes Jim Johnson as he shares regenerative agriculture practices to improve our soil, ecosystem and, ultimately, our planet. For links and resources, visit the blog post here: https://melissaknorris.com/431.

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0:00.0	If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,
0:06.4	I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make
0:16.2	sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is
0:28.2	packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.
0:40.0	Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,
0:47.8	but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
0:56.9	We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.
1:02.1	So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by
1:06.2	that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash
1:18.2	summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better. Hey pioneers. Welcome to episode number 431. I'm just going to preface and say as I am
1:37.2	introducing today's episode we have a power outage right now and my generator
1:42.3	is going in the background. I'm hoping this little
1:44.2	microphone does its work and you're not hearing that. But the good news is for the interview
1:49.5	part I had full power that day and you will not hear any background noise of the generator.
1:55.7	However, I wanted to get this episode out for you because it's got a lot of fabulous information.
2:06.8	Soil regenerative and regenerative farming, it's fascinating to be able to see the difference, especially once you're aware and start paying attention.
2:15.0	Where I live in Western Washington, Northern Washington State, we have down the
2:21.7	mountain, down river as we say, down below, down in the mountain area.
2:26.0	We have a lot of agriculture in Skatchet County where I live.
2:30.0	And last month, they were, of course, plowing up a lot of this is mono crop right old old type farming but not really only old old farming I should say that really has been like the last century so if we go back to like the
2:45.1	Dust Bowl during the Great Depression a lot of that is because we are
2:50.5	Tilling everything up then the topsoil is getting blown away. We are losing
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