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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2025 · 8 MIN

Ep 89 The Great Disfarmament - The Great Disarmament Part 1: Mapping the Kill

from Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek · host Avis Kalfsbeek

What if I told you The Great Disarmament has already begun? Not as a headline, or a treaty, or a dream—but as something quiet. Ongoing. Something you might not have noticed. In this opening episode, we trace the overlapping histories of agriculture and war—and ask what it means to disarm a system built to dominate. We start with a simple truth: for most of human history, farming and war were opposites. One fed. One destroyed. But in the last century, their paths began to merge—military chemicals were recast as fertilizers and pesticides, and the language of conquest entered our relationship with land. We end with the voice of Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring challenged the chemical mindset reshaping our world, and offered, instead, a way of seeing nature as something we belong to, not something we conquer. This is not a series about easy answers. It’s a listening project. A way of seeing what was built—and what is being unbuilt. — 📘 Download the Peace Resource Guide: aviskalfsbeek.com/peaceguide 📢 Share this episode using #TheGreatDisarmament 📚 Get Mono Mutante: aviskalfsbeek.com/mono-mutante 💛 Follow my Kickstarter: aviskalfsbeek.com/kickstarter 🎵 Music is by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez: The Red Kite Javier on Bandcamp: javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com Javier on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=iFFXM2gYR2CuuGjmsfNViQ

What if I told you The Great Disarmament has already begun? Not as a headline, or a treaty, or a dream—but as something quiet. Ongoing. Something you might not have noticed. In this opening episode, we trace the overlapping histories of agriculture and war—and ask what it means to disarm a system built to dominate. We start with a simple truth: for most of human history, farming and war were opposites. One fed. One destroyed. But in the last century, their paths began to merge—military chemicals were recast as fertilizers and pesticides, and the language of conquest entered our relationship with land. We end with the voice of Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring challenged the chemical mindset reshaping our world, and offered, instead, a way of seeing nature as something we belong to, not something we conquer. This is not a series about easy answers. It’s a listening project. A way of seeing what was built—and what is being unbuilt. — 📘 Download the Peace Resource Guide: aviskalfsbeek.com/peaceguide 📢 Share this episode using #TheGreatDisarmament 📚 Get Mono Mutante: aviskalfsbeek.com/mono-mutante 💛 Follow my Kickstarter: aviskalfsbeek.com/kickstarter 🎵 Music is by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez: The Red Kite Javier on Bandcamp: javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com Javier on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=iFFXM2gYR2CuuGjmsfNViQ

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