Farming With Your Gut
Soil is the foundation of our food system, and yet most people know very little about it….. The soil is a complex ecosystem with countless interactions taking place between different elements. In order to produce healthy crops, producers must manage these interactions carefully. This is where Greg Patterson comes in. In this exclusive two-hour episode, Greg and Dan delve into the roots of our food system, starting back to the evolution of fertility.
Episode 17 of the Growing the Future podcast, hosted by Dan Aberhart, titled "Farming With Your Gut" was published on October 7, 2022 and runs 125 minutes.
October 7, 2022 ·125m · Growing the Future
Summary
Soil is the foundation of our food system, and yet most people know very little about it….. The soil is a complex ecosystem with countless interactions taking place between different elements. In order to produce healthy crops, producers must manage these interactions carefully. This is where Greg Patterson comes in. In this exclusive two-hour episode, Greg and Dan delve into the roots of our food system, starting back to the evolution of fertility.
Episode Description
Soil is the foundation of our food system, and yet most people know very little about it…..
The soil is a complex ecosystem with countless interactions taking place between different elements.
In order to produce healthy crops, producers must manage these interactions carefully.
This is where Greg Patterson comes in.
Greg is a wealth of knowledge on soil fertility and health, and he has spent years researching the topic and much more.
In this exclusive two-hour episode, Greg and Dan delve into the roots of our food system, starting back to the evolution of fertility.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to learn more about the hidden world beneath our feet.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The history of fertility and achieving yields
- How to achieve balanced fertility
- The pros and cons of balanced fertility
- The tools Greg uses to help clients achieve proper nutrients
- Are producers collecting enough of the right data
- How to harness microorganisms in the soil and use them as work horses
- Where are we today in the spectrum of history
- Do we need micronutrients?
- Boron deficiencies
- The truth of bugs in a jug
- High producing soils and bugs
- How microbes work with fertility
- Soil health indexes for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
- What nutrient is the biggest concern for Western Canada?
- How to properly address and fix deficiencies
- Nitrogen in today’s world
- Overstimulated microbes and the soil
- How to make phosphorus available and is it currently a concern?
- Spreading rock phosphate
- Where are we at with potash in Western Canada?
- Sulphur in comparison to other nutrients
- How to execute on increasing your soils biome
- The investment of getting your operations data
- What nutrients we need as humans?
- Meat diet vs plant diets
- Why do we truly grow food?
- Autoimmune diseases and food
- Your health and the impacts of nutrients
- What is “Repoopulating”?
- Pregnancy an birth bacterias
- How A & L Labs born
- How to connect with Greg
Connect with Greg:
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