Soil4Climate Voices - Outspoken Advocates of Soil Restoration as a Climate Solution
by seth itzkan
Soil4Climate interviews with heroes of the regenerative agriculture and soil restoration as a climate solution.
Podcast episodes
Season 3
Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf - "Sacred Cow" Discussion - July 13, 2020
Nutritionist Diana Rodgers, RD, and New York Times Best Selling author, Robb Wolf, discuss their upcoming book and movie, “Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat." Interviewer: Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc. - Rodgers and Wolf hope to create a new dialogue examining our cultural bias against cattle, pointing out the importance of red meat to our food system and how well managed grazing animals are one of our best solutions to repair the damages of our industrial agricultural system. Ms. Rodgers runs a clinical nutrition practice and hosts the Sustainable Dish podcast. Mr. Wolf is co-owner of NorCal Strength & Conditioning and author of “The Paleo Solution – The Original Human Diet” and “Wired to Eat.”
Bill McKibben - Envisioning a Regenerative Future - April 15, 2020
Bill McKibben - Envisioning a Regenerative Future - April 15, 2020. Interviewers, Seth Itzkan & Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc. Bill McKibben is a co-founder and Senior Advisor at 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. In 1988 he wrote The End of Nature, the first book for a common audience about global warming. In this interview McKibben discusses natural drawdown strategies, including soil restoration.
Season 2
Matt Russell - Standing with Farmers to Fix Climate - Dec 4, 2019
"Standing with Farmers to Fix Climate" - Matt Russell, Executive Director, Iowa Interfaith Power and Light. Interviewers, Seth Itzkan and Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc. - Matt Russell is a fifth generation Iowa farmer who has dedicated his career to working in nonprofits and advocating for social justice. He spent over a decade training for and working in ministry and has since focused primarily on economic and environmental sustainability. In this podcast Matt discusses how he is standing with farmers to fix climate.
Russ Conser - Bird Friendly Beef - Nov 27, 2019
Russ Conser - Bird Friendly Blue Nest Beef - Nov 27, 2019. Interviewers, Seth Itzkan & Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc. - Russ Conser is the founder of Blue Nest Beef, a company that provides 100% grass-fed and regeneratively managed beef sourced by producers in the Audubon Society Conservation Ranching Initiative which verifies bird-friendly grazing practices.
Allan Savory - Developing a Holistic Context to Mitigate Global Warming - Nov 9, 2019
Allan Savory - Developing a Holistic Context to Mitigate Global Warming - Nov 9, 2019. Interviewer, Seth Itzkan, Soil4Climate Inc. - Allan Savory is a Zimbabwean ecologist, livestock farmer, and president and co-founder of the Savory Institute. He originated Holistic management, a systems thinking approach to managing resources. His 2013 TED talk, titled “How to fight desertification and reverse climate change,” has been viewed over 7 million times.