Despite the rampant disinformation and a huge number of skeptics online, the planet is indeed facing serious climate chaos. Carbon emissions are at an all-time high, greenhouse gases continue to warm up the earth, and climate change severely destroys biodiversity. Ecologist and author Mark J. Easter joins Corinna Bellizzi to discuss how regenerative farming can address this alarming global problem. They talk about what it takes to adopt better farming practices to produce nutritious organic food without causing a destructive impact on the environment. Mark also explains how the same regenerative approach is needed for producing animal products and why the burning of fossil fuels must be halted as soon as possible.
About Guest:
Mark J. Easter (Fort Collins, CO) is an ecologist who has conducted research in academia and private industry since 1988. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1982 and a M.S. in Botany from the University of Vermont in 1991. Easter authored and co-authored more than fifty scientific papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. He contributed analyses to multiple reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2018 he was named a fellow of the Colorado State University School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Besides his scientific work, Easter co-founded the organization Save The Poudre and is a founding board member of the organization “Save the Colorado.” He works with these organizations to help restore rivers to healthy conditions and protect rivers from water development. He loves to read, cook from his garden, hike and ski in wild places, and spend time with his wife, Leslie Brown and their dog, Bonny.
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Show Notes:
The Blue Plate - 02:51
What made you choose to write The Blue Plate and in the specific way you've done it? Was it for food lovers like me?
Regenerative Farming - 08:59
That's one of the key aspects of regenerative farming where consumers can make a difference with that connection to local farmers when you and your neighbors go to a grower.
Better Farming Choices - 16:49
I wanted to offer you a moment to talk about how as a consumer or as somebody who cares about this and who's thinking about the intersection of climate health, your health, and your food sources.
Possible Solutions - 23:53
We have a certain food that we're growing on our own property but don't have the lettuces and everything else.
Integration Of Animals - 29:44
As you mention all of this, I can't help but think also of the integration of animals.
Seafood - 34:41
One of the most exciting examples is on the seafood side.
Fossil Fuels - 53:51
What I'd really love to do is offer you the floor to talk about perhaps a closing thought or two
Episode Wrap-up - 56:15
This wasn't my obvious honor to host this conversation.
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