Eric Toensmeir is the author of The Carbon Farming Solution among other great books on agroforestry and perennial crops. The first part of the interview is focused on understanding the carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry, focusing especially on silvopasture. We then move on to discussing the challenges we are faced with to shift towards a more perennial diet. Finally we explore with him the research on alley cropping he is carrying out on the behalf of Interlace Commons : where it makes most sense and what prevents its uptake.  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01:38 Introduction

04:32 Are trees necessarily the solution to store carbon? 

10:40 Intensively managed rotational grazing & Carbon storage 

15:57 Why does silvopasture store so much carbon? 

34:29 How can we shift culture towards a perennial diet? 

40:33 Can we make perennially fed livestock affordable? 

44:03 Mechanisation of perennial systems

51:14 Research on Alley-cropping

55:56 Where is alley cropping really adapted? 

01:10:51 Motives for adopting alley cropping

01:13:03 Factors limiting uptake 

01:25:07 Factoring in climatic uncertainty  

• RESOURCES

http://www.perennialsolutions.org/

https://www.patreon.com/erictoensmeier

http://carbonfarmingsolution.com/

https://www.interlacecommons.org/

https://perennialagriculture.institute/2023/01/10/trees-with-edible-leaves-pais-latest-publication/

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