Deep Seed - Regenerative Agriculture

🌱 What if I told you that beneath every step you take lies a universe of microscopic heroes transforming the soil and keeping our planet alive? This week’s rewind episode of the Deep Seed Podcast dives deep into the incredible world of mycorrhizal fungi with expert Natallia Gulbis.

Discover how these fungi form symbiotic relationships with plants, increasing their root capacity by up to 700 times, unlocking nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen, and even acting as nature’s underground “internet,” allowing plants to communicate and share resources. 🚀 Fun fact: the mycorrhizal hyphae in just two wheelbarrows of soil could stretch all the way to the Moon! 🌕

Key topics covered:

• 🌍 Mycorrhizal fungi: Their role as soil’s secret nutrient foragers.

• 🧬 How these fungi act as an extension of plant roots, creating a secondary root system.

• 🌱 The importance of cover crops and reducing tillage for healthier, more fertile soils.

• 🌾 How regenerative farming techniques harness these networks for sustainable agriculture.

• 💡 Mind-blowing fungal facts, like their ability to sequester carbon and stabilize soil structure with the “soil glue” glomalin.

This episode will transform the way you think about soil health and its role in regenerative agriculture, ecosystem restoration, and even climate resilience. Whether you’re a farmer, gardener, or just curious about the magic beneath your feet, this conversation is packed with insights you won’t want to miss.

🎧 Listen now on your favorite streaming platform and take a giant step towards understanding how these microscopic allies are the foundation of all life on Earth.

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In this special rewind episode, we revisit an inspiring conversation with Alfonso Chico De Guzman, a regenerative farmer in Spain tackling one of the region’s most pressing challenges: water scarcity. Spain’s agricultural landscapes are battling extreme dry spells followed by torrential rains, and Alfonso has been leading the charge in transforming his family’s centuries-old farm using innovative regenerative practices.

🔑 Key topics discussed in this episode:

• Regenerative Hydrology: How digging swales and creating ponds helps retain water, reduce erosion, and recharge groundwater.

• Reviving Degraded Soils: Transitioning from conventional to regenerative farming to double soil organic matter and boost fertility.

• Technology for Regeneration: Virtual fencing for cows and drones to map water flow are game-changers in Alfonso’s approach.

• Biodiversity & Erosion Control: Vegetation strips between trees not only prevent erosion but create vibrant ecosystems.

This conversation dives into the practical side of regenerative agriculture, showing how small, strategic changes can revolutionize a farm’s resilience and ecological health. Whether you’re a farmer, a sustainability advocate, or simply curious about how we can better manage our natural resources, this episode is packed with actionable insights and hope for the future.

🎙️ Tune in to learn how Alfonso is not only regenerating his land but inspiring others to embrace nature-based solutions.

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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👉 Useful links:

• La Junquera: https://www.lajunquera.com/

• Alfonso: https://www.linkedin.com/in/achicodeguzman/

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In this special rewind episode of the Deep Seed Podcast, we revisit an inspiring conversation with Anthony Pearce, a dedicated regenerative farmer from the UK. Anthony shares his journey from conventional farming to embracing regenerative practices, talking us through the challenges and rewards of transitioning to a farming system that prioritizes soil health, biodiversity, and resilience.

We explore:

• What it’s like for farmers to shift from conventional methods to regenerative agriculture.

• The farm economics of regenerative practices: balancing yields, cutting input costs, and leveraging carbon credits.

• The role of incentives, resilience against extreme weather, and overcoming the often-overlooked social pressures farmers face during this transformation.

• Why regenerative agriculture appeals to a new generation of farmers—and how it’s reshaping the future of farming.

Anthony also provides fascinating insights into the tools of regenerative farming, like strip-till drilling, and explains how minimizing soil disturbance can reduce carbon emissions, improve soil fertility, and create healthier, more productive ecosystems.

If you’ve ever wondered why regenerative agriculture is crucial for our food systems and the environment—or why some say we only have “50 harvests left”—this episode is packed with powerful answers.

Tune in to uncover how farming that works with nature can deliver nutritious food while securing a better future for our planet.

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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Useful links:

• Antony Pearce Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@AntonysRegen

• Moat Farm - https://www.farmgatetoplate.co.uk/

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In this special highlights episode, we revisit a powerful conversation with Duncan Williamson, global expert on sustainable diets and food system transformation. Duncan’s insights provide a wake-up call on the global food system’s deep-rooted challenges—from biodiversity loss to malnutrition—while offering a hopeful path toward regenerative, resilient, and culturally diverse food systems.

Throughout this episode, Duncan discusses how our current industrial food model, driven by profit, has serious consequences for our planet and our health. He shares shocking statistics: 50% of the global population is malnourished, biodiversity loss is accelerating, and our dependence on monocultures makes food systems dangerously fragile. But there’s hope. With solutions like agroecology, sustainable diets, and re-localizing food production, Duncan maps out a vision for a future where food systems nourish both people and the planet.

Join us as we revisit this eye-opening discussion on food system reform, emphasizing agricultural biodiversity, soil health, and regenerative practices. Discover how supporting these shifts can help tackle the climate crisis and promote true food equity.

If you’re passionate about the future of food, don’t miss this enlightening Deep Seed highlight with Duncan Williamson. And, for a deeper dive, check out the full episode in our archives.

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This episode explores how public policies and subsidies can become powerful tools in accelerating the global transition to regenerative agriculture. Our guest, Simon Kraemer from the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture, dives into how existing subsidies often promote harmful agricultural practices—and why shifting these financial flows is essential for building a resilient and sustainable food system.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

• Defining Regenerative Agriculture: Why we should focus less on rigid definitions and more on outcomes like net primary productivity and soil health.

• The Power of Policy Change: The staggering reality that over $700 billion of taxpayer money is spent annually on agricultural subsidies—and how this could be redirected to support regenerative practices.

• Performance-Based Subsidies: How results-driven, context-specific subsidies could empower farmers to work harmoniously with nature rather than adhering to rigid, outdated practices.

• A Call to Hope: Despite global crises, Simon’s inspiring message reminds us that the regenerative agriculture revolution is a genuine seed of hope for the future.

Join us for this thought-provoking conversation, as we discuss the challenges and opportunities of reshaping agriculture policy to regenerate our soils, ecosystems, and food systems.

🔊 Listen now and be inspired by the potential of regenerative agriculture to transform our world!

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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Useful links: 

• EARA - https://eara.farm/

• Simon Kraemer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-kraemer-308518129/

• Soil Capital - https://www.soilcapital.com/

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Join us in this special mini-series episode, recorded live at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe 2024 in Amsterdam! Michael Cavanagh, a regenerative farm manager from the UK, shares his decade-long journey in transforming his farm into a biodiversity-rich, resilient agricultural ecosystem. From reducing chemical inputs to boosting yields with nature-based solutions, discover why regenerative agriculture is more than just a farming trend—it’s the future of sustainable food systems.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• How regenerative practices create climate resilience in unpredictable weather.

• The mindset shift required for farmers to embrace regenerative methods.

• Practical tips for a smooth transition to low-input, high-output farming.

• The surprising biodiversity benefits of regenerative systems.

Tune in to hear Michael’s personal experiences, insights from the summit, and how he’s leading a movement to regenerate soils, boost yields, and support biodiversity—all while staying profitable.

🔊 Listen now to explore the inspiring future of farming!

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Keywords: Regenerative Agriculture, Nature-Based Solutions, Soil Health, Biodiversity, Sustainable Farming, Agroecology, Farming Resilience, Food Systems, Agriculture Summit

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Elena Doms, co-founder of Earth Plus, shares the incredible work her company is doing to regenerate degraded land using nature-based solutions—with hemp as a key player.

Learn how industrial hemp, known for its powerful phytoremediation properties, is being used to clean soils contaminated with PFAs, revitalize ecosystems, and even produce sustainable, bio-based materials like construction panels. 

Elena explains why this resilient plant is central to the fight against pollution and how soil health restoration can also serve as a climate solution by sequestering carbon.

Key Topics:

• What are Forever Chemicals (PFAs): learn about PFAs, their impact on soil health, human health, and why they’re so hard to eliminate from the environment.

• Hemp for Soil Remediation: Discover how industrial hemp is used to clean polluted soils through phytoremediation, restoring ecosystems naturally.

• Bio-Based construction materials: hemp-based sustainable building materials like hemp wood and bio-composites offer eco-friendly alternatives to fossil-fuel-based products.

• Regenerative Agriculture with Hemp: hemp improves soil health, boosts biodiversity, and helps with carbon sequestration while fitting perfectly into crop rotations.

• Scaling Nature-Based solutions globally: learn about Earth Plus’s pilot projects using hemp to regenerate soils and restore ecosystems.

• Carbon sequestration in bio-based materials: discover how hemp sequesters carbon in both soil and biomass, turning construction materials into carbon sinks.

• Challenges of phasing out Forever Chemicals: a look at the policy and regulatory hurdles in banning PFAs and why regenerative solutions are critical for the future.

• Vision for Soil Restoration: Elena shares her journey and Earth Plus’s mission to lead the world’s largest soil CO2 cleanup and restore degraded land globally.

  
  

Tune in to discover how regenerative agriculture, hemp, and bold innovations are tackling some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. 🎧

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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Useful Links:

• Earth Plus – Website

• Elena Doms - Linkedin

• Soil Capital - Website

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Drawing on years of experience in agroforestry, regenerative agriculture and landscape restoration, Patrick Worms shares how integrating trees into farming systems is transforming degraded lands, boosting food production, and helping communities adapt to climate change.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how agroforestry is revitalizing barren landscapes and increasing farm productivity.

• Discover the powerful lessons from Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative, a project fighting desertification.

• Understand why regenerative agriculture is a sustainable solution for the future of global food systems.

• Hear about inspiring success stories from Zambia, Niger, and Ethiopia, where nature-based solutions are helping farmers thrive.

Patrick’s insights make complex topics easy to understand, showing how nature-based solutions like holistic grazing, farmer-managed natural regeneration, and silvopastoralism are practical and scalable strategies for both smallholders and commercial agriculture.

Listen to this fascinating conversation and be inspired by real-world solutions making a difference. 🎧

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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Useful links: 

• World Agroforestry - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/

• Patrick Worms - linkedin.com/in/pworms

• Soil Capital - https://www.soilcapital.com/

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In this episode of the Deep Seed Podcast, we welcome Rogier Schulte, professor at Wageningen University, to discuss the groundbreaking work he’s leading in regenerative agriculture and resilient farming systems. Rogier introduces the concept of Lighthouse Farms—farms that act as beacons of innovation around the world, proving that sustainable agriculture isn’t just possible, it’s happening right now.

Learn how farms in Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Brazil are defying climate challenges by embracing complex rice systems, water resilience strategies, and agroforestry. Rogier explains why resilience is the new efficiency in modern farming, and how science is backing these real-world success stories. Whether you're interested in regenerative agriculture, ecosystem restoration, or the future of food systems, this episode dives deep into practical solutions that are already making a difference.

Key topics covered:

• The global network of Lighthouse Farms and how they’re pioneering resilient agriculture

• Examples from Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Brazil showcasing diverse, scalable approaches

• Why complexity in farming leads to greater resilience against climate and economic shocks

• The importance of science-backed regenerative farming systems

• The challenge of scaling local solutions to a global level

Join us as we explore how farmers, researchers, and innovators are redesigning the future of agriculture. Tune in now to discover how resilience, diversity, and science are shaping the farms of tomorrow!

NOTE: Rogier notified me of an error and kindly asked that we add a note here to rectify it: when talking about 'soil carbon levels' of 40-80% in peat soils, it should have been 'soil organic matter' instead.

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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Useful links: 

• Lighthouse Farm Network - https://www.lighthousefarmnetwork.com/

• Wageningen University - https://www.wur.nl/en.htm

• Soil Capital - https://www.soilcapital.com/

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This week, we explore the science of kelp farming with Valentin, Lead Agronomist at Kelp Blue. Following up from our previous conversation, we explore how kelp farming is transforming both marine ecosystems and land-based agriculture, offering sustainable solutions for soil health, regenerative agriculture, and carbon sequestration.

Discover how Kelp Blue is harnessing the power of Macrocystis, one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth, to produce bioactive biostimulants that enhance crop resilience and reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers. Valentin breaks down the innovative kelp cultivation process and the creation of products like alginate pellets that improve soil structure, water retention, and nutrient availability—vital tools for regenerative food systems.

Key topics in this episode include:

• Marine ecosystem restoration: How kelp farming sequesters carbon and restores biodiversity.

• Kelp-based biostimulants: Natural solutions for boosting crop growth and improving soil health.

• The future of regenerative agriculture: How kelp farming bridges the gap between ocean health and sustainable farming.

• Alginate pellets: A game-changer for soil water management and resilience in extreme weather.

  
  

If you’re interested in sustainable farming practices, regenerative solutions, and the synergy between land and sea, this episode is packed with insights and innovations that will leave you inspired.

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This podcast was produced in partnership with Soil Capital, a company that supports #regenerativeagriculture by financially rewarding farmers who improve soil health.

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Useful links: 

• Kelp Blue - https://kelp.blue/

• Soil Capital - https://www.soilcapital.com/

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