Poly Pastures: Producing Food According to Nature's Blueprint

This episode details on a high level the underlying structure of how to manufacture thought paradigms and the key players within this structure. The key players are 1- the corporate leader w/in a particular industry 2- a tax efficiency vehicle such as a non-profit 501c3, foundation, or trust 3- The higher education system (public indoctrination system). A positive feedback cycle is formed which consists of: a) corporation donates profits to a non-profit 501c3, foundation or trust for tax efficiency purposes, b) tax efficiency vehicle makes a conditional donation to a university, c) university teaches curriculum which reinforces the paradigm and methodology(s) that serves the interests of the corporate leaders making the donations, d) the industry grows as an army of indoctrinated children seek employment at the corporations donors, e) repeat. 

This episode compares the production of 1 acre in an Industrial Agriculture system, annual monocultures, vs. Regenerative Agriculture, perennial woody polycultures from multiple perspectives. The difference between these two systems is not only in calories & nutrients but how it impacts personal health, the environment, and the economics of an investment. The research used in this analysis is based upon Mark Shepard's work in Restoration Agriculture.  

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Audio version of my eBook - Poly Pastures: Regenerating the land, wealth, and health with Regenerative Agriculture. This eBook gives a high level overview of Regenerative Agriculture principles, how it differs from the reigning paradigm of Industrial Agriculture, and the investment opportunities to both passive real estate investors and entrepreneurs. Regenerative Agriculture has the same investment qualities people seek when investing in metropolitan areas, such as consistent cashflow, tax advantages, and equity growth.  

 - Monocultures vs Polycultures
- Animals are segregated from the ecosystem vs Animals are integrated into the ecosystem
- High cost permanent infrastructure vs low cost infrastructure 
- Caloric dense food devoid of nutrients vs nutrient dense food that meet caloric requirements
- Machine & Chemistry based perspective towards production vs Ecology & Biology based perspective towards production
- Yield focused vs profit focused

Our current food production model, as well as many other facets of society, is built upon a mindset that creates the very problem we seek to address. As a result, we are in a never rat race trying to create the next band-aid for the problem we created. A problem cannot be fixed in the same paradigm it was created and this episode talks about how Regenerative Ag is a new paradigm to operate from. 

Path dependence is an idea whereby the order of events matters as much as the events themselves. This episode applies this concept to a Regenerative Agriculture enterprise and details how being a contrarian allows you to come out ahead. Regenerative Ag enterprises do not require capital intensive permanent infrastructure, as Industrial Ag does, but rather the capital is in the skills & mindset behind the enterprise. 

The way we produce food has a direct impact on its nutritional profile. This episode details how Industrial Agriculture practices are directly responsible for the loss of food's nutritional density, its medicinal qualities, and how Big Ag & Big Pharma knowing work together despite their detrimental business practices. There is hope though as Regenerative Agriculture produces an entirely different outcome when food producers decide to work with Nature rather than against Her.  

David Thomas study on mineral depletion:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14653505/

Dr. Zach Bush's presentation at the Grass Fed Exchange convention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jTbCUimV4&t=3s

How does Regenerative Agriculture create an economic edge for livestock grazing practitioners? What is a Brix measurement and how does Adaptive High Stock Density Grazing improve the land's Brix score? This episode details the differences between the livestock production models of Industrial Ag vs. Regenerative Ag, the mindsets driving the economics, and opportunities for Regenerative Ag practitioners. 

David Thomas study on mineral depletion in our food
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14653505/

This episode is the audio version of my eBook "How Regenerative Agriculture Positively Impacts Leased Land" which can be found at polypastures.com/leasemyland. The primary benefits include 1) producing income & offsetting maintenance costs, 2) greatly increasing the land's water carrying capacity, 3) participating in restoring the nutrition & medicine of food while regenerating soil & Earth's ecosystems.