Intro

L. Hunter Lovins discusses her new book, A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service of Life and highlights the role of grazing in building soil to mitigate global warming. Lovins is an American environmentalist, author, sustainable development proponent, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, and president of the nonprofit organization Natural Capitalism Solutions. Interviewer, Seth Itzkan, Soil4Climate Inc.

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Presidential Candidate, "Regenerative Agriculture Policy," August 19, 2019. Interviewer, Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc.

Thomas Goreau, PhD. Author, Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase. Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, Joanna Campe (2014) https://www.crcpress.com/…/Goreau-Lars…/p/book/9781466595392. Interviewer, Seth J. Itzkan, Soil4Climate Inc.

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.

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.

David Montgomery, PhD. - Growing A Revolution - Sept 10, 2019, Interviewers, Seth Itzkan & Karl Thidemann, Soil4Climate Inc. - David R. Montgomery is a professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life and The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, a collaboration with Anne Biklé.

Gabe Brown - Improving Soil Carbon with Grazing and Cover Crops - May 27, 2019. Interviewer, Seth Itzkan, Soil4Climate Inc. - Gabe Brown is a pioneer of the soil-health movement and has been named one of the twenty-five most influential agricultural leaders in the United States. Brown, his wife, Shelly, and son, Paul, own Brown's Ranch, a holistic, diversified 5,000-acre farm and ranch near Bismarck, North Dakota. He is the author of Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture.

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.

"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.