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In today’s episode we continue our series on regenerative agriculture, why it is so important for soils, the environment, and all human life.  Joining us for this episode is a legend is this field, Allan Savory.  Allan's storied career started more than 60 years ago in a country no longer known by the same name. He was born in Rhodesia in 1935 and received his Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Botany from South Africa’s University of Natal.  He pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe.

During the 1960’s, Allan made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world’s grassland ecosystems and worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop sustainable solutions.

In 2003, Allan received Australia’s International Banksia Award “for the person or organization doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 7 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time.

Additionally, Allan is the author of 6 books covering aspects of Holistic Management practices, and how they can be applied to restore the Earth’s environment thru management of grassland ecosystems.

To learn more about Mr Savory and his work please visit:

Savory Institute

Allan Savory TED Talk

In today’s episode we continue our series on the early peopling of the Americas, this time focusing on Amazonia and the peoples that occupied and modified this region.  Joining us for this episode is Dr. Mark Robinson, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on environmental archaeology, and applying interdisciplinary techniques to explore human-plant relationships. His research has particularly focused on human-environment interactions, including wood and charcoal identification to understand resource exploitation and anthropogenic impacts on the forest. He has worked extensively throughout the New World, with ongoing projects in Belize, Brazil, Bolivia, and Colombia, with contexts ranging from the peopling of the Americas during the Late Pleistocene, to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation.

In earlier research, Dr Robinson applied a novel methodology using GIS modelling, vegetation prediction, and isotope geochemistry to isolate humans from climate as the principal driver of vegetation change during the Late Holocene.

Currently, Dr. Robinson is using airborne LiDAR to document forest structure and archaeology in western Amazonia.  Additionally, ongoing research in the remote Bladen Nature Reserve in Belize has uncovered some of the oldest tropical skeletons in well-defined stratigraphic sequences.

To learn more about Dr Robinson's work please visit:

Dr Robinson's Website

Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon Documentary Series

In today’s episode we continue our series on regenerative agriculture examining why it is so important for our soils, the environment, and all of human life.  Joining us today is Dr. Jeff Creque, PhD.  Dr. Creque earned his PhD in Rangeland Ecology from Utah State University, and is a California State Board of Forestry Certified Professional in Rangeland Management.  He is an agricultural and rangeland consultant and Natural Resources Conservation Service certified nutrient management planning specialist.  Dr. Creque brings thirty years of applied experience and theoretical training to the task of informing and facilitating the goals of the Marin Carbon Project.

Dr. Creque is a Director at the Carbon Cycle Institute, and the co-founder of the Marin Carbon Project, where he provides senior leadership on carbon farming and land management. Additionally, he has many organizational affiliations including: the Alliance for Local Sustainable Agriculture, Bolinas-Stinson Beach Compost Project, Apple Tree International, and West Marin Compost Coalition.

To learn more about Dr. Creque and his work please visit:

Carbon Cycle Institute website

Marin Carbon Project

Presentation on Carbon Farming

In today’s episode we continue with our series on regenerative agriculture, and why it is so important for our soils, the environment, and all human life.  Joining us for today’s episode is Doniga Markegard, from Markegard Family Grass-Fed LLC.  Along with her husband and four children, Doniga owns and operates the family ranch raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork and dairy supplying the San Francisco Bay Area with local, nutrient dense foods. The family ranches 1000 head of cattle and leases land throughout the Bay Area spanning over 8000 acres. 

Doniga comes to ranching with a background in nature and permaculture. Which has has given her a unique perspective on the real risks that we are facing as a species. In her youth she was mentored by some leading wildlife trackers, naturalists and Native spiritual elders.

Doniga is passionate about large-scale restoration of the Western Rangelands through cattle grazing and her work expands beyond the family ranch into policy and advocacy. She has organized a stakeholder working group at the State Capital for small dairy herds and she took the lead on legislation that would enable family farms to be more sustainable and utilize pasture in an economical and productive way.

Doniga’s deep observation experience aids in her ability to monitor grassland health, biodiversity and to manage land based on the principles and patterns found in nature. She is dedicated to finding ways to regenerate lands and communities through ranching practices that build soil, sequester carbon, capture and purify water and enhance habitat. 

To learn more about Doniga and her work please visit:

Markegard Grass-Fed LLC website

Doniga's Books

Doniga's Instagram

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT EPISODE!

In today’s episode we continue our series on the conservation of humanity, dissecting the Covid 19 corona virus and the massive and unwarranted over-reaction perpetrated by governments around the world.

Joining us today is Dr. Stephen Malthouse, MD. Dr. Malthouse has been practising medicine for over 42 years in a variety of settings in British Columbia, Canada. He has worked in urban and rural family medicine practices, walk-in clinics, emergency rooms, and palliative care. Additionally, Dr. Malthouse spent 2 years as a university researcher in Kathmandu, Nepal in the field of childhood diseases.

He is the current president of the Canadian Integrative Medicine Association, a group of doctors across Canada who blend alternative therapies, such as homeopathy, functional medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and orthomolecular medicine, into regular medical office practice.  Dr. Malthouse has a particular interest in nutrition and how nutritional supplements can improve immunity, especially with respect to vitamin D deficiency and viral infections.

Taking a sabbatical this year, he has dedicated his time to studying the Covid-19 pandemic and keeping abreast of the day-to-day influx of research. He has come to a much different conclusion than the British Columbia public health officers and government officials on the best means to manage the so-called "pandemic"

To learn more about Dr. Malthouse and his work please visit:

Letter to Dr. Henry

Canadian Integrative Medicine Association website

In today’s episode we continue our series on the early peopling of the Americas, examining who they were, where they came from, and how they adapted to an ever changing climate.  Joining us for the episode from Melbourne Australia is Dr David Turnbull, a sociologist of scientific knowledge. From 1979 to 2003 he was part of the team producing courses in the Social Studies of Science at Deakin University, in Melbourne. Up until 2018 he was a senior research fellow at the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab at the University of Melbourne. Currently he is an Alfred Deakin Institute Fellow.

The overarching theme of his research has been the nature of technological and scientific knowledge, and the interaction of the social, cultural, political and historical components in its production, transmission and application in differing traditions and eras.

Currently Dr. Turnbull is pursuing two research projects extending this focus on multiplicity, spatiality, narrative, assemblage and movement. At the earliest end of human knowledge production he is working on Narratives of Prehistory and Rock Art – an exploration of the ways stories of human origins and dispersal, modes of knowledge representation and assemblage, indigenous knowledge and archaeological practice are complexly interwoven. The project is based both on textual analysis and fieldwork examining archaeological practice and the interpretation of a range of prehistoric sites and excavations in the USA, South America, Sulawesi, Australia and Europe. Dr. Turnbull has published a number of books, and a long list of scientific papers covering a variety of interconnected topics.

In today’s episode we continue our series on the early peopling of the Americas, examining who they were, where they came from, how they arrived, and how they adapted to ever changing climates.  Joining us for this episode is Dr. Bruce Bradley, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter.  Dr. Bradley received his BA from the University of Arizona in anthropology with a minor in geology (and a strong passion for archaeology).  He later received his PhD in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in experimental archaeology in 1977.

His early research was focused on the North American Southwest and Great Plains where he applied an anthropological approach to much of his work. During some 30 years of field work he has been involved in research and excavations in America, England, France, Ireland, Spain, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Russia and Brazil. His areas of expertise include the early peopling of the Americas, the Clovis Culture, flintknapping techniques, horse domestication in Central Asia, and prehistoric Pueblo archaeology of the American Southwest.

Dr Bradley is the author of several books and a multitude of scientific peer-reviewed journal articles. He is active in bringing his archaeological and anthropological interests to the public through presentations, teaching, interaction with Native American communities and his participation in documentaries.

To learn more about Dr. Bradley and his work please visit:

Dr. Bradley's website

Book: Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture

In today’s episode we look back at the last 65 million years known as the Cenozoic era, and the most anomalous climatic event during this entire time period, known as the Younger Dryas.  We also examine the cataclysmic end to the last ice age, and the multivariate global effects that followed this cosmic event.

Joining us for today’s episode is Dr. James Kennett, a now retired marine geologist and Professor Emeritus of Earth Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Kennett originally earned his PhD in Geology from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand in 1965 and has been a prolific scientific researcher ever since.

Dr. Kennett is considered a pioneer in developing the relatively new field of Paleoceanography. He is credited with publishing over 500 peer reviewed scientific papers, and has authored or contributed to nearly 2 dozen books. Over the last 50 years Dr. Kennett has contributed towards our comprehensive understanding of major paleoenvironmental and biotic changes that shaped the Cenozoic Era, its stratigraphic record, and the multitude of processes involved in this development.

Dr. Kennett is also a co-founder of the Comet Research Group, a scientific organization dedicated to the examination of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis and its multitude of global impacts, as well as providing evidence that such impact events are common place throughout Earth’s history.

To learn more about Dr. Kennett and his work please visit the following links:

Dr. Kennett's Website 

Comet Research Group

In today’s program we continue our forest management investigative series with our focus for this episode on ecosystem-based conservation planning.  Our guest for the program is Mr. Herb Hammond. Mr. Hammond is a Registered Professional Forester and forest ecologist with a BSc in Forest Management from Oregon State University, and a Masters of Forestry from the University of Washington and has over 30 years of experience in research, industry, teaching and consulting.

Together with his wife Susan, he founded the Silva Forest Foundation, a charitable society dedicated to research and education in ecosystem-based conservation planning. Herb has worked cooperatively with First Nations and rural communities to develop more than 20 ecosystem-based plans across Canada, in Russia, the United States, and in Indonesia.

Winner of the 1992 Roderick Haig-Brown BC Book Prize for the book which best contributes to the understanding and appreciation of British Columbia, Seeing the Forest Among the Trees discusses a land ethic that also applies to the rest of Canada and, indeed, the world. Herb’s award-winning books continue to be used by a wide audience in planning forest protection and use. In 2003, Herb received the Gold Award for Sustainable Living at the Canadian Environmental Awards. 

Herb likes to remind us that the forest sustains us; we do not sustain the forest.

To learn more about Mr. Hammond, his books, and his work please visit:

Silva Forest Foundation

Email Mr. Hammond Direct

In today’s episode we embark upon another new series, this time examining the practice of regenerative agriculture, why it is so important for soils, the environment, and all human life.  Our guest for today’s program in Shane New, from New Family Farms in Holton, Kansas. Shane is a stockman, entrepreneur, and partner with Understanding Ag, LLC. He is a graduate of Kansas State University and has completed Dr. Elaine Ingham’s “Life in the Soils” courses. He was a civil contractor and sod producer for 20 years prior to completely focusing on regenerative agriculture. Some of his practices include no-tilling, cover crops, rotational grazing, and adaptive grazing.

Shane together with his wife Kelli, and their three children, own and operate New Family Farms. The farm consists of cover crops, cattle, and free range chickens. They currently market their meat and eggs.

New Family Farms received the Soil Health Award in 2017 by the Jackson County Conservation District. This award was received for outstanding accomplishments in the management of soil health and related resources. His passion is production agriculture and believes that the future for agriculture and human health has to come from regenerative agricultural practices.

To learn more about Shane, his operation, and regenerative agriculture please visit:

Understanding Ag LCC website

New Family Farm Products