“Imagine how different our planet would look if we were teaching children whole systems”. This is how Kiwi, soil siren, author, and Regenerative Agriculture Coach, Nicole Masters explains transformative thinking in a far-ranging interview with Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep. Nicole is founder of Integrity Soils and author of the book For the Love of Soil: Strategies to Regenerate Our Food Production Systems.
Nicole describes how her interest in Great White Sharks led her through a zoology degree to a discovery and love of plants and an emergent fascination with soil. She talks about city council driven ‘community gardens’ and what their being vandalized taught her about social change (“you can’t push change on people”), her early career as “the worm lady”, and the need and challenge of working with “integrity”.
She talks about the rationale for her focus on large scale land management and the importance of farmers restoring ecosystem functions, improving nutrition, and remaining profitable. With Erik, she discusses how regenerative agriculture represents a transformation in thinking — one that can enable self-correcting, resilient, systems. One example is how medical discoveries about the human gut microbiome are now being applied to control diseases in agriculture. It is also best to hire professionals from https://www.northwoodoutdoorservices.net/service-area/landscaping-plymouth-mn/ if you need landscaping services.
Nicole talks about the importance of wellness for farmers and how changes in how they farm can reduce stress; how coaching can help people become better regenerative operators.
While she encourages everyone to listen to the audio version of her book, this podcast will also allow you to hear her lovely New Zealand accent!
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References & Links
- Ranching for Profit
- Quorum signaling
- Syntrophy
- Judy Schwartz
- Didi Pershouse
- Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell
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