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How do we feed the world? It’s all nice and cute this regenerative agriculture and food stuff, but how do we actually feed the world? By 2050, we’ll need to produce double the amount of food. This is a question you, like me, get a lot, we bet, from banks, pension funds, large institutional players, investors in general, entrepreneurs, and eco-modernists.
Our go-to answer was always: go to the most pioneering farmers and see what they can produce. But the counterargument was always: “Show me the research!". Now we have the research.
In this Walking the Land episode, recorded straight from one of the most advanced farms in Europe, we talk to Simon, Kraemer, executive director of the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) and the lead author of a revolutionary study where they looked at 78 of the most pioneering farms in Europe and compared them to their conventional neighbours. They analyse everything from fertiliser use, finances, and pesticides to the holiest of grails: photosynthesis. And guess what? Regenerative outperformed conventional in almost everything. Similar or higher yields, more than 75% reduction in NPKs, significantly reduced chemical use and, best of all, over the seven years they compared them, the regenerative farms kept getting better and better.
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In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.
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Chapters
1. The Big Question: Feed The World (00:00:00)
2. Introducing The Landmark Study (00:00:28)
3. Simon’s Path Into Food And Farming (00:02:17)
4. From Vegan Beliefs To Field Reality (00:06:40)
5. Consulting, Policy, And Early Missteps (00:10:45)
6. Backlash From Both Sides (00:14:26)
7. Why Pioneers Are Ignored In Research (00:18:24)
8. Building A Better Study Framework (00:22:35)
9. Translating Results For Policymakers (00:26:20)
10. Photosynthesis As The North Star (00:30:05)
11. Reception From Corporates And Policymakers (00:33:10)
12. Denmark, CAP, And Momentum (00:37:15)
13. Phase Two: More Farms, Better Data (00:40:20)
14. Why Prior Studies Fall Short (00:45:32)
15. Yields, Stress Years, And S-Curves (00:50:54)
16. Livestock, LCAs, And Local Feed (00:55:30)
17. Land Use, Carrying Capacity, Nutrients (00:59:38)
18. Health Outcomes And Next-Gen Metrics (01:03:48)
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