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Wondering what is actually in , on, or missing from your food? How can we get what we need for health when healthy food seems expensive, soils are depleted, and so much food (especially in the US) is sprayed with chemicals we know are bad for us, or animals are raised in unhealthy environments and pumped with chemicals themselves? YOU ARE FAR FROM ALONE in asking these questions, and William Demille is on the show today to share insights related to all of it.

He is a master regenerative gardener and the creator of the Georgic Schoolroom and the Georgic Revolution, which offers courses and boot camps for regenerative gardening and agriculture no matter what environment you are trying to grow food in. He is the author of “Worry Free Eating”, a book chock-full of information for restoring the soil, growing, and harvesting food, whether you are growing in a pot on the porch or hundreds of acres of land.

In this fascinating episode we cover:

*what changes the taste and nutritional content of our food

*why tilling up the land may be one of the WORST things you can do for your garden, and how it creates MORE weeds and ultimately MORE compacted soil

*what the microbes in the soil need and how we can feed them with the least hassle.

*how some very common traditional gardening and agriculture methods may be CREATING our biggest problems in the garden

*a different take on humans and the ecosystem, and why William thinks we are magnificent at RESTORING ecosystems, not just destroying them. Also, shout out to Beavers…and what makes them amazing.

*can humans help it rain more in our areas and help the soil hold the water? Let’s talk about bringing in the RAINFALL and limiting flood risk!

*using types of bread as a visual aide for how our soil can hold more water on its own (limiting waste and cost of water!)

*what happens downstream if a soil DOESN’T retain water or nutrients

*bringing back grasslands that have turned into deserts, and what made them turn into deserts in the first place

*How do cattle and sheep really impact the land? Should we remove them if a land is struggling or put them back on?

*When raising livestock on your land how can you move them to help both the animals and the land thrive?

*A snapshot of schools of thought in regenerative agriculture and permaculture, who does what best and how William combined their views into a georgic view of the whole

*How when we care for the land it cares for us back, not just in food, but in community and character.

This is the first of 2 episodes with William, the next will cover usable measures for soil rehabilitation before and during spring planting. Tune in then as well!

You can access all of William’s links, courses, patreon, socials, and you tube resources here:
https://linkfly.to/williamdemille
Worry Free Eating book link: https://a.co/d/funSlTZ

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