What a great post! It's based on your blog that I learned of Civil Eats. I am adding the book to my TBR. In the meantime, everytime I see the term 'regenerative agriculture', I think of how it is connected to public health. Case in point with the situations such as in Maine sludge that, unbeknownst to the farmers, had very high concentrations of PFAs were being used in farming and the land is unusable due to the contaminations. The fact that the EPA is approving two more PFAs is adding more chemicals to monitor. Thanks to the work that was begun in the 80s out of Parkersburg, WV we know PFAs have negative effects, especially in high concentrations, on human health. It's all connected.
Thank you for adding my book to your TBR, Cecelia! Regenerative farmers recognize the intimate connection between how food is grown and produced and public and ecosystems health. They are all connected.
I have also been learning some of the food ways of indigenous peoples. I look forward to your accounts of those. As a women's college graduate, I am also biased in my appreciation of the topic of your work.
Thanks for deeply understanding and articulating the message of my book, Steve. And for the good example of Pasturebird amplifying impact and I hope keeping their values intact. So much of the alternative food system is about connecting and supplying those missing links in the regenerative supply chain.
The farm bill would be the shortest path to building infrastructure if we could get even a small part of the budget going to GMO commodity crops that degrade our soil and waterways 😤😤😤
Totally agree. There are strangle bedfellows in that fight these days but I think policy change could have the biggest effect on our food system. It just requires integrity and compromise. Two things in short supply on the Hill right now.
Right now, yes, but honestly nothing has changed since Food Inc it’s incredibly frustrating — how bout veggies being considered something other than a “specialty crop” for starters?! How about bonus points for regenerating our soil which is critical infrastructure and life support?!? Oy sorry, this issue has flummoxed me continually. Yes there are at least GMO labelling laws now but that’s not driving any change just a bit more transparency and watered down at that compared to the state ballot initiatives that passed prior to the federal law…
What a great post! It's based on your blog that I learned of Civil Eats. I am adding the book to my TBR. In the meantime, everytime I see the term 'regenerative agriculture', I think of how it is connected to public health. Case in point with the situations such as in Maine sludge that, unbeknownst to the farmers, had very high concentrations of PFAs were being used in farming and the land is unusable due to the contaminations. The fact that the EPA is approving two more PFAs is adding more chemicals to monitor. Thanks to the work that was begun in the 80s out of Parkersburg, WV we know PFAs have negative effects, especially in high concentrations, on human health. It's all connected.
And thanks for all you do in the public health space Cecilia. And how you are so good at connecting folks.
Thank you for adding my book to your TBR, Cecelia! Regenerative farmers recognize the intimate connection between how food is grown and produced and public and ecosystems health. They are all connected.
I have also been learning some of the food ways of indigenous peoples. I look forward to your accounts of those. As a women's college graduate, I am also biased in my appreciation of the topic of your work.
Thanks for deeply understanding and articulating the message of my book, Steve. And for the good example of Pasturebird amplifying impact and I hope keeping their values intact. So much of the alternative food system is about connecting and supplying those missing links in the regenerative supply chain.
The farm bill would be the shortest path to building infrastructure if we could get even a small part of the budget going to GMO commodity crops that degrade our soil and waterways 😤😤😤
Totally agree. There are strangle bedfellows in that fight these days but I think policy change could have the biggest effect on our food system. It just requires integrity and compromise. Two things in short supply on the Hill right now.
Right now, yes, but honestly nothing has changed since Food Inc it’s incredibly frustrating — how bout veggies being considered something other than a “specialty crop” for starters?! How about bonus points for regenerating our soil which is critical infrastructure and life support?!? Oy sorry, this issue has flummoxed me continually. Yes there are at least GMO labelling laws now but that’s not driving any change just a bit more transparency and watered down at that compared to the state ballot initiatives that passed prior to the federal law…