269 Taimur Malik - From Wall Street through GM cotton to founding Drawdown Farm in the desert of Pakistan

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food

12/12/23 • 92 min

A conversation with Taimur Malik, founder of Drawdown Farm, a regenerative organic, biomimetic, no-till carbon farm in the Thal desert in Pakistan, about how they built one of the largest Johnson and Su compost facilities, plus the largest vermicompost in Pakistan. We talk about inputs, outputs, and why the timing is now for a regenerative transition in Pakistan and beyond!
This is a long and rich conversation: how does an ex Citi Bank investor find himself in a Pakistani desert to farm more than 600 acres? And what can we learn about all the mistakes they made and the hard lessons learned?
We cover Taimur's journey with Elaine Ingham, John Kempf, Olivier Husson and, of course, Judith Schwartz, plus his interest in drones and, finally, what about water?---------------------------------------------------

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12/12/23 • 92 min

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food - 269 Taimur Malik - From Wall Street through GM cotton to founding Drawdown Farm in the desert of Pakistan

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Wow . Rarely we get into so many rabbit holes as in this conversation . So get ready , because it's long and rich . How does an ex-City Bank investor find himself in the Pakistan desert to farm more than 600 acres ? And we learn all about the mistakes they made and the hard lessons learned , but also how they built one of the largest , if not largest , johnson Sue compost facilit

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