Revitalizing Soil & Plant Health while Generating Economic Returns with David Miller | The Ground Up Podcast Ep. 9

02/14/25 • 78 min

David Miller is director of applied agronomy at Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). AEA believes agriculture can be a force for good for both the environment and those who rely on it for their livelihoods. They are devoted to a scalable, whole-systems approach to revitalizing soil and plant health while generating economic returns for farmers. This includes agronomic consulting, effective biological and nutritional products, and cutting-edge plant nutrition technology and analysis. David is one of AEA’s most expert agronomists and crop advisors. He currently designs and implements controlled field trials and leads the education of new agronomist hires, which is a rigorous process to give them the necessary skills to help farmers succeed. In this episode we discuss his work with IMG Citrus to address the challenges of citrus greening through regenerative practices as well as the work AEA is doing to advance regenerative farming practices at scale across the globe.

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Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance with Dan Eagan | The Ground Up Podcast Ep. 8

Dan Egan is a Journalist in Residence at the Center for Water Policy in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. Egan is an environmental journalist and author of the Death and Life of the Great Lakes and The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance. Egan was a reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covering the Great Lakes from 2002 until 2021. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and he has won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, John B. Oakes Award, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, and J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. Egan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Columbia School of Journalism.

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Putting life at the Center of Business with Caleb Quaid | The Ground Up Podcast Ep. 10

Caleb Quaid is the founder of Regenerative Shift, a holistic environmental consulting firm helping businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities pursue life-centered, regenerative initiatives. After more than a decade managing stadium operations and major construction projects for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Caleb made a dramatic career shift to align his life and work with his deeper values around sustainability, ecology, and whole-systems thinking.

In this episode, we explore Caleb’s journey from professional sports to regenerative consulting, his work to bring the principles of regenerative agriculture into corporate sustainability, and the role of public funding in catalyzing systemic change. We also discuss bioregional regeneration, the mindset shift from sustainability to regeneration, and how to put life at the center of every decision. Caleb brings a rare blend of entrepreneurial insight, policy fluency, and ecological vision to the conversation—making the case that regeneration isn’t just possible, it’s essential.

https://www.regenerativeshift.com/