The Hidden Half of Nature
07/23/20 • 47 min
“As it turns out, the vast majority of bacteria in the soil and in our bodies benefit us. And throughout the history of life on land, microbes repeatedly deconstructed every piece of organic matter on the planet—leaves, branches, and bones—fashioning new life from the dead. Yet our relationship with the hidden half of nature remains modeled on killing it, rather than understanding and fostering its beneficial aspects. In waging war against microbes for the last century, we’ve managed to unwittingly chisel away much of the foundation on which we stand.”
This week’s Podcast is with authors David Montgomery and Anne Bikle of The Hidden Half of Nature. As a Geologist and Biologist, together David and Anne provide a fascinating insight into the soil world and our human gut health. Shining the light on the little “Animalcules” (as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek called them) or Microbes that are a community of players that ultimately work in symbiotic relationships with both ourselves and plants in the soil.
Guiding us to an understanding of the important role they play not just on this basic level, but globally as well. Join us on the discovery of how microbes originated to be inside us and how we can move forward with this new understanding on this week's episode.
For more information on David and Anne: https://www.dig2grow.com/
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“As it turns out, the vast majority of bacteria in the soil and in our bodies benefit us. And throughout the history of life on land, microbes repeatedly deconstructed every piece of organic matter on the planet—leaves, branches, and bones—fashioning new life from the dead. Yet our relationship with the hidden half of nature remains modeled on killing it, rather than understanding and fostering its beneficial aspects. In waging war against microbes for the last century, we’ve managed to unwittingly chisel away much of the foundation on which we stand.”
This week’s Podcast is with authors David Montgomery and Anne Bikle of The Hidden Half of Nature. As a Geologist and Biologist, together David and Anne provide a fascinating insight into the soil world and our human gut health. Shining the light on the little “Animalcules” (as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek called them) or Microbes that are a community of players that ultimately work in symbiotic relationships with both ourselves and plants in the soil.
Guiding us to an understanding of the important role they play not just on this basic level, but globally as well. Join us on the discovery of how microbes originated to be inside us and how we can move forward with this new understanding on this week's episode.
For more information on David and Anne: https://www.dig2grow.com/
To get The Hidden Half of Nature on Amazon, click here
To come join the conversation and share your thought, click here: https://thrivingwithnature.com/?p=1093
Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thrivingwithnature
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thrivingwithnature
Join Instagram: https://instagram.com/thrivingwithnature
Follow on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thrivingwithnature
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Changing the Food System for the Better
Buying fruits and vegetables is something we do every day. What if doing the same thing could actually reverse climate change, improve your health, and help change the entire food system?
If there was a device that could tell you which fruits or vegetables had the highest nutrition, then you would naturally buy them. That would incentivize farmers to move to practices that aligned with Nature to improve their produce’s nutrition density. Well, guess what, there is! Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient Food Association talks with me today about this revolutionary new device that is already in use today.
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For more information on Permacare: https://permacare.org
To come join the conversation and share your thought, click here: https://thrivingwithnature.com/?p=1356
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