Can Soil Save the World? Climate, Health, and Big Ag with Rebecca Tickell (Filmmaker, Kiss the Ground)
Rebecca Tickell [https://www.instagram.com/beccatickell/?hl=en] is an award-winning filmmaker, author, environmental activist, and regenerative farmer. We talked about the journey that led to her films Kiss the Ground [https://amzn.to/44MT5lt] and Common Ground [https://amzn.to/45th74f], the history of our soil and pesticides, why conventional farming is a cycle of degredation, the corruption of the agrochemical industry, Monsanto whistleblowers, how to feed the world, the global movement of regeneration, how to eat, bees & pollinators, and much more.
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Rebecca’s Links
Kiss the Ground [https://amzn.to/44MT5lt]
Common Ground [https://amzn.to/45th74f]
Groundswell [https://bigpictureranch.com/groundswell/]
BEE WILD [https://bigpictureranch.com/bee-wild/]
Other References:
The Detox Project [https://detoxproject.org/]
Whitewash by Carey Gillam [https://amzn.to/4lNGrc4]
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:02:15) – The road to regeneration
(00:10:59) – Storytelling
(00:14:10) – Farmers & desertification
(00:17:41) – A brief history of our soil
(00:26:19) – Connecting to nature
(00:27:56) – Two fun facts
(00:29:37) – We don’t eat our food
(00:32:34) – Sacrifice zones & human rights
(00:37:29) – Glyphosate, wheat, oats, & chickpeas
(00:43:55) – The good news
(00:45:17) – Monsanto, Bayer, the EPA, & whistleblowers
(00:48:44) – Feeding the world
(00:55:12) – Soil regeneration
(01:01:49) – A global movement
(01:13:57) – How to eat
(01:22:18) – USDA Organic
(01:28:44) – High stakes
(01:29:51) – Bees & insects
(01:36:47) – Stories of hope
(01:38:07) – Rebecca’s dream documentary
(01:40:40) – Hopeful