20. The Secret Revolution in Agriculture is Nitrogen, with Kelly Price
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My guest this week is Kelly Price, who is Co-Founder and CEO of Agreed Earth. Kelly talks about how: Our current economic model looks a lot like cancer – and why systems thinking is a way to change our metabolism as a speciesFood security is a challenge of distribution rather than production – and how regenerative agriculture can “feed the world”We need to change the farmer’s business model – and get them out of the “weapons of agricultural war” businessChemical fertilisers – with the energy it takes to produce them and the nitrogen and phosphorous run off – are disasters for nature and climate changeRegenerative agriculture can reduce farmers’ dependence on synthetic nitrogen input, saving them money, lowering their risk, and helping them get to net zero carbonKey links Kelly Price (LinkedIn) Agreed Earth (website) Farm (and Other F Words), by Sarah K Mock (book) Chasing the Red Queen, by Andy Dyer (book) Farm to Fork, by Joe Stanley (book) Thriving (book) Connected (poem) Wayne Visser (website) Wayne Visser (LinkedIn)
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