#139 - Farmer Lee Jones: Modern Regenerative Agriculture, Growing Plants For More Nutrition, Buying Local & Farmers Market, Historical Farming & Heirloom Seeds, Chemical Insecticides & GMOs, Restoring The Topsoil, Eating The Whole Plant, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

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1:55 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome!

2:05 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon

10:10 - Farmer Lee Jones Story

15:30 - How Farming Used To Be

17:00 - Nutritional Levels In Produce

18:30 - Growing For Flavor

20:25 - Vitamin D

23:40 - Chemicals And GMOs

25:00 - Home Delivery

25:20 - Could We Have Done It Differently?

26:00 - How The War Changed The Way We Eat

27:50 - A Change In Mindset About Our Food

30:10 - Using The Whole Plant

31:45 - How Much Of Our Food Are Native Species?

33:15 - Seed Savors Exchange: An Heirloom Seed Preserve

34:10 - Are Heirloom Varieties More Nutritious?

35:50 - The Algal Bloom In The Great Lakes

36:30 - How We Can Turn Things Around

37:35 - Buying Local

39:00 - Respecting Your Farm Employees

41:00 - Microgreens

43:05 - Hydroponic Gardens

45:30 - Eating The Root And Greens

46:55 - Edible Flowers

52:20 - White Vegetables

54:40 - Winter Vegetables

58:20 - "Beneficials" In Organic Farming

1:01:15 - Seed Sorting & Seed Weight

1:04:15 - Vegetable Tops

1:05:15 - Craving Certain Plants

1:07:00 - Pollination And Hybridization

1:10:00 - The Recipes

1:12:30 - How To Navigate The Regular Grocery Store

1:15:30 - Regenerative Agriculture With Animals

1:16:50 - Eating Seasonally