Something Different | Can Soil Save the World? Climate, Health, and Big Ag with Rebecca Tickell (Filmmaker, Kiss the Ground)

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Rebecca Tickell is an award-winning filmmaker, author, environmental activist, and regenerative farmer. We talked about the journey that led to her films Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, 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

Common Ground

Groundswell

BEE WILD

Other References:

The Detox Project

Whitewash by Carey Gillam

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:03:07) – The road to regeneration

(00:11:51) – Storytelling

(00:15:02) – Farmers & desertification

(00:18:33) – A brief history of our soil

(00:27:11) – Connecting to nature

(00:28:48) – Two fun facts

(00:30:29) – We don’t eat our food

(00:33:26) – Sacrifice zones & human rights

(00:38:21) – Glyphosate, wheat, oats, & chickpeas

(00:44:47) – The good news

(00:46:09) – Monsanto, Bayer, the EPA, & whistleblowers

(00:49:36) – Feeding the world

(00:56:04) – Soil regeneration

(01:02:41) – A global movement

(01:14:49) – How to eat

(01:23:10) – USDA Organic

(01:29:36) – High stakes

(01:30:43) – Bees & insects

(01:37:39) – Stories of hope

(01:38:59) – Rebecca’s dream documentary

(01:41:32) – Hopeful