Beyond Regeneration: Connecting our Souls to the Soil with Daniel Firth Griffith

From the Podcast: In this episode we interviewed Daniel Griffith of the Robinia Institute. In today’s climate, regenerative agriculture is a popular phrase being used in the farming and health industries, as well as marketing campaigns. Daniel unpacks what the label “regenerative agriculture” means and why the conversation and practices surrounding this trendy label might need to be reframed.

He posits that regenerative agriculture does not actually get to the root cause of our problems since it simply continues the cycle of mechanization and reductionism. As Daniel so beautifully says: “First we need to heal the soul before healing the soil.” Tune in for a philosophical conversation about the land, our connection to it, agriculture, community, and the hope for a better future. Allan Savory calls Daniel the “poet laureate of holistic management,” and he did a fantastic job of painting a vivid picture of the landscape with his words.

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This was an enjoyable conversation with hosts, Christine and Corey. This is also the last episode I will be recording for the near future, as I sit back, write, and flesh out these thoughts through their early development stages. We have long teetered on the line between “regenerative agriculture is good but needs saved” and “regenerative agriculture is not good enough and cannot be saved” and this winter I am working with my publisher to write a substantial book on this subject—four times the size of all my other books.

Stay tuned.