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In Episode 2, Maine Lobsterman Curt Brown discusses partnerships between ocean scientists and the fishing industry, and how climate change is showing up in the data and on the water.

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The Dirt on Our Diets: How Human Health is Rooted in Soil Vitality – Make Science Make Sense

While writing a book on how human civilizations have historically depleted farm soil nutrients with dire consequences, geologist David Montgomery watched his wife, Anne, revive their backyard's “crap” dirt. Through persistence, composting, and trusting natural processes, Anne nourished once hopeless soil back to health, and her garden has flourished ever since.Combining David's geological knowledge with Anne's biological expertise, the couple launched the Dig2Grow movement and conducted the first national study comparing the nutrient density of crops and livestock raised on side-by-side regenerative and conventional farms. In this episode, Dr. Anne Biklé and Dr. David Montgomery discuss their findings, explain the link between soil health and human well-being, and make the case for why everyone should care about the dirt that grows their food.To learn more about Dig2Grow, visit: https://www.dig2grow.com/Order What Your Food Ate, the book that this research was developed for, here: https://bit.ly/4xziF8NMusic licensed through Soundstripe.Code: CPIZODSIV8JIRVJN, 0WDQOIOS6MXYK26Y
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