Ep 87 - Ordinary Soil

The negative environmental consequences of industrial food production are well known, but how does this system affect the people producing the food? Alex Woodard joins to discuss his book Ordinary Soil, a story that offers insight into the human impacts of "modern" farming methods. The book covers a broad spectrum of social and environmental issues including soil degradation, toxins, the opioid epidemic, chronic disease, and intergenerational trauma. Trigger warning: suicide and addiction. Resources discussed in this episode:

• Ordinary Soil book

• Analog Sun book

• Alex Woodard website

• Dr. Zach Bush website

• Farmer's Footprint website

• Chemical Farming & The Loss of Human Health (Dr. Zach Bush) video

• Previous Sustainably Geeky episodes about non-industrial farming methods:

• Episode 31: Uncharted Terrane with the Local Terrane Podcast

• Episode 42: Food for Thought with James Rebanks, Author

• Episode 44: The Bare Necessities with Taelor Monroe, Austin Permaculture Guild

• Episode 61: Food for the Soul with Clara AgborTabi, Soul Fire Farm

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