Eric Toensmeier is my guest on Episode 108 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.
Eric is the award-winning author of Paradise Lot and Perennial Vegetables, and the co-author of Edible Forest Gardens as well as a contributor for Drawdown. He is an appointed lecturer at Yale University, and an international trainer, presenting in English and Spanish in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean. Eric has studied permaculture and useful plants of the world for over two decades. He managed an urban farm project for five years, ran a seed company, and co-developed a farm business training curriculum that is now used in eight US states and three Canadian provinces. Eric’s most recent book is The Carbon Farming Solution A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security, backed by supporters through a Kickstarter campaign.
http://carbonfarmingsolution.com/
http://www.perennialsolutions.org/
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00:00 - The Carbon Farming Solution a Major Drawdown
01:04 - Introduction Inside Ideas guest Eric Toensmeier on Episode 108 with Marc Buckley
02:15 - Carbon Farming Solution book
04:04 - Contributing to the Drawdown book
07:26 - Drawdown review free: https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/TheDrawdownReview%E2%80%932020%E2%80%93Download.pdf
09:01 - Report: Farming our way out of climate crises
10:09 - Imagine climate change as a sink
10:55 - Emission reduction solutions and impact
12:33 - Integrate livestock with trees
17:27 - How have you weathered this crazy time?
18:40 - Home garden
25:57 - Front lawn
30:35 - Sam van Aken on Inside Ideas Ep 64: Tree of 40 fruits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spRfacCVd8g
33:25 - Background and inspiration to the book
35:42 - Huge tool list
40:33 - How to reach industrial agriculture?
44:55 - Shift subsidies away from bad environmental practices
47:24 - Believe in a diversity of practices
47:55 - Learn from successes
50:40 - A summary of all the issues
51:30 - Projections and impact of climate change
52:15 - Adaptation strategies
54:07 - Holistic system view
56:00 - Food being a commodity
57:50 - Ken Meter Building community food webs on Inside Ideas Ep. 103:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29iVjBJEs80&t=10s
58:38 - When only profit matters….
1:00:48 - Food hubs as a solution for Local food
1:03:50 - Bring food waste back and build a biorefinery?
1:05:20 - Circular economy. More on Circular economy on Ep. 104:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESg-SJXvww8&t=2298s
1:06:22 - Lack of True cost
1:09:51 - The solidarity economy movement in Brasil
1:11:35 - Bring back food resilience
1:13:32 - Waste heat in the cities
1:16:03 - Urban agriculture
1:18:43 - Key Takeaways from The Carbon Farming Solution book
1:20:33 - Emission reductions
1:22:51 - Success example in Columbia
1:25:07 - The burning question, WTF What is the Future?
1:28:41 - Sustainable Takeaway
1:29:19 - What should young innovators in your field think about?
1:29:58 - What I wished I knew from the start
1:31:01 - UN Food System Summit 2021 and COP 26 in Glasgow
