374. Soil Health, Food Quality, and Holiday Recipes with Molly Chester — Commune with Jeff Krasno
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374. Soil Health, Food Quality, and Holiday Recipes with Molly Chester

December 22, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min

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Learn how soil health determines the nutritional value of your food, straight from a regenerative farmer.

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In this episode

  • Why nutrient density starts with the soil, not the kitchen
  • How biodynamic and no-till farming change what ends up on your plate
  • The role of biodiversity and rotational grazing in food quality
  • Holiday recipes grounded in seasonal, farm-fresh ingredients

About this episode

Molly Chester sees food as a celebration — from when the seed is sown to the holiday table is set. In this episode, Jeff and Molly discuss why the nutritional quality of food is directly related to the health of the soil, and how that principle became the guiding philosophy behind Apricot Lane Farms.

In this episode we cover:
0:10:02 – Biodiversity
0:10:54 – Seasonality
0:12:13 – Food for Healing
0:13:05 – Nutrient Density
0:14:54 – Soil Health
0:18:24 – Biodynamic Farming
0:25:04 – No-till
0:34:11 – Rotational Grazing
0:36:23 – Symbiotics
0:52:20 – Carbon Sequestration
1:00:51 – Holiday Recipes

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