193 Fred Provenza - What should we learn from domesticated animals when it comes to food as medicine

A conversation with Fred Provenza, professor emeritus of Behavioural Ecology in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University, about domesticated animals, their ability to self-select medicine and food and figure out what they need in terms of energy, vitamins and phytonutrients. We also discuss what they can teach us about rediscovering our nutritional wisdom.

This series is supported by the A Team Foundation, who support food and land projects that are ecologically, economically and socially conscious. They contribute to the wider movement that envisions a future where real food is produced by enlightened agriculture and access to it is equal. The A Team are looking to make more investments and grants in the space of bionutrients. You can find out more on ateamfoundation.org.
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Research shows that animals are perfectly able to feed themselves when they have the cultural background and intergenerational education plus the diversity in plants and feed they need. So, what does that teach us about human nutrition and its connection to healthy soils?

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Chapters

• 2:06 Why are you doing what you are doing? Why Soil?
• 18:08 Role of culture and intergenerational learning with animals
• 26:30 What does that mean for humans?
• 33:20 Why we are not eating enough healthy whole some foods
• 43:18 What can we learn from how plants manage their economies?
• 48:13 What we lost by selecting for yield
• 57:20 What would you do if you were in charge of a 1B investment portfolio
• 1:07:51 If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing in the agriculture industry