150 – Soil Regenerates and the Denim Road is Born with Auggie

<p>In episode 150, Avi Burra welcomes <a href="https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsdwr2spy2sfwvj6xpcsg40y3w476e6z6uzmyt6edujfnhkrm22emsfe0ut5">Auggie</a> from the “Meshtadel” world to talk regenerative farming, circular Bitcoin economies, and what it looks like to build a parallel system from the dirt up. Avi opens with a “soil is the original protocol” sermon: real resilience comes from base layers (trust, attention, relationships, values), not glossy interfaces or top-of-stack hype.</p> <p>Auggie, a DevOps engineer turned farmer, shares how he’s regenerating 99 acres in Missouri with management-intensive rotational grazing, raising sheep, pigs, and a small but growing cattle herd. He frames “Meshtadel” as both literal mesh networking and a broader metaphor: local “citadels” that can meet essential needs on their own, then trade for luxuries and gaps across a wider network, like a resilient hologram.</p> <p>They dig into externalities: how modern living hides downstream consequences (waste, subsidies, monocrops), while regenerative practices close loops with manure, rotation, biodiversity, and low-input systems. Auggie gives vivid on-the-ground examples, from using pigs and sheep to suppress invasives (like Japanese honeysuckle) to celebrating dung beetles as a sign the soil biology is coming back online.</p> <p>They connect the farm to Bitcoin: Auggie sells farm goods for sats through local meetups, helps bootstrap a circular economy (raw milk, honey, soaps, salsa, 3D-printed goods), and dreams up “trade routes” between cities and meetups to move real-world necessities on a Bitcoin standard.</p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.Inkblotfarm.com">Ink Blot Farm</a></li> <li><a href="https://kcbitcoiners.com">KC Bitcoiners</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/July-18-Avi-Burra/dp/B0G12PPTCM">Avi's New Book – July 18</a></li> <li><a href="https://indeehub.studio/film/finding-home/season/1/episode/3">Finding Home Episode 3 – Paraguay</a> [IndeeHub Code: <strong>PIONEER21</strong> ]</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/24-Avi-Burra/dp/B0CN9NRNNB/ref=sr*1*1?crid=27RW9P8JQ4YMV&keywords=avi+burra+24&qid=1700327391&sprefix=avi+burra+24%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1%5D(https://www.amazon.com/24-Avi-Burra/dp/B0CN9NRNNB/ref=sr11?crid=27RW9P8JQ4YMV&keywords=avi+burra+24&qid=1700327391&sprefix=avi+burra+24%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1">Avi's First Book – 24 (2nd Edition)</a></li> </ul>