#139 - Farmer Lee Jones: Modern Regenerative Agriculture, Growing Plants For More Nutrition, Buying Local & Farmers Market, Historical Farming & Heirloom Seeds, Chemical Insecticides & GMOs, Restoring The Topsoil, Eating The Whole Plant, And More!
The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast
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Show Notes
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1:55 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome!
2:05 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon
10:10 - Farmer Lee Jones Story
15:30 - How Farming Used To Be
17:00 - Nutritional Levels In Produce
18:30 - Growing For Flavor
20:25 - Vitamin D
23:40 - Chemicals And GMOs
25:00 - Home Delivery
25:20 - Could We Have Done It Differently?
26:00 - How The War Changed The Way We Eat
27:50 - A Change In Mindset About Our Food
30:10 - Using The Whole Plant
31:45 - How Much Of Our Food Are Native Species?
33:15 - Seed Savors Exchange: An Heirloom Seed Preserve
34:10 - Are Heirloom Varieties More Nutritious?
35:50 - The Algal Bloom In The Great Lakes
36:30 - How We Can Turn Things Around
37:35 - Buying Local
39:00 - Respecting Your Farm Employees
41:00 - Microgreens
43:05 - Hydroponic Gardens
45:30 - Eating The Root And Greens
46:55 - Edible Flowers
52:20 - White Vegetables
54:40 - Winter Vegetables
58:20 - "Beneficials" In Organic Farming
1:01:15 - Seed Sorting & Seed Weight
1:04:15 - Vegetable Tops
1:05:15 - Craving Certain Plants
1:07:00 - Pollination And Hybridization
1:10:00 - The Recipes
1:12:30 - How To Navigate The Regular Grocery Store
1:15:30 - Regenerative Agriculture With Animals
1:16:50 - Eating Seasonally