Nutrient Dense Food with Dan Kittredge: Growing for the Microbiome

In this episode of Sense Making in a Changing World, I speak with regenerative farmer and Bionutrient Food Association founder Dan Kittredge from the United States. Together we explore what it really means to grow nutrient dense food and nourish the microbiome, in the soil and in our own bodies. Dan shares decades of experience and research that reveal just how wide the gap is between food that truly nourishes and food that simply fills us up. We talk about the huge variation in nutrient levels between different samples of the same crop, why this happens and what it means for human health and climate. We touch on: How two carrots from different farms can have four to ten times difference in key nutrients Why labels like organic or local only tell part of the story of food quality What happens when we take soil out of the equation and grow food in hydroponic systems Why Dan says we should be growing for the microbiome in the soil and in our own bodies Practical ways gardeners and farmers can start shifting their practice toward truly nutrient dense food My hope is that this conversation helps you look at the food on your plate and the soil under your feet in a new way, and encourages you to keep experimenting in your own gardens, farms, kitchens and communities. I'd love to hear from you. Text me here. Support the show _____ MORAG GAMBLE Founder, Permaculture Education Institute Morag's Courses Podcast Blog Podcast YouTube : Podcast Instagram Linkedin I am a possibilitarian and I believe in HumanKINDness. In this podcast my guests and I explore How are we to live? Really live, as nature ourselves, tending the conditions where life can thrive. We ask How do we become the kind of humans this moment is asking us to be? This podcast is one of my acts of myceliation. Each conversation is a thread in a vast network of people speaking up for life with love and care. This podcast beams out from my hand-built solar-powered studio in the midst of a permaculture food forest in a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara and Gubbi Gubbi country. If this episode lights something in you, pass it to one person who needs it. That is how myceliation works.

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Nutrient Dense Food with Dan Kittredge: Growing for the Microbiome is an episode from Sense-making in a Changing World by Morag Gamble: Permaculture Education Institute.

This episode is 45:31 long.

This episode was published on Dec 11, 2025.

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