Season 3 Episode 2 In Defence of a Modern Yeomanry

Season 3 Episode 2 Wholefoods in the marketplace — In Defence of a Modern Yeomanry Co-host links: The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News Welcome to Season 3, episode 2, the second in our series on Wholefoods in the marketplace and our first for 2018. This week, co-host, writer, podcaster and organic farmer Jon Moore reads his article " In Defence of A Modern Yeomanry – Small mixed farms as the answer ". Before we get to the reading through, Jon was kind enough to answer a few questions on the subject. Key moments and defining quotes have been included below. Enjoy the show! Key quotes: "It's a self-sustaining system and it's worked for a long time." "Famines have always been associated with political decisions." "The more smallholders there are putting carbon back into the soil, the less [climate] variation there will be." "[The organic smallholder farmer] becomes more of an observer than a doer." Key moments: Q&A 0.35: Introduction to Q & A between co-hosts Rich Bowden and Jon Moore. 0.58: The benefits of small area farms. 1.27: The origins of modern organic agriculture. 1.52: Discussion of the "Back to the Land" movement of the 60s and 70s. 2.30: "One Straw Revolution" Fukuoka 3.30: The "Do Nothing" approach to organic farming. 5.02: The benefits to the community of this method. 5.50: Famines and political systems. 6.08: Smallholders and climate. 6.43: Observing the land. 7.28: Reading of "In Defence of a Modern Yeomanry: Small mixed Farms as the Answer" by Jon Moore. ( Article can be read here at World Organic News .) Links: Connect with us at The Real Food Chain or Facebook Page Twitter: @RFChain or check out past episodes at Connect with Jon Moore at World Organic News .

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Season 3 Episode 2 In Defence of a Modern Yeomanry is an episode from The Real Food Chain- wholefoods with an Australian Accent by Jon Moore.

This episode is 20:11 long.

This episode was published on Jan 6, 2018.

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