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22 Narendra Varma - How Biodynamic and Local Agriculture Can Save The Planet

5/11/2016

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​After retiring early from Microsoft and traveling the world, Narendra Varma became interested in permaculture design and biodynamic agriculture. He moved to Portland Oregon in 2010 and purchased a fifty acre farm in order to found OurTable. OurTable produces local food from the community by blending science and wisdom form the past.
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In this episode, we discuss biodynamic agriculture, the problems with the modern industrial food system, and how locally produced food can elevate the world’s problems.

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"The best thing to do is to build a relationship with the person who is growing your food." - Narendra Varma

Show Notes:
  • How the industrial food system effects climate change
  • Why the word "organic" doesn’t mean what it used to
  • Why industrial agriculture isn’t feeding the world
  • How cheap calories are not really cheap
  • How our public health crisis was created
  • Why he started his farm
  • What biodynamic agriculture means

"Biodynamic farming sees the farmer as an organ in this organism, not more or less important than any other part." - Narendra Varma
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  • How to get a biodynamic certification
  • Why Havana grows most of its produce within the city limits
  • How the OurTable farm cooperative works
  • Why they produce far more biomass in food per acre than industrial agriculture
  • How people are waking up to the fact that what we put in our bodies impacts our health
  • Why we aren’t paying the real cost of our food

Links Mentioned:
  • OurTable

"We as a species have become disconnected with the systems that support us." - Narendra Varma
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