Kiss the Ground w/ Ryland Engelhart: Recent Episodes
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The essence of the work of Kiss the Ground is this deep reverence for life. A conversation about ecology, soil, trees, and all the layers of the biology and living things that contribute to our existence. Interconnection and love of the world. Hosted by Ryland Engelhart www.kisstheground.com
Welcome everyone to another episode of Kiss the Ground. Today’s guest is a very fun guy, Dr. Michael Amaranthus, a USDA forest service soil ecologist who retired from the USFS to start his own biotech company called Mycorrhizal Applications. Mycorrhizal is a relationship between fungi and plants to increase water and nutrients to the plant while providing carbohydrates to the fungi. Today, Michael is here to chat about his journey to discovering the benefits of fungi, what this process looks like, and how it can affect climate change.
Welcome everyone to another episode of Kiss the Ground. Today’s guest is a very fun guy, Dr. Michael Amaranthus, a USDA forest service soil ecologist who retired from the USFS to start his own biotech company called Mycorrhizal Applications. Mycorrhizal is a relationship between fungi and plants to increase water and nutrients to the plant while providing carbohydrates to the fungi. Today, Michael is here to chat about his journey to discovering the benefits of fungi, what this process looks like, and how it can affect climate change.
Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and a longtime collaborator with film director Wes Anderson. For anyone not familiar with what a music supervisor does, he’s the person who selects the songs to play during a movie, television show, or commercial. Some of Randall’s credits include “Skyfall,” The Wolf of Wallstreet, and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”
Randall recently collaborated with Kiss the Ground on a new project called “Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads.” It’s a track-by-track recreation of Guthrie’s 1940 “Dust Bowl Ballads” album, a collection of songs about the economical hardships of the Great Depression. Randall recruited a diverse group of artists to revamp the tracks on the record while maintaining the same message: Take care of the earth before it’s too late.
Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and a longtime collaborator with film director Wes Anderson. For anyone not familiar with what a music supervisor does, he’s the person who selects the songs to play during a movie, television show, or commercial. Some of Randall’s credits include “Skyfall,” The Wolf of Wallstreet, and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Randall recently collaborated with Kiss the Ground on a new project called “Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads.” It’s a track-by-track recreation of Guthrie’s 1940 “Dust Bowl Ballads” album, a collection of songs about the economical hardships of the Great Depression. Randall recruited a diverse group of artists to revamp the tracks on the record while maintaining the same message: Take care of the earth before it’s too late.
Today’s guest is Autumn Smith, a mother, co-founder of Paleovalley, certified eating psychology coach, former fitness trainer, yogi, and all-around wellness warrior.
She started Paleovalley with her husband Chas, his brother Matt and their good friend Matthew after suffering from acute digestive issues since she was a kid. Together, they discovered that good food is truly the key to thriving health, a revelation they were determined to share with the world. Paleovalley creates products free from problematic ingredients and only includes ingredients to help you feel your best.
Today, Autumn is here to discuss her dietary journey, the vital role food plays in our mental health, and how regenerative agriculture is imperative to gain the nutrients needed to stay tuned. Eat well. And live vibrantly.
Interested in grabbing some Paleovalley’s superfood products? Get 15% off your next order using the code: KTG
Today’s guest is Autumn Smith, a mother, co-founder of Paleovalley, certified eating psychology coach, former fitness trainer, yogi, and all-around wellness warrior. She started Paleovalley with her husband Chas, his brother Matt and their good friend Matthew after suffering from acute digestive issues since she was a kid. Together, they discovered that good food is truly the key to thriving health, a revelation they were determined to share with the world. Paleovalley creates products free from problematic ingredients and only includes ingredients to help you feel your best. Today, Autumn is here to discuss her dietary journey, the vital role food plays in our mental health, and how regenerative agriculture is imperative to gain the nutrients needed to stay tuned. Eat well. And live vibrantly. Interested in grabbing some Paleovalley’s superfood products? Get 15% off your next order using the code: KTG
Today Ryland chats with Stephen Brooks, a self-trained ethnobotanist and an eco-community creator. Alongside his father Norman, Stephen has created several ecological communities in Costa Rica like Punta Mona, Alegria Village, and La Ecovilla, just to name a few. Stephen’s communities have touched the lives of thousands of visitors and students, and even made an appearance in the Netflix show “Down to Earth” with Zac Efron.
Today Ryland chats with Stephen Brooks, a self-trained ethnobotanist and an eco-community creator. Alongside his father Norman, Stephen has created several ecological communities in Costa Rica like Punta Mona, Alegria Village, and La Ecovilla, just to name a few. Stephen’s communities have touched the lives of thousands of visitors and students, and even made an appearance in the Netflix show “Down to Earth” with Zac Efron.
Onda is a regenerative hemp and herb company dedicated to using regenerative agriculture to create the cleanest possible plant medicine. Onda's CEO, Stephen explains the diverse uses of the hemp crop, how he kickstarted his company, and how he keeps their farming values a top priority while running his business.
You can find our collaboration product here: https://ondawellness.com/content-mint/
Onda is a regenerative hemp and herb company dedicated to using regenerative agriculture to create the cleanest possible plant medicine. Onda's CEO, Stephen explains the diverse uses of the hemp crop, how he kickstarted his company, and how he keeps their farming values a top priority while running his business. You can find our collaboration product here: https://ondawellness.com/content-mint/
Alice Waters is the chef and founder of Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkley, California famous for creating the farm-to-table experience, and her work with the Edible Schoolyard Initiative and her own School Lunch Initiative has served as an inspiration to many. She even inspired Michelle Obama’s White House organic vegetable garden program.
Today, Alice is here to chat about her trip to France that sparked her love for food, how that led her to open a restaurant that serves organically and regeneratively grown produce, and her life-long efforts to inspire others to rethink their relationship with food.
You can find a list of her books here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/75571/alice-waters/
Alice Waters is the chef and founder of Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkley, California famous for creating the farm-to-table experience, and her work with the Edible Schoolyard Initiative and her own School Lunch Initiative has served as an inspiration to many. She even inspired Michelle Obama’s White House organic vegetable garden program. Today, Alice is here to chat about her trip to France that sparked her love for food, how that led her to open a restaurant that serves organically and regeneratively grown produce, and her life-long efforts to inspire others to rethink their relationship with food. You can find a list of her books here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/75571/alice-waters/
Today we chat with Joseph Brinkley, the director of vineyard operations and regenerative farming at Fetzer vineyards. We’ve been serving Bonterra Wine at our events for the past 8 years. Joseph joins us to talk about the process, benefits, and environmental impacts of biodynamic farming.
Today we chat with Joseph Brinkley, the director of vineyard operations and regenerative farming at Fetzer vineyards. We’ve been serving
Bonterra Wine at our events for the past 8 years. Joseph joins us to talk about the process, benefits, and environmental impacts of
biodynamic farming.
Ray Archuleta is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist with the Soil Science Society of America and has over 30 years of experience as a Soil Conservationist, Water Quality Specialist, and Conservation Agronomist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). During his tenure with the NRCS Ray served in New Mexico, Missouri, Oregon, and North Carolina. He is often referred to as the "Minister of Soil" and was the star of our feature-length documentary film. Please enjoy this episode.
Ray Archuleta is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist with the Soil Science Society of America and has over 30 years of experience as a Soil Conservationist, Water Quality Specialist, and Conservation Agronomist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). During his tenure with the NRCS Ray served in New Mexico, Missouri, Oregon, and North Carolina.
He is often referred to as the "Minister of Soil" and was the star of our feature-length documentary film. Please enjoy this episode.
John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, and teacher. He is passionate about the potential of well managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation. It is John’s mission to have these regenerative models of agriculture management become mainstream globally by 2040.
In addition to being a grower, John is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, Crop Health Labs, Ozadia, and the Regenerative Agriculture Academy. He hosts the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, where he interviews top growers and scientists about the principles and practices of implementing regenerative agriculture on a large scale.
John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, and teacher. He is passionate about the potential of well managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation. It is John’s mission to have these regenerative models of agriculture management become mainstream globally by 2040. In addition to being a grower, John is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, Crop Health Labs, Ozadia, and the Regenerative Agriculture Academy. He hosts the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, where he interviews top growers and scientists about the principles and practices of implementing regenerative agriculture on a large scale.
Darren J. Doherty, CPAg (AIA) is a farm planner who is the founder of Regrarians Ltd. and the Regrarians Platform®—the world's most comprehensive agroecological landscape, enterprise, and training framework. Since 1993, Darren has worked with ten's of thousands of people around the world and since 2004 has been a key figure in introducing regenerative agriculture to many continents, most notably with his 'Soil, Water & Carbon for Every Farm' (2007), 'Carbon Farming and Economy' (2008/9), RegenAG® (2010/11) and REX® (2016-19) world tours. •BUY the Regrarians eHandbook Chapter by Chapter •BECOME a Discovery, Foundation, Planner Member
Darren J. Doherty, CPAg (AIA) is a farm planner who is the founder of Regrarians Ltd. and the Regrarians Platform®—the world's most comprehensive agroecological landscape, enterprise, and training framework. Since 1993, Darren has worked with ten's of thousands of people around the world and since 2004 has been a key figure in introducing regenerative agriculture to many continents, most notably with his 'Soil, Water & Carbon for Every Farm' (2007), 'Carbon Farming and Economy' (2008/9), RegenAG® (2010/11) and REX® (2016-19) world tours.
•BUY the Regrarians eHandbook Chapter by Chapter
•BECOME a Discovery, Foundation, Planner Member
Josh Whiton is an eco-tech entrepreneur and social innovator helping to repair the Earth. His work has been designated by Fast Company as being among the most innovative companies in the world. Josh was also awarded a Global Impact Visa by the government of New Zealand and was named Champion of Change by the Obama administration. His latest planetary intervention is MakeSoil.org.
Josh Whiton is an eco-tech entrepreneur and social innovator helping to repair the Earth. His work has been designated by Fast Company as being among the most innovative companies in the world. Josh was also awarded a Global Impact Visa by the government of New Zealand and was named Champion of Change by the Obama administration. His latest planetary intervention is MakeSoil.org.
Tiffany Persons founded Tiffany Company Casting in 2005. She and her team provide commercial casting for some of the largest brands in the world: American Express, Google, AT&T, Nike, Apple, Washington Mutual, Facebook, Disneyland, Starbucks to name a few...
Known for bringing joy, passion, and vulnerability to the advertising world, Tiffany is a champion for the beautiful communities of Sierra Leone. With unabashed enthusiasm and the collective generosity of so many, Shine On Sierra Leone has created groundbreaking education, healthcare, micro-loans, sustainability, and agriculture programs.
Most recently, she has joined the ranks of David & Goliath Ad Agency to recruit new and more diverse talent, as well as lead trainings on Black culture in media to change the conversation about minority groups in marketing at its root.
Tiffany is currently based in Topanga Canyon in the Los Angeles area where she lives with her daughter and partner-in-joy, November.
You can find more information on Tiffany here:
http://www.suburbanoutlawproductions.com/reppins1/2019/11/3/reppin-15-tiffany-persons
https://www.shootonline.com/node/85727
http://www.tiffanycompanycasting.com/about
Tiffany Persons founded Tiffany Company Casting in 2005. She and her team provide commercial casting for some of the largest brands in the world: American Express, Google, AT&T, Nike, Apple, Washington Mutual, Facebook, Disneyland, Starbucks to name a few... Known for bringing joy, passion, and vulnerability to the advertising world, Tiffany is a champion for the beautiful communities of Sierra Leone. With unabashed enthusiasm and the collective generosity of so many, Shine On Sierra Leone has created groundbreaking education, healthcare, micro-loans, sustainability, and agriculture programs. Most recently, she has joined the ranks of David & Goliath Ad Agency to recruit new and more diverse talent, as well as lead trainings on Black culture in media to change the conversation about minority groups in marketing at its root.
Tiffany is currently based in Topanga Canyon in the Los Angeles area where she lives with her daughter and partner-in-joy, November. You can find more information on Tiffany here: http://www.suburbanoutlawproductions.com/reppins1/2019/11/3/reppin-15-tiffany-persons https://www.shootonline.com/node/85727 http://www.tiffanycompanycasting.com/about
Warfield Moose Jr. is an Oglala Lakota teacher, spiritual leader, and cultural historian from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He was raised in a traditional Lakota way by his parents, Warfield Sr. and Norma Moose, and his grandparents on both sides. Warfield’s life philosophy evolved from his family who spoke only Lakota in the home and passed along the culture, teachings, and traditions of the relatives who went before them.
Please enjoy Ryland's Conversation with Warfield Moose Jr.
Warfield Moose Jr. is an Oglala Lakota teacher, spiritual leader, and cultural historian from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He was raised in a traditional Lakota way by his parents, Warfield Sr. and Norma Moose, and his grandparents on both sides. Warfield’s life philosophy evolved from his family who spoke only Lakota in the home and passed along the culture, teachings, and traditions of the relatives who went before them. Please enjoy Ryland's Conversation with Warfield Moose Jr.
Ahmed is the alchemist behind Numi’s teas, creating unique, innovative, and delicious blends with his tea’m. Before co-founding Numi, he studied theater and psychology in New York City, then spent a decade living, working, and traveling in Europe as a professional filmmaker and photographer. He began designing teahouses in Prague, where he learned about tea’s culture, ceremonies, and its many health benefits. He speaks English, Arabic, Czech, French, and German.
Ahmed is the alchemist behind Numi’s teas, creating unique, innovative, and delicious blends with his tea’m. Before co-founding Numi, he studied theater and psychology in New York City, then spent a decade living, working, and traveling in Europe as a professional filmmaker and photographer. He began designing teahouses in Prague, where he learned about tea’s culture, ceremonies, and its many health benefits. He speaks English, Arabic, Czech, French, and German.
John W. Roulac is the founder of RE Botanicals and Nutiva and 5 ecological nonprofit groups. He's written 4 books and is the co-producer of the film Kiss the Ground.
You can read his latest article here.
John W. Roulac is the founder of RE Botanicals and Nutiva and 5 ecological nonprofit groups. He's written 4 books and is the co-producer of the film Kiss the Ground. You can read his latest article here.
While attending UC Berkely, friends Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora began growing organic mushrooms with coffee grounds only. Since then, they have launched America's #1 organic gardening company, Back to the Roots.
Listen and enjoy Ryland's conversation with Alejandro Velez!
While attending UC Berkely, friends Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora began growing organic mushrooms with coffee grounds only. Since then, they have launched America's #1 organic gardening company, Back to the Roots. Listen and enjoy Ryland's conversation with Alejandro Velez!
Doniga Markegard is a rancher, author, wife, and mother. Doniga owns and operates Markegard Family Grass-Fed raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork, and dairy supplying the Bay Area with local, nutrient-dense foods. Her work expands beyond her family ranch into policy and advocacy.
Thank you for listening to Kiss the Ground!
Doniga Markegard is a rancher, author, wife, and mother. Doniga owns and operates Markegard Family Grass-Fed raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork, and dairy supplying the Bay Area with local, nutrient-dense foods. Her work expands beyond her family ranch into policy and advocacy.
Thank you for listening to Kiss the Ground!
In this episode of Kiss the Ground, Ryland has a conversation with his friend, Jeff Krasno. Jeff created the concept for Wanderlust, a series of large-scale events combining yoga & wellness with the arts. He founded Commune Media, an online learning platform for personal and societal well-being. In 2016, he was selected by Oprah Winfrey to be part of the SuperSoul100 as one of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs. Ryland and Jeff dive into the past 18 months and how overcoming Covid and media-driven fear inspired new ideas exercised through writing. Listen and enjoy!
In this episode of Kiss the Ground, Ryland has a conversation with his friend, Jeff Krasno.
Jeff created the concept for Wanderlust, a series of large-scale events combining yoga & wellness with the arts. He founded Commune Media, an online learning platform for personal and societal well-being. In 2016, he was selected by Oprah Winfrey to be part of the SuperSoul100 as one of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs.
Ryland and Jeff dive into the past 18 months and how overcoming Covid and media-driven fear inspired new ideas exercised through writing.
Listen and enjoy!
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading voices and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. His work includes founding successful, ecologically conscious businesses, writing about the impacts of commerce on living systems, and consulting with heads of state and CEOs on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. Paul is the founder of Project Drawdown, a non-profit dedicated to researching when and how global warming can be reversed. The organization maps and models the scaling of one hundred substantive technological, social, and ecological solutions to global warming.
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading voices and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. His work includes founding successful, ecologically conscious businesses, writing about the impacts of commerce on living systems, and consulting with heads of state and CEOs on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. Paul is the founder of Project Drawdown, a non-profit dedicated to researching when and how global warming can be reversed. The organization maps and models the scaling of one hundred substantive technological, social, and ecological solutions to global warming.
Tashanda is an environmental educator cultivating a network of like-minded individuals, organizations, and activists eager to support the learning and growth of urban youth in Los Angeles, California. To date, Tashanda is applying innovative, relative place-based, project- and action-focused environmental education at Environmental Charter Middle School Inglewood as a Green Ambassadors Teacher. We hope you enjoy this episode of Kiss The Ground!
Tashanda is an environmental educator cultivating a network of like-minded individuals, organizations, and activists eager to support the learning and growth of urban youth in Los Angeles, California. To date, Tashanda is applying innovative, relative place-based, project- and action-focused environmental education at Environmental Charter Middle School Inglewood as a Green Ambassadors Teacher. We hope you enjoy this episode of Kiss The Ground!
Having grown up in extreme poverty in the Northern rainforest of Guatemala, Regi has committed his life to do whatever he can to ensure that he contributes to alleviating the conditions that create the same suffering for others, no matter where in the world they may be. To this lifelong and global task, he brings a boundless passion and a long history of entrepreneurship. Back in Guatemala before migrating to the US in 1992, he managed the marketing department for an organization that sold crafts from over 3,500 indigenous people from 42 communities. Once he arrived in the US, he started a few similar businesses and in 1995 started the process of founding, organizing, conceptualizing, and later launching and managing the start-up phase of Peace Coffee, one of Minnesota’s premier fair-trade coffee companies. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Having grown up in extreme poverty in the Northern rainforest of Guatemala, Regi has committed his life to do whatever he can to ensure that he contributes to alleviating the conditions that create the same suffering for others, no matter where in the world they may be. To this lifelong and global task, he brings a boundless passion and a long history of entrepreneurship. Back in Guatemala before migrating to the US in 1992, he managed the marketing department for an organization that sold crafts from over 3,500 indigenous people from 42 communities. Once he arrived in the US, he started a few similar businesses and in 1995 started the process of founding, organizing, conceptualizing, and later launching and managing the start-up phase of Peace Coffee, one of Minnesota’s premier fair-trade coffee companies.
I hope you enjoy our conversation.
This week on Kiss the Ground, Ryland chats with a pioneer of medical research into brain-gut interactions, Emeran Mayer. His current research focuses on the role of the gut microbiota brain interactions has expanded to emotion regulation, chronic visceral pain, food addiction and obesity, cognitive decline, and autism spectrum disorders. Listen in as they discuss the importance of bacteria and healthy habits at the earliest stages in our lives.
You can find everything you need to know including Emerans publications on his Website.
Be sure to subscribe and leave us a rating!
This week on Kiss the Ground, Ryland chats with a pioneer of medical research into brain-gut interactions, Emeran Mayer. His current research focuses on the role of the gut microbiota brain interactions has expanded to emotion regulation, chronic visceral pain, food addiction and obesity, cognitive decline, and autism spectrum disorders. Listen in as they discuss the importance of bacteria and healthy habits at the earliest stages in our lives.
You can find everything you need to know including Emerans publications on his Website.
Be sure to subscribe and leave us a rating!
Christo Miliotis is a doctor and scientist who has devoted his life and work to biodynamics. In today's episode, he walks us through some basic and complex principles we can all utilize to better our world. He wrote a lovely mantra: " The 'soilution' to climate change lies beneath our feet and it depends on what we choose to eat." We couldn't agree more. If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a rating, and be sure to subscribe! Listen to the Kiss The Ground Podcast right here every Thursday.
Christo Miliotis is a doctor and scientist who has devoted his life and work to biodynamics. In today's episode, he walks us through some basic and complex principles we can all utilize to better our world. He wrote a lovely mantra: " The 'soilution' to climate change lies beneath our feet and it depends on what we choose to eat." We couldn't agree more.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a rating, and be sure to subscribe!
Listen to the Kiss The Ground Podcast right here every Thursday.
Welcome, everyone to another episode of the Kiss The Ground podcast. We have two guests today! An amazing filmmaker, Mallory Cunningham who's worked with Kiss the Ground over the last three years, making some of the beautiful content that we've created. Mallory contributed and worked on pieces that were featured on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sundays. And she has created an amazing piece that will be released in the month of May for Mother's Day featuring Carrie Richards, who also happens to be our second guest today. Carrie is an amazing young woman who's gone back to a five-generation family ranch to take over the operation and is doing it in a completely new way.
Instead of doing it the old conventional way, she's really taking on this regenerative holistic management approach to how to regenerate the land and regenerate an abundant business. You can find more info about Carries's grass-fed beef here
Welcome, everyone to another episode of the Kiss The Ground podcast. We have two guests today! An amazing filmmaker, Mallory Cunningham who's worked with Kiss the Ground over the last three years, making some of the beautiful content that we've created. Mallory contributed and worked on pieces that were featured on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sundays. And she has created an amazing piece that will be released in the month of May for Mother's Day featuring Carrie Richards, who also happens to be our second guest today. Carrie is an amazing young woman who's gone back to a five-generation family ranch to take over the operation and is doing it in a completely new way. Instead of doing it the old conventional way, she's really taking on this regenerative holistic management approach to how to regenerate the land and regenerate an abundant business. You can find more info about Carries's grass-fed beef here
Hey everyone, welcome back to Kiss the Ground. I’m am beyond excited for today’s episode. Our guest is Will Allen. Will began farming organically in the Santa Barbara area in 1968 and was one of the first-ever organic farmers in the San Joaquin Valley.
All of his stories are so impressive, it’s almost hard to believe one man could accomplish all he has in one lifetime. From his time in the Marine Corps to his devotion to farming the right way, Will’s character is overwhelmingly inspiring.
In 2000, he took over the management of Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford, Vermont. While in Vermont, Will fought for the labeling of all GMO products. And in 2014, his tenacious activism paid off as Vermont became the first state in the US to pass a GMO labeling law.
This is one of the best conversations I’ve had and I’m so proud to present it to our audience today. Please enjoy my conversation with Will Allen.
To learn more about today's guest visit the Cedar Circle Website
Hey everyone, welcome back to Kiss the Ground. I’m am beyond excited for today’s episode. Our guest is Will Allen. Will began farming organically in the Santa Barbara area in 1968 and was one of the first-ever organic farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. All of his stories are so impressive, it’s almost hard to believe one man could accomplish all he has in one lifetime. From his time in the Marine Corps to his devotion to farming the right way, Will’s character is overwhelmingly inspiring. In 2000, he took over the management of Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford, Vermont. While in Vermont, Will fought for the labeling of all GMO products. And in 2014, his tenacious activism paid off as Vermont became the first state in the US to pass a GMO labeling law. This is one of the best conversations I’ve had and I’m so proud to present it to our audience today. Please enjoy my conversation with Will Allen. To learn more about today's guest visit the Cedar Circle Website
Isis Indriya's multi-faceted work brings holistic and initiatory practices into dynamic and widely accessible forums. She is a facilitator of cultural and social evolution through her visioning, curation, and production of events and her role as an educator. She is co-founder, co-owner, and music promoter for the highly popular Haven Underground events venue, which stands at the epicenter of the creative and dynamic community of Nevada City where she lives. In addition, she maintains an active role in the Farm to Table dining experiences and Wild Women Wisdom events, and other fairs, special events, and festivals that help her home community thrive.
Isis Indriya's multi-faceted work brings holistic and initiatory practices into dynamic and widely accessible forums. She is a facilitator of cultural and social evolution through her visioning, curation, and production of events and her role as an educator.
She is co-founder, co-owner, and music promoter for the highly popular Haven Underground events venue, which stands at the epicenter of the creative and dynamic community of Nevada City where she lives. In addition, she maintains an active role in the Farm to Table dining experiences and Wild Women Wisdomevents, and other fairs, special events, and festivals that help her home community thrive.
Lyla June Johnston is an Indigenous public speaker, artist, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages from Taos, New Mexico. Her messages focus on Indigenous rights, supporting youth, traditional land stewardship practices, and healing inter-generational and inter-cultural trauma. She blends undergraduate studies in human ecology at Stanford University, graduate work in Native American Pedagogy at the University of New Mexico, and the indigenous worldview she grew up with to inform her perspectives and solutions. Her internationally acclaimed presentations are conveyed through the medium of poetry, music, and/or speech. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in Indigenous Studies with a focus on Indigenous Food Systems Revitalization. She is someone I admire greatly and I am truly proud to present to you my conversation with Lyla June Johnston.
Lyla June Johnston is an Indigenous public speaker, artist, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages from Taos, New Mexico. Her messages focus on Indigenous rights, supporting youth, traditional land stewardship practices, and healing inter-generational and inter-cultural trauma. She blends undergraduate studies in human ecology at Stanford University, graduate work in Native American Pedagogy at the University of New Mexico, and the indigenous worldview she grew up with to inform her perspectives and solutions. Her internationally acclaimed presentations are conveyed through the medium of poetry, music, and/or speech. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in Indigenous Studies with a focus on Indigenous Food Systems Revitalization. She is someone I admire greatly and I am truly proud to present to you my conversation with Lyla June Johnston.
Re-Release It gives me great honor to welcome our guest today, Marianne Williamson. She is an amazing woman. Best-selling author, starter of a non-profit, political activist, spiritual thought leader, and someone I have admired for many years. And someone I’ve personally know for the last ten years. She has written 14 books, multiple New York Times bestsellers, including her extremely popular title A Return to Love. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a non-profit that has delivered over 12 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients. Most recently, Marianne has stepped into the world of politics. She was a candidate for the 33rd district Congresswoman and a candidate for the President of the United States of America.
This is my conversation with Marianne Willamson, welcome to Kiss the Ground.
Re-Release It gives me great honor to welcome our guest today, Marianne Williamson. She is an amazing woman. Best-selling author, starter of a non-profit, political activist, spiritual thought leader, and someone I have admired for many years. And someone I’ve personally know for the last ten years. She has written 14 books, multiple New York Times bestsellers, including her extremely popular title A Return to Love. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a non-profit that has delivered over 12 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients. Most recently, Marianne has stepped into the world of politics. She was a candidate for the 33rd district Congresswoman and a candidate for the President of the United States of America. This is my conversation with Marianne Willamson, welcome to Kiss the Ground.
Welcome, welcome, everybody. I'm really, really excited for today's episode. We are having my big sister, Mollie Engelhart as a guest, who really is one of the most extraordinary human beings I know. The level of productivity and success and multitasking, and she does everything and everything well. She's a CEO for Sage Vegan Bistro restaurants. She's a chef, she's a regenerative farmer, she's an entrepreneur, she's a mother of three children under seven. She's a wife, she's a board member. She's a matriarch of her community, and really, today's conversation is how has she become such an amazing, powerful, productive, generous human being and do so many extraordinary things in such a short period of time? So, in today's conversation, we really dig into Mollie Engelhart's psychology and how she's created such a life of success.
Welcome, welcome, everybody. I'm really, really excited for today's episode. We are having my big sister, Mollie Engelhart as a guest, who really is one of the most extraordinary human beings I know. The level of productivity and success and multitasking, and she does everything and everything well. She's a CEO for Sage Vegan Bistro restaurants. She's a chef, she's a regenerative farmer, she's an entrepreneur, she's a mother of three children under seven. She's a wife, she's a board member. She's a matriarch of her community, and really, today's conversation is how has she become such an amazing, powerful, productive, generous human being and do so many extraordinary things in such a short period of time? So, in today's conversation, we really dig into Mollie Engelhart's psychology and how she's created such a life of success.
Today's guest is Erin McMorrow, who is intimately related to Kiss the Ground. She was our first executive director. She met us in Paris for COP 21 when we were able to get the soil story up on the Eiffel Tower. She is an amazing, amazing woman. She's an author, she's a guide, she's an artist. And really her path is, in her words, being a fierce, feminine, high priestess, and really that she's here to embody love. Her book has just launched, it's called Grounded. It's really about the connection between the fierce, feminine, spiritual energy and the connection of our earth and the connection to our soil. Please enjoy, Erin McMorrow.
Today's guest is Erin McMorrow, who is intimately related to Kiss the Ground. She was our first executive director. She met us in Paris for COP 21 when we were able to get the soil story up on the Eiffel Tower. She is an amazing, amazing woman. She's an author, she's a guide, she's an artist. And really her path is, in her words, being a fierce, feminine, high priestess, and really that she's here to embody love. Her book has just launched, it's called Grounded. It's really about the connection between the fierce, feminine, spiritual energy and the connection of our earth and the connection to our soil. Please enjoy, Erin McMorrow.
On today's podcast, you are going to have the opportunity to hear from John D. Liu, who is truly a legend in the regeneration ecosystem restoration community, and body of knowledge. He is just such a wise sage. Somebody who has lived their life in contemplation around how can ecosystems, how can people, how can communities live in harmony in symbiosis with nature? John D. Liu is a filmmaker and ecologist. He also is a researcher in several world institutions. He's a fellow from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also the ecosystem ambassador for the Commonland Foundation in Amsterdam. And John D. Liu is also the Ecosystem... He founded the Ecosystem Restorations worldwide movement, which aims to restore degraded ecosystems on a large scale. You are going to be blown away. You're going to be awakened. You're going to be inspired. Truly today's conversation is awakening the possibilities of regeneration. And I just trust that you're going to love it.
On today's podcast, you are going to have the opportunity to hear from John D. Liu, who is truly a legend in the regeneration ecosystem restoration community, and body of knowledge. He is just such a wise sage. Somebody who has lived their life in contemplation around how can ecosystems, how can people, how can communities live in harmony in symbiosis with nature? John D. Liu is a filmmaker and ecologist. He also is a researcher in several world institutions. He's a fellow from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also the ecosystem ambassador for the Commonland Foundation in Amsterdam. And John D. Liu is also the Ecosystem... He founded the Ecosystem Restorations worldwide movement, which aims to restore degraded ecosystems on a large scale. You are going to be blown away. You're going to be awakened. You're going to be inspired. Truly today's conversation is awakening the possibilities of regeneration. And I just trust that you're going to love it.
Charles Massy is an amazing human being. He is an author. He is a poet. He is a regenerative farmer, with 50 years plus of farming. He discovered regenerative agriculture late in his life, went back at 58 to get his Ph.D., and now he is an author and expert traveling the world and communicating the potential and the possibility of regenerative agriculture. His famous and noteworthy book is called "Call of the Reed Warbler" which has been printed 14 different times. Please enjoy our conversation.
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Charles Massy is an amazing human being. He is an author. He is a poet. He is a regenerative farmer, with 50 years plus of farming. He discovered regenerative agriculture late in his life, went back at 58 to get his Ph.D., and now he is an author and expert traveling the world and communicating the potential and the possibility of regenerative agriculture. His famous and noteworthy book is called "Call of the Reed Warbler" which has been printed 14 different times. Please enjoy our conversation. Be sure to subscribe and rate our show! Episodes drop every Thursday.
Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming John Boyd to the podcast. John has been fighting the good fight for over 30 years now. He is a civil rights activist, a farmer, and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association. Our discussion today involves much more than farming. We learn about his family roots, the obstacles he’s had to overcome as a black farmer, and how the future looks for everything agriculture. Please enjoy my conversation with John Boyd.
Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming John Boyd to the podcast. John has been fighting the good fight for over 30 years now. He is a civil rights activist, a farmer, and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association. Our discussion today involves much more than farming. We learn about his family roots, the obstacles he’s had to overcome as a black farmer, and how the future looks for everything agriculture. Please enjoy my conversation with John Boyd.
Last year, Kiss the Ground celebrated Earth day by having a conversation with Charles Eisenstein. He is a public speaker and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. His ideologies and practices should be used as a model for our society as a whole. I am happy to call Charles a friend, please enjoy my conversation with Charles Eisentein.
Last year, Kiss the Ground celebrated Earth day by having a conversation with Charles Eisenstein. He is a public speaker and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. His ideologies and practices should be used as a model for our society as a whole. I am happy to call Charles a friend, please enjoy my conversation with Charles Eisentein.
The conversation with Graem Sait today is going to blow your mind. It is a lot. He is an encyclopedia, he is a machine gun of information, and he's going to take us through science and kind of nerdy technical information about how farmers can succeed going down this biological regenerative agricultural direction and hearing all the success stories Graham has had all over the world. He travels to 30 countries a year training agronomist farmers, ministers of agriculture, so you get to hear some of those successes, some of the challenges that farmers face, and then he brings it home back to human nutrition and how the link between soil health, plant health, and human health and the importance of mineralizing our bodies and what key minerals lead to functional health in the body. He speaks between soil and human health, and I think this podcast is really going to light you up. I hope it does, please enjoy the listen.
The conversation with Graem Sait today is going to blow your mind. It is a lot. He is an encyclopedia, he is a machine gun of information, and he's going to take us through science and kind of nerdy technical information about how farmers can succeed going down this biological regenerative agricultural direction and hearing all the success stories Graham has had all over the world. He travels to 30 countries a year training agronomist farmers, ministers of agriculture, so you get to hear some of those successes, some of the challenges that farmers face, and then he brings it home back to human nutrition and how the link between soil health, plant health, and human health and the importance of mineralizing our bodies and what key minerals lead to functional health in the body. He speaks between soil and human health, and I think this podcast is really going to light you up. I hope it does, please enjoy the listen.
Mindahi Bastida Muñoz is the Director of the Original Caretakers Program, Center for Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, and General Coordinator of the Otomi-Toltec Regional Council in Mexico, a caretaker of the philosophy and traditions of the Otomi-Toltec peoples, and has been a Ritual Ceremony Officer since 1988. Mindahi is also the President of the Mexico Council of Sustainable Development, a member of the Steering Committee of the Indigenous Peoples’ Biocultural Climate Change Assessment Initiative. Born in Tultepec (Tool-te-peck), Mexico, he holds a Doctorate of Rural Development. He has written extensively on the relationship between the State and Indigenous Peoples, as well as intercultural education. Here is my conversation with Mindahi Bastida.
Mindahi Bastida Muñoz is the Director of the Original Caretakers Program, Center for Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, and General Coordinator of the Otomi-Toltec Regional Council in Mexico, a caretaker of the philosophy and traditions of the Otomi-Toltec peoples, and has been a Ritual Ceremony Officer since 1988.
Mindahi is also the President of the Mexico Council of Sustainable Development, a member of the Steering Committee of the Indigenous Peoples’ Biocultural Climate Change Assessment Initiative. Born in Tultepec (Tool-te-peck), Mexico, he holds a Doctorate of Rural Development. He has written extensively on the relationship between the State and Indigenous Peoples, as well as intercultural education. Here is my conversation with Mindahi Bastida.
It gives me great honor to welcome our guest today, Marianne Williamson. She is an amazing woman. Best-selling author, starter of a non-profit, political activist, spiritual thought leader, and someone I have admired for many years. And someone I’ve personally know for the last ten years. She has written 14 books, multiple New York Times bestsellers, including her extremely popular title A Return to Love. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a non-profit that has delivered over 12 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients. Most recently, Marianne has stepped into the world of politics. She was a candidate for the 33rd district Congresswoman and a candidate for the President of the United States of America.
This is my conversation with Marianne Willamson, welcome to Kiss the Ground.
It gives me great honor to welcome our guest today, Marianne Williamson. She is an amazing woman. Best-selling author, starter of a non-profit, political activist, spiritual thought leader, and someone I have admired for many years. And someone I’ve personally know for the last ten years. She has written 14 books, multiple New York Times bestsellers, including her extremely popular title A Return to Love. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a non-profit that has delivered over 12 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients. Most recently, Marianne has stepped into the world of politics. She was a candidate for the 33rd district Congresswoman and a candidate for the President of the United States of America. This is my conversation with Marianne Willamson, welcome to Kiss the Ground.
A little over a year ago my friend Jessica and I had the opportunity to chat with the incredible speaker and writer, Kevin Powell. Kevin has published 14 books and has written for all sorts of publications, from Newsweek to Washington Post and Rolling Stone. You may have even seen him on one of his many television interview appearances or as a host for different shows on HBO, BET, and MTV. What’s clear, and you’ll hear it in this interview, is Kevin is an immense raw force. He lives what he speaks and he speaks what he lives. He writes and speaks what he is passionate about and common themes in his writing range from racism, politics, and masculinity, to activism and love. In my chat with him, he poses a question, a question that really got me thinking and a question we should all ask ourselves, what kind of human being do I want to be? Kevin wants to be a man of service. A man of love. This is my conversation with Kevin Powell, welcome to Kiss the Ground.
A little over a year ago my friend Jessica and I had the opportunity to chat with the incredible speaker and writer, Kevin Powell. Kevin has published 14 books and has written for all sorts of publications, from Newsweek to Washington Post and Rolling Stone. You may have even seen him on one of his many television interview appearances or as a host for different shows on HBO, BET, and MTV.
What’s clear, and you’ll hear it in this interview, is Kevin is an immense raw force. He lives what he speaks and he speaks what he lives. He writes and speaks what he is passionate about and common themes in his writing range from racism, politics, and masculinity, to activism and love. In my chat with him, he poses a question, a question that really got me thinking and a question we should all ask ourselves, what kind of human being do I want to be? Kevin wants to be a man of service. A man of love.
This is my conversation with Kevin Powell, welcome to Kiss the Ground.