On this week's podcast, we talk to Tim Almond, founder and chairman of Heartland Industries, a Detroit-based biotech company that was awarded funding through USDA’s Conservation Innovation Grant program for their Hemp4Soil project that studies hemp's effect on soil health when in a rotation with corn and soy.

We also talk to farmer and ag educator Aaron de Long about his upcoming adventure as a Nuffield Farming Scholar. He will be traveling abroad to study developing local supply chains around the world. He is also an educational programming manager at PASA Sustainable Agriculture, and runs a hyper-local grocery store called Red Dog Market.

We also talk to James Gaspard from Biochar Now, a Colorado-based company making biochar at scale. James explains what biochar is, how it's made, and how it can be a very powerful tool for soil health and carbon sequestration.

Learn more:

Heartland Industries https://www.heartland.io/

Biochar Now! https://biocharnow.com/

Nuffield farming Scholars https://www.nuffieldscholar.org Red Dog Market https://www.reddogmarketpa.com/

Pasa Sustainable Agriculture https://pasafarming.org/ Kneehigh Farm https://www.kneehighfarm.com/biocharnow

Something to Think About

USDA's Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities News Nuggets NY will let hemp farmers grow pot to prepare for legal sales https://apnews.com/article/kathy-hochul-business-new-york-marijuana-recreational-marijuana-dad75750e125993a6347471390f7ab09 Russia invades Ukraine on many fronts in ‘brutal act of war’ https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-attack-a05e7c4563ac94b963134bba83187d46

Thanks to our sponsor IND HEMP in Montana https://www.indhemp.com/