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389 Jonathan Lundgren - You need more cows, not fewer, to save the planet

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food

Chapters
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Setting The Stage With Jonathan
2:45
The 1000 Farms Becomes 1600
5:10
Farm Life Updates And Livestock
8:40
Flowers, Insects, And Ecosystem Health
12:15
Mosquitoes, Swallows, And Resilience
14:55
Community Nutrients And Global Cycles
18:00
Why Build A Massive Field Study
20:45
The Gap Between Hype And Science
23:35
Redesigning How We Do Research
27:15
Defining Regeneration By Outcomes
30:15
Animals’ Role In Functioning Landscapes
33:45
Carbon, Carrying Capacity, And Grazing
37:45
It’s Not The Cow, It’s The How
41:35
Identity As The Real Barrier
45:35
Cool Kids, Clusters, And Adoption
50:08
Rural Sociology And Reviving Communities
53:48
Decommodifying Food And Scale Limits
57:18
Project Avalanche And Community Science
1:00:58
Testing Extremes And Different Climates
1:04:58
Local Geography Shapes Regeneration
1:07:58
Farmer Health, Integrity, And Pesticides
Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food
389 Jonathan Lundgren - You need more cows, not fewer, to save the planet
Oct 28, 2025 Episode 389
Koen van Seijen

A new conversation with Jonathan Lundgren, one of the world’s most interesting and most cited scientists when it comes to regenerative agriculture. For the last four years, Jonathan and his team have been in full swing with their 1000 Farms Initiative, where they document research and follow regenerative farms, actually closer to 1600 farms now.
An episode where we talk about data, data, and more data. We unpack a four-year effort that spans commodities, ecoregions, and management styles, revealing how regeneration scales in the real world. The results are striking: equal or better yields, stronger profits, higher biodiversity, improved water infiltration, and a path to substantial soil carbon storage.

But it isn’t just about that. It’s about farmers’ health and happiness. It’s about pushing our imagination of what farmland could look like. It’s about the outliers in these studies that show us what is possible: more people on the land, more farmers connected to every acre being managed. It’s about producing food for your family and community.  

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In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.

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