Episode 10- How sustainable is our food?
Healthy soil, water, air and the sun are the fundamental elements necessary to create food for humans and to sustain the web of life. As such, these elements are essential for sustainability. What is the nature of connection, then, between human development, buildings, and our “fooding” systems, including agriculture? How are we degrading our food resources and what can we do about it?
Our guest, Ben Haggard, is a partner of Regenesis, a consulting firm that engages green design from a radically different perspective — one that explores how human building activities can and should be engines of positive evolutionary change for all living systems. Ben is an award-winning landscape designer, educator, and founder of the Permaculture Drylands Institute. He helps develop models of practice that integrate living systems with large-scale development and planning. We will discuss the integral role of food in communities and how we can sustain the nutrient cycle for all of life.
