{"id":22387,"date":"2022-07-11T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/podcast\/what-the-field-episode-7-why-regenerative-agriculture-is-worth-the-hype-with-alfonso-chico-de-guzman-2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T13:21:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:21:36","slug":"what-the-field-episode-7-why-regenerative-agriculture-is-worth-the-hype-with-alfonso-chico-de-guzman-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/laruchequiditoui.fr\/what-the-field\/podcast\/what-the-field-episode-7-why-regenerative-agriculture-is-worth-the-hype-with-alfonso-chico-de-guzman-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why regenerative agriculture is worth the hype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alfonso Chico de Guzman<\/strong>, regenerative agriculture expert, farmer and co-founder of La Junquera, shares his journey to regenerative farming and explains how he was able to transform his dry and arid lands into thriving fields.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He helps us answer some of the following questions:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How can we fight desertification?<\/li><li>What are the main arguments for and against regenerative agriculture?<\/li><li>Why is&nbsp; the &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; approach bound to fail?<\/li><li>What are the minimum criteria for farming to be considered regenerative?<br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I see regenerative agriculture as farming that is organic (&#8230;) and that improves [verifiably!] the water, the soil and the biodiversity in the short-term, medium-term and long-term.&#8221;<br><\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WTF?! 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