Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Health

This episode is sponsored by Collective Resource Compost, a company working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by diverting food scraps from landfills and hauling them to a commercial composting facility. Learn more about Chicago area pick-up services at collectiveresource.us. 

In this episode, hosts Abby Wilson and Anni Metz chat with Liz Moran Stelk, of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance, and Kathy Kaesebier, of Kaesebier Farms, about soil health and regenerative agriculture. 

The Illinois Stewardship Alliance is a membership-based organization that cultivates a local food and farm system that is economically viable, socially just, and environmentally sustainable. Their members span the state and care about the food that is produced and consumed in Illinois and want to support the increase of fresh, local foods. Find them online at https://www.ilstewards.org/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ilstewards/, and on Twitter and Instagram at https://twitter.com/ilstewards and https://www.instagram.com/ilstewards/. You can also follow Executive Director Liz Moran Stelk on Twitter at https://twitter.com/lizziestelk. 

Kaesebier Farms, located in Logan County, Illinois, is a small family-operated farm run by Kathy and Rick Kaesebier. They specialize in regenerative agriculture, soil health, and locally-raised products. You can follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KaesebierFarms/. 

If you’d like to learn more about how to support regenerative agriculture as a consumer, Liz recommends checking out Kiss the Ground’s free Purchasing Guide, found here: https://kisstheground.com/purchasingguide/ 

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Thanks to our sound editor, Ilana Marder-Epstein, our research assistant, Molly Scruta, and our graphic designer, Reagan Carey, for their help with this episode, and to Collective Resource Compost, for sponsoring our work.