Dr. Vandana Shiva: The importance of Soil Regeneration | Soil Food Web School

During the Soil Food Web School’s Soil Regen Summit 2021: Hope for the Future, Dr. Vandana Shiva discussed the four biggest challenges and existential threats facing humanity today. She also addressed how soil regeneration and regenerative agriculture can carry us through these threats. Watch Dr. Shiva’s presentation to learn what effects agrochemicals are having on our rivers and oceans, and how regenerative agriculture can feed the world without the use of chemicals.
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00:00 Dr. Vandana Shiva Intro
01:53 Biggest current threats facing humanity that can be addressed using regenerative agriculture
12:10 How does conventional agriculture contribute to ecosystem collapse and how regenerative agriculture mitigates this
21:42 What are the effects of conventional agriculture on soil erosion and how can these be addressed using regenerative agricultural practices?
24:39 What effect are agrochemicals having on our rivers and oceans and can regenerative ag feed the world without the use of chemicals?
#DrVandanaShiva #SoilRegeneration #RegenerativeAgriculture

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[@climateteacherjohnj7763]

This must be our response to war. Ultimately, it is the earth, our biome, our community, our family that we are nurturing. I am deeply grateful for this work. Thank you.

[@joelgray1669]

I love the very soul of this great teacher, her scope and sensitivity allow these complex ideas to be communicated with apparent ease and simplicity! Always a real joy to behold

[@michaelevrard1584]

Thank you Dr. Vandana Shiva for your optimism, knowledge, big picture and joy! It's catching! Let's do small and/or big steps for our lives and future!

[@kimharcourt-roman1216]

My words completely lack the ability to explain the great importance of this wonderful woman and seed champion..her words and wisdom have been an inspiration to me for over a decade. Vandana puts most "world leaders" to shame in an instant. I could say more ...so here... plant something today not only because you can but because this beautiful woman has been working tirelessly for the benefit of all. I did while listening... thank you 💟✨🌱🐝✌🏼💚👁

[@backtonature433]

Wow,she really deserves to be called an environmental heroe,I don't know anyone any one in our country as brilliant as she was😊😊😊

[@tejasvi18joshi]

Are you Indian?

[@backtonature433]

@@tejasvi18joshi no,I'm a Filipino 😉

[@Gooutside88]

And willing to call out gates. She’s done interviews on his trials in Africa. Eeek.

[@rul4522]

@@tejasvi18joshi thát doesn’t matter - just listen what is bring said.

[@cheetahvolcano]

I'm giving my entire life for the regenerative project of lifting up our freedom, love, and the rights of all nature, people, mother Earth!!

[@rabeabrok8323]

awesomely smart woman with radiant beauty around her....happy that she is so charismatic, more people will listen

[@tg-Africa852]

Dr Vandana you are a treasure of this broken world. May God protect you and keep you safe. Keep up your brilliant work to save the nature, soil and humanity!!

[@gingerinthedesertcreations]

Wasn't what I was expecting to watch today but I kinda love this.

[@ThePixey1000]

This women is the most educated person on this earth we should all be listening to here she is amazing.

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you Dr Vandana Shiva for speaking with us on this matter..

[@virgilrask5104]

Great video! I’m from Las Vegas, NV and would love to have a regenerative permaculture garden/farm. I love all these soil science videos, they are so inspiring.

[@neevenergyandsustainableso3585]

My high respect to both .. really proud of you Vandana Jim .

[@lindareese4579]

I think you are a wonderful 💓 woman..keep up your teaching...

[@georgeopondo2863]

You're a wonderfully ln the world,I's in Navdany in 2004 for food as culture corse,here in Kenya am a herbalist and organic farmer

[@farmhandagriculture]

Thank you Dr. Vandana! I can definitely say your knowledge, phylosophy and solicitude towards sustainable & regerative agriculture has really motivated many peoples. Soil is the living body and microbes are the drivers of its health. If we keep our soil alive then and then only we humans can sustain on this planet.

[@R1chiesART]

Well said that young lady!. I've been watching loads of this soil food web for ages but what a powerful, well constructed, well put together argument for regeneration. I take my hat off to you all as I practice these methods on my allotment here in Bolton, Lancashire, UK.

[@tuncalikutukcuogluen-aquas2893]

For me, the most important part of this brilliant speech begins at about 19:10 that says, please don't fall into the trap of carbon trading.

[@luciaspaetgens1366]

Vandana Shiva..hold the line..🕊☀️🌿❤

[@user-fs4gp7un2r]

We love our Shiva mother.....So important

[@suryaguptha8922]

Madam Dr Vandana Shiva, I truly admire you and I am working on this direction in Telugu states. Appreciate your connect to be able to work under your able guidance to take it further in a bigger way considering the damage that's already done and the damage ahead of us

[@rlakshmay]

Great info and happy to hear the reality.

[@PeepalBaba-Givemetrees]

wonderful video. thanks for sharing!!!

[@denzielgrant8418]

Absolutely well done 👍🏿

[@tinkerbell503]

Life changing, life affirming. Thank you!

[@soilfoodwebschool]

You're so welcome!

[@gireeshvijay6741]

Save Soil

[@pops8975]

“Hope is what you cultivate”

[@bonagirisrikanth7174]

#Savesoil let's make it happen

[@GmoBuelna]

Lovely video, great person. I’ll buy her book right now. Thanks a lot…. Greetings from Sinaloa, Mx

[@laurasnl7710]

thank you !!!!

[@carolseiler4592]

Vandana Shiva, what you say makes total sense, is wholly logical and would be the answer (one of the answers) for agriculture, were it not for the fact that money has to control everything, even to the point of destruction of the planet. When is money going to admit that money has the money, money doesn't have the answers?!

[@bartangel4867]

Good video

[@rainorshine7816]

#SaveSoil

[@AichaGwinner]

❤❤❤

[@kevs6402]

HEMP has the best root system for soil regeneration. At the same time grows 16-20ft in the first year and will create bio fuel, bio food and bioplastic.

[@kevs6402]

desalinators on the beaches supply all the water we need. WE HAVE CURES, WE DO NOT USE THEM.

[@rainorshine7816]

#savesoil

[@raviselvaraj3967]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@gingerinthedesertcreations]

Looks like the website for your summit isn't working right. it doesn't send the confirmation email but will send a password reset email and then tell me I haven't confirmed, and the contact us page just comes up blank in 2 different browsers.

[@earthinspiredart7773]

What can we so about the geoengineering programs poisoning the soils? I have been watching geoengineering watch but it's hard to find soil solutions. My soil is in stress....

[@mantaronline]

where can I view the other videos of soil regen summit 2021, it'd be wonderful if you also upload all the othe rmeetings of 2021

[@soilfoodwebschool]

We're actually in the process of uploading content from 2021! We have a playlist on our channel as well with new uploads. Please make sure to subscribe.

[@bartangel4867]

This is a good video and I agree with what Dr. Shiva has said. But at the risk of being selfish I would simply like to know if i should only use microbes while I'm already planting bilberries in a garden or should i use microbes as soon as I plant them in the pot before I transplant them to the garden and then repeat the process when in transplanting them to their permanent place in the garden for best results. I'm not a farmer or a scientist and I only have a small garden (still it is probably the only back yard in half the city to which bees actually come to which is too bad) and I know bilberries are good for you 9plus I like the taste) and I would like to have best results growing them. I know you need acidic soil but i don't know if its ok to put in the microbes as soon as you put in bilberry seeds or do I have to wait until planting them in their permanent place?

[@tejasvi18joshi]

Start permaculture . Don't grow same kind of plants/ monocroping. Bring diversity in your garden.

[@bartangel4867]

@@tejasvi18joshi My garden is pretty diverse. But right now I'm growing bilberries in the pot before I put them in the garden permanently. according to what I read this is what you are supposed to do. honestly I don't know if its true or not. most of the gardening is done by my mother but the way we did it was to simply either put the seeds into the garden or baby plants. i wanted a small plant already slightly grown rather than the seed but there wasn't any available so i have to grow them from the seed. i already put the seeds into the soil in my pot but I'm worried that they won't grow. Because they didn't have any tails when I put them into the soil although they did get little bit bigger. Right now its too early to tell if something will grow. I mixed pittmoss with the soil. (from what I read that is what you are supposed to do although i don't know if it is or even if it is ok for the environment because after I read that taking pittmoss from the swamps is damaging to swamp's ecology but I have already bought it so i figured I might as well use it I'm sorry if what I did was destructive but i didn't plan on this being this way. and in Chicago its very hard to get anything natural. I don't intend to use any artificial fertilizers that is why I was looking at microbes)

[@soilfoodwebschool]

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[@jugnu361]

Nice Head Phone

[@shanmcdonough2933]

🥰

[@murtaghslawncare.]

What do you think of humic acid mining

[@amyjones2490]

That is a question for sure. I have not been able to get any straight answers about this issue.

[@murtaghslawncare.]

@@amyjones2490 Many thanks for your reply. It took 9 days to get a reply , Maybe nobody wants to touch this subject. I think, here we go again destroying the earths resources. We are total gluttons to mine the next best thing. When will we learn. I would draw the line at lawn care and encourage everyone to go the natural route of soil biology and natural fertilisers. Humic acid mining is yet another example of the destruction of our earth and must be stopped. When will we learn? Let’s start with banning it’s use in our lawns. When I think how long it took for humus to be created and we go in overnight and destroy it all so our lawns might look a little greener.. it’s immoral, simple as that. Sometimes we don’t need scientific evidence for us to know that something is wrong. We know in our gut, our spirit, that this is wrong..

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[@purplewos]

How do we destroy the satanic control?

[@bartangel4867]

in US big corporations get money for growing huge amounts of corn which is latter used to feed the cattle but the grass feeding is not encouraged in any way. But grass fed cattle is much better for you than hormone packed corn stalk fed cattle. But no one cares about that in US even though they should. Cattle is also put in tiny places where they have almost no freedom to move whatsoever which must be terrible for their physical and mental well being. Which once again no one cares about even though they should. there are fewer and fewer pollinators of all kinds especially the ones who don't make honey but are just as important to healthy ecosystem. I believe that now is the crucial time to turn things around and we will not get this opportunity again.

[@allee3476]

I’d rather consume organic and locally grown plants as feasibly possible instead of grass fed livestock to reduce my demand on the land and resources, as our planet cannot support grass fed livestock to feed everyone.

[@bartangel4867]

@@allee3476 if you have alternatives I'm all for it. and you do make a good point. however same problem is with corn stalk fed livestock. and yes purely plant diet is better than purely meat diet. but you still need some meat to be healthy. Because of vitamin B12 that is mostly found in meat and diary products.

[@allee3476]

@@bartangel4867 With all due respect, the livestock don’t create vitamin b12, which is bacteria found in the soil and streams. Rather, they ingest the bacteria when grazing and pass them along to the meat eaters. Hence you can think of meat as a supplement for vitamin b12, while I use pills as supplement for vitamin b12. I had switched over to a whole food plant based lifestyle over four years ago with no ill effects whatsoever. Also, due to the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural runoffs, etc we have managed to deplete lots of beneficial soil and stream microbes to the extent that even livestock are now administered vitamin b12. Bottom line: whether you consume animal products or not, it’s a good idea to take vitamin b12 supplements.

[@bartangel4867]

@@allee3476 well I agree that we use way too much chemical fertilizers pesticides and runoffs. and yes i do take vitamin b12 supplements. although in most cases its better to get vitamins mineral and so on from natural source not supplements.

[@dinosaur0073]

Thank u Dr. Shiva...the message copied...!!!

[@Red-jg6wh]

The situation is worse than I ever thought... I knew about corporate power, disenfranchisement of people's rights, dismembering of democratic institutions... though this corporate doom & profit orgy, I could have never imagined... this isn't bad, this is "futuristic dystopian world" bad. FFS

[@rul4522]

A new landgrab has just been done in Ukraine where 3 corporations agreed to grab the land.

[@beckyboop3517]

Bill Gates owns a massive amount in America.

[@TheYconrad]

Absolutely Brilliant points Vandana Shiva! However, you seem to be advocating for communitarianism @ 24:15 and abolishing private property. That, in my opinion, is a look behind the green mask (as Rosa Koire called it). Are you an advocate for UN Agenda 2030? Your ideas of organic regeneration are excellent and abolishing chemical agriculture, but it imperative that it is understood that sustainable development is the antithesis of growth and smartness. It is the problem of which you so eloquently speak. We must never allow private property rights to be given over to corporations for the common good. They take and bring nothing good.

[@iannoonen5172]

I must be hate for there regret ot act in that fact of curriculum of the taste of a color of conative ablitity

[@suhasinivaradhan8950]

The ban on Chemical fertilisers and 100% shift to 'Organic' fertilisers was a singular reason that devastated the Sri Lankan economy. On the face of it, the ban looks like a bureaucractic blunder, but it was a deliberate move to kill the Sri Lankan economy. Let it elaborate it for you. The lady behind this move was Vandana Shiva, a Commie from India who was serving as an advisor to President Gota Rajapaksa. She is often seen on news debates in India, masquerading as someone who was trying to save the earth. In the Srilankan issue, she was funded by many Swiss NGOs who obviously were eyeing to take control of the Island nation by changing the religious dimensions. Marxists and Missionaries were behind the ban on chemical fertilizers. The entire non-agro economy is in the hand of the Muslim community. Why? Buddhists and Hindus fought each other for a hundred years and now are left with nothing. Where did the 'Swiss' in this tweet come in? The answer is this. There is a Constitutional requirement in European governments to "spread the faith." No one wants to increase their religion in Europe as they are all irreligious. So, the conversion money finds its way to lands like India, Burma and Sri Lanka. They don't have the guts to take the money to Pakistan and Bangladesh. The money is routed through hospitals and initiatives like Bread for the World, which was behind the fertilizer ban in Sri Lanka. The work of Bread for the World - Protestant Development Service primarily focuses on the support of projects in the countries of the Global South. An essential feature of their projects is the close and continuous cooperation with local, often church-related partner organisations. Upon request, Bread for the World provides them with specialists and volunteers. Through lobbying, public relations and education in Germany and Europe they seek to influence political decisions in favor of the poor and to raise awareness for the necessity of a sustainable way of life. Click this link to connect the dots of this monumental scam monlar.lk/partners.html

[@beckyboop3517]

Sri Lanka was full of corruption and a whole heap of other factors to it's downfall.

[@ardentearth3184]

Great fiction. Hope you put your imagination to good use in the real world.

[@t5alx136]

Vandana is from the Temple of understanding from the United Nations, can we trust the UN?

[@patraunick3985]

With all due respect, the idea of blaming prejudice in general on the white man is wrong, sorry but this is prejudice in its accusation !

[@iannoonen5172]

Im in a message convo. the a person in need. He was unprepared for the task of providining the necessary concept of sustainable development for people in need of alot. He started with need for medicine. And he never disided the curriculum of phylantrophy and economic development. Of an industry to care for humanity and not the regeneration of creation using the waste to create like plastic to build homes for family and ecosystem economic development the personal development work in counting. And the impulses of the food chain with the day of life of today using the grow to develop an economic fashion of supply and demand regeneration. Not like that they eat there young but build with out a plan of the nessies to suply with a fashion of a pipeline association of the needs. providing the nesseity to a claim of ecomonic development. like my community worker and the past of my life. To create a path of smarties of of colorul taste of embelish the actions of people of today of notice of the reoccurances wouldnt you grow with the fashion easy to grow and retire every night without the nesseity to commun the grth of your people regenareation and ecosystem economic smarties of the day of taste one at a time because the are different color's wondering if the next would taste different but is doesnt the past does not stop and controling because the different colors you a Can build on that in a emphasized thought of how to structure your life to be of the create of the life you endure to create and prosper and the act of the taste and color are sour and bitter like you see in the act of the curated object of there repeteative nature to have the life of another and birthing of the corriculum of that fashion of will to commun with that with the smarties tasemte and color and have a certain destire of exsppression even if it tastes the same but we choose the desire the next color of a create struction to develop a taste of your own good the please hu.anity and grow your society of ecomonic development like i was wronged a But and accusation a styled my life i guess the fake professional of the same taste of curriculum of the fashion of there desire exspression the facts of that taste what color and what taste

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