Zephyr Teachout: Organic's Deal With The Devil

Zephyr Teachout: Organic's Deal With The Devil

From Real Organic Podcast by Real Organic Project

June 2, 2026 · 1h 28m · Episode 279

About this episode

Zephyr Teachout discusses the implications of concentrated private power on organic integrity and the challenges faced by small farms.

Zephyr Teachout uses the question of organic integrity to explore a larger political problem: what happens when concentrated private power reshapes public rules while staying mostly within the law? Starting with the pressure on Real Organic to join forces with industrial organic against Bayer and Syngenta, she and Dave unpack corruption, anti-monopoly politics, regenerative agriculture, decentralization, and why any movement that gives up its leverage too early risks losing the very thing it set out to defend. https://realorganicproject.org/zephyr-teachout-organic-deal-with-devil The Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince. The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations). To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit: https://www.realorganicproject.org/directory We…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Chapman, Linley Dixon

Guest: Zephyr Teachout

Topics covered

  • organic integrity
  • political power
  • anti-monopoly politics
  • regenerative agriculture
  • decentralization

Keywords

  • organic integrity
  • political power
  • anti-monopoly
  • regenerative agriculture
  • small farms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Real Organic Project, Bayer, Syngenta, Real Organic

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