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Dr. Grandin and Gabe Brown discuss the integration of animal welfare with regenerative agriculture and innovative farming solutions.

Host, producer: Richard Tufton Co-host, producer: Claire Mackenzie Editor: Meg Chatham  Six Inches of Soil:   Website: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/ Book: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sixinchesofsoil/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/six-inches-of-soil-b75059234/ Introduction Dr Grandin and Gabe Brown explore how uniting animal welfare with regenerative agriculture and combining soil practices with Temple’s farming solutions, you have nature and nurture working together as one big metaphorical “hug machine”. This offers a communal hug, if you will, by enveloping the animal’s life with a safe, healthy, happy and tranquil environment, which we know will undoubtedly provide a better life for them. Their conversation explores integrating livestock with crops, consumer expectations, youth involvement, climate change, and the role of innovation and visual thinking in food production. Featuring Dr. Temple Grandin Temple Grandin is a leading scientist, author, and speaker whose autism experience shaped her groundbreaking work on reducing stress for humans and animals. Now a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Tufton

Guest: Dr. Temple Grandin

Topics covered

• animal welfare
• regenerative agriculture
• livestock integration
• climate change
• innovation in food production

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Colorado State University, NPR, BBC, HBO, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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