Episode 12: Cultivating Possibility: Glyphosate and the Way Forward with Blair Beattie and Alana Mooi
From The Invisible Ingredient by Farmer’s Footprint
January 20, 2026 · 1h 23m · Season 1 · Episode 12
About this episode
The episode discusses the need to move beyond chemical dependency in agriculture and embrace biological possibilities for restoring ecosystems and human health.
In the final episode of The Invisible Ingredient, host Blair Beattie sits down with Farmer’s Footprints own Alana Mooi to step back and reflect on where the journey has led and what comes next. Together, they explore the urgent need to move beyond chemical dependency in agriculture, reframing the conversation away from simply removing toxins and toward embracing biological possibility. They discuss how working with living systems can restore soil function, strengthen ecosystems, and support human health in parallel. This conversation urges us to consider food as more than fuel by examining its cultural, relational, and place-based dimensions, and the risks of relying solely on Western agricultural frameworks. Drawing attention to small-scale farmers and long-held practices across diverse bioregions, they highlight the value of local knowledge, biodiversity, and context-specific approaches. This closing episode affirms that there is no single solution, only many pathways shaped by land, culture, and community, and that meaningful change emerges through shared learning and collective effort. --- Special thanks to the incredible teams at farmersfootprint.us and…
People in this episode
Host: Blair Beattie
Guest: Alana Mooi
Topics covered
- glyphosate
- agriculture
- chemical dependency
- biological possibility
- local knowledge
- biodiversity
- cultural dimensions of food
Keywords
- glyphosate
- agriculture
- chemical dependency
- soil function
- ecosystems
- local knowledge
- biodiversity
- cultural dimensions
- small-scale farmers
- collective effort
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Farmer’s Footprint
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- Episode 10: The Next Generation - Glyphosate and Emerging Changemakers with Sheina Crystal · December 30, 2025 · 52 min
- Episode 9: Pathways to Justice - Glyphosate and Legal Reform with Brent Wisner · December 23, 2025 · 1h 8m
- Episode 8: Living Knowledge - Glyphosate and Food Sovereignty with Dr. Jessica Hutchings · December 16, 2025 · 55 min
- Episode 7: The Long Game: Glyphosate and Practice Change with Dr. Charles Benbrook · December 9, 2025 · 1h 26m
- Episode 6: Close to Home - Glyphosate and Relocalizing Food with Helena Norberg-Hodge · December 2, 2025 · 60 min
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