About this episode

The episode discusses the relevance of regenerative agriculture and pastoralism in Ireland, drawing inspiration from hunter-gatherer practices.

Hunter-gatherers relied on megafauna for their subsistence. Those material conditions no longer exist: most land is under the control of state or private individuals and most of the megafauna are extinct. Rewilding looks to hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for adapting modern subsistence practices as best we can, to be more like that of our evolutionary past. While domestication was a stark turn away from hunting and gathering, pastoralism as an existing subsistence strategy is ripe for pot...

People in this episode

Host: Peter Michael Bauer

Guest: Future Oak Farms

Topics covered

• regenerative agriculture
• pastoralism
• rewilding
• hunter-gatherers
• subsistence practices

Keywords

• regenerative agriculture
• pastoralism
• Ireland
• hunter-gatherers
• subsistence

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ireland

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