{"podcast":{"title":"Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast","slug":"down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855","podcast_index_feed_id":655855,"rss_url":"https://downtoearthpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://downtoearthradio.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/e/a/a/deaa963313e5e97640be95ea3302a6a1/New_Logo_Down_To_Earth.jpg","author":"Quivira Coalition and Radio Cafe","episode_count":100,"summary":"Down to Earth is a podcast about regenerative agriculture, and it's for everyone who eats. We invite you to meet the people shaping a healthier food system—farmers, ranchers, scientists, land managers, writers, and many others. Designing a future that draws on both tradition and innovation, they're on a mission to change the paradigm so that the food we eat is healthy and long-term sustainable—for families and growers, for wildlife and water, for climate and planet. downtoearthradio.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T04:18:37.943176+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855"},"episode":{"title":"Regenerative vs. degenerative agriculture","slug":"regenerative-vs-degenerative-agriculture","published_at":"2026-06-18T15:34:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/regenerative-vs-degenerative-agriculture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855","url":"https://downtoearthpodcast.libsyn.com/regenerative-vs-degenerative-agriculture-0","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/downtoearthpodcast/Kevin_Watt_replay.mp3?dest-id=561306","summary":"Today we're sharing a conversation from the Down to Earth archive. We talk to Kevin Watt , who at the time was strategic advisor at TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, California, about the the practice and benefits of regenerative agriculture, how to incentivize it, and the dire long-term consequences of the degenerative practices of industrial agriculture—and the evolution toward new ways of thinking about productivity, healthy food, and thriving on a crowded planet. We recorded at the 2019 Regenerate conference, and the program posted in January 2020.","meta_description":"Today we're sharing a conversation from the Down to Earth archive. We talk to Kevin Watt , who at the time was strategic advisor at TomKat Ranch in Pescad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3070,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/episodes/regenerative-vs-degenerative-agriculture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/regenerative-vs-degenerative-agriculture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}