{"podcast":{"title":"Recombination Nation","slug":"recombination-nation-7074994","podcast_index_feed_id":7074994,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/zeroinputagriculture/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/zeroinputagriculture/20251101_011137_8332e5c9d1ea11b2e70aae811057e22c.png","author":"Shane Simonsen","episode_count":84,"summary":"Explore the intersection of evolution, ecology and civilisation with crop and livestock breeders, low input farmers, social engineers and a dazzling array of deep thinkers. Read more of Shane Simonsen's work at the Recombination Nation substack.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T12:18:53.441680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994"},"episode":{"title":"Crop Breeding for Human Health with Mark Christensen","slug":"crop-breeding-for-human-health-with-mark-christensen","published_at":"2026-01-15T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/crop-breeding-for-human-health-with-mark-christensen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture/2438349","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/297868/2438349/zeroinputagriculture/2026_01_08_05_37_41_cdfc103f-b415-4e61-afd1-f01369a37607.mp3","summary":"Mark Christensen transitioned from a career in accounting to a passion for quantifying the astonishing health benefits of select heritage crops through the power of modern chemistry. He founded the Heritage Foods Crops Research Trust in New Zealand and created a potent organisation to spread his work into the wider community. Check out his organisation: https://www.heritagefoodcrops.org.nz Their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/heritagefoodcrops And their superstar apple : https://www.heritagefoodcrops.org.nz/montys-surprise-apple/ Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/","meta_description":"Mark Christensen transitioned from a career in accounting to a passion for quantifying the astonishing health benefits of select heritage crops through th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4243,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/recombination-nation-7074994/episodes/crop-breeding-for-human-health-with-mark-christensen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/crop-breeding-for-human-health-with-mark-christensen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}