WEBVTT - Introducing The Future of X: Farming

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<v Speaker 1>M hmm. If you're alive, you eat, and if you're humane,

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<v Speaker 1>you've likely confronted empty store shelves and supermarkets and become

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more curious about where and how your food

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<v Speaker 1>is produced. Maybe you want to build a more ethical

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<v Speaker 1>food system and better understand the origins of your food.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, did the chickens you eat walk free? Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you've gotten overwhelmed and tuned out four stories about

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<v Speaker 1>factory farms and soiled too depleted to provide nourishment. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's time to tune back in because the future is

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<v Speaker 1>up to us and our choices matter. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>moment to join the revolution in farming and food. To me,

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<v Speaker 1>the future of farming is indigenous. I'm hoping ten years

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<v Speaker 1>in the future that will have more conversations about how

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<v Speaker 1>agriculture is connected to our democratic principles. The future of

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<v Speaker 1>farming is directly connected to the future of bio diversity,

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<v Speaker 1>the future of justice, and our future. Welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>Future of X from AUSI Media. I'm Isabella Lee, a

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<v Speaker 1>writer with AUSSI. Last year, I fell in love with

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<v Speaker 1>farming while working on my family's cattle ranch and working

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<v Speaker 1>for a generative farms Each season of the Future of

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<v Speaker 1>X gives us a glimpse into what might lie ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>From healing eroded soils. As plants develop, they can end

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<v Speaker 1>up returning that carbon directly to the soil through their roots.

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<v Speaker 1>To understanding how our food choices impact what and how

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<v Speaker 1>we grow. What are we going to do? Seventies some

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the species lives in cities, how do we

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<v Speaker 1>get the food there? And the ways big data could

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<v Speaker 1>transform the lives of those who put food on our tables.

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<v Speaker 1>If we want to have a future of farming that

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<v Speaker 1>is driven by data that we can trust and rely upon,

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<v Speaker 1>then we need to involve the produces of the day DA,

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<v Speaker 1>not just the producers of food. To how commercial agriculture

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<v Speaker 1>has compromised food security. These destructive agriculture practices that are

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<v Speaker 1>actually you know, releasing all these nutrients that we need

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain for soil health. Seed by seed and meal

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<v Speaker 1>by meal, we help sustain a food system that can

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<v Speaker 1>heal or harm us. The choices we make today create

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<v Speaker 1>the conditions for the feasts or famines of tomorrow. So

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<v Speaker 1>pull up a seat at our proverbial table and listen

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<v Speaker 1>to the future of AX on Apple, Spotify or wherever

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<v Speaker 1>you get your podcasts, A lot goes into an honest

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<v Speaker 1>day's work. At Vital Farms, their purpose is to bring

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<v Speaker 1>ethically produced food to the table, and they believe that

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<v Speaker 1>pasture raising animals is the most humane and sustainable way

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<v Speaker 1>to achieve that. That's why Vital Farms partners with nearly

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred family farms, helping them to rotate their pastures

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<v Speaker 1>and do right by the land. Because helping the land

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<v Speaker 1>helps the hens, which helps the eggs, which helps you.

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<v Speaker 1>Vital Farms, where honest food is raised