Regenerative Health with Max Gulhane, MD 29. Glyphosate and Industrial Agriculture's Addiction to Chemical Herbicides with David Bushell
In this episode David Bushell explains the waning efficacy of industrial herbicides in monocropping agriculture, parallels of conventional agronomy with with the pharmaceutical-based medical system, regenerative agricultural solutions, and much more.
David Bushell is a consultant Agronomist of more than 30 years experience. After advising farmers for many decades on a lists of chemical herbicides and fungicides to spray on their fields, David now advocates regenerative and rotational practices that improve the quality of the soil and long-term economic viability of farms without the need for chemical inputs. He also runs his own organic, mixed cattle and cropping farm near Temora, Southern NSW, Australia.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Dr Max’s intro
00:01:40 David’s background, agronomy & the cracks in conventional agronomy
00:07:08 Chemical inputs – analogies with human and soil health
00:11:15 Decreasing effectiveness of herbicides over time
00:16:20 What is glyphosate?
00:22:15 What is crop desiccation?
00:33:35 “Double knocking” with gylphosate then paraquat
00:38:43 What is atrazine?
00:44:05 The history and cultivation of the Canola oilseed crop
00:50:40 Feeding factory farmed animals with contaminated commodity crops
00:58:35 The contrived, fragile, engineered commodity crops
01:14:23 Solutions to the chemical method - multi-species cropping, crop rotations, etc
01:20:56 David’s closing thoughts for farmers
01:23:37 Dr Max's outro
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FURTHER READING
A Soil Owners Manual by John Stika
https://www.amazon.com.au/Soil-Owners-Manual-Restore-Maintain/dp/1530431263
The Farm as an Ecosystem by Jerry Brunetti
https://www.amazon.com/Farm-as-Ecosystem-Jerry-Brunetti/dp/1601730411
PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast by John Kempf
Episode #73: John Fagan
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-podcast/id1372359995?i=1000528379046
Real Organic Podcast
Bob Quinn Pt 1: Organic Grain Farming Vs. Chemical Grain Farming -https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/real-organic-podcast/id1573111162?i=1000571214834
Farmers Helping Farmers Podcast
FRASER POGUE: The Good Dirt on Good Farming
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/farmers-helping-farmers/id1652195970?i=1000607456710
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