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Ed Bourgeois
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50+ yrs Farming/Food systems Regenerative Ag, the roots of health, nutrition, soil/plant science, metagenetics epigenetics metabolomics, AI/NI #DeSci
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Oct 11, 2021
    Regenerative Agriculture in it's truest application isn't industrial extractive, controllable by scale, patentable, input products driven. Thus doesn't fit into the present investment economic system. Why the present agriculture system fights so hard against it. #RegenerativeAg
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Aug 17, 2020
    This is a plant-based feedlot, heavy use of antibiotics, syn. nutrients, living soil turned to dead eroding dirt, chemical runoffs, diminished air quality, reduction of hydrological cycling, plant distress, increased fossil fuel and water use, increased pathogens, no wildlife.
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Oct 17, 2021
    For many years consumers were told that nutritionally produce was essentially the same, one tomato to another tomato. But now finding there are vast differences in nutrient spectrum and density depending on how produced. It's not just the cost per lb but nutrients cost per lb
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    May 21, 2023
    It's a sad day in the #SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg community with the sudden passing of Dave Brandt. Often referred to as the godfather of soil health. Over 50 years of soil health and cover crop innovations. Tireless dedicated educator to thousands.
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Apr 1, 2023
    A #RegenerativeAg farmer's handful of joy🌱 Young cereal rye already building an impressive microbial community on its roots. This will help feed and protect. Old till and kill they'd be quite bare. Seeds inoculated with local microbes produced in a Johnson-Su on farm bioreactor
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Jan 8, 2023
    Industrial ag era grew from fundamental belief that nature was much more competitive than cooperative. Turning living soils back to dirt was believed to make sense w/reductionist sci to justify. It took a farmers initiative deeply understanding living soil/eco to flip to reality
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Dec 26, 2022
    Why did the #ReFi movement fall so easily into the carbon offset/credit mess initiated by the status quo as the global corporate reductionist solution to climate? Missed opportunity to seek out and join efforts by those working on true regenerative and decentralized solutions.
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Jan 25, 2023
    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. #RegenerativeAgriculture Rarely find such beautiful soil❤ Soil teeming with life, full of microbe built round aggregation structures. A thriving, functioning underground city supporting and supported by stewardship of life above. Ecosystems
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Jan 31, 2025
    The public didn't get a HEARing of @RobertKennedyJr. We got a lot of grandstanding by committee members with a narrow focus. Yes or no questioning when HEALTH has many complexities that RFKjr has studied and has insights that the public needed to hear. Health starts in the soil.
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Mar 22, 2025
    The resulting lack of nutritional integrity in modern industrial farming systems has led to the rapid rise of the nutritional supplements industry. #RegenerativeAgriculture farmers are discovering how to restore nutrient density, spectrum and taste for health! @BionutrientFood
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Dec 18, 2023
    1/3 For over a century of modern agriculture the value of carbon in the soil wasn't realized. Promoted practices and a lack of soil science allowed it to be lost into the atmosphere. Fortunately over recent decades Regenerative🌱 farmers realized the crucial value of soil carbon.
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Jul 11, 2025
    We will learn much at the intersection of Regenerative Ag soil microbiome➡️plant/crop microbiome and what we ingest biome➡️gut/poop microbiome research. @SabinehazanMD Metagenomics Metabolomics Rhizophagy Cycling Plant endophytes Live link to video in comments
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Dec 28, 2020
    The problem with Regenerative Ag. is it would be extremely beneficial to everyone except billionaires capitalizing on ag. inputs investments and the food system control that then enables.
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    Ed Bourgeois
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    Nov 10, 2024
    Contemporary farmers grow plants from soil. Regenerative farmers grow soil from plants. #DeSci
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