FOA 182: The Treasure and the Measure of Regenerative Agriculture with Russ Conser of Blue Nest Beef

Future of Agriculture

Russ Conser is the CEO of Blue Nest Beef, a regenerative agriculture and food startup. What makes Blue Nest Beef special is how they raise cattle from bird-friendly land, citing that the presence of birds indicates a healthy agricultural ecosystem. Russ specializes in soil health and regenerative agriculture, business strategy development, and managing highly creative people. He was also featured on the podcast two years ago, where he talked about the benefits of multi-paddock grazing.

Russ joins me today to discuss how Blue Nest Beef is promoting regenerative agriculture. He explains how birds indicate the health of the ecosystem and why it’s critical to farm on bird-friendly land. He shares data that indicates the benefits of raising cattle over not raising it from a greenhouse gas perspective. He shares the type of grazing system they want other farmers to adapt and why it benefits the soil. Russ also describes why regenerative agriculture is important to every person on Earth, regardless of your political affiliation.

“The birds are the treasure - and the measure.” - Russ Conser

This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:

• Defining Regenerative Agriculture and what it's supposed to do.
• The importance of bird presence in agriculture.
• Informing consumers on how the food system works and how Blue Nest Beef plans to do it.
• How Blue Nest Beef works and what sets them apart from other farms.
• The grazing system they promote and how rotational grazing benefits the soil.
• Why Regenerative Agriculture is an apolitical issue.
• Resources and tools Russ is interested in using and working with.
• Data that says producing beef through regenerative agriculture is better than not producing beef at all.

Resources Mentioned

• Episode 044: Grassfed Beef Through Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing
• Eddy Covariance Flux Towers

Connect with Russ Conser

• Blue Nest Beef
• Facebook
• Twitter

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