To Fight Climate Change, Bank on Soil

Our glaciers are melting, our forests are on fire, our harvests are
increasingly decimated by either floods and drought. We are in a
climate emergency that threatens our very survival, and it is,
frankly, incredibly depressing. But this episode, we’ve got the
story of one of the most exciting, seemingly feasible efforts to
reduce atmospheric carbon—by storing it in the soil. The solution
involves refreshing beer, crusty bread, and sweet, crunchy
broccoli—and a complete reinvention of modern agriculture,
including domesticating entirely new crops. And the impact could be
huge: because a third of Earth’s ice-free surface is farmland,
scientists say that banking just a tiny bit more carbon beneath our
fields would help remove billions of tons of CO2 from the
atmosphere. Join us this episode on our quest to discover how
switching to no-till, regenerative agriculture and breeding brand
new perennial crops can help restock soil carbon, produce delicious
grains and greens, and—maybe—save the world. Learn more about your
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