ASH CLOUD
This is series of conversations discussing global food sustainability with guests who bring a deep understanding of the environmental and cultural challenges facing our society and creative ideas on how to address them.
Episodes
48 episodes
Climate related violence, a messy marriage of climate stress and poor governance with Peter Schwartzstein Environmental Journalist
The intersection between climate change and armed conflict is complex. For those who have not witnessed the difference between the devestation and social upheaval that results from war compared with any other form of social upheaval it is almos...
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Episode 50
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48:56
How the livestock methane conversation has evolved with Frank Mitloehner UC Davis
Depending on who you speak with cattle can be vital to the sustainability of our food systems and our ability to provide health nutrition to humanity or they can be one of the largest sources of climate pollution. The culprit in this debate is ...
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Episode 49
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42:14
Regenerative ranching with Rich Bradbury
Regenerative ranching has recently gained traction across the main stream media but the idea of using livestock to mimic nature and managing a landscape holistically was largely led by Allan Savory from the 1980s.
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Episode 48
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54:46
Nitrogen 2.0 with Eric Davidson University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Spark Climate Solutions, and Charles Brooke from Spark Climate Solutions
Nitrogen is absolutely essential for all forms of life, plants, animals and microbes. Nitrogen is the basis for making amino acids, and amino acids are the basis for making proteins, enzymes. The historic nitrogen system was balanced and based ...
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Episode 47
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1:05:15
Tripling the impact of methane reducing feed additives with decentralized AI with Yaniv Altshuler MIT and Metha AI
The efficacy of methane reducing feed additives constantly varies between cows and herds because the rumen microbiome is constantly changing. Certain feed additives that worked really well at that one given her may stop working, or the other wa...
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Episode 46
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42:03
Leading climate smart agriculture policy development and implementation with Secretary Karen Ross - California Department of Food and Agriculture
California has been leading efforts to implement climate change policy since Governor Schwarzeneger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006 to begin the transition to a carbon neutral economy with food and agriculture are a key componen...
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Episode 45
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36:02
Into the clear blue sky, the path to restoring our climate with Rob Jackson Stanford University
Rob Jackson is a climate scientist who has been leading global efforts to reduce millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions and improve human health, safety, and air and wat...
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Episode 44
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58:57
Catalysing industry, community, and government to achieve Zero Net Emissions with Richard Health - Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture CRC
The Zero Net Emissions from Agriculture Cooperative Research Council (ZNE-Ag CRC) is a key component of achieving the commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. The CRC comprises of 73 partenrs who ...
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Episode 43
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42:08
Developing the enteric methane inhibitor Bovaer® over the last 16 years with Maik Kindermann - DSM-Firmenich
Maik Kindermann, the inventor of the methane inhibitor 3-NOP or Bovaer®. Earlie...
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Episode 42
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48:49
Understanding of the security implications of a changing climate and how it compounds the risk of conflict with Neil Morisetti University College London and Chatham House
The security communities around the world including European, UK, US, and Australia have all recognized climate change as a National Security threat with climate change not being necessarily a direct cause of conflict but compounding the ...
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Episode 41
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50:40
We can live without energy, without phones, without technology but we cant live without food with Ismahane Elouafi CGIAR
There are currently 350 million people globally living with extreme hunger, with a plus 2°C rise in global temperatures this is forecast to rise to 539 million people, and with a plus 4°C temperature rise it is predicted that 2.1 billion people...
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Episode 40
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51:53
Protein and the roles it plays in nutrition and future food systems with Michelle Colgrave CSIRO
This episode of Ash Cloud is brought to you in partnership with CSIRO.Proteins play many critical roles in our bodies, and in the plants, animals, fungi and microbes that are our source of...
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Episode 38
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56:00
Adapting livestock methane mitigation strategies to local requirements with Ermias Kebreab UC Davis
Climate change is a global challenge, but interventions can only be implemented locally. Understanding the local cultures, economies, politics, language, and production systems is critical for any intervention to make an impact. Across the deve...
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Episode 36
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41:45
Global food systems produce 60% of methane with Marcelo Mena - Global Methane Hub
Reducing methane emissions is the greatest opportunity to limit warming in the short term. With roughly 30% of current temperature increases are caused by methane, global food systems being responsible for 60% of methane emissions as a continuu...
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Episode 35
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40:17
European farmer protests and the political battleground around sustainable agriculture with Tim Benton, Chatham House
Recent farmer protests across Europe have highlighted the political battleground around sustainable agriculture. The absence of effective policies and support for a just transition to Net Zero is positioning farmers as political pawns who are b...
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Episode 34
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41:38
Balancing methane mitigation with the economic, and social aspects of sustainable livestock production with Sara Place, AgNext at Colorado State University
The climate impact of animal agriculture is only one of the aspects that needs to be addressed for sustainable productions systems. The importance and urgency to mitigate methane emissions must be integrated with the social and economic aspects...
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Episode 33
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52:25
The politics of our growing disconnection from our food with Sparsha Saha - Harvard University
Growing anthropocentrism is one of the underlying root causes of our ecological crisis. In recent decades humans have become increasingly disconnected from our food. While for thousands of years obtaining food and water was the top priority of ...
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Episode 32
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45:55
Addressing the 70% of global livestock methane emissions that come from the Developing World with Aimable Uwizeye UNFAO
Less than 5% of climate finance is focused on addressing methane, and less than 2% of that finance is for the livestock sector. This is despite the fact that 155 countries agreed that rapidly r...
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Episode 31
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53:54
Conflict, climate change, and food insecurity with David Tuck International Committee of the Red Cross
Of the 25 countries that are least able to adapt to the impacts of climate change about 14 of those countries or 56% are currently affected by armed conflict. The intersection of conflict and food insecurity is an area of series concern...
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Episode 30
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39:45
The role of livestock in global food systems with Peer Ederer - GOAL Sciences and Zeppelin University
Currently over 50% of the world’s population is undernourished. There is generally not a shortage of food calories but a shortage of nutrients. This issue exists in rich countries, middle income countries, and poor countries. The traditional so...
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Episode 29
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1:02:47
How do we make food decisions with Barbara Mullan, Curtin University
Everyday choices are made about the food we eat by all 8 billion people on the planet. These choices impact our health and the health of the environment and climate. But what drives us to make the decisions we do and what would need to be done ...
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Episode 28
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35:42
Broadening the approach to livestock methane mitigation, the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research study with Rod Mackie, University of Illinois
Creating a win win for farmers/ranchers and the environment would be game changing across the whole livestock climate space. The key is to understand the kinetics of methane production by the rumen microbiome and identify opportunities to captu...
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Episode 27
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33:56
Regenerative agriculture can be scaled through education with Terry McCosker
Management is the greatest limitation to reducing the environmental impact of livestock systems. Farming is managing an ecosystem. When we work with nature to manage that ecosystem, then nature works with us to improve the water cycle, i...
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Episode 26
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1:02:30
Balancing food security and sustainability in East Africa with Su Kahumbu, Bernard Kimoro, and Claudia Arndt
In East Africa, what we are now calling regenerative agriculture is basically kitchen gardening for food security, without the reliance on inputs, which is the traditional method of growing food. How do we evaluate the sustainability of p...
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Episode 25
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1:23:03
Microbial good guys and bad guys, and their duplicitous nature, with Itzik Mizrahi - Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Microbes communicate, they make decisions, they collaborate, and they fight. Sometimes they are good guys and other times they are bad guys. Understanding the importance of individual species withing the ecosystem and how species interact is cr...
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Episode 24
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54:39