Why Organic Isn't Enough Anymore: How Regenerative Agriculture Rebuilds Soil Health And Grows More Nutritious Food With Dr. Jeffrey Burke [Ep 91]

What if the most important thing about your food has nothing to do with the crop and everything to do with the dirt it grew in?

I'm joined by Dr. Jeffrey Burke, the director of education for Kokora Life and host of the Honest Health podcast, who has spent more than four decades in the natural products industry.

Jeffrey and I talk about what changes when a farm stops turning its soil, and how regenerative agriculture builds on certified organic growing rather than replacing it. Soil health is the piece most of us never think about while we're shopping, and he makes a case for why it belongs on our radar. He also gets practical about supplement labels, proprietary blends, and where someone brand new to functional mushrooms can begin.

You'll learn:

• Why regenerative growing can rebuild the soil while organic stays focused on the crop
• How over tilling has put the world's topsoil at risk and what farmers do instead
• What a bottle can tell you when it carries both an organic and a regenerative seal
• Why proprietary blends may leave us paying for something we can't measure
• What Jeffrey looks for beyond the ingredient list, from glass bottles to vegan capsules
• How someone new to mushrooms can begin with reishi and build from there
• What adaptogenic mushrooms like lion's mane and cordyceps may offer beyond the obvious
• Why immune support may depend as much on rest and walking as on what we swallow

This episode is for anyone who has ever wanted to trust a label a little more, or needed a reminder that the healthy habits costing us nothing are often the ones worth protecting.

Hit play and let's grow together,

Kimberly

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