It’s All About Food – Guest: Eric Toensmeier & Gary De Mattei – 09.19.17

Part I: Eric Toensmeier, Project Drawdown Eric Toensmeier is the award-winning author of Paradise Lotand Perennial Vegetables, and the co-author of Edible Forest Gardens. He is an appointed lecturer at Yale University, a Senior Biosequestration Fellow with Project Drawdown, and an international trainer. He has studied useful perennial plants and their roles in agroforestry systems for over two decades. He is the author of The Carbon Farming …

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