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Recombination Nation

Shane Simonsen
Sustainable Agriculture
Chestnut Breeding
Zero Input Agriculture
Daylilies
Genetics
Crop Breeding
Epigenetics
Seeing Like a State
Genetic Diversity
Environmental Stress
Disease Resistance
Low Input Farming
Bioregional Agroforestry Suitability Analysis
Community Involvement In Agriculture
Permaculture
Thurston County
Culinary Applications
Vitamin C
Rural Communities
James C. Scott

Explore the intersection of evolution, ecology and civilisation with crop and livestock breeders, low input farmers, social engineers and a dazzling array of deep thinkers.

Read more of Shane Simonsen's work at the Recombination Nation substack.

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Bunya Halasz
Member of Growing Roots Permaculture, expert in agroforestry techniques
Growing Roots Permaculture
Episode: Recombining Crop Selection and Production with Bunya Halasz
Nate Kleinman
Co-founder of the Experimental Farm Network and lifelong activist focused on sustainable agriculture.
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Episode: Building the Experimental Farm Network with Nate Kleinman
Dusty Hins
Co-founder of the Experimental Farm Network.
Experimental Farm Network
Episode: Building the Experimental Farm Network with Nate Kleinman
John Harris
Self-appointed high priest of the Church of Burn, passionate about exploring the intersection of money and spirituality.
Church of Burn
Episode: Ritual Money Burning with Reverend Jonathan Harris
Stephen Skolnick
Microbiologist specializing in the human microbiome
Episode: The Microbiome Revolution with Stephen Skolnick
Professor Jiang
A geopolitical analyst and educator with broad insights into history and cultural dynamics.
Episode: How This Civilisation Ends with Professor Jiang
David Shields
Professor focused on food systems, agriculture, and cultural heritage
University of South Carolina
Episode: Restoring Lost Crops with Professor David Shields
Bruce Steele
Experimental primitivist farmer with a deep history in agriculture
Winfield Farm
Episode: Bruce Steele
John Michael Greer
A prolific fiction and nonfiction writer, a blogger, and a speaker on history, culture, religion, and economics.
Episode: Archdruid John Michael Greer

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Shane Simonsen
Host of Recombination Nation, with a focus on sustainable agriculture and the intersections of ecology and society.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 33 ratings
  • Excellent, bringen a lot of New insights!

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Building the Experimental Farm Network with Nate Kleinman
Q: Does the fate of the GRIN seed bank in the future keep you up at night?
It is an incredibly precious resource that is suffering from underfunding and is at risk of being lost.
Building the Experimental Farm Network with Nate Kleinman
Q: Nate, do you want to tell us a bit about your kind of story and how you ended up on this path?
I started a co-founded Experimental Farm Network in 2013 with my friend Dusty Hins to create a collaborative platform for plant breeding and sustainable agriculture research.
Crop Breeding for Human Health with Mark Christensen
Q: What further work are you doing with Monty's Surprise? How do you hope to continue to develop and make it more available to people?
Part of what we do is that we graft Monty's Surprise apples. We give these away around our community to help prevent the incidence of cancer.
Crop Breeding for Human Health with Mark Christensen
Q: Do you think there's anything that people can do to moderate that seemingly runaway paranoia with biosecurity in various parts of the world?
There's a disconnect between the biosecurity regulations and the health potential of these varieties. We need to talk to one another and work out ways and means.
The Microbiome Revolution with Stephen Skolnick
Q: What do you think about the direct effects of the microbiome on mental health?
Skolnick relates gut bacteria impacts to conditions like schizophrenia, suggesting a crucial link between microbiome diversity and mental health.

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