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Episode 5: Philosophy of Farming (Part 2) – Organics

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FARMING FOR TERROIR

Photography for Episode 5 by Michel Joly and Becky Wasserman & Co.

FEATURED GUESTS:

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Thank you to our guests: Jean Gonon and Paul Wasserman. And thank you to Michele Chapel, Rodrigo Soto, Edouard Vocoret and Camille Thiriet for your appearances.

 

A big thank you to Paul Wasserman of Becky Wasserman & Co. for sponsoring this episode!

 

This season wouldn’t be possible without your support!– Check out our website roadsideterroir.com to learn how you can follow along on our travels, and how to help support this season by donating, sponsoring, or becoming a Roadside Insider – where you get access to exclusive bonus material, gifts, and more!

We would like to extend an extra special thank you to our grand cru patrons Steven and Amy Lipin – we love you! Thank you for making this season possible!

SOURCES

Books

Elaine Chukan Brown (2025): The Wines of California.

Jamie Goode (2023): New Viticulture.

Aaron Ayscough (2022): The World of Natural Wine.

Jancis Robinson (2015 [4th Edition]): The Oxford Companion to Wine. 

Jamie Goode (2014): Wine Science.

Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis (2010): Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web.

R. Brunet (1910): Le matériel viticole.

Frederic T. Bioletti (1907): Oidium or powdery mildew of the vine.

Freiherr von Babo (1842): Der Weinbau. Dargestellt in der Reihenfolge der vorkommenden Arbeiten.

B. A. Lenoir (1828): Traité de la culture de la vigne et de la vinification.

 

Essays & Articles

FiBL (Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau): The World of Organic Agriculture Report 2025.

Fabien Knittel (2025): Fertilisers in France in the nineteenth century.

Simon Nordestgaard (2022): History and recent developments in under-vine weeding equipment.

Kat Eschner (2017): How One Mycologist Saved France’s Wine (Among Other Things)

Leonard Gianessi and Ashley Williams (2011): Fungicides Have Protected European Wine Grapes for 150 Years.

Paul Brassley (2006): British farming between the wars.

Hilary P. M. Winchester (1986): Agricultural Change and Population Movements in France 1892-1929.

 

Websites

Encyclopedia Britannica on herbicides, fungicides and insecticides:

https://www.britannica.com

 

IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements):

https://www.ifoam.bio

 

USDA (United States Department of Agriculture):

https://www.usda.gov

 

EU Commission:

https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/farming/organic-farming/organic-logo_de

 

CREDITS

 

Roadside Terroir is hosted and produced by Brenna Quigley.

Sound engineering, original music and sound design by Jeff Alvarez.

Research and writing support by Paul Knittel.

With special thanks to Clare Shaheen and Esa Eslami.

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