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Episode 9: Philosophy of Farming (Part 4) – Regenerative Farming

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FARMING FOR TERROIR

Photography for Episode 9 by Tablas Creek, Emidio Pepe, Raj Vaisya, Chisa Bize and Michel Joly

FEATURED GUESTS:

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO:

This episode is brought to you by the incredibly thoughtful team at Becky Wasserman and Company, the inspirational farmers at Tablas Creek Vineyard, and the education-obsessed importers at Lone Wolf Imports.

Thank you to our guests, Cyril Courvoisier, Paul Wasserman, Raj Vaidya, Jason Haas, Erin Mason, Chiara Pepe, Chisa Bize, and Austin Collins.

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CREDITS

 

Roadside Terroir is hosted and produced by Brenna Quigley.

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

Research-, writing- and hosting-support by Paul Knittel.

 

With special thanks to Clare Shaheen and Esa Eslami.

RESOURCES

 

Books:

Jamie Goode (2023): The New Viticulture. The Science of Growing Grapes for Wine.

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

 

Audio:

Some of our favorite Mimi Casteel Interviews for further listening:

The Intellectual Agrarian

Ungrafted

I’ll Drink To That

 

Online Resources:

The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation

Napa Green – Carbon Farm Plan: Viader Vineyard.

Agroforestry systems may play vital role in mitigating climate change

Regenerative agriculture should anchor EU green, farming and economic policies, says EESC

Regenerative Agriculture and Related Food Product Labeling and Marketing Claims

Soil Carbon Sequestration: Myths, Realities, and the Biden Administration’s Proposals

Why Regenerative Organic?

Site characteristics determine the effectiveness of tillage and cover crops on the net ecosystem carbon balance in California vineyard agroecosystems

Conservation Tillage of Cover Crops in Vineyard Soils to Improve Carbon Sequestration and Diminish Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Carbon footprint assessment on a mature vineyard

Definition of regenerative agriculture in a research briefing for the UK parliament, June 2025

Overview of the 5 main types of agroforestry systems by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Definition of agroforestry by the EURAF (European Agroforestry Federation)

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