#139 - Farmer Lee Jones: Modern Regenerative Agriculture, Growing Plants For More Nutrition, Buying Local & Farmers Market, Historical Farming & Heirloom Seeds, Chemical Insecticides & GMOs, Restoring The Topsoil, Eating The Whole Plant, And More!

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/farmerleejones 1:55 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:05 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:10 - Farmer Lee Jones Story 15:30 - How Farming Used To Be 17:00 - Nutritional Levels In Produce 18:30 - Growing For Flavor 20:25 - Vitamin D 23:40 - Chemicals And GMOs 25:00 - Home Delivery 25:20 - Could We Have Done It Differently? 26:00 - How The War Changed The Way We Eat 27:50 - A Change In Mindset About Our Food 30:10 - Using The Whole Plant 31:45 - How Much Of Our Food Are Native Species? 33:15 - Seed Savors Exchange: An Heirloom Seed Preserve 34:10 - Are Heirloom Varieties More Nutritious? 35:50 - The Algal Bloom In The Great Lakes 36:30 - How We Can Turn Things Around 37:35 - Buying Local 39:00 - Respecting Your Farm Employees 41:00 - Microgreens 43:05 - Hydroponic Gardens 45:30 - Eating The Root And Greens 46:55 - Edible Flowers 52:20 - White Vegetables 54:40 - Winter Vegetables 58:20 - "Beneficials" In Organic Farming 1:01:15 - Seed Sorting & Seed Weight 1:04:15 - Vegetable Tops 1:05:15 - Craving Certain Plants 1:07:00 - Pollination And Hybridization 1:10:00 - The Recipes 1:12:30 - How To Navigate The Regular Grocery Store 1:15:30 - Regenerative Agriculture With Animals 1:16:50 - Eating Seasonally