Kinking Collapse, Urgent Gratitude & Future Seeds with Shane Simonsen

I tell a story about my inability to change before chatting with a guy who's obsessed with changing everything! Dr Shane Simonsen of Recombination Nation is a biochemist, research scientist and experimental farmer who is shaking up agriculture-as-usual by breeding plants that require ZERO INPUTS. No fertiliser, no pest protection, no weeding, no watering! We talk about how to run your own kinky plant breeding experiments at home, as well as:

Why humans still have 50 million years left on the planet

Shane's POV on GMO

Low tech gene transfer you can do today!

Are we addicted to working harder not smarter?

Moving towards irrigation-free gardening

Yet another neurodivergent superpower

Being a plant snob

Cities versus country towns during collapse

Survival foods for the future

How & why to take on projects that will outlive you

CROSSING BRUSH TURKEYS & ASTRALORPS?

Impermaculture

Blessings on the internet

SOLID real estate advice 

Where to buy crazy seeds 

🧙‍♀️ LINKY POOS

Shane on Substack ~ Recombination Nation

Shane's podcast ~ Recombination Nation

Shane's book ~ Taming the apocalypse

Folklore Pictures' film with Shane ~ Seeds for the Future

Australian Grain Seed Bank

Central Vic seed grower we love ~ Greg Mueller of Useful Seeds

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Sound credit ~ cheers Nicholas Allan!