{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Lentil Underground: Dr. Liz Carlisle","description":"  Episode 132: Can planting lentils be a radical act? Yes, if you live in a small conservative farming town in Montana, circa 1976. That was the year David Oien moved back to his family\u2019s farm and planted a crop of lentils. This marked the beginning of the Lentil Underground, a group of farmers who created a new way of doing business both on the farm and in their community. It wasn\u2019t always easy. Planting lentils in a county known for wheat created waves and they weren\u2019t amber waves of grain. But, what disapproving, wheat-loving onlookers didn\u2019t know, was that the short, squat lentil plant is the \u201cRobin Hood\u201d of the plant world. A Nitrogen fixer, it creates fertilizer and increases soil health by sequestering Nitrogen out of the atmosphere and putting it in the soil in a plant available form. This fixing of Nitrogen is a valuable service to farmers and to plant and soil life.  In this interview with author, teacher, and lecturer Dr. Liz Carlisle, we learn what happened when a group of farmers shifted from industrial agriculture to a more ecological farming method. This transition from a \u201cfarming up\u201d to a \u201cfarming down\u201d model, with a goal of regenerating soil health, is the story of the Lentil Underground.  It's also a story about community, agricultural policies, and our food system. Dr. Liz Carlisle is the author of the book Lentil Underground. Liz is a Lecturer in Food Systems at the University of California, Berkeley and in the Thinking Matters program at Stanford University. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography, from UC Berkeley, and a B.A. from Harvard University.  You can buy lentils and other products from the farmers mentioned in this interview by visiting their company Timeless Food.      ","author_name":"Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.sustainableworldradio.com","html":"