Futureproof? This Organic Farmer Says Growing Food With Empathy Is Important

An Exclusive Look Behind the Scenes at Biodynamic Farming and the Future of Food

One often neglected aspect of mental and physical well-being is food. The more we research the links between food, healthy intestines, and brain health, the more we see how interconnected it all is. When you eat junk food, your mood goes down and even your memory is affected. Stress affects how your body is able to process food. Healthy food contributes to less inflammation in your body and promotes mental health and longevity. The list goes on and on, and even though it affects each and every one of us, we know nowhere near enough about many of the complex processes going on in our bodies. I wanted to learn more about alternative ways of producing our food, so I visited a biodynamic farm in the Dutch nature reserve Amelisweerd, and asked its owner Michel Smits many questions about his approach to farming.

This complete version of my interview with farm owner Michel Smits is only accessible to paid subscribers. However, because I believe that quality reporting should be accessible to everyone, I do not want to put it all behind a paywall. You can access the public version of the post here, which still contains all the important parts of the interview. The content I offer paid subscribers is extra, providing more depth as well as some other related topics Michel and I discussed.

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