Regenerative by Design

In today’s episode Joni and Dr. Travis Denton talk about nutrition, phytochemicals, and health. 

Show Notes

Joni talks with Dr. Travis Denton from WSU about pharmaceutical chemistry.  They also discuss regenerative food health looking specifically at the science behind growing healthy foods.  The thesis behind today’s episode is using foods as medicine.

Phytochemicals, also called phytonutrients, are the potentially helpful compounds found in plant foods. They may help prevent chronic diseases, including cancer but relatively little is known about these diverse chemicals. These can be found in vegetables, fruits, beans, grains, nuts, and seeds. But the type and amount of phytochemicals in different plants varies.

You can find out more information about Dr. Travis Denton by visiting his LinkedIn profile at:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-denton-79235a10/ or on his faculty web page at:  https://medicine.wsu.edu/overview/faculty-and-staff/travis-denton-phd and https://autophagetheraputics.com/.

This episode is brought to you by Snacktivist Foods.  Snacktivist Foods is a women-owned food revolution based in Northern Idaho. Our passion is to drive a new grain economy by developing leading-edge baking mixes and a finished product line of “better-for-you” grain-based foods.  To learn more about Snacktivist Foods, please visit snacktivistfoods.com.  

Snacktivist is built on the mission that food should be sourced from regenerative ingredients that are allergy-friendly, soil, water and carbon focused, all while radically impacting human nutrition.

What is Regenerative by Design?

Regenerative by Design Podcast where we get to the root of health, climate, economics and food.  Host, Joni Kindwall-Moore, is an RN, an Ethnobotanist and the founder of Snacktivist Foods. Join us on this journey as we explore the ideas, stories and personalities behind the regenerative food system movement including climate change, human health, economics and food as well as other deeply interconnected topics. 

In this podcast, we will be “going there” and leaning into topics that might make you squirm… just a little.  We want to challenge ourselves to think outside of the box and to discover the deeper side of our world’s problems so that we can better understand how to solve them. 

We aim to unpack some of the most dynamic issues of our day with some of the most inspiring minds who are pushing the boundaries of our current norms and thinking paradigms. 

We have seen incredibly disruptive events in the past few years like pandemics, climate events, disasters and war. These often trigger system changes that are reactionary and have short term gains. When these are practiced over the long term, they often have a degenerative effect on health and the environment.

Regenerative design thinking is the opposite, and is an intentional, premeditated process that involves a high level of observation, analysis, creativity, and looking beyond reductionistic principles while embracing systems thinking and additionality to create regenerative solutions.

Regenerative agriculture has become a powerful force for positive transformation and hope in todays world. And no discussion about agriculture is complete without a conversation about food. 

Food is the connection between people and the planet so grab a cup of coffee or your favorite running shoes and get ready to take a mental and philosophical leap into the future of food and our planet.