Rooted to Earth podcast

EP9 - Farming with nature

07/05/2025

Sheila Darmos didn't set out to become a regenerative farming advocate. She inherited one of Greece's first organic farms—one that had been organic long before certifications even existed. But when she returned to Greece after 20 years in Germany, she saw the deep-rooted challenges facing rural communities: depopulation, lack of support for...

EP8 - Scaling Regenerative Agriculture in Europe

08/04/2025

In this episode, we talk with Philippe Birker, co-founder of Climate Farmers. Philippe shares his personal journey into regenerative practices, which began when he and friends purchased an abandoned village in Portugal, inadvertently becoming stewards of the land. This sparked a year-long pilgrimage visiting regenerative farms across Western...

EP7 - Entrepreneurship for systems change

17/03/2025

In the latest episode of Rooted to Earth, Niranjana Balram Menon, Program Manager at Metabolic Ventures, challenges the traditional view of entrepreneurship and shares how businesses can be designed for impact rather than just profit.