Something Different | Rebecca Tickell

Something DifferentSomething Different EP07
Written By Steven Dimmitt

July 28, 2025

This is an episode of my new podcast, Something Different with Steven Dimmitt.

Rebecca Tickell is an award-winning filmmaker, author, environmental activist, and regenerative farmer. We talked about the journey that led to her films Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, the history of our soil and pesticides, why conventional farming is a cycle of degredation, the corruption of the agrochemical industry, Monsanto whistleblowers, how to feed the world, the global movement of regeneration, how to eat, bees & pollinators, and much more.

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Nuggets:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:03:07 – The road to regeneration

00:11:51 – Storytelling

00:15:02 – Farmers & desertification

00:18:33 – A brief history of our soil

00:27:11 – Connecting to nature

00:28:48 – Two fun facts

00:30:29 – We don’t eat our food

00:33:26 – Sacrifice zones & human rights

00:38:21 – Glyphosate, wheat, oats, & chickpeas

00:44:47 – The good news

00:46:09 – Monsanto, Bayer, the EPA, & whistleblowers

00:49:36 – Feeding the world

00:56:04 – Soil regeneration

01:02:41 – A global movement

01:14:49 – How to eat

01:23:10 – USDA Organic

01:29:36 – High stakes

01:30:43 – Bees & insects

01:37:39 – Stories of hope

01:38:59 – Rebecca’s dream documentary

01:41:32 – Hopeful

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