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Today\u2019s session is an interview that I\u2019d been looking forward to doing for a while. Since last year in fact, when I found Shane Simonsen\u2019s blog and began corresponding with him online. That correspondence turned into one of the most popular and talked about episodes from that season due to the ingenious way that Shane approaches farming his land in Northeastern Australia.\xa0\n\n\n\nIn that first interview Shane gave an overview of the experiments in biological succession and food production on his homestead. His blog follows these experiments and speaks from a deep understanding of plants and how they live. In my opinion, it\u2019s one of the most original approaches to large scale food production that I\u2019ve come across in a long time and asks the simple question of \u201chow might we still be able to produce enough food for ourselves and our communities if we no longer had access to all of the inputs and fossil fuels of our modern times.\u201d\n\n\n\nIn this episode we get to pick up where we left off last time and see how some of these plant breeding efforts have paid off. Shane speaks about how he\u2019s shifting phases at the homestead and focusing more on refinement of his system rather than broad experiments and the increase of diversity. Now that he\u2019s seeing results from his consistent efforts over the last 5 years, he has a better idea of what thrives, what fails, and what\u2019s worth pursuing to greater fruition with his limited time as the primary caretaker of his land.\xa0\n\n\n\nBeyond that we get to talk about a new book he\u2019s writing which is something of a post post-apocalyptic future sci fi novel based on biological advancement rather than technological, which normally defines the genre. Though he\u2019s still early in the manuscript, I loved talking about the concept of a post global collapse that envisions how our species might recover by returning to our reliance and relationships with the living world.\xa0\n\n\n\nThis conversation meanders through a lot of topics so I hope it\u2019s not too tricky to follow along. For plant nerds like Shane and I, I think it\u2019ll be a real treat. So let's jump right in\n\n\n\nJoin the discord discussion channel to answer the weekly questions and learn new skills with the whole community\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n\n\n\nhttps://zeroinputagriculture.wordpress.com/