Plant pathologist Steve Savage discusses issues with, myths about organic food

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In this episode of the Renaissance Humans Podcast I speak with Dr. Steve Savage, a plant pathologist who’s spent over 30 years in the agriculture industry. Dr. Savage is deeply concerned with the challenges of feeding our world’s growing population with healthy food, but when it comes to organic, he thinks the wool has been pulled over our eyes.

In this conversation we talk about:

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