Podcasts about industrial farming

Austin Frerick is an economist, Yale Fellow, former Congressional Research Assistant, and author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. He investigates how the U.S. food system became both outrageously expensive and dangerously toxic—not just for consumers, but for the farmers who grow our food. Instead of blaming deregulation alone, Frerick exposes the real culprits: the Big Ag monopolies that have spent billions to rig the system, buy politicians, and crush opposition to expand their hidden empires. We break down how these corporate Barons pulled off their silent coup, the devastating impact of monopolization on farming, food prices, and public health. Most importantly, we explore what can be done to take back control of the food system before it's too late. Don't miss the historic cosmology summit in Portugal this summer!!! DEMYSTICON 2025 ANNUAL MEETING June 12-16: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci (00:00) Go! (00:07:05) Unanchored Elite and National Identity (00:13:18) Deregulation and Its Consequences (00:21:15) Economists and Societal Impact (00:30:20) Monopoly and Reform (00:41:35) Political Influence & Campaigns (00:50:10) Industrial Farming & Environment (01:01:44) Influence of Campaign Finance on Congressional Power (01:14:58) Evolving Congressional Power Struggles (01:25:45) Consumer Culture and Class (01:37:02) Labor Laws and Corporate Influence (01:51:09) Sustainable Practices and Cultural Knowledge (02:00:10) Patterns of Consciousness and Cultural Shifts (02:18:52) Language, Emotion, and Coalition Building (02:31:12) Importance of Storytelling in Addressing Systemic Issues (02:46:48) Intellectual Exploration and Theoretical Understanding (02:49:07) Restaurant Industry #monopoly, #FoodCrisis, #economics, #BigBusiness, #Finance, #FoodSupply, #Agriculture, #Farming, #Sustainability, #BigAg, #EconomicReform, #CorporatePower, #LocalEconomy, #GrassrootsActivism, #AgriculturalPolicy, #ConsumerRights, #PoliticalEconomy, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Join host Jen Smiley on Wake Up and Read the Labels as she dives into the fascinating world of regenerative farming with the iconic Farmer Lee Jones. From discussing the alarming decline in soil health and nutrition to sharing how regeneratively grown vegetables can transform health, this episode is packed with insights and actionable takeaways. Farmer Lee Jones explains his family's commitment to sustainable practices, the challenges they've faced, and their mission to redefine farming for the betterment of people and the planet.Disclaimer:The content provided by Wake Up and Read the Labels and Jen Smiley is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Jen Smiley is not a licensed nutritionist, dietitian, or health professional. All recommendations and insights are based on her personal research and experiences. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet or wellness routines. Additionally, some of the links shared may be affiliate links, meaning Wake Up and Read the Labels may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This supports our ability to bring you quality content. Key Takeaways:Regenerative Farming Matters: Regenerative practices restore soil health, increasing nutrient density and reducing reliance on harmful chemicals.Nutritional Decline: In just 100 years, vegetables have lost 50–80% of their nutrients due to industrial farming.Sustainable Practices: Farmer Lee's two-thirds commitment to cover crops demonstrates the importance of soil health and biodiversity.Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants: Strong plants grown in balanced soil naturally resist pests, reducing the need for harmful pesticides.Taste the Difference: Vegetables grown at The Chef's Garden boast flavor and nutrition levels up to 300% higher than USDA averages. Farmer Lee Jones Links:Website: https://www.farmerjonesfarm.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmerjonesfarm/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FarmerJonesFarm/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/farmerjonesfarm/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thechefsgardenJen's Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wakeupandreadthelabels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WakeUpAndReadTheLabelsThe Wake Up Label Letter: https://jensmiley.substack.com/subscribeApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wake-up-and-read-the-labels/id1618784569 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7v3WcgicHQrjU9iCEcLZLX

Ever stop to think about the real cost of our modern lifestyle? Chronic illness, infertility, rising mental health challenges—they're not accidents. They're symptoms of systems designed to prioritize profit over people and the planet. From ultra-processed foods to toxic farming practices, we're trapped in a cycle that's stealing our vitality. In this episode of Super Life, I sit down with Dr. Zach Bush, a pioneer in regenerative health and farming, to pull back the curtain on how we got here—and how we can change. We're diving into the hidden dangers of our food systems, the power of reconnecting with nature, and practical steps you can take to restore balance to your life (and the planet). Dr. Zach Bush is a triple-board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine and endocrinology, and a globally recognized leader in microbiome research. He's also the founder of Farmer's Footprint, helping farmers transition to regenerative practices that heal our soil and our health. We Also Discuss:    (00:04) Confronting Our Failing Food System (10:00) The Shift: Herbal Medicine to Small Molecules (18:32) Pharmaceuticals, Biodiversity, and the Cost of Progress (46:21) Gender, Infertility, and the Fall of Empires (52:17) Reclaiming Natural Abundance (01:05:40) Humanity's Potential for Transformation   Don't forget… You can order now by heading to darinolien.com/fatal-conveniences-book or order now on Amazon.   Thank You to Our Sponsors Fatty15 : Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/DARIN and using code DARIN at checkout. Bite: Go to trybite.com/DARIN20 or use code DARIN20 for 20% off your first order. Vivo Barefoot: Get 20% off your first Vivobarefoot order with DARIN20 at www.vivobarefoot.com Keywords: Food System, Healthcare System, Sustainability, Chronic Diseases, Mental Health, Regenerative Farming, Nature's Wisdom, Pharmaceutical Industry, Biodiversity, Virome, Genetic Adaptation, Monoculture, Environmental Change, Generational Trauma, Fertility Crisis, Gender Identity, Economic Empires, Natural Abundance, Human Potential, Transformation, Ancestral Trauma, Personal Growth Find more from Darin: Website: https://darinolien.com/ Instagram: @Darinolien Book: darinolien.com/fatal-conveniences-book/ Down to Earth: darinolien.com/down-to-earth/ Find more from Zach Bush: Website: https://zachbushmd.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachbushmd/

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Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia's School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated in 1976 and returned to Bluffton where he and his father continued to raise cattle using pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics. They also fed their herd a high-carbohydrate diet of corn and soy. In 1995, Will made the audacious decision to return to the farming methods his great-grandfather had used 130 years before. Since Will has successfully implemented these changes, he has been recognized all over the world as a leader in humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability. https://whiteoakpastures.com/ https://www.instagram.com/whiteoakpastures/ https://www.facebook.com/whiteoakpastures  https://www.youtube.com/c/whiteoakpastures  Thanks to our sponsor: Nutritionwithconfidence.com

Did you know that Midwestern industrial agriculture influences our national food system?  Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Audrey Tran Lam, MPH, Environmental Health Program Director at the Center for Energy & Environmental Education, at the University of Northern IA. Tran Lam explains how increasing crop rotations and biodiversity could significantly reduce our dependence on expensive and harmful nitrogen fertilizers and herbicides.  And, she describes the effects of climate change on agriculture, the connection between Midwestern agriculture and national food consumption, our environment and public health.Related Websites: https://ceee.uni.edu/environmental-health-program Farming for Public Health: https://farmingforpublichealth.org/ Industrial Farming and Public Health conference: https://sites.google.com/view/aaephconference/home

Enjoy this episode? Please share it with at least ONE friend who you think needs to hear it!  Ever wondered how to turn a traditional farm into a regenerative powerhouse? In this episode, we sit down with Takota Coen, a pioneer in regenerative agriculture and homesteading. Takota shares his journey from a conventional farm structure to a thriving, sustainable ecosystem, offering valuable insights into the homesteading revolution and how it can empower us to become less dependent on failing systems.   Episode Highlights:  Health Benefits of Regenerative Products: Takota discusses the health benefits of regenerative agriculture, highlighting how nutrient-rich soil leads to healthier crops, animals, and ultimately, healthier humans.  Profitability in Regenerative Farming: Learn how Takota transformed the financial landscape of his farm, making it more profitable under a regenerative model compared to its previous industrial structure.  Converting Farms from Industrial to Regenerative: Takota breaks down the steps and strategies necessary for transitioning a farm from industrial practices to regenerative methods, emphasizing the importance of working with nature rather than against it.  Order of Operations in Homesteading: Explore Takota's step-by-step approach to homesteading, including why the sequence of actions is crucial for a successful transition to a regenerative lifestyle.  Importance of Existing Roots: Discover the significance of understanding and preserving the existing natural elements on your land and how they play a critical role in regenerative farming.  Finding Community: Takota highlights the importance of finding a communal area or supportive community, emphasizing that homesteading is not just about self-sufficiency but also about building connections and sharing knowledge.   About Takota Coen: Takota Coen is a farmer, author, and co-founder of Building Your Homestead. Born and raised on a 250-acre regenerative farm in Alberta, Canada, Takota left his carpentry career in 2012 to fight against the systems that keep people dependent, sick, and constrained. He is dedicated to helping others break free by establishing their own regenerative homesteads and building a parallel economy. For more on Takota Coen and his work, visit Building Your Homestead.  You can also explore his book, "Building Your Permaculture Property: A 5 Step Process To Design and Develop Land," available here  Connect with Takota Coen: Instagram YouTube Podcast The Way Forward podcast is sponsored by: NEW BIOLOGY CLINIC: Experience individually tailored terrain-based health services with virtual consults, practitioner livestreams, movement classes, and more. The New Biology Clinic's motivation is to make you healthy and keep you that way. Visit https://NewBiologyClinic.com and enter code TheWayForward for $50 off your activation fee. 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It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure a condition; nor is it to be considered medical or legal advice, opinion or recommendation. This information is presented in the spirit of service for all.*   0:00 - The Revolution Disguised As Homesteading 2:14 - Introduction 3:45 - Growing Up on an Organic Farm 8:21 - Toxicity in "Certified Organic" 10:37 - What He Implemented to Make a Healthier Farm  20:08 - Alchemy in Biodynamics 28:56 - The Climate is Not Changing Because of CO2 Emissions  33:23 - Corrupt Incentive Systems  39:43 - Protecting Against Artificial Inflation and Potential Crashes 49:54 - When to Learn to Cultivate and Following the Next Steps in Homesteading 1:01:37 - Should Trees Be On Your Farm? 1:06:13 - Items Not Found in Grocery Stores  1:12:48 - Experience of Disease in Dairy Animals  1:18:01 - State of Farm Now vs Then 1:25:06 - Properly Converting from Industrial Farming  1:29:54 - Thoughts on Primary Water  1:35:10 - How Access, Structures and Fencing Effect Homesteading 1:45:30 - Seeing Things Beyond Imagination 1:48:01 - The Importance of Flora  1:56:29 - Homesteading Technology and Equipment  1:58:15 - Why Soil Health Matters 2:01:23 - Communal Aspect of Living This Way  2:13:20 - Sprouting a New Mindset 2:18:36 - Closing Thoughts  

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Have you ever considered the profound impact your food choices have on your health, the environment, and the local economy? Michael from Copperhead Hill Farms is on the show to reveal the significance of supporting local agriculture and the empowerment that comes with food sovereignty. The conversation spans Michael's shift from suburban living to the heart of agrarian self-sufficiency, spurred by the unexpected gift of two pigs. Infused with the ethos of community connection and the simplicity of barter trade, this episode isn't just about farming—it's a narrative about reshaping consumption habits and rediscovering the nourishment that comes from the ground up. We've all felt the pinch of regulations and red tape, but have you considered how it affects the tomato on your plate or the salsa in your jar? Our discussion takes a turn toward the limitations faced by those who dare to venture into local food production. It's a candid look at the struggles to maintain integrity and quality in our food systems, punctuated by heartening tales of community resilience and the practical magic of trading eggs for tomatoes. Join us as we challenge the status quo of convenience and champion a return to authentic, locally-sourced sustenance.  Our journey wraps up with a look at the significance behind the rebranding of Copperhead Hill Farms and how it reflects the rebellious spirit akin to moonshiners of yore. Michael and I share our personal transformations, from ideology shifts to the empowering embrace of Christian pacifism and community-focused living. The episode is a rallying cry for listeners to find strength in like-minded communities and take a firm stance in their beliefs. Saddle up for an episode that promises to ignite your spirit of independence and leave you pondering the true cost of the food that graces your table.   SUPPORT THE PROJECT: thebadroman.com/donate   Connect with Michael and Copperhead Hill Farms: Copperhead Hill Farms Website Copperhead Hill Farms Instagram Copperhead Hill Farms Facebook   Episode Starting Points: 02:12 Local Farming and Community Autonomy 07:57 Barter-Based Economy and Legal Challenges 18:23 Importance of Local Food Sources 25:44 Challenges and Solutions for Local Farmers 33:13 Autonomy and State Control 43:02 Significance of Farm Name Change 58:49 Personal Ideological Transition   For Full Show Notes: https://www.thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-108   For more on The Bad Roman Project: Blog submissions: thebadroman.com/contribute-to-the-blog Connect with us on social: thebadroman.com/social-links Want to get more involved? Request to join the private discussion group on Facebook (Bad Romans Only!!) No King but Christ Network: nokingbutchristnetwork.com   **please excuse our host's audio we had some technical challenges!!**

This week Rob is joined by SG Long's Bob Seidenschwarz and special guest Cory Miller owner/operator of Grass Valley Farms. The group discusses Cory's unique take on regenerative agriculture at Grass Valley Farms as well as the economic and environmental contrasts between traditional industrial farming and ranching practices with regenerative methods. https://www.sglongfinancial.com/

Is industrial farming bad for us? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O'Reilly learn about the future of food production, regenerative agriculture, and greenwashing with herdsman, land steward, and author Will Harris. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/healing-the-earth-through-regenerative-farming-with-will-harris/Thanks to our Patrons Tomasz Paź, Heath Kehoe, Brittni Phillips, Roy Carter, Andrea Cousins, Ben Sellers, Yanko Kaneti, and Noah Jellenik for supporting us this week.

EPISODE 1788: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Will Harris, author of A BOLD RETURN TO GIVING A DAMN, about the repellant nature of industrial farming and why the future of food should be localWill Harris is the owner of White Oak Pastures, a holistically managed, regenerative ranch and farm in Georgia's semi-tropical Coastal Plain. Described by his daughters as an “organic icon” of the Real Food movement, he is one of the very first people to bring grass-fed and humanely raised meat to the mainstream. Harris is one of the most outspoken critics of industrialized, centralized, and commoditized agriculture and is one of the most recognized leaders in the regenerative and resilient agriculture space.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

Welcome back to episode 3 of the podcast! Today we dive into a hot button topic: Industrial Ag vs. Gardening. You might be surprised at how we approach the subject. So give it a listen and enjoy! Follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DentonFarms/featured Follow Neil: https://www.instagram.com/hazel_creek... Follow Clayton: https://www.instagram.com/clayton.atlas/

How does soil health intimately and profoundly impact human health? What's the link between the soil microbiome and the human gut microbiome? How can we begin to restore our health, and the health of the living earth in concert with each other?  These are the questions posed by the outstanding book 'What your Food Ate: How to heal our land and reclaim our health' and the co-authors, Anne Biklé and David Montgomery are this week's guests as we delve deeply into the nature of soil, the functions of fungi, the populations of bacteria we depend on that inhabit our guts, and how we might affect total systemic change in the food and farming system.  So a little light listening for your day. In detail, Anne Biklé is a biologist, avid gardener. She is among the planet's leading experts on the microbial life of soil and its crucial importance to human wellbeing and survival. She is married to David Montgomery, who is a professor of Geomorphology at the University of Washington. David has studied everything from the ways that landslides and glaciers influence the height of mountain ranges, to the way that soils have shaped human civilizations both now and in the past. All of this has led him to write a number of books, including Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations which explores how our historic - and contemporary - farming practices have critically undermined the living soil on which we depend. Following this, David and Anne co-wrote, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and the book we're going to be exploring in depth today:  What your Food Ate: how to heal our land and reclaim the our Health.  David also plays in the band, Big Dirt, which is, and I quote directly from their Facebook page: Americana Alternative. Whatever that means. Roots folk-rock with something to say and fun to listen.I read What your Food Ate earlier this year and if you've listened to the podcast for any length of time, you'll have heard me mention it more than once. It's the most readable exploration I've come across of how our food is grown, and how it could - and should be grown - it's really easy to read, but it's full of the kind of mind-blowing data that we need if we're going to change our habits. You'll hear more in the podcast, but truly, the detail they gathered on the difference in content between food grown in the modern agri-business farm and that grown on a regenerative farm with no chemical inputs and no or minimal ploughing, one that strives to build the soil health and so build the health of everything else... it's both terrifying and inspiring. If you want something to persuade you that you need to change the places you buy your food, this is it. So, here we go. People of the Podcast, please welcome Anne Biklé and David Montgomery. Dig2Grow Website https://www.dig2grow.com/Buy the Books: https://www.dig2grow.com/booksBig Dirt https://www.reverbnation.com/bigdirtmusic

This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateFrom the sinking lands of California's Central Valley to the depleting aquifers nationwide, we're at a critical point: Americans are running out of water. In this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, we take a closer look at the US water crisis that is affecting many Americans, and putting communities of color especially at risk. How are over-extraction and climate change impacting our water supply? BIPOC media outlets are bringing these stories to the forefront, debunking myths about climate change and uplifting solutions to this urgent issue. Joining us for this conversation are Warigia Bowman, Professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law, and Andrew Hazzard, Climate Reporter at Sahan Journal, which is dedicated to reporting on communities of color in Minnesota. Co-host S. Mitra Kalita is co-founder of URL Media, a national network of Black and Brown community news outlets. Kalita is also the publisher of Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter based in Queens, New York. How do we turn the tide on this crisis, before our water sources run dry?“We should change the food and the crops we grow, we should change what we eat. We should change how we view the role of agriculture in our society . . . Indigenous people are not well represented in academia or in industry for that matter, and they have already worked through some of these solutions.” - Warigia Bowman“As a climate reporter, I think it's my responsibility not only to raise the fact that there are major issues facing our society due to global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels, but also to highlight that there are people that are working on solutions . . .” - Andrew Hazzard“I think you cannot separate water from healthcare. You can't separate water from housing. You can't separate water from race and Indigenous communities . . . By centering people of color, instantly we're in solutions mode in terms of how we're presenting these issues.” - S. Mitra KalitaGuests:Warigia Bowman: Professor, College of Law, University of TulsaAndrew Hazzard:  Climate Reporter, Sahan JournalS. Mitra Kalita: Co-Founder, URL Media; CEO & Publisher, Epicenter-NYC Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more.Music In the Middle:   ‘Yéla Mama' by  Eat My Butterfly featuring Lass & Sibu Manaï,  from the Climate Soundtrack album, produced by DJ's for Climate Action. And additional music included- "In and Out" and "Steppin" by Podington Bear 

This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Maggie Mang can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2023/09/blooming-biomes-mean-blooming-profits-nature-based-industrial-farming-and-the-politics-of-the-industrial-animal-microbiome/. About the post: This blog post details how hype, imaginations, and promises over the industrial animal microbiome circulate in industrial agritech circles. Such images, claims, and examples drive home the point that industrial animal metabolism – and the probiotic, ‘natural,' patented tools designed to optimize it – is considered to be a profitable next frontier.

The Single Stupidest Thing You Can Do Is To Eat Animal Foods Join renowned author and vegan advocate Glen Merzer in this thought-provoking talk as he unravels the hidden consequences of consuming animal foods. From health risks, ethical concerns, environmental damage to the industry's money-driven motives, Glen addresses the pressing need to shift towards plant-based diets. Discover why the "Single Stupidest Thing You Can Do Is To Eat Animal Foods". Tune in and rethink your food choices. Disclaimer:Medical and Health information changes constantly. Therefore, the information provided in this podcast should not be considered current, complete, or exhaustive. Reliance on any information provided in this podcast is solely at your own risk. The Real Truth About Health does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, or opinions referenced in the following podcasts, nor does it exercise any authority or editorial control over that material. The Real Truth About Health provides a forum for discussion of public health issues. The views and opinions of our panelists do not necessarily reflect those of The Real Truth About Health and are provided by those panelists in their individual capacities. The Real Truth About Health has not reviewed or evaluated those statements or claims. 

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In this episode Forrest talks with Dr. Edward Olara, a farmer and educator in Uganda. Edward was once Forrest's student in the community development program at Northwest University. As friends, they've worked together in Uganda to encourage and empower development professionals. Among other things, Edward spends his days teaching about sustainable agriculture, community development, and leadership—and modeling earthkeeping practices on his farm in northern Uganda. He is currently working on a book called The Elephant and the Farmers. Guest: Dr. Edward Olara  Mentions: Northwest University International Community Development Program Kampala and Lira, Uganda Uganda as a regional food basket East African Federation coming out of the East African Community United States of Africa article in History Today More information on industrial farming More information on climate change in Uganda COP27 Climate Change Conference Ubuntu and sankofa Keywords: Uganda, farm, community development, sustainable agriculture, garden, climate change, food basket, exports, East African Federation, crops, trade, United States of Africa, raw materials, food production, industrial farming, organic, colonialism, drought, reparations, copower, copowerment, ubuntu, sankofa Find us on our website: Circlewood.Donate here to Earthkeepers Podcast. Join the Stand.

Max Jamilly has a vision - a world where the industrial farming of animals is a thing of the past. With its impact on the environment, human health, and the health and wellbeing of animals, his vision is not unique. But where Max Jamilly differs from many others, is the work he is doing to make that vision become a reality. Max set up Hoxton Farms in 2020 alongside his childhood friend Ed Steele. The company is a cellular agriculture and biotech start-up that cultivates cell-grown fat which can be added to meat-alternative products. The idea is that you get all the desirable things about cooking animal fat, without harming any animals. In this episode of the Career Conversations podcast series, recorded in front of a live audience as part of our Inspiring Careers in Food event, Max reveals all about his career so far. Sign up for the next Inspiring Careers in Food events in 2023 Listen to the full episode to find out what drove Max and Ed to set up Hoxton Farms, their ambitions for the future, and how the company just secured a massive round of investment. Max Jamilly, Co-Founder, Hoxton Farms Max Jamilly is the co-founder of Hoxton Farms. Based in London, Hoxton Farms make real animal fat – without the animals.  Max has a PhD in synthetic biology from Oxford and two degrees in biotech and business from Cambridge.  He has spent the past decade in the UK and US using biotechnology to solve problems.  He is obsessed with the future of food.

For hundreds of thousands of years, we lived as forager-hunters, our lives intimately entwined with the lives - and then deaths - of the animals that we ate.  And then we cut that link and now we eat meat in plastic packages with cute pictures on the front to remove our awareness of the death that has arisen. And yet at our deepest levels, we know that meat is murder.  How do we resolve this paradox?Rob Percival is a writer, campaigner and food policy expert. His commentary on food and farming has featured in the national press and on prime time television, and his writing has been shortlisted for the Guardian's International Development Journalism Prize and the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Food Sustainability Media Award. He works as Head of Food Policy for the Soil Association. The Meat Paradox is his first book and it's one of the best, deepest, and most genuinely engaging that I've read of the many that seek to address the huge cultural divide that surrounds our consumption of meat.   This is a book that delves into neuroscience (denial, cognitive dissonance and the lies we tell ourselves), indigenous spiritual/shamanic practice, ancient ancestral practice as depicted in cave paintings that were created over a span of 30,000 years (that's a long time for an art form) and the actual experience of what it is to stand in an abbatoir and make eye contact with a cow as she walks into the stun cage. Reading this book will change your life.  Talking to Rob on the podcast was a joy and an inspiration and we ranged across all of these subjects and more.  We didn't get to the last-line dedication to Odin, which I had thought would be the core of the podcast, but then I discovered in the pre-recording conversations that Odin is a rescue dog (which is wonderful, but not quite the backbone of a shamanic/spiritual podcast that I'd imagined). Nonetheless, this is a deeply felt, deeply touching podcast that delves deep into the very meat of our identities in the modern world. The Meat Paradox: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-meat-paradox-brilliantly-provocative-original-electrifying-bee-wilson-financial-times/9781408713815Web: rob-percival.com https://rob-percival.com/Twitter: @rob_percival_ https://twitter.com/Rob_Percival_IPES report: The Politics of Protein: http://ipes-food.org/pages/politicsofproteinSustainable Food Trust Report: 'Feeding Britain': https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/our-work/feeding-britain/LRB: A Million Shades of Red by Adam Mars-Jones: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n17/adam-mars-jones/a-million-shades-of-red

Eugene Trufkin is a NASM and Check Instituted certified trainer and the author of Laws of Aesthetics and the Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide. He's also the owner of Trufkin Athletics, a business dedicated to helping people interested in attaining six-pack abs, traveling, eating a well balanced diet, and pursuing an anti-sedentary lifestyle. He is also the author of Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide. You can find Eugene at https://trufkinathletics.com/ IG: @trufkin_athleticsFB: https://www.facebook.com/evgeny.trufkin/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZS....Pick up a copy of Finally Thriving here:https://geni.us/FinallyThrivinghttps://www.finallythrivingbook.comJoin Allison's Finally Thriving Program:https://www.finallythrivingprogram.comAccess show notes here:https://www.pureenergypdx.com/integrate-yourself-podcast/eugene-trufkin-anti-factory-farmingSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/integrateyourself)

Climate change and its impacts on the economy, the planet, and, of course, us, is top of mind for a lot of folks these days. One potential solution that merges economic and climate needs is the transition away from fossil fuels as an energy source, to greener options. But with so many people relying on the fossil fuel industry for their livelihoods, how do we ensure a transition to a whole new energy source is just? This is one of the many questions we touch on in today's episode. Our guests, Luisa Da Silva, Executive Director of Iron and Earth, and Heather Milton-Lightening, a long-time Indigenous climate activist and current student, share with us their different views on just transition, and what we need to consider if we're really going to make it work.

Food is under increasing scrutiny and meat is high on the agenda. Everyone - from the authors of the UK's national food strategy to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – are telling us to eat less of it. But Glen Burrows, co-founder of the Ethical Butcher, argues that meat isn't the problem. It's industrial farming methods that are at fault. So how does that work? And, given that our love affair with meat may be slowing down but doesn't look as if it's going to end any time soon, what should we as consumers be doing to buy better? To get in touch with team Portas, email us at: kindnesseconomy@portasagency.com Subscribe to the Portas POV Newsletter for musings, provocation insights and inspiration. Want to keep up-to-date with all things Portas? Follow us here: Instagram  ** Linkedin **  Twitter

We conclude our series of interviews from rural Wisconsin with farmers and community members fighting to defend life as they know it from the onslaught of Big Agriculture and the factory farming industry. As part of a special collaboration between The Real News Network and In These Times magazine for “The Wisconsin Idea,” TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez, Cameron Granadino (TRNN), and Hannah Faris (In These Times) travelled to Polk County in Western Wisconsin over the summer to speak with residents about their fight to halt—or, at least, adequately regulate—a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) that would house 26,000 hogs and produce millions of gallons of liquid manure every year.In this interview, Alvarez sits down with Lisa Doerr, who has been on the front lines of this struggle and lives right down the road from where the proposed CAFO would be built. Doerr and her husband own and operate a hay farm in Polk County that supplies food for small-scale livestock farmers in the area.Additional links/info below...Working People, "Kristy Lynn Allen"Working People, "Hog Wild (w/ Lisa Doerr, Forest Jahnke, Hannah Faris, & Maeve Conran)"Maximillian Alvarez, Cameron Granadino, & Hannah Faris, The Real News Network, "Factory Farms Pose an 'Existential Threat' for Rural Wisconsin Communities"Grace Connatser, Wisconsin State Farmer, "Documentary Captures Rural Wisconsin's Struggle with Hog CAFOs"Maeve Conran, Just Solutions, "Rural Wisconsin Communities Battle Industrial Scale Hog Farms"Simon Davis-Cohen, In These Times, "'In for a Fight': Rural Wisconsinites Resist Influx of Industrial Hog Facilities"Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org):Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song"

Over the summer, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez traveled to Wisconsin to report on a crucial struggle that has been largely ignored by corporate media. Residents of rural Polk, Burnett, and Crawford counties in Western Wisconsin have been embroiled in battles over the proposed construction of industrial "hog factories" in their communities, which would collectively house roughly 34,000 hogs. These concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) would also produce millions and millions of gallons of liquid manure a year, and residents fear they could cause irreversible damage to their land, air, water, property values, and ways of life.What's happening in Wisconsin is part of a larger historical shift that has seen Big Agriculture and factory farming take over an industry that used to be dominated by small and mid-sized farms. The government-aided rise of industrial agriculture and meat production has pushed the independent farmers who still remain in operation today to the brink of extinction. As part of a special collaboration between The Real News Network and In These Times magazine for “The Wisconsin Idea,” Alvarez, Cameron Granadino (TRNN), and Hannah Faris (In These Times) went to Crawford, Polk, and Burnett counties to speak with residents about their concerns and about their struggles to defend themselves against Big Agriculture and the factory farming industry. You can watch their full documentary report here: https://therealnews.com/factory-farms-pose-an-existential-threat-for-rural-wisconsin-communities.In this special Working People episode, we follow up on the reporting Alvarez, Granadino, and Faris did over the summer and speak with a panel of folks who were involved with producing and publishing those reports. We also update listeners on the ongoing struggles in Polk, Burnett, and Crawford counties to halt—or, at least, adequately regulate—the proposed CAFOs. Guests on this panel include: Forest Jahnke, Program Coordinator for the Crawford Stewardship Project; Lisa Doerr, an independent hay farmer & resident of Polk County; Hannah Faris, associate editor of "The Wisconsin Idea" at In These Times; and Maeve Conran, Program Director for Free Speech TV and host of Just Solutions.

How does Air Pollution from Factory Farming affect the Environment?The smell of hog feces was overwhelming, Elsie Herring said. The breezes that wafted from the hog farm next to her mother’s Duplin County, N.C., home carried hazardous gases: methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide.“The odor is so offensive that we start gagging, we start coughing,” she told a congressional committee in November 2019. Herring, who died last week, said she and other residents developed headaches, breathing problems and heart conditions from the fumes.Now, a first-of-its-kind study shows that air pollution from Duplin County farms is linked to roughly 98 premature deaths per year, 89 of which are linked to emissions directly caused by hogs. Those losses are among more than 17,000 annual deaths attributable to pollution from farms across the United States, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Today I'm talking with Iza and Samo Login, two Slovenian tech entrepreneurs who founded Outfit7 and created the Talking Tom app, which has been downloaded over 13 billion times. In just 7 years, they sold their startup for $1 billion dollars to a Chinese investment group in order to dedicate themselves to philanthropic pursuits, with their largest priority being to establish a new model of sustainable, organic, large-scale farming to create the future of sustainable agriculture. They published a book called 7 Unicorn Drive, which details how their unique approach to business and leadership paved the way to financial success. How did they manage to sell a 250,000 dollar company for 1 billion dollars? How are they using technology to create the future of agriculture and repair our unsustainable food systems? Whats the mindset we all need to adopt if we're going to become a sustainable species on this planet? We talked about all this and more, including taking on a challenge to make their own personal lives more sustainable. So sit back and enjoy my talk, with Iza and Samo Login. Find Iza and Samo online: The Login5 Foundation: https://www.login5.org/ Iza and Samo's Book, 7 Unicorn Drive (Affilate Link): https://amzn.to/3gEVWUG Find me online: This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature/support

Today we welcome Dr Andrew W.M. Smith onto the podcast to talk about his paper ‘Je suis socialiste et quinziste: Rugby, Wine and Socialism in the Aude since 1976'. Across the course of the podcast we explored all three areas in depth, and we hope that you enjoy learning from Dr Andrew W.M Smith. To keep up to date with Dr. Smith head to http://www.andrewwmsmith.com where you can read his blog and check out all of his work or head to @Smidbob on Twitter. Head to https://amzn.to/3gbHp2W to buy a copy of Andrew's book Terror and Terroir: The Winegrowers of the Languedoc and Modern France To access Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa edited by Andrew and Chris Jeppesen head to https://www.uclpress.co.uk/collections/open-access/products/86196 Head to https://amzn.to/3mL887w to buy French Rugby Football: A Cultural History by Philip Dine Head to https://amzn.to/3siczYO to buy The Sober Revolution: Appellation Wine and the Transformation of France by Joseph Bohling Head to https://amzn.to/2QmKL8m to buy Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France by Venus Bivar Head to https://amzn.to/3dksUIe to buy Rural Inventions: The French Countryside after 1945 by Sarah Farmer To catch up on everything to do with History with Jackson head to www.HistorywithJackson.co.uk If you wish to support us and our work please head to our 'Buy me a Coffee' profile: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HistorywJackson Follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywithJ...... Follow us on Instagram at: @HistorywithJackson Follow us on Twitter at: @HistorywJackson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/history-with-jackson/message

It’s common knowledge that cow burps and pig farts are an important source of emissions in America. But is it true? Today, Alex Guillen explains where the thick of methane emissions related to farming actually come from, and what the federal government could do to curb them. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy. Alex Guillen covers the EPA and environmental issues for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

When you think of corn, you might think of the 90s metal band (spelled with a ‘K’ and embodying a raucous explosion of angst and anger). More likely, corn conjures images of a summer barbeque: bright yellow ears grilled, buttered, and eaten straight off the cob.However, the story of corn is more expansive and complicated than these contemporary reference points. Right now, industrial corn farming consumes 96 million acres of United States farmland (the US is the world’s largest producer of the crop). It receives billions of dollars in government subsidies every year, and it has turned the once-rich grassland of the midwest into the industrial corn belt, a vast monoculture with weak, pesticide-ridden soil.This week, we unpack the role that corn plays in our ecosystems, economies, and the experiences of farmers. We start with a story about organic corn being fed to livestock. Then, we dive into the world of ethanol, and learn why it may not be the answer to our energy needs. We explore the complicated politics of corn legislation and how it affects farmers. Finally, we learn about the spiritual history of corn, and how people are keeping that history alive today.Further Reading:If you want to learn more about industrial corn farming, you can check out this article in Mother Jones, or you can read part one of Michael Pollen’s The Omnivore's Dilemma, which is all about corn.To learn more about corn in Oaxaca, check out Yira Vallejo and Jonathan Barbieri’s work on the film Los Guardianes del Maíz.If you’re interested in keeping up with Korn fans, you can check out Patrick’s Korn covers on his YouTube channel. You can also listen to Justin Wilson’s full episode about Korn on his podcast, Deprogrammed.Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

Earth911 talks with Jennifer Maynard, CEO and cofounder of Nutrition For Longevity, a healthy and environmentally-friendly meal plan subscription service for vegan and pescatarian eaters. Most of the food is grown using regenerative farming techniques in New Jersey. Jennifer contributed an article to Earth911 last week, Zombie Soil: The Harmful Result of Industrial Farming, and we began with a conversation about the environmental impact of industrial farming. Take a few minutes to learn the difference between soil, which helps produce nutritious food, and dirt illustrate the urgency of making a switch away from using chemical fertilizers to wring crop volume out of the land.Nutrition For Longevity's prepared meals feature vegan and fish-protein options based on the Longevity Diet developed by Dr. Valter Longo. His research into the food that helps the longest-lived people stay healthy has shaped Maynard's meal plan, which is designed by a Michelin starred chef. In addition to low- and no-till farming, Nutrition For Longevity uses aquaponics to grow its greens year-round. Maynard's company is also working to reduce single-use waste in its meal deliveries, using bio-based packaging that can be recycled or composted after you eat.You can save $40 on each of your first two orders when try out the Nutrition For Longevity service. Enter the code EARTH40 when you checkout.

A new conversation with James Rebanks on how he saved his family farm by returning to ancient ways of growing crops and meadows

A new conversation with James Rebanks on how he saved his family farm by returning to ancient ways of growing crops and meadows

Welcome to Purple Dungeon Squid, the podcast for gamers that toke! If you love the green and you love the screen, then you’re in the right place friend, because we’re here to shoot the breeze on some dank strains and some video games. This week on Purple Dungeon Squid, a quarantine edition OCCUPY COD - Call of duty eats up our hard drives Andy goes back to the 80s in Yakuza 0 While Dan goes back to the 90s with Final Fantasy 7 Our weed seeds are growing And we look at Merry Jane’s many uses for Kief. Finally, we take a look at games pegged for release in June. We’ll also be settling in for a smoke sesh; so stick around for that because it’s going to be a good time.

Canadian cattle farmers are having a hard week. The beef industry was already struggling after deadly mass outbreaks of COVID-19 hit the heart of Canada’s meat processing industry in Alberta, causing temporary closures, slowdowns in production and a backlog of cattle. Then on Tuesday, president Donald Trump mused about the possibility of terminating trade deals that allow for imports of live cattle into the U.S. Paula Simons is an independent senator from Edmonton and a former journalist who covered Alberta's cattle industry. She was also one of the first to speak out about food inspector safety during the pandemic. Today she shares her thoughts about Alberta beef, meat processing and why she thinks industrial farming needs to change.

Filmmaker Liz Marshall joins host Colin Ellis to discuss her latest documentary, "Meat the Future" which looks at some of the innovators behind cell-based meat. It's a process where animal tissue is used to make meat products without the need to slaughter animals or harm the environment. Does cell-based meat point the way towards a more sustainable future?

The World's Finest Diet. Episode 2. Why Eat Mostly Plants? Let's begin with the basics. We need fuel for our bodies and this includes three major nutrients; carbohydrates, fat and protein. Yes, we need all three to live and eating them in the right proportion. In addition we need micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fibre and phytonutrients. A whole plant-based diet contains all the above nutrients in the right proportions so long as it is sufficiently varied and balanced. A whole plant diet offers roughly 80% carbohydrate 10% fat and 10% protein with plenty of vitamins, minerals, fibre and phytonutrients, the perfect diet. The typical Western diet as found in America and largely now in the UK is composed of a combination of meat, dairy, eggs, fish, and processed foods and provides approximately 40% carbohydrates 40% fat and 20% protein. Besides this it provides very little fibre, vitamins, minerals or phytonutrients. As you see, it does contain an excess of fat, cholesterol and animal proteins which are all linked to major health problems. So why should you eat a whole plant diet? Here are just a few of the possible reasons for this advice. A whole plant diet will provide you with the balance of all the nutrients body requires. There is sufficient evidence now to suggest that a whole plant diet not only can protect us from major chronic diseases, but may reverse many of these serious ailments. International studies of cultures that subsist mainly on a whole plant diet demonstrate excellent health and great longevity with little or no chronic diseases found in the West. Observation of people migrating from countries that predominantly eat a plant diet to America or other countries in the West show they develop the same frequency of chronic disease that we experience, the major change causing this being their diet. There is a widespread concern that the whole plant diet will not give adequate protein for our needs, in fact a whole plant diet provides all the protein we need. Detailed scientific research by Dr. T Colin Campbell, the author of the China Study has suggested that animal protein consumption along with insufficient whole plant food is a key reason for most of our chronic diseases. Finally our typical Western diet is now demonstrated to be unsustainable, we do not have sufficient water or land to provide such a diet for the entire world. Some estimate we would need the nine planets to have sufficient land and water to allow everyone to eat the typical western diet. The United Nations have reported that we require a shift towards a plant diet to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change. You may have other reasons for wanting to move in this direction with your diet, they may include wanting to lose weight, protecting yourself from health problems which run in the family, a desire to reduce the need for animal farming, as an alternative to drug therapy or any other possible reason. What you can be assured of is that such a move to a whole plant diet will probably meet all your requirements and more. There is a growing acceptance of the urgent need for a shift from our traditional western diet, towards more vegetable, fruit and grain diet for global survival reasons that include a few of the following problems. World Hunger and Starvation. There is insufficient land and natural resources to provide a typical Western diet to the entire world this is largely because it requires on average more than ten times as much land water and energy to produce a diet based on animal foods rather than one based on plant foods. Healthcare Costs Escalating. Our current dietary regime in the West is in fact generating ever-increasing health-care costs to all the Western economies. It has been estimated that 80% of medical costs are lifestyle related with diet being a huge part this, a shift in our dietary choices will bring this unsustainable cost under control. Water Scarcity. Freshwater supply will be the key problem for our future. Freshwater will be more valuable than oil. One of the main reasons for this is that it takes an excessive amount of freshwater to provide animal-based food compared with plant-based food and that the supplies globally of freshwater are not only limited but are currently being exhausted at a severe rate. Environmental Damage. Valuable fertile land is a limited resource on the planet and due to soil erosion and deforestation this is being rapidly depleted. The destruction of rainforests is another factor in the problem that not only reduces the biodiversity found in such forests but impacts severely on climate change. Climate Change. This is now recognized as a reality that is a problem that has to be addressed with urgency, but the fact that the raising of livestock generates more greenhouse gases than all transportation combined has not been brought to the fore as a key issue. This may be partly due to the fact that any organization suggesting the reduction of meat and dairy in our diets will be unpopular with the majority of the public. Fossil Fuel Dependency. This is a second major contributor to global warming and climate change and any approach to try to eliminate the use of fossil fuels replacing them with solar panels and other eco-friendly energy systems will take a massive investment and many decades to effect any substantial change. The fact that livestock industry already uses massive amounts of fossil fuels to grow transport and feed the animals is a faster and more effective way of reducing the demand for fossil fuels in the near future. Species Extinction. It is now clearly seen that the rate of species extinction is ever increasing primarily due to our human activity and raising of livestock. Not only do we know that there is a complex inter-relationship of all fauna and flora on the planet for the health of the planet that needs to be preserved for sustainability we should realize that we too may be susceptible to species extinction once the planet becomes unfit for human habitation. We must come to see that this is not a global problem that can be dealt with by governments but involves each and every one of us throughout the world understanding the need to care for and protect this unique planet we live on. It will require a total shift in attitude towards living a healthy and sustainable lifestyle both for individual humans and for the planet at large. This is the positive hope for the future that this change of heart, change of thinking and change of lifestyle will become the norm over the next decade. I hope that the information presented so far is sufficient to give you the answer to why we should eat mostly plants and that you will now listen to Episode 3, resolved to make a start for yourself on this journey of improved health for yourself and the planet.

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Non-Sense) talk about animals. Animal rights, cruelty to animals, industrial farming, and man's responsibility to animals. Eric tells a funny story about a poopy child and a bird. He also mentions a fawn his son found at their camp site (shown in the picture above). In current events, tornadoes destroy much of Dayton, Ohio. Australian helicopters are harrassed by Chinese lasers. Main outlaws conversion therapy for minors and Louisiana outlaws abortion for babies with a heartbeat. Trump imposes more taxes on Mexico. A really neat exoplanet is discovered. There's a postal-type shooting in Virginia Beach. In the Land of Non-Sense, Walmart employees find a black snake in the chopping cart. In England, they make a big fuss over a cat--who walks away from their nonsense. Also in England, authorities find a "Christmas device."

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France's agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world's leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire.

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook a major program of “modernization” to encourage the consolidation of landholdings, increases in the productivity of agricultural labor, and the application of capital-intensive technologies. In this it was successful—at least to the extent that France became one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural goods. However, as Bivar documents, this transformation was not without considerable resistance: plenty of farmers were unable or unwilling to change, and the transformation of the French countryside generated intense debates about the nature of quality in food and agriculture, and its relationship to the people and land of France. Venus Bivar is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where she pursues research and teaching in three broad fields: European, economic, and environmental history. Her interests include the history of capitalism, agriculture and international trade, and the human history of climate change. Following her book Organic Resistance, she is currently developing two new projects. The first studies the emergence of economic growth as both an economic category of analysis and a political objective, while the second examines the social consequences of port development and urban planning in Marseille. David Fouser is an adjunct faculty member at Santa Monica College, Chapman University, and American Jewish University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of California, Irvine, and studies the cultural and environmental history of wheat, flour, and bread in Britain and the British Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The relationship between animals and industry has never been more intertwined than it is today with the pervasiveness of the Agricultural-Industrial Complex. This week’s episode is inspired by the recently released documentary, Eating Animals, which delves into the history of traditional farming practices and the post-WWII shift to the widespread factory farming system. Today, we bring you interviews with the film’s director and one of its breakout stars. His name is Frank Reese, and he’s fighting to keep the old methods of farming alive. We also explore how we’ll be eating animals in the future, and how industry will continue to play a role in our food system. In our world of increasing automation, did you know you can now get your meat from a vending machine? There’s also been a lot of talk lately about the viability of insects as an accessible protein source. Is it a passing trend, or here to stay? Love Meat + Three? Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher, follow us on your favorite social media platforms @Heritage_Radio, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, or drop us a line at ideas@meatandthree.nyc. Our theme song is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Photo via flickr.com/photos/10775233@N00/2449674 Meat + Three is powered by Simplecast

Did you know that the National Organic Standards Board helps maintain the integrity of the organic seal? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Francis Thicke, Ph.D., organic dairy farmer, soil scientist, and former member of the National Organic Standards Board.  Thicke explains both the challenges and opportunities for keeping integrity and consumer trust in the organic label. He explores the harms of industrial farming, controversy over hydroponics, benefits of animal welfare standards, labeling, inspection and certification and more. Related website:  https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic/nosb/current-members/francis-thicke

Check out the show notes here! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group!   When it comes to the fate of the world we live in, we play a huge role. Depending on how we treat our environment today, that will determine how we will live in the future. Something that we do have control over is how we grow and distribute food via different farming techniques. Unlike industrial farming, sustainable farming gives us food that comes from farming techniques that product the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare. On this week's episode, Devon and I share how industrial agriculture is harming the earth and how sustainable farming can help us reverse those effects and beyond to grow and flourish as a society. Be mindful of what you eat; think about where it's coming from and how was it transported to you.

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

Knowing the matriarch, the queen bee is the sexual organ of the hive - it is she who lays the foundation for the whole colony - but there are many challenges in a rapidly changing world of the varroa mite and colony collapse.  That commercial operations use insecticides to control the varroa disease are likely to cause problems because queens do not survive as long today as in pre-varroa times. Today, nearly every element within the biosphere,is under pressure and yet honey, is still seen as an elixir especially recently, as NZ manuka honey becomes a premium for its antibacterial qualities especially with the increase of dis-ease and other ailments - so how is it possible to be a pure honey advocate and producer in our world today? Nine years ago Richard took time off working as an interior designer to take care of his kids instead - and became a hobby bee keeper that has grown into a robust little organic business. Starting from 2 hives to 4 to 8 now he has 120 hives and a thriving little business.  Living on Waiheke Island 7 kilometres off the NZ coast  - there are many larger (land) sections with numerous fruit trees, plums, apples and citrus and quite well established too -  as well as differing flower gardens including bottle brush, so there is a lot of feed for bees - plus manuka trees - as there has been more reforestation on the island. It was a little over a hundred years ago the island was basically denuded as they used the wood for charcoal in Auckland 17 kilometres by boat across from Waiheke.  Native kanuka is now becoming predominant  - though there are cabbage trees and flax as well.  With very little agricultural and horticultural pressures there are more vineyards, with most of them running organic systems. Other than the use of a little fungicide, which Richard acknowledged is not particularly good for bees, they are not using insecticides that directly affect bees. Glyphosate is still a challenge though most of the vineyards will not use it and there is not much of it used on Waiheke Island, in a commercial sense. Bee’s being a matriarchal society the Queen may be the leader, but is actually the egg layer and genetic carrier for the hive as the bees seem to ‘just know' what they need to do - as in anarchy - being a very complex society - no real hierarchy  - so the workers can manipulate the Queen as to what they want or ‘think' needs to be done and the Queen can do the same as well.  He says it is such a complex society - the more you learn - the more you realise you have yet to learn. Bees are quite complex - that they can ‘think’ for themselves even when they are connected to a hive mind. That the Bee is an esoteric symbol - especially from ancient Egypt, where they were readily acknowledged. Nectar for the bees is their carbohydrate and for the flower that is the payment to the bee - for the bee being the sexual organ of the flower. Honey that is made from nectar when capped off can be stored indefinitely. Bee researchers overseas are looking at the individual honey properties from differing flowers, some have found anti inflammatory properties which is good for people in their older age. The strain of varroa mite found in New Zealand in April 2000 was the worst strain of this pest - called Varroa Destructor and is here in NZ to stay. It easily infests hives by jumping from bee to bee within the hive or from flower to bee as bees forage for their food. Prior to that NZ was essentially an organic honey paradise. Some bees are becoming immune to the chemicals that have been used. Richard listened to Randy Oliver in the USA and decide to go organic and is still successfully doing so. Randy has his own bees which he studies very intently and his relationship with them brings about a deeper intuitive knowing. http://scientificbeekeeping.com NZ has the highest number of bees ever at present and growing every year. But, the big producers use synthetic chemicals, which has its drawbacks.  It is very difficult to handle large quantities of hives organically as the extra precautions and checking all the time, is time consuming. Colony collapse here in NZ has been nowhere as disastrous as it is in the Northern hemisphere.  The bee is in some ways the canary in the ecological coal mine. Bees in the US are a factory system with around 2.74 million colonies and it is huge for almonds in California. This is where they need a million hives to just pollinate the almond flowers.  Bees are fed sugar water as well which equals a mono culture - thus shortcuts are taken everywhere and bees may get only one particular pollen, so it can have an effect that stops them becoming robust. Pollen is what the bees eat and if there is only one flower such as the almond flower - there are problems - because they need a mixed diet. The thrust of the interview then turns to industrial agriculture and factory farming. Today’s industrial agriculture is the extractive model that is based on how much profit can be made and we are pushing it to the limits of what the biosphere can provide.  We are needing to make some critical decisions as to what is going to be for us to remain as healthy human beings as well as retaining a sustainable environment that will serve future generations and Richard sees that this must apply across the board in all agricultural and horticultural businesses.  He says that it is a ‘common sense thing’ and we have to get back to factoring our children into our common future. Richard also says we have to question why corporations exist and what is their purpose?  We have to look at them again, as we have set the whole game up with the wrong goal in mind  - it can not be all based on the profit motive or increasing your share portfolio  - we need to increase the value of our planet and the biosphere and we are finding this out now. Manuka honey is big in NZ, but it has become too expensive for the average New Zealander to buy. One of the reasons is that ‘big bee businesses are paying farmers living close to manuka and bush, large amounts of money  like $200 a hive for possibly 8 - 10 weeks of honey to place their bees close up, when flowering - driving up the price.    About his bees. Most bees are Italian and we are not allowed to import any stock into NZ now. We do have Carniolan bees in NZ they are a darker bee plus a little black bee that the early NZ settlers brought with them to NZ - these a somewhat feral - but can be found in hives on Great Barrier Island. NZ exports 35 tonnes of live bees out of the country. That is bees only, their body weight itself, nothing else - for example have a bee alight on your hand that is how heavy one bee is. Then extrapolate what 35 tonnes of these critters are worth in volume.  Mostly exported to the USA and Canada as they cannot produce enough of their own up there. All those live bees are exported with a queen. When the season finishes in NZ and the flowers stop producing  - bees from hives are then harvested and a new queen introduced and they are flown up to the Northern hemisphere where that can start all over again as spring emerges - such is the way the industry has become global. Worker bees may live 40 to 45 days, depending on how much flying they have to do, but in winter they will stay close to the hive, keeping it warm and can live for a couple of months - easily -  eating honey and vibrating warmth keeping the little amount of brood around the Queen in the hive alive . Bees are seen as not as healthy today as previously, as they eat lots of white sugar in winter - when for thousands of years they stored honey which they ate over winter. A good organic honey apiarist will leave them more honey in the hive so they don’t have to give them sugar.  Agrisea here in NZ  http://www.agrisea.co.nz - make a sea weed product that can be added to the sugar water to give the bees minerals etc. In China many trees are hand pollinated due to the atmospheric pollution and smog making it too difficult for bee or even other flying insects to live or survive. NZ must down scale from the full on industrial factory system - by doing so we may be able to have a viable localised industry. Compliance costs are huge in NZ pushing people to become bigger businesses - as they are the only ones who can afford the exorbitant compliance fees - so it is totally weighted against the small producer  - as there is no government support - especially to contribute to  smaller ‘craft; industries. Thoughts Richard states, people want the small craft industries that have their own essence and flavour - they don’t want the big homogenous industrial giant.  They want to know the guy and even talk with them, who made their cheese, their wine or their honey or the chair you sit in - people don’t mind paying the extra - when they know who and how it was made …they want that human connection … we need to tell Government that we don’t need farms with 2,000 to 3,000 dairy cows, that we can have a farm of 200 to 300 cows and make a very good living - especially that in NZ organic dairy farmers are getting $9.30 per kilo weight of fat compared to the poor return of $5 that conventional chemical farmers are getting. So by supporting the smaller guys to make a better product that is more beneficial to health and takes care of the ecology is being seen as a wise decision. Biological agriculture and increasing bacterial levels in the soil is bringing huge results - getting rid of the synthetic chemicals that we have been pumping onto the land. The Corporate model -  all it does is pay the investors and the investors have virtual zero to do with the running of the corporation and they have no responsibility and all they care about is the bottom line and how much that can be extracted out of the environment each year. Richard says, set some goals and do some research, turn off TV and instead check and see where you milk comes from - or where your grapes get sprayed … or how many times your veggies are sprayed. Grow your own food - or go to a farmers market.  Check your seeds that you buy from the local plant shop - ask what coatings they have on their seed - make sure that they are not covered in neonicotinoids - which are extremely dangerous and need to be taken out of the commercial realm. That we need to be proactive as it is important to know what chemicals are on what and one individual can do that - it just means that we make the effort - as many other people can benefit from your initiative and Richard says that if we have a society doing that - then other good things can happen. He re emphasises that colony collapse is a result of a whole cocktail of chemicals from many various sources all coming together to cause the collapse - the same is with neonicotinoids - they are all contributors to causing increasing problems within the environment. Richard questions how did the earth system evolve and create healthy living ecological systems and biota that have made it over a hundred million years? That it has been basically healthy for us up until this last century. When we embrace more holistic and natural systems this will enhance our future for children of today and tomorrow  - without the use of all these chemicals. He mentions that the TPPA, the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, is also not in the best interests for the human race, being corporate centred.  http://www.waihekehoney.co.nz    Richards Own Website http://scientificbeekeeping.com    Randy Oliver http://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/karen-wealleans-pat-baskett-dangers-of-neonicotinoids In finishing I wish to mention that I have interviewed four of the Evatt Family, each with an important viewpoint that relate at a holistic, community, involvement - level. There is father Christopher and son’s Jonathan, Justin and Richard. A very unique family. http://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/chris-evatt-entrepreneur-business-mentor-and-assister-of-non-government-organisations http://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/jonathan-evatt-the-columbian-native-kogi-message-for-humanity http://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/jonathan-evatt-author-teacher-mentor-on-the-subtle-aspects-of-life-and-the-true-nature-of-man http://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/justin-evatt-jasmax-architectural-firm

An ear – and eye – opening discussion on how modern industrial farming practices are destroying our environment, torturing animals, and drastically increasing human-kinds’  carbon footprint.  Find out how you […] The post Destroying the Earth Through Industrial Farming appeared first on KKFI.

Lori Ann Burd from Center for Biological Diversity talks about the impact that genetically engineered crops are having on us, the environment and of course wildlife.

This Canadian research shows how industrial-sized crop farming has dramatically reduced monarch butterfly populations in North America

Guest Gail Hansen, DVM, Senior Officer for the Pew Charitable Trusts Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming. The link between animal agriculture and antibiotic resistanceThe Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming

The big lesson from this month's outbreak of salmonella is don't eat eggs if the yolks are still runny. Make sure they're cooked all the way through. We hear about filthy conditions, animal cruelty and the absence of federal or state regulation at massive egg farms in Iowa. Also, the Dutch detain Yemeni-Americans on terrorism fears, and the latest on the life spans of drinkers.

Industrial-scale farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have become an increasing focal point for environmental health research because of their emissions and concerns they may contribute to antibiotic resistance, adverse community impacts, and zoonotic disease outbreaks. They are also a source of political controversy in states including North Carolina and Missouri where government agencies are grappling with decisions about CAFO monitoring and permitting. In this podcast, Peter Thorne describes some of the health concerns surrounding these facilities. Thorne, director of the NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Sciences Research Center at the University of Iowa, is the lead author of an EHP mini-monograph on environmental health effects of CAFOs. Visit the podcast webpage to download a full transcript of this podcast. 

Some have linked the new strain of H1N1 to an industrial hog farm in Mexico, David Biello reports