Podcasts about monocropping

In this enlightening episode, we dive deep into Mollie Engelhart's transformative journey from a lifelong vegan upbringing to embracing regenerative agriculture and modifying her Los Angeles restaurant, Sage Bistro, to incorporate regenerative meat. Engelhart shares her compelling story, backed by her experience as both a regenerative farmer and a vegan chef, highlighting the environmental, nutritional, and ethical considerations that led to her pivotal shift. This discussion not only sheds light on the practical aspects of sustainable farming and the impact of dietary choices on personal health and the environment but also illustrates Engelhart's commitment to nutrient-dense food production and her vision for the future of sustainable dining.   REGENERATIVE PRODUCTS: NosetoTail.org Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES 02:33 Molly Engelhardt's Big Announcement: A Vegan Restaurateur's Shift to Regenerative Practices 04:11 The Realities of Veganism and the Importance of Animal Nutrition 14:58 Molly's Personal Journey: From Veganism to Regenerative Farming 22:29 Raising a Family on a Regenerative Farm: Diverse Diets and Health Insights 22:49 Adopting a Regenerative Lifestyle: Osmar's Story 28:36 Navigating Beliefs and Changing Perspectives: A Conversation on Food, Health, and Society 34:16 Celebrating Earth Day with Regenerative Agriculture 34:21 The Common Ground of Soil Health 35:30 The Impact of Big Ag and Big Pharma on Agriculture 36:13 The Harsh Realities of Monocropping 38:07 Embracing Regenerative Farming Practices 44:41 The Journey from Veganism to Regenerative Agriculture 44:42 Traditional Diets and Dental Health 57:07 The Dangers of Processed Foods and the Benefits of Whole Foods 01:05:17 Fermentation: Unlocking Nutritional Value in Indigenous Diets 01:06:40 Reflecting on Modern Diets and the Genius of Human Adaptation 01:07:44 Announcing the New Regenerative Kitchen Concept   REGENERATIVE PRODUCTS: NosetoTail.org Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

#256 Paul Chek is a wealth of knowledge and a big-hearted human being. He is back in this podcast with Guy and he discussed ways to retain information, the spiritual aspects of our life, the ego, and other topics. Paul has had a 40-year career in clinical work and coaching and has spent time investigating the physical, emotional, mental, metaphysical, and spiritual aspects of being human and dealing with medical failure cases. He also shares his experiences studying and exploring different parts of the world. About Paul: Paul Chek has spent over thirty years of clinical practice developing his unique, holistic approach to exercise and lifestyle management. Author of numerous books and professional development courses, he is the founder of the CHEK Institute and the host of the popular Living 4D with Paul Chek podcast. Key Points Discussed:  (00:00) - Spiritual Aspects & the Ego; What 40 Years of Clinical Work & Practice Taught Me (02:09) - Information recall techniques. (06:37) - Effective study method: OPEER. (10:52) - Information Overload. (13:02) - Destroying research in debates. (17:21) - Embodied knowledge and wisdom. (23:07) - The gift of the ego. (26:20) - Monocropping and Diversity. (31:57) - World-centric orientation. (36:25) - Science and reincarnation. (39:33) - Unfairness of "survival of the fittest". (43:30) - Journey from head to heart.  (48:11) - Soul's journey.  (52:26) - God's self-realization through dreaming. (57:15) - Love and Conscious Connection. (01:01:44) - Stagnation and soul-listening.  (01:06:18) - Cultivating love with ourselves.  (01:11:00) - Self-love and consciousness. (01:16:57) - Teaching spiritual development. How to Contact Paul Chek:chekinstitute.com www.paulcheksblog.com www.youtube.com/paulcheklive   About me:My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en Guy's websites:www.guylawrence.com.au www.liveinflow.co

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Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Diana Rogers is a “real food” nutritionist and sustainability advocate near Boston, Massachusetts. She's an author of three books, runs a clinical nutrition practice, hosts the Sustainable Dish Podcast, and has served as an advisory board of numerous nutrition and agriculture organizations including Whole30, Animal Welfare Approved and Savory Institute. She speaks internationally about the intersection of optimal human nutrition and regenerative agriculture. Diana is co-author of, Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat and the director, producer of the companion film, Sacred Cow. Her new initiative, the Global Food Justice Alliance, advocates for a nutritious, sustainable and equitable worldwide food system. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Diana talk about: (00:02:19) Diana's experience of living on and running a farm for eighteen years (00:08:47) The value of having the life experience of working in a food-processing plant and on a farm (00:14:30) How raising animals without chemicals and industrial agricultural processes can be profitable (00:19:19) Regenerative farming vs Monocropping (00:26:38) Wether emissions and waste from cows are harming the environment (00:39:25) The nutritional value of animal products vs plant based food (00:41:58) The food compass study (00:49:58) The Global Food Justice Alliance Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.    Links:   Diana Rogers: Instagram Sustainable Dish Global Food Justice   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree Instagram Account LinkedIn Account Ritmos Negros Podcast

D'evolution is a legit thing and we're seeing it happen before our eyes. Either us or someone that lives in the same house has some type of significant ailment that needs medical attention and it's really sad to see loved ones suffer and for this to be all that life has to offer so many billions of people. As painful as it is, the major pieces of the puzzle are simple and things we've naturally done for a millenia, but in the industrial revolution we were trained out of those behaviours. Well, it's time to bring back food as medicine, home gardens, regenerative and natural agriculture and a connection to the earth that we walk on so we can all get well and get back to evolving in the right direction.In This Episode We Covered:Why home + local grown is the most important piece of the healing disease puzzleWhy supplements are not a good health strategyHow emotions, spirituality and connection to the land helps you to get wellEp # 151 Regen Ray about Regenerative FarmingEp # 95 Dr Nasha Winters (co-author of: The Metabolic Approach to Cancer)***Join the Busy Mum's Facebook Group here: https://mattylansdown.com/BusyMothersFBgroup ***SOCIAL MEDIA--Jess Higgins KelleyWebsites: www.remissionnutrition.com + www.oncologynutritioninstitute.comFacebook--MATTY LANSDOWNJoin the Busy Mum's Facebook Group: https://mattylansdown.com/BusyMothersFBgroupInstagram: [deplatformed]... instead, join our Uncensored email list here--Intro/Outro track Tropic Love by "Diviners feat. Contacreast"

This week Ashley is discussing Earth care and low waste living with Skylar Saba. Skylar is the Founder & CEO of Happy Earth Habits as well as Groove Street Creative. She is a major supporter of mamma earth, a mindful educator, and a sustainability expert and she is all about helping her community engage in small changes by making it fun, leaving the all or nothing mentality at the door, and keeping fear out of it. She started her low-waste journey while studying product developments + ethics and sustainability at FIT in New York City and she has worked in trend forecasting, outdoor apparel, & sustainable fashion.Skylar has grown a community of 18.5k+ change makers around the world via Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest and Happy Earth Habits has become a resource for sustainability education and low waste living. Skylar and Ashley chat about the origin story behind Happy Earth Habits, the difference between fast and slow fashion and why price isn't always the best marker, climate anxiety, thrifting and favorite sustainable brands, why we should reduce, reuse, and recycle (in that order), and so much more! Skylar holds the highest vision for the planet, as well as the people and businesses on it. She is on a mission to make sustainability fresh, fun, and easy so that more people can live in alignment with Mama Earth.Learn More:Learn more about Skyler and Happy Earth Habits: https://www.happyearthhabits.com/Follow Happy Earth Habits on Instagram: @happyearthhabitsFollow Skylar on Tik Tok: @skysabaLearn more about Groove Street Creative: https://www.groovestreetcreative.com/Follow along on Instagram: @yogamagicpodcast and @ashleysondergaard.yogaLearn more about Ashley and Yoga Magic at www.ashleysondergaard.com Resources Mentioned:Red Star BeefNuulyhttps://www.happyearthhabits.com/our-favs Sponsors:Interval | This show is sponsored by Interval. Learn more about the invite only online teaching platform that makes digital classes streamlined and easy. https://interval.com/j/yogamagic Get a FREE GUIDE to building the ideal morning routine specific to YOUR zodiac sign when you sign up for the Yoga Magic newsletter.  Upcoming Yoga Magic EventsCosmic Self-Care: Using Libra Energy | 9/22 | 4:00 PM CT | Learn it Live​Book private outdoor yoga classes and online yoga & astrology classes any time!

Discourse around meat production and eating meat is fraught with judgments, misconceptions, and a disconnection to the natural world and ecosystem at large.  My time in Texas has brought me closer to the end cycle of an animal's life, and the courageous acts of butchery that conscious land stewards – such as today's guest, Robby Sansom – are committed to. I recently joined him during a harvest of a Bison which was mind-blowing.  Robby's regenerative farm, Force of Nature, was founded on the belief that one can and should enjoy meat without sacrificing their values. We all know the dark side of industrial farming and have been force-fed a lot of hype around the virtuous wonders of plant-based eating and agriculture. On the other hand, regenerative farming offers the truly revolutionary opportunity to collaborate with the natural world in a way that's actually beneficial for the planet.  Sink your teeth into this juicy episode where Robby and I carve out space for an alternative agricultural reality to the dysfunctional one that's eating this planet alive.    03:50 — The Harvest of a Bison  Nourishing life beyond its own Giving consumers a choice to be intentional with what they eat What it feels like being witness to an animal's death How the modern experience disconnects us from the natural world    23:16 — Conventional, Organic, and Regenerative Farming  The evolution of conventional farming  Combatting nature's food systems  Exploring the organic food movement and its shortcomings The environmental crisis caused by tilling soil  Soil loss and food insecurity – imagining what will happen if we don't move towards regenerative farming   46:54 — How Farmers Can Transition Into Regenerative Farming? How Force of Nature helps land stewards shift gears Variety of proteins and celebrating food diversity  Livestock setting versus regenerative farming animals How animals revitalize the soil Allowing domestic animals to express their wild tendencies  Engaging the consumer to vote with their meat purchases   1:26:20 — Debunking Myths About Meat  Framing a profitable narrative  The real carbon impact of beef Monocropping of plants Reconciling my relationship with meat  Meat production and wasting water  Why a synthetic, processed, plant-based meat disrupts the environment The soil and weather connection    More about this episode. Watch it on YouTube. 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In this episode, I talk with plant pathologist, and TikTok scicommer, Sara Stricker about plant fungus, science communication, and agriculture. (0:01:19) The Plant Doctor and the PhD defense. (0:02:20) The PhD process. (0:03:57) Nerves, anxiety and a new job. (0:05:42) Why TikTok? (0:09:01) Vulnerability and coping with personal disclosures. (0:10:45) The importance of visibility and being a role model. (0:12:10) Who is your audience? (0:13:20) Teaching and the journey to grad school. (0:15:23) Advice for scientists joining TikTok. (0:17:29) Making partnerships. (0:18:50) Research into fungus and onion growth. (0:20:24) Weather patterns and fungal spores. (0:21:02) Chemical sprays and bacterial resistance. (0:23:44) Why study this fungus? Microdochium nivale and mineral oil. (0:25:20) The Muck Crops Research Station, The Growers Association and OMAFRA. (0:27:42) The areas and origins of the fungus. (0:28:21) Asparagus and Pears: Fungal spots. (0:30:09) What can farmers do to combat this fungus? (0:30:55) Intercropping vs Monocropping and disease. (0:32:12) Crop rotation and beneficial bacteria. (0:34:32) The micronetwork of fungi and how trees communicate. (0:37:20) The grass is screaming. (0:38:20) The Guelph Turfgrass Institute, lawns and helping the pollinators. (0:40:48) International grasslands and the role of ecosystems. (0:43:18) Vaccines and embracing the boring in science. (0:46:46) Dealing with repetition: How to combat boredom. (0:48:00) MineCraft, Animal Crossing and video games. (0:49:16) Twitch. (0:50:19) Killing plants and gardening. (0:51:29) Woodworking and wood burning. (0:53:11) Learning from Dad and small town living. (0:54:52) What's next? Teaching, outreach and family. Follow Sara on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sciencesara Follow Guelph Turf on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@guelphturf Follow Sara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaraMStricker Visit Planet B612 on the web: http://planetb612.fm/ Follow Planet B612 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlanetB612fm Support Planet B612 on Patreon: https://patreon.com/juliesworld

Ben Moore has been beekeeping for over 25 years and around the age of 12 he found a book on beekeeping in the UK and was fascinated. When he was 14 he told his parents that he didn't want a puppy or a kitten – he wanted a bee hive! This started his journey into the wonderful world of bees which eventually led to Bens Bees which has now been operating for 10 years.  One of the best things he loves about his job is getting out and about with local people, sharing the knowledge about bees, the environment, produce, gardening and healthy living.Ben has been a representative at local and international conferences and has appeared on popular TV and radio programs (including The Project, ABC radio, Network Ten News, and Channel Nine's reality show, Dream Job)What we cover:Why Ben chose Bees at such a young ageWhat a busy beekeeper day/week looks likeWhat role bees play in our food systemThe importance of pollination & beesGMO & Roundup threat to the bees"If bees go humans have only 4 years to live"Monocropping impact on beesWhy Australia has the BEST bees in the worldThe negative effects of nnEMF (5G) and beesThe benefits of ALL bee productsWhy you DO NOT want to heat Honey ever!Why Dayne is so excited about Bens Bees Royal JellyBeing a Vegan and eating bee productsWhy Beeswax candles are the only candles you wantUnderstanding ethical beekeepingBee pollen & honey  therapeutic uses with allergiesIs it important to have Organic honey?We hope you enjoy it!Brought to you by our sponsorBARKLEYS(15% OFF with code HOLISTIC15) The first of it's kind blue light blocking glassesResources & Links:Bens Bees websiteBees with Ben PodcastFresh Royal Jelly from Yarra ValleyBee PollenBens Bees HoneyBens Beeswax CandlesFor The Love of Bees book by Ben MooreMake sure to SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any of the episodes, and if you enjoyed our show, please take a moment to RATE & REVIEW our podcast by clicking the link below, as it'll help us get this information to more people like you. Thanks!https://ratethispodcast.com/livingholisticallyLearn more by following us on Instagram @liveholistically.auOr for more info about us and what we docheck out our website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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18:29 wind and water pollination 18:43 AI bees AI, Big Data, and Bees 19:12 Native Bees in NM Resources20:40 Native Plant Guide for the High Desert in NM 21:00 Monocropping is the agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land, in the absence of rotation through other crops or growing multiple crops on the same land. Maize, soybeans, and wheat are three common crops often grown using monocropping techniques. 21:51 neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides related to nicotine 22:28 NSMU Guide to biological control of pests in your yard24:00 DIY native bee hotel building guide25:37 Track the Senate bill on eliminating neonicotinoid SB 103 26:43 Register for the NM Beekeepers Assocation Conference here! 28:15 Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, a chemical herbicide used widely in agriculture and commonly in lawn care produced originally by agribusiness giant Monsanto--which was acquired by Bayer in 201828:35 The Green Amendment in NM 31:15 Quivira coalition 31:50 License plate to protect pollinators in NM32:28 Burque Bee City USA designation 35:54 A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods

: Episode 1731 - On this Friday show, John Freeman joins Vinnie to talk soybean farming, animals in harvesting, John's NSNG® journey, the soybean industry more generally, monocropping and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/12/animals-in-harvesting-soybean-industry-john-freeman-episode-1731 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Through December 13, we are offering 10% off all subscriptions for every order in the PCC subscription! JOHN FREEMAN John used to think he was eating right. But he was miserable -- he didn't feel well and simply wasn't healthy. Then, he found NSNG® and it took him a couple weeks to realize what he could and couldn't eat. In the first month, he lost 17 lbs. He's 5'9" and started upward of 220 lbs. In 6 months, he got down to 180, and then 174. That's his lowest weight since college. His bloodwork is improving. John is a soybean farmer out of Arkansas! ANIMALS IN HARVESTING Check out this little video John made during harvesting: It shows the many critters that live in farmland. Just as in harvesting meat, in harvesting plants animals are displaced and may die, too. John legally kills wild hogs when they disrupt and destroy his and his neighbors' crops. He's probably killed around 250 this season.  THE SOYBEAN INDUSTRY You have soybean meal and oil. Meal is in a lot of animal feed. Soy protein is a widely-used protein for animals. Soybean oil causes inflammation in people. Tractors burn it, too. This is one of its renewable uses. It's also in lots of products. Monocropping is what John does. It's received some flack due to harm to soil. However, nowadays, most farmers steward their land such that it isn't a problem. His soil is still healthy and has been used since 1934. He maximizes every acre. There are sustainable practices, of course. He wants his kids to be able to farm. He wants his neighbors to have good air. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER Please also share it with family and friends! Pre-order in on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Pre-order here: Fat Doc 1 is also out Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Available for both rental and purchase. You can also buy hardcopy or watch online at Amazon. YOU CAN NOW STREAM FOR FREE ON AMAZON PRIME IF YOU HAVE IT! RESOURCES Https://www.vinnietortorich.com Https://www.purevitaminclub.com Https://www.purevitaminclub.co.uk Https://www.purecoffeeclub.com Https://www.nsngfoods.com Https://www.bit.ly/fatdocumentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeaZMhTUWI    

Now more than ever, people are searching for a better way. A better way to live, a better way to eat, and a better way to help their fellow man. We’ve always known the answers, but we’ve somehow forgotten them along the way. We have to work together collectively to bring about a healthier planet for us all. Welcome to the Darin Olien Show. On this podcast, you'll hear me, Darin Olien, "the superfood hunter," have inspiring and enlightening conversations with extraordinary people from all walks of life. Although our ideas and approaches to life may differ, our ultimate goal is the same- to save the planet one conversation at a time. If you're interested in expanding your view of the world by learning new perspectives on health, nutrition and healing the planet, and want to learn more about society's Fatal Conveniences™, the things we may be doing because the world we live in makes us believe we have to, even though they may be doing harm- then this is the podcast for you. Stephen Brooks has so much to teach us all.  And he’s still learning, too! You may remember Stephen Brooks from my Netflix show Down to Earth, which I co-host with Zac Efron. You’ll see Stephen on episode 3, where Zac and I traveled to Costa Rica to visit Punta Mona, one of the oldest and most bio-diverse permaculture education centers in Central America.   What is permaculture, you ask? Well, there’s no better person on the planet to explain it to us than Stephen Brooks. Stephen grew up in Miami, Florida, and always felt a strong pull towards nature. He had over 600 gallons of fish tanks in his family home where he took care of jellyfish, lobsters, fish and sea creatures he didn’t even know the name of. It’s that same instinctual curiosity that led him to move to Costa Rica and discover a better way to live. Stephen firmly believes that we must treat the Earth as an extension of our own bodies. If we treat it well, it will provide us with everything we need to live a happy, full life. Permaculture expands on that belief, by stressing the importance of comradery with our neighbors. We must work together in order to thrive.  In this episode, Stephen and I have such a fun and enthusiastic conversation about everything he’s working towards in Costa Rica. His passion is infectious, and together we explore how you can take more of a vested interest in where your food comes from and why that is so vitally important. So take a little time and listen to my boy Stephen explain the magic of permaculture and how you can incorporate a bit of it into your life. Things You Don’t Want to Miss in This Episode: How it all started with a Grateful Dead concert Stephen’s “aha moment” while living in Spain Wisdom from Stephen’s late friend How we vote with our wallet What is Permaculture? We all have the same goals, whether we realize it or not A little bit about Ecoversity Why we all need to unlearn This Episode’s Fatal Convenience™ topic: Monocropping vs. Organic Farming Links: Stephen on Instagram Punta Mona on Instagram Alegria Village on Instagram PuntaMona.org Alegria Village Website Ecoversity.org Netflix ‘Down To Earth’ Official Trailer Download Darin’s amazing new lifestyle app and get 3 days free at 121Tribe.com Barukas Nuts 15% discount with code “DARIN” The Darin Olien Show is produced by the team at Must Amplify. If you’re looking to give a voice to your brand, and make sure that it’s heard by the right people, head to www.mustamplify.com/darin to see what Amplify can do for you.

. There's a great deal to learn from the deep connections between regenerative agriculture and the farming traditions of First Nations people. My guest today is James Skeet, a member of the Navajo Nation and the founder of Spirit Farm in New Mexico, a demonstration farm that draws both Native Americans and others to learn more about issues like composting and regenerative farming techniques. So James, welcome. I'm really happy to have you with us today. I'm very happy to be here with you. How would you say that farming and conservation and preservation are a part of your cultural heritage? As I look back historically and through our traditional perspectives, who we are as a people, indigenous worldview is something that is very important to the earth and to the relationship to the environment, especially here in the Southwest. The climate, it can be harsh as well as very sustainable. A very delicate process. It's not something that can be done quickly. You have to look at seasons rather than what you're producing. James, as people think about the term regenerative agriculture, one might conclude that it's new on the scene? But you're making the point that it's not new on the scene at all, that there are hundreds of generations of people who have been working on doing just this. Indigenous people have always had this organic mindset that all things are sacred. Nature is to be respected and copied. Time is not linear but secular. There's always been sort of a bartering regenerative economy there, dealing with our relationship with different tribes. And then, food is considered as medicine. Because the plants were here first, they're our grandfathers and grandmothers. So they're teaching us things about that relationship with the environment. And it goes into some deep religious activities, ceremonies to have that relationship. It's really biology based. We were looking at minimal disturbance, especially when the Navajos went into a sheep economy, which was after the introduction of Churro sheep from the Spaniards. We had some of the tallest grasses in the so-called New World because they were using herding techniques that went from summer camps to winter camps. That relationship with the sheep and the biology and the soil, the grasses, to maximize productivity in the grasses. My guess is that many people would look at the landscape where you do your farming and think that it just wouldn't be possible to grow enough food to survive there. How would you respond to that? I would totally agree with that. The way we've understood farming has been based on annual crops, monocropping, productivity. But indigenous people have looked outside of that box to where hunters and gatherers were a type of farming that was taking place with the relationship with their herding animals, as well picking plants as they go along. And what we're trying to do is really a subtle edge, and that's where the complexity of our religions come from. Delicate relationships with Mother Earth and Father Sky. A lot of these ruins dictate to us, now looking back, their dependency on annual crops, corn, beans, squash. A lot of indigenous people all understood the relationship between plants that were outside of that category, the annual crops. They would focus on what we call weeds today. If you study the nutrient density of those plants, their medicinal nutrient values are very high. My mom was an herbalist. That understanding of our environment has really been misunderstood or overlooked. I really feel like what would we call food deserts aren't really food deserts. It's in our minds that we think that it's a desert, but in reality what nature, like I said before, grandfathers and grandmothers, are reaching out today and saying, I can heal you if you reestablish that relationship. And that cosmology is really another way of interpreting the goodness of Mother Nature. The idea of sustainability. Could you tell us a bit more about Spirit Farm, and what inspired you to do this work? And, how do you do things differently than what conventional farmers might do? Yeah, it really has to do with epistemology, how we view the world, view nature. Do we look at reductionists rather than systems? My wife and I, we were working for a managed care organization for a number of years. But in the back of our minds we felt like, why are indigenous people getting sicker? Why are they unhealthy? And the more we looked into that, we realized that it was the relationship they had with the kinds of foods. They had plenty of food, but it wasn't the right kind of nutrient dense foods. So, we had to really look at what can we do instead of complaining about the colonization, how we've been overtaken by the European Western world view, what can we do? We decided to just farm, to get back to nature, step off this corporate machinery. And we had some land there that my folks had that my grandfather in the past had plowed the heck out of it. And now, 50, 60 years later, the soil is so bad. Most of the top soil is blown off. We have invasive species that take up a lot of the water underneath the soil. You couldn't really grow anything. Right at that time we ran across Elaine Ingham, a soil scientist. And then also up here in Gallup, Ann Malloy. They were the ones that tracked us on the biological amendment, doing the thermal compost, putting organic material back into the soil, that the soil is alive. So when I started doing that study of that relationship with, what I call [inaudible 00:06:09], the unseen bugs, we started sharing a lot of the information with our elders. I remember one grandmother said, "They finally figured us out." And I was asking her, what do you mean by that? And she said, "They finally figured out what we used to do in our planting and what those dances mean, what the clans mean, what their purpose is, what their relationship was." We found this whole perspective of re-indigenizing, meaning that there were some things that were local, ideas, knowledge, seeds, information on plants, information on relationships. We just stumbled into a whole new arena. And so what happened to our farm was we just decided to provide for ourselves, see if we can grow things for ourselves. But what we came across was conventional farming had taken root, the use of the tractor, the deep plowing, which further messed up the system. And in looking at the microbial activity, what I realized was we were talking about kinship and relationship. So what we tried to do was give sacredness to the soil and to the bugs that were in the soil that do the job for regenerative farming. And when we did that, we began to hear things, not just from people, not just from our indigenous worldview, but from other farmers and even the plants themselves were communicating things to us. We coined the term indigenous regenerative intelligence as our mission. What sort of things do you grow on the farm? We've been able to grow just about everything. We don't have a well here on our farm. Everything is captured. And that's our first principle, is looking at water as sacred. We've been able to grow, of course the three sisters, corns, beans and squash, and we found as we studied that, that relationship was symbiotic. The corn was the windbreaker. The squash was the cover crop that lowered the temperature, and the beans was the nitrogen fixer to the corn because it took a lot of nitrogen out of the soil. But there's one grandma that still grows corn down from us a couple of miles, but they do a lot of dry farming. So she went and plowed the field and grew the corn. Whereas we heavily mulch and we amended it with compost, and we put a lot of the aeration back into the soil. We did a lot of cover crops so that the roots itself can release exudates that draws the microbes in there. So I said, you take 10 seeds, I'll take 10 seeds. Put mine in, and she put hers in. And at the end of the season she came by and she said, How's your corn? Where did you plant it? What did you do?" She was asking me a lot of questions. She said her corn reached up to about three to four feet, and she was standing in front of the corn that I grew and it was eight feet tall. We've been able to grow lots of different kinds of tomatoes. Broccoli did very well. We've got a whole herb bed of perennials that come up. I don't even have to mess with that. Some of the soil is getting to the point where we really don't have to amend it. It's deep and lush and it smells really good. We've been able to grow sunn hemp for biomass. We've been able to grow 18 different species of cover crops for our sheep to come in and feed on, and do the disturbance teas, a lot of different types of berries. Saskatoon seems to do very well. So, in looking at all the [inaudible 00:09:32], the unseen bugs, through the microscope and also looking at indigenous cosmology, because to them that's sort of their microscope, we've been able to grow just about everything and anything. I love hearing your thoughts on these things and what's so impressive are the personal stories, like with the grandmother and your comparison of the corn planted on her land and yours. And then, just your discussion of how you go about the farming. The practice of the farming is really instructive. But I think what comes through so loud and clear, and you discussing this, is the spiritual meaning of all this, and how everything is there for a reason, and how it can be nurtured and cared for in a way that protects the land and protects the creatures that are in it. These things are messages that just not enough people get to hear. Now, I know you go all over and speak about these things. Are audiences receptive, do you think? I definitely think that what is happening, just to put it simply, is Mother Nature is mad. The reason why it's mad and angry is because the way we've used science and reductionist thinking, industrial conventional farming mindset. It's based on a currency based economy. Food as a commodity. The use of synthetic fertilizers rather than the biology base. It's very production heavy. Monocropping, you have to have big tractors. It's a very dense disturbance rather than looking at the minimal disturbance. So, that's spirituality. If we think about it, that's created the fragmentation. That type of thinking has created the systemic racism, ethnic disturbance in countries where people are fighting over state, nation lines without really considering tribal people groups. Science disembodies itself from the spirit and the soul. That's what's happening to this country and all around the world, is that the haves and have not, winners take all, is taking place. There's a mindset that's shifting into more the organic indigenous perspective, and those are people that are being drawn to the idea of Spirit Farm. Having concrete, very practical examples of that relationship with what we grow, the biology, the biome that's in our gut as well as the biology that's in the soil, what we feed our animals, all that is a cycle of the use of compost. It's creating a closed system. I've done a lot of work internationally and one of the things that we've looked at is transformative adaptation. Indigenous people has adapted to European style of urbanization. But now I think what's happening because of all the climate change and the pandemics, we have to look at a transformative adaptation. Transformative challenges the systems of resilience and sustainability. It looks at incremental steps away from why we've gotten to this place is that we have a marginal perspective that we're outside of that system. The reductionist mechanical mindset cannot interpret change unless it looks from outside, and because of these marginal perspectives, feminists, Native Americans, tribal people groups, people of color, have been looking at this dominant systems. That has to change. We have to look at a different model through a different lens. In indigenous people, our philosophy is rooted into a story about a coyote, our relationship with the land and the earth. It's not about just spending abstract ideas up in the air. As my wonderful professor used to say, Alphonse Ortiz, all we're saying is that at least get the pendulum moving towards this organic indigenous mindset. You have to become attached to the land. I think you've partly answered the question I'm about to ask, but so are you optimistic? Do you believe that people are listening to these messages more? Are practices beginning to change? Are you hopeful? A lot of these regenerative farmers are swimming up against the current? The mine has to shift into more a secular pattern rather than a linear pattern to realize that it's about the people. Transformative adaptation is really positive because you're not only adapting to the changes, but you're actually transforming the system. We're going to come out in a whole new world from the things that are happening in the environment, and the system is not going to be the same, and that we will have to be willing to change. And it's positive because it gives us challenges. And to tell you the truth, I'm really sick and tired of trying to sustain stuff that doesn't work. The industrial conventional mindset of farming has really caused some major scars. We plowed up the microbial activity that's under the soil. So yeah, I think it's very positive. We can change, and we've always changed. As indigenous people we've always adapted. There's an area that didn't provide a lot of buffalo, or an area that didn't quite provide a lot of fish, or the climate was changed. We moved on. What's positive is it's rooting people back to the earth. It's rooting people back to these marginal perspectives. People are really struggling and they're looking at regenerative intelligence as the way to move. I've been telling all my farmers, keep doing what you're doing. Keep growing things. Keep that relationship because that's what's going to help transition you, and you'll be able to adapt these changes. Well, thank you so much James. Boy, there's an awful lot to think about in what you've just said, and so much wisdom. And I admire the work you're doing, and I really appreciate you joining us today. So thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. And I am very positive about what's going to happen. So our guest today has been Navajo farmer, James Skeet, founder of Spirit Farm in New Mexico. And thank you for listening. If you'd like to subscribe to the Leading Voices in Food podcast series, you can do so through Apple Podcast, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. The podcasts and transcripts are also available on our website at the Duke World Food Policy Center. This is Kelly Brownell.  

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Dr. Peter Ballerstedt (@GrassBased) has been a huge influence on many minds and myself personally when it comes to meat sustainability. He uses his expertise in Agronomy to offer an interesting counter argument to the claim that ruminant agriculture is destroying the environment. Peter has an extensive background in forage production, utilization and forage-based livestock production systems and was the forage extension specialist at Oregon State University from 1986 until 1992. Peter's personal experience has led him to re-examine human diet and health.   Peter and I discuss: Problems with how the general public gets their information today around sustainability Common metrics about sustainability and problems with them Lifecycle assessments The true impact of US cattle on the environment Problems with lab grown "food-like-items" Why food going to cattle is less relevant and low quality vs. high quality food Hormones Grass-fed beef myths Monocropping and land use And much more!    Where to find Peter: Twitter Facebook Instagram GrassBased blog Excellent video presentation by Peter YouTube    What questions would you like answered or who would you like to hear from in the carnivore or research community?   Let me know on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. You can also email me at info@carnivorecast.com.

One of my favorite humans I have never met in person, Lierre Keith, shares a ton of information with us today. We talked for almost 2 hours and could have gone longer. You may recognize her from the Netflix film The Magic Pill - she was a hardcore vegan for 20 years and lived the lifestyle with passion. I won’t give away everything, but she wholeheartedly enjoys animal products now and wrote a book that thoroughly refutes the three major tenets vegans and vegetarians stand on. They claim a plant based diet is better morally, better for the environment, and superior nutritionally. As I know, and you at home probably are aware of by now, the opposite is true on all accounts.   We also bring up the Sapien Movement near the end as a way to join together and fight the vegan propaganda, spread the truth, and work to improve the way we do agriculture and human nutrition. The site is live at SapienMovement.com and you can also find the group on Facebook and the twitter and instagram accounts, all under that name. The goal is to “End industrial agriculture and eat ancestrally” - other than that, It’s not defined yet. Join us and help us figure out what we can do to make a difference.   As we speak, I’m in San Diego filming with some awesome researchers and doctors. We still really need your help if you haven’t pre-ordered or contributed to the film - it’s called Food Lies and it’s on http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post Thanks so much to everyone who has supported us so far. Let’s hear from Lierre!   Show notes: How she got caught in the vegan ideology Body began to degrade, but she ignored it due to beliefs Blood sugar and insulin problems Not getting enough protein, fat, or cholesterol Honeymoon of phase where veganism works Her spine and joints started falling apart Skin problems, reproductive problems Nasty soy and hormone problems Damaged stomach and can’t produce proper acid Reach out to her at http://lierrekeith.com if you are a vegan and having problems Her book The Vegetarian Myth begins with breakin down the moral argument Where we went wrong with salt https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-effects.html Plants are beginning to become dependant on humans to plant them because they are too big, humans have to clear land Monocropping only takes from land, plants don’t give back and chemicals/fossil fuel is required in large amounts Most vegans don’t understand the negative traits of monocropping The water table has dropped far due to monocropping, oil drilling is used to get to the water Ruminants and grass coevolved Cows should not be fed corn Cows stimulate the growth of grass Bison make mini wetlands with their horns by stabbing land above water E. coli is a result of factory farming and over usage of antibiotics Cowspiracy is not based on real evidence and some of the individuals involved admitted they were wrong It is hard to present facts to groups of individuals who are always convinced that their ideology is correct despite what any evidence points to Grow your own food to reduce carbon footprint Lierre talks about her gardening experience/realization about the cycle of life Many vitamins are only available in animal fat Some individuals need to eat meat because they can’t make the enzyme that converts the vitamin a found in carrots There is not any plant source for vitamin B12, this has caused physical harm to some vegans such as damaged vision or hearing Omega-3’s and omega-6’s get converted into fats USDA used to not even consider soy a food Studies showing higher mortality rates for people using vegetable oils [LINK] Big health organizations have admitted that they have made mistakes when telling us what to eat The govt. is subsidizing the worst food for us, corn, wheat and soy Wheat is addictive 1800 marks the beginning of the fossil fuel age Agriculture requires intensive labor and is resulting in poor nutrition Lierre talks about agriculture during the age of empires to explain some of the negative traits of agriculture that are still relevant today Phytoestrogens in soy are harmful Soy consumption among children contributes to precocious puberty Soy disrupts the hippocampus which can lead to memory problems The Japanese eat soy as a condiment rather than as a protein substitute Quick overview of what Weston Price did Overview of “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” Vegans have to cheat on their diet to maintain health Discussion about the two different metabolic states humans can exist in Noticed less low fat products when filming B-roll at the store It’s all about information - we know fast food and sugar are bad This Sapien Movement is a real thing. Go to http://SapienMovement.com and @SapienMovement on twitter and Instagram, and join the private Facebook group I talk more and more about her book and how everyone should read it - find it at http://lierrekeith.com   Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org Podcast site: http://peak-human.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Engineers get into a lot of trouble when their designs fail. Think about the consequences of a collapsing bridge or a broken aeroplane wing. Failed software systems can also have catastrophic consequences for human life. Why is nutrition science any different? Poor food choices have far reaching consequences for both the individual and society as health care costs spiral out of control. Yet still we have obese vegan nutrition professors sipping diet coke as they teach dogma with no basis in science to impressionable young students. This madness has to end! Diana Rodgers is helping with bringing an end to the madness by embracing the traditional Registered Dietician education, whilst practicing everything she’s learnt through her interaction with real food pioneers Robb Wolf and Matt LaLonde. Diana has found that by working from within the system, with a credible certification, she’s likely to affect much more change in our current establishment nutrition policy. This isn’t her only concern though. Diana has also become a champion of sustainability. She’s fighting the good fight when it comes to paleo-bashers, and meat haters, who say this way of eating isn’t sustainable for our environment. As the owner of a working farm, Diana is here to show us just what it will take to not only eat for our optimal health, but also the optimal health of our environment. From her interesting perspective of nutritionist and farmer, Diana has some great insight into the Paleo State of the Union and where we must go from here. Thinking about sustainability is part of a logical progression that starts with adopting a real-food diet. Are you at that point yet? What plans do you have for keeping your paleo sustainable? Let me know in the comments below. Here’s the outline of this interview with Diana Rodgers: 0:00:00 Sustainable Dish website. 0:00:33 Diana's story on her site. 0:00:45 Robb Wolf. 0:01:18 Diana has coeliac. 0:01:32 Diana is close to becoming a Registered Dietician (RD). 0:01:48 Paleo State of the Union Paleo FX panel. 0:02:21 Chris Kresser is teaching practitioners. 0:02:34 Mark Sisson. 0:02:50 Robb and Diana are more interested in sustainability. 0:03:05 Savory Institute. 0:03:28 Paleo convention in Berlin. 0:03:53 Veganism is popular in Germany. 0:04:09 AHS New Zealand talk. 0:04:40 Julie has converted vegetarian and vegans for health reasons. 0:05:04 How do you reason with these people? 0:05:31 Religion is out. 0:05:46 Diana's rebuttal of the Outside Magazine's article. 0:06:10 WHO Red Meat causes cancer. 0:06:24 Well managed cattle improve soil quality. 0:06:48 Herbivore poop is required for a healthy soil microbiome. 0:06:56 The soil retains more water. 0:07:05 Monocropping damages soil quality. 0:07:43 Diana's farm just outside of Boston is mostly a vegetable farm. 0:08:04 Chickens eat the vegetable matter. 0:08:59 What is holding people back from the sustainability questions. 0:09:18 Sustainability doesn't sell books, it’s not not lucrative. 0:09:57 Sustainability is not including in an RD education. 0:10:25 Diana works at a hospital that still uses styrofoam. 0:12:09 Why become an RD? 0:12:22 Blood sugar and digestion has always been a problem for Diana. 0:13:18 Weston A Price. 0:13:35 Sally Fallon and Robb Wolf said go get your RD. 0:14:23 Diana started a practice but didn't feel like she had the tools. 0:14:51 Wanted credibility. 0:15:05 Matt Lalonde. 0:16:31 Most of the professors are obese vegans. 0:16:58 Biochemistry is sound. 0:17:11 There's no coaching included in the syllabus. 0:17:32 Diana got rejected from internships with a 4.0. 0:17:51 Lawyer thought it was related to Paleo. 0:18:25 Real Food Radio podcast. 0:18:42 Blog post about house call rotation. 0:20:35 Lack of critical thinking in the younger, more impressionable students. 0:21:04 Weight Watchers not working. 0:21:23 Now she's doing a Whole30. 0:24:20 How do we make sustainability into Paleo from the start? 0:24:48 It's a natural progression. 0:25:08 The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook. 0:25:25 Container and community gardens. 0:26:18 Community gardens bring people together. 0:26:35 Volunteer at a farm in exchange for food. 0:26:53 On the East Coast, you go to the farm to collect your food, not the other way around. 0:27:26 This creates a sense of ownership. 0:27:56 Education programs including sheep shearing. 0:28:15 Growing farm lovers. 0:28:37 Small farms face a lot of pressure from housing development. 0:30:15 Local versus sustainable. 0:31:09 eatwild.com. 0:31:25 CAFO (industrial farmed) beef versus CAFO chicken or pork. 0:32:13 Go to the farmer's market and talk to the vendors. 0:32:42 CAFO chicken and pork never see the light of day. 0:33:00 Antibiotic resistance. 0:33:59 Defending Beef. 0:34:06 Interview Modern Farm Girls podcast. 0:34:46 Local might trump organic in some situations. 0:35:25 Chickens do pretty well on grain. 0:36:05 Pigs also do well on grain. 0:36:17 No soy. 0:37:00 The Whole30 works because the rules are very clear. 0:37:20 Real life is grey. 0:38:48 Julie has got to the place where she can consider sustainability. 0:40:40 Diana recommends fixing yourself first. 0:41:37 Modification not radical change. 0:41:50 What about parenting. 0:43:31 Knee jerk reactions when first adopting Paleo. 0:43:49 Kids can end up food hoarding. 0:44:24 Whose breakfast is healthier? 0:44:48 Old beliefs die hard. 0:45:08 Kids can get stressed by not being able to articulate. 0:45:33 The kids eat whatever on play dates. 0:45:57 Diana encourages the kids to think about how they feel after making poor food choices. 0:46:25 Food and sleep are means to an end. 0:47:13 A little moderation goes a long way. 0:48:18 Really great market is called Staff of Life. 0:49:13 Ivy already recognises the gluten free concept. 0:50:03 The gift of being able to make the connection with the way you feel. 0:50:56 Michelle Tam's Nom Nom Paleo. 0:51:55 Sustainable Dish website. 0:52:08 Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go. 0:52:52 Diana is focussing on finishing her RD. 0:53:09 Sustainability book in the planning.