Podcast appearances and mentions of tammi jonas

A national campaign to ensure the future of small scale producers and abattoirs has been launched. The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance wants to see increased government funding for the industry, as well as collaboration to address worker shortages, and safeguards for micro and mobile abattoirs. Rural Editor Emily Minney spoke with President Tammi Jonas about the challenges the sector faces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Food is a brilliant unifier across political divides, if we're brave enough to let it be. We all eat. And in this community, regardless of ‘diet type' we all want food to be: AccessibleNutritiousGood qualityGood for the planet in the farming methods used Fair for the farmers - especially small holder farmers! Culturally appropriate and respectfulI don't know if anyone else is sick of all the nit picking on socials about food and ‘which whole food does it better' for our health and the planet - when most people are wondering if they can stretch the budget for those blueberries or that mince this week, but I am. Tammi Jonas has led the charge for many years, in making things better across all of these aspects of a fair food system and we talk this week about how much we can all do to mobilise - taking that active ‘next step', to ensure a fairer food system is forged for all. She is an agroecologist in principle and in practice, farming heritage-breed pigs, cattle, and garlic with her bricoleur husband Stuart at Jonai Farms and Meatsmiths on the unceded lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, where they share rent-free land with the young First and Second Nations market gardeners of Tumpinyeri Growers. Tammi is the focal point for farmers with the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), advocating for everyone's right to participate in decisions about food and agriculture systems. In 2024, she completed a PhD on the rise of agroecology in Australia, and collectivising to deal with the problem of the state, as well as publishing a cookbook to help everyone Eat Like the Jonai.Thank you to this month's show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! @ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I've ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@cleannectarine is giving you 20% off the beauty and personal care ranges with all orders over $99. Code LOWTOXLIFE (excluding water filters). Try awesome low tox brands such as 100% Pure, Kora, Weleda, Moo Goo, Mukti and more as you make your low tox beauty swaps for 2025.Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonates! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely! You can also connect with Tammi here on Instagram and the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance here.Want to support the podcast? Free option: Leave a 5 star review wherever you listen to Low Tox Life - thanks SO much! Paid + Member PERKS: Join the Low Tox Club - monthly practitioner live masterclasses, a suite of low tox store discounts from around the world and the most supportive and lovely chat group on all low tox topics on the internet: Check it out and join here for just the price of a coffee per month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kung Fu Panda quits the band and sells out Rage Kage for saying a naughty joke to a giant robot. Tom is joined by guest host Asta Hill, Greens candidate for Braitling in August's Northern Territory election. First, a catch up on the whole America situation and the whole CFMEU situation (11:25). Then a big look at the state of play in NT politics. (23:42) Asta gives some “Territory Context” about the floundering Labor government and the presumably ascendant Country Liberal Party. Will the Greens win their first territory seat? Finally, a call to action. (1:00:39) New Patreon ep just released - Farming & Agriculture ft. Tammi Jonas from Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance —-- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald's sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand's small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  —-- CALL TO ACTION -  Support Asta's campaign! https://greens.org.au/nt/person/asta-hill  https://www.instagram.com/asta_hill_braitling/  https://www.instagram.com/nt_greens/  —-- Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom's new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID Produced by Michael Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/  Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Bandt needs to let dead dogs lie. Emerald and British lad Tom take a quick look at the French election results (13:05). Then, an update on the destruction of Gaza and the government's response to appoint a special envoy against antisemitism. (19:14) Next, major staff cuts have hit Pedestrian and other Nine brands. (49:27) What is the future for youth-focused journalism? Finally, a call to climate action. (1:04:51) New Patreon ep just released - Farming & Agriculture ft. Tammi Jonas from Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald's sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand's small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  CALL TO ACTION -  Legal fund for Laura Davy and Blockade Australia -  https://chuffed.org/project/blockade-australia-support-fundraiser  Rising Tide's 2024 People's Blockade will be happening in Newcastle, November 19 - 28  https://www.risingtide.org.au/  Jordy Silverstein in Overland Journal - You Don't End Racism With Envoys: https://overland.org.au/2024/07/you-dont-end-racism-with-envoys/  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom's new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID Produced by Michael Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/  Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this bonus Patreon episode requested by a subscriber, Emerald speaks to Tammi Jonas from Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance about the movement for responsible farming and food production. How can the Greens connect better with people outside the inner-city leftie bubble? Do corporations treat sustainability like it's a big joke? How can we eat ethically? — Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald's sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand's small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Links -  Tammi's 2023 piece in Green Agenda: https://greenagenda.org.au/2023/03/utopia-farming/  Follow Tammi on Instagram @tammois  Tammi's website and blog: tammijonas.com  Donate/ support Tammi's farm to build its own small scale abattoir: https://jonaifarms.com.au/abattoir  The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance: https://afsa.org.au/ Other sources that Tammi mentioned: Sociologist Bram Büscher  Book: Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 459 are Paul Oosting from Acacia Money and Tammi Jonas from the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance

Sharing her evolution from academic keyboard warrior to her current reality of being an agroecological pork and beef farmer who's pretty darned handy with the butchers knife and equally as sharp of mind in her contributions to the UN small scale farming policy initiatives.Tammi Jonas is indeed a force of the natural world, never backwards in coming forwards but mellowing with every decade and sharing her successes and failures for the sake of thousands who are following in her footsteps towards a life of farming democracy.Episode SummaryWe dive right into how she fits it all inLeadership - her style of leading from the front with doggedness and squared soldiersResearch and UN food systems mobilisation Credibility that comes out of the dirtHer commitment to food sovereignty across aaaalllllll the tiers of the movementThe brain breaking need to relate local practices to global policyLinking good global initiatives to local practicesApplying food sovereignty thinking to general consumption issuesTaking power back  one skill at a timeWe can't buy ourselves out of this mess - we literally need to joyfully work competently through the upskilling and sharing of The illusion of choice when you see thousands of items for sale in a supermarket is not a place to genuinely beginWhy she considers herself an “agroecological” farmer (political, social, Agroecological theory of change is considered a science, social movement and practical - dedicated to circular bio economies rather than a purchasing of inputs. Agroecology rejects capitalism but values labour over yield.‘Benefaction' - enabling the farm to do their tasks joyfullyThe rich reality of running internship programs - who are welcomed with the knowledge that they are becoming food sovereignty warriorsAFSA - first-peoples-first initiativeSolidarity - garnering unexplained wholeness but remembering we are all here for each otherWhy there's value in building a new system rather than creating one from the ashes of the old one.Why the rise and fall of farms and community orgs is part and parcel of the movement and should be encouragedBeing comfortable to share the successes AND the failures as a gift for the greater goodBuilding a de-growth mentality to avoid the ruthless capitalist systemCreating small scale farming businesses that are FUN rather than slaves to growthKeeping her eye on the end game dilutes her need to be binary and rage filledWhy the States are not actually similar to the Australian culture  - they are wedded to a growth mentality that we don't  have so we have an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.Why it's ok to scale back from the initial visionFraming ‘enough' as being disentangled from the capitalist system - seeing the sky, feeding her community and others and being ok to go slow when needed.ReferencesJonai FarmsRighteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory FarmsFarming democracyAustralian Food Sovereignty AllianceThanks to our podcast partners:Wwoof AustraliaNutrisoilBuy the BookFuturesteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersSupport the show

Tammi Jonas is an agroecologist, farmer, mindful meatsmith, agrarian activist, author and academic with a focus on ethical, ecologically sound and socially-just food system. Tammi is the President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance and the founder and owner of Jonai Farms and Meatsmiths, a 69 acre farm in Eganstown (Australia), where together with her husband, she pasture raises happy, tasty, heritage-breed Large Black pigs. Tune in to learn more about: The story of how as a vegetarian she decided to start a farm and raise Large Black pigs; Capitalistic industrial agriculture vs. ethical small family farms; Why rebuilding the local food system within communities can revitalize local economies; Australia's efforts to use less herbicides in comparison to the US; Female leadership in agriculture; The grassroots work and programs of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance.  To learn more about Tammi's work go to http://www.tammijonas.com.

Today's convo is with the incredibly passionate Tammi Jonas. What the Jonas family are doing on Jonai Farms has been very well documented in print, television and radio, so we touched on this only a little to give some background before delving deep into discussing agroecology, their involvement with the Food Sovereignty Alliance, CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and where things are headed in the future. The passion she has for her farm, family, and the community is undeniable and it is an exciting vision for the future of agriculture. The Jonai (aka Tammi, Stuart, Oscar, Antigone & Atticus Jonas) tired of choosing between saving the world or savouring it, so figured out a way to do both. In May 2011, they left their rather farm-like suburban Melbourne environs behind, took a shortcut across America to glean wisdom from a range of ethical farmers, and landed some months later on Dja Dja Wurrung country at what would become Jonai Farms, 69 acres at Eganstown, just outside the beautiful town of Daylesford, to raise happy, tasty, heritage-breed Large Black pigs on pasture. Jonai Farms enacts food sovereignty, which asserts everyone's right to culturally appropriate, nutritious and delicious food grown in ecologically sound and ethical ways, and our right to collectively determine our own food and agriculture systems. They are a resilient, diverse family farm that focuses on living a life in common with nature, and managing animals for optimum soil health as multiple species are rotated around the farm to grow fertility and diversity on the paddocks. After being the first farm in Australia to crowdfund major infrastructure in 2013 to build a licensed butcher's shop on the farm, they succeeded again in 2014 and built a licensed curing room and commercial kitchen to make farmstead cured meats and a range of charcuterie, as well as bone stocks and lard-based soap, to ultimately deliver a full nose to tail no-waste offering. ‘Waste' from the boning room includes bones after pate and bone broth making, which are then pyrolysed into bone-char and used as fertiliser for their small commercial crop of garlic, taking them from 'paddock to plate' to 'paddock to paddock'. -- Thank you for watching. Please Like and Subscribe to Eco Convos with Dan... and be sure to Comment and Share too! You can find us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, as well as -  Facebook: @ecoconvos  Instagram: @ecoconvoswithdan  Website: www.ecoconvos.com.au #SupportLocal #BuyEthical #DemandRealFood  Credits: Production by 'MAV marketing' (hello.mavmarketing@gmail.com) Hosted by Dan Vanderhoek - Eco & Lifestyle Property Specialist (@dangympierealestate) Guest was Tammi Jonai Music by @DanielRaymxnd --  Mentions: Jonai Farms http://jonaifarms.com.au/ (http://jonaifarms.com.au/) @jonaifarms The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) https://afsa.org.au/ (https://afsa.org.au/) >> click below to sign up https://afsa.org.au/membership-account/membership-levels/ (https://afsa.org.au/membership-account/membership-levels/) Community Supported Agriculture https://afsa.org.au/csa/ (https://afsa.org.au/csa/) Urgenci https://urgenci.net/ (https://urgenci.net/) Jacki from Blue Dog Farm Nick from Belvedere Farm Randall from Echo Valley Farm Tim, Amber and Nic from Kandanga Farm Store Graeme Sait Allan Savory Books: Farming Democracy https://afsa.org.au/product/farming-democracy/ (https://afsa.org.au/product/farming-democracy/) Running Out? Water in Western Australia by Ruth A. Morgan https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/running-out-ruth-a-morgan/p/9781742586236?gclid=CjwKCAiAp8iMBhAqEiwAJb94z7vUCB89hruOTEQPHTzLfEpoZQfIcrlg6NogwQaW_xSWqntVX0xdGhoC9CsQAvD_BwE...

Sharing her evolution from academic keyboard warrior to her current reality of being an agroecological pork and beef farmer who's pretty darned handy with the butchers knife and equally as sharp of mind in her contributions to the UN small scale farming policy initiatives.Tammi Jonas is indeed a force of the natural world, never backwards in coming forwards but mellowing with every decade and sharing her successes and failures for the sake of thousands who are following in her footsteps towards a life of farming democracy.Episode SummaryWe dive right into how she fits it all inLeadership - her style of leading from the front with doggedness and squared soldiersResearch and UN food systems mobilisation Credibility that comes out of the dirtHer commitment to food sovereignty across aaaalllllll the tiers of the movementThe brain breaking need to relate local practices to global policyLinking good global initiatives to local practicesApplying food sovereignty thinking to general consumption issuesTaking power back  one skill at a timeWe can't buy ourselves out of this mess - we literally need to joyfully work competently through the upskilling and sharing of The illusion of choice when you see thousands of items for sale in a supermarket is not a place to genuinely beginWhy she considers herself an “agroecological” farmer (political, social, Agroecological theory of change is considered a science, social movement and practical - dedicated to circular bio economies rather than a purchasing of inputs. Agroecology rejects capitalism but values labour over yield.‘Benefaction' - enabling the farm to do their tasks joyfullyThe rich reality of running internship programs - who are welcomed with the knowledge that they are becoming food sovereignty warriorsAFSA - first-peoples-first initiativeSolidarity - garnering unexplained wholeness but remembering we are all here for each otherWhy there's value in building a new system rather than creating one from the ashes of the old one.Why the rise and fall of farms and community orgs is part and parcel of the movement and should be encouragedBeing comfortable to share the successes AND the failures as a gift for the greater goodBuilding a de-growth mentality to avoid the ruthless capitalist systemCreating small scale farming businesses that are FUN rather than slaves to growthKeeping her eye on the end game dilutes her need to be binary and rage filledWhy the States are not actually similar to the Australian culture  - they are wedded to a growth mentality that we don't  have so we have an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.Why it's ok to scale back from the initial visionFraming ‘enough' as being disentangled from the capitalist system - seeing the sky, feeding her community and others and being ok to go slow when needed.ReferencesJonai FarmsRighteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory FarmsFarming democracyAustralian Food Sovereignty AllianceThanks to our podcast partners:Wwoof Australia NutrisoilBuy the BookFuturesteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading)

Who is Tammi Jonas? Tammi Jonas is an agroecologist in principle and in practice, farming heritage-breed Large Black pigs, cattle, and garlic with her bricoleur husband Stuart on the unceded lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people in the central highlands of Victoria. She is president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), co-editor and co-author of Farming Democracy: Radically transforming the food system from the ground up (2019), and undertaking a Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia on the biodiverse and decolonising practices and politics of small-scale farmers, and the impacts of the state on their efforts. ---------- Recommended Reading:  Book Title: Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice  Author: Rupa Marya & Raj Patel ---------- Websites: http://www.tammijonas.com/ http://jonaifarms.com.au/ https://www.prepthepeople.net/ https://www.foodsovereignty.org/ https://viacampesina.org/en/ http://afsa.org.au/     Dig Deeper Club: https://soillearningcenter.com/digdeeper See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From hunger strikes at university to becoming the president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Tammi Jonas has always fought for the rights of others. In this episode Charlie explores Tammi's colourful history of advocacy and food production. She is a beacon of inspiration for anyone wanting to create their own self sufficient farming enterprise, as experienced by Charlie whilst visiting Tammi at Jonai Farms in country Victoria for this episode.  Head over here to see show notes and links.

Now this was a passionate conversation! Today we have a chat with Nick Holiday from Belvedere Farm and cover a wide range of topics including Agroecology, and why there's an important distinction between that and regenerative agriculture, the pressure on ethical farmers to follow more industrialised methods and why they are resisting. We also dispel some myths about egg production and the important difference between “free range” and “pasture raised”, which continues on from the conversation in our last episode with Stuart Andrews. The idea of community is a vital part of this convo, and Nick is a strong and outspoken advocate for ethical producers working together and competing with larger commercial producers rather than each other. Nick and Brydie Holliday are Belvedere Farm, an agroecological farm caring for a mix of owned and leased land on unceded Jinibara country near Maleny. Their main focus is looking after country, building community and destroying factory farming and the systems that support it. As a byproduct of that work, they produce delicious pasture-raised eggs, heritage-breed pork and grass fed and finished beef. This convo gets a little controversial at times and calls out some major players in the industry. Through it all, you will grow to love Nick as we do for putting his everything into everything he does. Enjoy. - - Thank you for watching. Please Like and Subscribe to Eco Convos with Dan... and be sure to Comment and Share too! You can find us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, as well as -  Facebook: @ecoconvos  Instagram: @ecoconvoswithdan  Website: www.ecoconvos.com.au #SupportLocal #BuyFreeRange #DemandRealFood  Credits: Production by 'MAV marketing'  Hosted by Dan Vanderhoek - Eco & Lifestyle Property Specialist  Guest was Nick Holliday from Belvedere Farm Music by @DanielRaymxnd - - Mentions: Belvedere Farm - Website:https://belvederefarm.com.au/ (https://belvederefarm.com.au/) - Facebook and Instagram: @belvederecedarton Forage Farms: @ForageFarmsAustralia and https://www.foragefarms.com.au/ (https://www.foragefarms.com.au/)  Tin Shed Farm: @tinshedfarm.au and https://www.tinshedfarm.net/about (https://www.tinshedfarm.net/about)  Randal from Echo Valley Farm: @echovalleyfarms and https://www.echovalley.com.au/ (https://www.echovalley.com.au/)  Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance: @AFSAfoodsovereignty and https://afsa.org.au/ (https://afsa.org.au/) Tammi Jonas from Jonai Farms: @jonaifarms and http://jonaifarms.com.au/ (http://jonaifarms.com.au/)  The Food and Agribusiness Network: @foodagribusinessnetwork and https://foodagribusiness.org.au/ (https://foodagribusiness.org.au/)  Books - Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-emu-bruce-pascoe/book/9781921248016.html?fbclid=IwAR3SPzCBKQljrQKklSlflBKQ9Pct9wi3k-FIDdG9dOoosqNPXOkaBkeBxeU (https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark.../book/9781921248016.html)

Confused about food and the planet? This week continuing our people and planet series with the president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Tammi Jonas - a farmer, author and in the throes of writing her PhD on the biodiverse and decolonising practices of agroecological farmers, and the technical, social, and legislative enabling conditions for an agroecological transition in Australia. Tammi has been president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) since 2014. For 10 years, AFSA has worked as a collective of individuals and organisations to promote everyone’s right to nutritious and culturally-appropriate food produced and distributed in ethical and ecologically-sound ways, and our right to democratically determine our own food and agriculture systems. On today’s show, Tammi helps us navigate the complex world of food from a beliefs and preferences perspective, to what the planet thrives on, to animal care, health care and more. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we hear from Tammi Jonas, an 'ethicurian' farmer of heritage-breed pigs and cattle, and president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA). Tammi is very active in the global fight for food sovereignty, advocating in numerous UN governing bodies. She is undertaking a PhD on the biodiverse and decolonising practices of agroecological farmers, and is an editor and co-author of Farming Democracy. We talk about what food sovereignty is, community supported agriculture (CSA), the impacts of COVID on small producers, legislative barriers, food systems and zoonotic disease, regenerative agriculture and radical transparency. You can find Tammi on Instagram, Twitter and at Jonai Farms, and AFSA on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. You can find us at onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across social media. For full list of links please see the website: People’s Food Plan; La Via Campesina; CSA; PIC Codes; Meatworks and coronavirus in Vic; Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO; No Protection From Pandemics Unless We Fix Our Food Systems; Rob Wallace; Victoria's worst outbreak of avian influenza; Breed Diversity; Nutritionism; Eat well when we farm well. Music: Night Owl Broke For Free (CC)

Tammi Jonas was a vegetarian for a decade, but like many, health issues resulted in her returning to a balanced, omnivore diet. That of itself isn’t that interesting but Tammi is now a butcher on her pasteurized pig farm in Victoria. Now that’s a story worth telling. Tammi Jonas

Tammi Jonas, a longtime vegetarian living in Victoria, Australia is now a professional butcher and pig farmer.

Get all links mentioned in the episode here:  https://www.neuralle.com/blog/posts/081-the-mindful-meatsmith-of-ethicurean-farming-tammi-jonas-of-jonai-farms Skip through the episode:01:15 - Introduction04:51 - Where her interest in hats comes from06:12 - Leaving America and perceptions of Australia09:14 - Polarisation, homelessness, Neoliberalism14:09 - Her education path, earliest memory of food15:40 - Lessons learnt from her parents19:36 - What she wanted to be growing up, early career path21:40 - Shifting towards food, her thesis24:51 - Food and industrial livestock production27:53 - Farming, moving to the country30:38 - Joel Salatin, regenerative farming, holistic management38:55 - Jonai Farms & Meatsmiths47:09 - Distribution, Community Supported Agriculture55:48 - What surprised her the most about farming57:27 - How her life has changed01:02:42 - Advocacy and principles01:08:14 - Regulation01:14:47 - AFSA prosecution cases01:17:53 - Morning and evening rituals01:19:27 - What she would do with $100 million01:20:20 - Best purchase under $20001:20:43 - 5 favourite non-musical sounds01:21:22 - Most influential book01:22:53 - If she could have a billboard anywhere in Australia

Join 'Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance' President, Jonai Farms' Tammi Jonas as she discusses with Regrarians' Darren J. Doherty food sovereignty, meatsmithery, farm and family life, activism and much more .Links:• http://jonaifarms.com.au/• https://afsa.org.au/• https://callicratecattleco.com/• https://australianmicroabattoirs.com/

On today's show we spoke to Tammi Jonas about the ongoing campaign to allow small-scale animal farmers to have their farming methods permitted under the law. Currently these style of farms are considered "intensive agriculture" which are not permitted in certain areas. Have a look at the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance website for more info.Dorelle Havilland joined us next to chat about her restaurant The Moldy Fig. We spoke about her travels around New Orleans, the differences between Creole and Cajun cuisine, and how she's re-creating these food styles here on Lygon St.Our good buddy Hannah Dupree also popped into the studio, to explore a rather interesting pairing: tea and cheese. Hannah has run Storm in a Teacup for years, and on this occasion we tried matching two styles of tea to specific styles of cheese. And guess what? It's valid!

We speak with Daryl Taylor, a survivor of the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Kinglake. In 2009 when that enormous tragedy hit, Daryl already had over a decade's experience in community and organisational development roles. And since that day in February he has been involved on many informal and formal community based recovery and advocacy projects. His work has been acknowledged with 13 state and national awards and best practice commendations. And his experiences in the aftermath of the fires deeply inform his work now - and have lead him to reflect on the creative chaos of bottom up community-led responses, compared to what he saw as poorly fitting and disempowering government responses. In 2015 he completed with his colleague Helen Goodman a two year report Place-Based and Community-Led: Specific Disaster Preparedness and Generalisable Community Resilience which he hopes can help communities learn from Kinglake's experiences. Later in the show we talk with small farmer Tammi Jonas about her battle with regulators that consider her and other free-range farmer operations legally the same as huge battery operations. She mentions this petition.

Today we talk to Tammi Jonas, a free range pig farmer from Central Victoria. Tammi talks about the importance of raising food ethically and using diversity to tackle climate change. You can here more about Tammi here: http://www.tammijonas.com

'Ethicurean' farmer Tammi Jonas joins us in studio to talk about the problems with your supermarket's bacon, and more ethical and tasty alternatives. Tammi with her family runs Jonai Farms in Central Vic raising pastured rare breed pigs, and she's also something of an agrarian intellectual who writes, talks and organises towards a regenerative, ethical food system, including being the current President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance.