The Cornucopia Institute, an organic watchdog non-profit, has created various scorecards for different products. They researched different poultry brands and their marketing claims to see how they scored. You will recognize some brands and you may be surprised at what you find....
Dr. Zach Bush is a triple-board certified physician, with a focus on internal medicine, endocrinology, and hospice and palliative care. He currently runs a clinic in rural Virginia that focuses on plant-based nutrition and holistic health. He’s an entrepreneur with a mind-boggling array of projects to his resume. So why is he on a podcast devoted to sustainable and organic agriculture? It’s quite a story, as you’ll hear. At his clinic a few years ago, Dr. Bush began noticing that nutrition-based medicine just wasn’t working as he had expected. Some of his patients were just getting sicker. That led him on a journey deep into a dysfunctional and toxic agricultural system that through the heavy use of chemicals like glyphosate is robbing crops of nutritional value, accelerating the decline of human health, destroying the environment and paving the way for mass extinction. Yeah, it gets pretty bleak — there’s talk of disease, cataclysm and collapse — but stick with it — because Dr. Bush is at heart a radical optimist. He believes that regenerative agriculture can save the world by creating healthy soils that will sequester carbon, reverse climate change, produce highly nutritious food and create healthy humans. To further that mission, Dr. Bush has started Farmers Footprint, a nonprofit that aims to transition 5 million acres to regenerative practices by 2025. According to Dr. Bush, all successful revolutions start with farmers. Listen Below
I had the opportunity to spend some time with Greg Gunthorp from Gunthorp Farms the other day. I consider Greg to be a pioneer in the industry of pasture based poultry and pigs at scale....
Taken from "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, Speak to us of Eating and Drinking. And he said:
Can what we eat affect GDP and our future standing in the world? Sound crazy? This is a powerful Ted talk on the unintended consequences of the current corporate food paradigm...we all have the power of "one" and can choose whether we want to participate in the experiment...
Allan Savory: “Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes — and his work so far shows — that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.
Probably the most vegan item you can buy in the supermarket is a pound of grass-fed beef.
Study proves that pasture raised animals are healthier to eat than CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) due to their diet and living conditions. Change your diet, change your life.
Jennifer DeMaagd, a certified health coach, food scientist, and Pilates instructor explains why grass-fed/pastured based meats are superior from a healthy living perspective.
Thank you for caring about what you eat. Read about a "Good Food Revolution" below....
There are many benefits to the meat that we raise including being better for the environment, the animal, the community, and your health. But what about THE TASTE! The most important one of them all.... 5 Reasons to Switch to Pastured Pork
See below a study done by Australian Professor, Dr. Judy Carman, on the effects of GM (genetically modified) vs. Non GM feed in pigs. The pigs stomach and digestive system is said to closely mimic that of a humans. Evidence of GMO harm in pig study
Check out the article below debating the taste of grass fed vs grain finished burgers. If you have not tried grass fed/finished beef, the flavor is unbelievable! GRASS FED VS. REGULAR: WHICH TASTES BETTER?
Every dollar that you spend at the grocery store or at the farm store matters. Some "one" or in some cases some "thing" raised that animal for you. Again, the question comes up; "What is the real cost of my food, on my environment, on my community?" We don't have all the answers but hope to give you options, and perhaps the ability to change the world. Big Poultry Companies Love Family Farms-So Why Don't They Show It?
It is important to understand the real cost of cheap food. We live in a beautiful part of the world and many of us enjoy fishing, swimming, boating and many other activities on Michigan's lakes and rivers. Let's support a food system that takes into account the health of these things that we love by using animals to build soil fertility. No waste runoff into lakes and rivers, humane treatment of animals, and oh yeah there is the fair treatment of producers too..... Meat is Murdering American Rivers