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May 22, 2016
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?
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....