#122 - Why We Eat Local & Farm-Friendly Food

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of eating local and farm-friendly food, addressing common concerns and misconceptions.

Why eat local? What if it isn’t easy? What if the things I want aren't available? What's the point? Alison and I have both considered these questions for ourselves and factored them into decisions that we’ve made about how we live our everyday lives. We didn’t make the changes overnight, and we don’t even suggest people do so. After the many books we have read, the real-life experiences we have had, and guests we have interviewed on the subject of factory farming vs humane peasant farming, we have come to some conclusions about eating local that might surprise you. They might not be the conclusions or the “arguments” you were expecting. This episode features an aftershow which could possibly be described as a little bit salty, where some spicier opinions came to the fore. It was impossible to include everything we had to say and keep the main episode at a reasonable length of time. If you want to hear this aftershow as well as over 140 other episodes on our more informal, private podcast Kitchen Table Chats, hop over to ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/join and join at companionship or above level. Thank you for your continued support and to all the supporters, reviewers and listeners…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alison Kay, Andrea Huehnerhoff

Topics covered

• local food
• sustainable farming
• factory farming
• humane farming
• food choices

Keywords

• local food
• sustainable agriculture
• humane farming
• factory farming
• food availability

Sponsors

One Earth Health

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