Chews Wisely

A note from Caroline: Making this podcast is one of my favorite things. But right now, I have to put it on pause to attend to the other parts of my life that require my attention. After this, there will be one more episode. It's not just time commitments that are causing me to pause the podcast for now. In the process of researching these episodes, I've had many personal revelations and it's fair to say that my viewpoints have changed quite a bit. And that's what today's episode is about. It's about feeling failed by science, and by many of the powerful institutions that frame our lives. And about where I'm looking instead for wisdom. Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com

An interview with the happiest person I know - Sarah Reese. Sarah is my mom (!) and a radically joyful person, whether she’s in the ICU or on a golf course. Nourishment and health mean nothing if we don’t have joy, and today she is going to share her ‘laws of happiness’ to help us cultivate more of it in our own lives. Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by Little Creek Lamb & Beef. Use code WISELY for 10% off your first order!

The commercial chicken industry is mysterious. It’s tightly controlled by the integrators - these are the companies that own and control the whole system - and it’s shrouded in NDA’s. We rarely get to hear from the actual farmers who raise the chicken. Until today! Esther Sprott, a regenerative and conventional farmer, joins us from Georgia where she and her family raise broiler chickens for a large integrator. Caroline asks Esther all of her burning chicken industry questions, and Esther answers with candor and grace. Follow Esther on Instagram Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by G5 Agency!

Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) is a botanist, a chef, and an advocate for healthy eating and indigenous foods. She joins us today for a conversation about the invisible foods all around us, what it means to re-indigenize our diets, and how food was used as a tool of colonization. We also talk about food sovereignty, the limits of the term ‘food desert,’ and the Irish Potato Famine that wasn’t. Indigikitchen website Indigikitchen Instagram Mariah’s Ted Talk About the Little Ice Age Sinead O’Connor - Famine Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by G5 Agency!

Today we are diving into some current events, and talking about the farmer protests happening all across Europe. We dig into why and how these farmers are protesting, and what we can take away from these protests here in America. Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by G5 Agency! Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czech-slovak-farmers-block-borders-protest-2024-02-22/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hundreds-of-tractors-line-the-streets-of-madrid-as-farmers-protest-eu-farming-policies https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414779/pesticide-sales-by-categorization-of-active-substances-european-union/ https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/outlooks/40408/30645_wrs0404e_002.pdf https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/data-insights/benchmarking-agricultural-productivity-performance-in-the-eu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/16/europe-farmers-climate-green-protest-eu https://time.com/6632372/farmer-protests-europe-france-germany-brussels/ https://apnews.com/article/eu-farmer-protest-trade-red-tape-710e9bd6c6df6ecd9e598418473604eb https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/ukraine-poland-protest-farmers.html

Today we debunk the claim that cattle “take up so much land.” Or rather, we add heaps of much-needed nuance to it. The Bloomberg article/map referenced in the episode is here. This is a Patreon exclusive episode. To hear the full episode, become a regenerator at the link below. Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by Little Creek Lamb & Beef. Use code WISELY for 10% off your first order!

It might sound ridiculously simple, but today’s episode is about the slow shift I’ve made from recipe cooking to pantry cooking, and the joys it’s brought. We talk about how pantry cooking has built fluency in the kitchen, broadened my palette, and increased enjoyment for me in a place where traditionally I didn’t have much. Also discussed: cooking during inflated food costs, how social media has biased us towards ‘sexy’ or ‘trendy’ foods, and how to make our kitchens more functional. Full Episode is available on the Chews Wisely Patreon feed! Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com

Lacey Jean is a hide tanner, a butcher, a shepherdess, and a woman who has built a beautiful, rich life out of the ashes of very hard times. She’s on the podcast to talk about food and how she nourishes herself directly from her community, but as with all the best conversations we range far. We talk about resilience, reinvention, taking the life of an animal, and how to respectfully approach mentors that you’d like to learn from. We also cover how to earn your own self respect, and how to chase dreams even - and especially - when no one else is coming to help you get there. Lacey on Instagram Lacey’s website Lacey’s hide tanning course Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by Little Creek Lamb & Beef. Use code WISELY for 10% off your first order!

We’re joined by professor and air quality specialist Dr. Frank Mitloehner today who comes on to answer all our burning methane questions. He is director of UC Davis’ CLEAR Center, which helps the global community understand the environmental and human health impacts of livestock. What sets Dr. Mitloehner apart is his desire to work with farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness to mitigate emissions from within. On today’s episode we learn how the main greenhouses gasses differ from one another (and why it matters), what “idle cows” and “methane leakage” are, and why calling for developed nations to curb their beef production could be a huge mistake. An extended cut of this episode is available on the Patreon feed! UC Davis CLEAR Center Dr. Frank Mitloehner on Twitter Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by G5 Insurance. For your farm, ranch, and small business insurance needs, check out g5agency.com! And let them know we sent you.

A personal episode about Caroline’s exploration into intuitive eating over the last year. We start with a reflection on surviving the toxic 1990’s food culture, Caroline talks about how she stopped forcing herself to eat things she didn’t like, and how she slowly got into an unstructured version of intuitive eating. Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by G5 Insurance. For your farm, ranch, and small business insurance needs, check out g5agency.com! And let them know we sent you.

The year after the Kramer’s went all in on walnut farming, the commodity market collapsed. And then it collapsed further. Today Kaben Kramer shares how walnuts are grown, why he doesn’t like to term ‘regenerative’ anymore, how the watershed works on his farm, the reason no one can afford to start a walnut farm today, and how he and his wife Jenn are forging a new path within an industry that is seemingly collapsing in real time around them. Kaben also shares how they’re conserving precious water in California, and the number one way consumers can improve our food system today. Find Tenderlyrooted Sprouted Walnuts: Website & shop Instagram Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Twitter: @chewswiselypod Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by G5 Insurance. For your farm, ranch, and small business insurance needs, check out g5agency.com! And let them know we sent you.

Wool may be the most eco-friendly textile there is, and Erin Martin Dorf is here to tell us why. Erin is wool royalty, or as she calls herself, a wool industry nepo-baby. She lives and breathes all things wool and sheep, and we mythbust shearing, lanolin, the wool supply chain, and discuss how fleece goes from sheep to sweater. We also cover the serious threats to the wool industry, and why it’s in danger of collapse. This episode might convince you to stop sleeping on wool. Or rather - to start sleeping under it. Mentioned in this episode: Anodyne Wool Right Choice Shearing on Instagram Pendleton Duckworth Lan-o-lips Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Twitter: @chewswiselypod Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by Little Creek Lamb & Beef. Get regeneratively raised, pasture raised meats shipped directly to you from our Montana ranch. For a limited time we’re offering 10% off your first order over $100 with the code WISELY.

Tales from the trenches of a food supply double agent. Kendall Ballantine wasn’t always a farmer. 10 years ago she was the Director of Operations for a multinational food supply chain corporation. On today’s episode (part 2) she shares why our “too big to fail” food system is tremendously fragile, and the hidden food waste in our current supply chain. She also talks about why she almost quit farming - to the point of announcing the closure of her business - and why she ultimately came back to it. Follow Kendall Ballantine Instagram - Central Park Farms Instagram - Marketing for Farmers Central Park Farms Marketing for Farmers Stay in touch with Chews Wisely: IG: @chewswiselypodcast Twitter: @chewswiselypod Patreon: Chews Wisely Email: chewswiselypodcast@gmail.com Chews Wisely is brought to you by Little Creek Lamb & Beef. Get regeneratively raised, pasture raised meats shipped directly to you from our Montana ranch. For a limited time we’re offering 10% off your first order over $100 with the code WISELY.