Tag: Savory Network

Phyllis van Amburgh, Pastured Dairy Interview

Healthy Dairy, Healthier Planet; The Many Benefits of 100% Pastured Dairy Phyllis van Amburgh

September 1, 2016

Are dairy cows destroying the planet? Should milk cartons carry a skull and cross-bones on them? Our healthy ancestors would’ve laughed at our modern theories about dairy. Today’s guest heretic is Phyllis van Amburgh of Dharma Lea Farm in New York State. As a member of the Savory Global Network of farms, she knows that … More Healthy Dairy, Healthier Planet; The Many Benefits of 100% Pastured Dairy Phyllis van Amburgh

Spencer Smith Interview, Holistic Farming

30% Yield Increase During California Drought; Growing Top Soil; Practically Free Farming Method; Guest Heretic Spencer Smith at the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management

June 30, 2016

After his wife, Abbey, returned from working on a  holistically managed farm in South Africa in 2005, she and her husband, Spencer sat down to create their own Holistic Context Statement. In this week’s episode of the Nutrition Heretic Podcast, we talk with Spencer Smith, learn what a Holistic Context is and how creating one … More 30% Yield Increase During California Drought; Growing Top Soil; Practically Free Farming Method; Guest Heretic Spencer Smith at the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management

Will Harris, Animal Welfare and regenerative farming

Defining Organic; All About Animal Welfare, Regenerative Agriculture, and Rural Economics; Guest Heretic Will Harris of White Oak Pastures

June 23, 2016

When Will Harris’s dad started using ammonium nitrate fertilizer on his farm in 1946, he had no idea he was destroying the microscopic flora and fauna on the land that are necessary for maintaining healthy top soil. So after 50 years, he moved to a farming system that is not only organic, but regenerates the … More Defining Organic; All About Animal Welfare, Regenerative Agriculture, and Rural Economics; Guest Heretic Will Harris of White Oak Pastures