103: Farming: a trend or here to stay?

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In some circles, it seems that sustainable farming is on the rise. Farmers markets are growing more and more popular, and young people are volunteering to work on organic farms. But sales at farmers market are down, overall, and less than 2% of the population is directly responsible for growing our food in the U.S. So what is the truth of the matter: is sustainable, soulful farming here to stay or a pipe dream? It's critical to our future, so how can we make it work? How do farmers balance making a profit with still being true to their core values: establishing farms that properly care for the land, the animals, and the customers?

Today we converse with Forrest Pritchard, farmer and author of "Growing Tomorrow: Behind The Scenes With 18 Sustainable Farmers Who Are Changing The Way We Eat." We discuss the advantages and problems facing farming today, and what can each do to make tomorrow's farming landscape more promising.

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For more on Forrest and his farm, go to smithmeadows.com.

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0:00.0	96% of our food system is corn, soybeans, wheat, confinement animal operations,
0:08.7	confinement, dairy operations, etc.
0:11.1	So like where's the place, Where's like nutritious food come from?
0:15.0	You know not to say that this food doesn't have some nutrition, but I'm probably about nutritious food.
0:20.0	Not food that'll technically keep you alive.
0:23.0	Welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast sponsored by the Westin A Price Foundation for Wise Traditions podcast sponsored by the Westinay Price Foundation for
0:34.0	Wise Traditions and Food Farming and the Healing Arts. We are your source for
0:38.6	scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.
0:45.0	I'm your host Toulabrada Gore.
0:51.0	This is episode 103 and my guest is Forrest Pritchard, a full-time farmer and New York
0:56.7	Times best-selling author. If his name sounds familiar, don't worry. This isn't deja vu.
1:02.1	We had Forrest on just a few episodes ago and we found
1:06.2	his perspective so refreshing and intriguing that we invited him back on the show.
1:11.1	Forrest runs Smith Meadows Farm in the Shenandoah Valley in
1:14.9	Virginia, but his vision takes him far beyond that time and place. In today's
1:20.0	discussion we take a hard look at farming today and farming tomorrow.
1:25.0	What's working in sustainable farming and what dangers threaten its future?
1:29.5	Where are we exactly and where are we headed?
1:32.2	You will be intrigued and enthrall by our conversation and we'll
1:35.4	cue it up in just a moment but first we want to thank our sponsors.
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