130. American Agriculture | Natalie Kovarik of Kovarik Cattle Co.

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

I have been wanting to talk to today’s podcast guest for over a year! Natalie Kovarik is a Nebraska ranch wife and mom who uses her voice to educate about the realities of agriculture. Unfortunately, the public dialogue is full of misconceptions about the role and impact of agriculture on our environment and health. Natalie is a wealth of knowledge about this complex topic, and she does a beautiful job of sharing all of the ways in which agriculture adds tremendous value to our lives. I hope you learn as much from this conversation as I did.

In this episode, we cover:

- Why it is important to be educated about where your food comes from

- How agriculture is more diverse than you might think

- The truth behind the “grass-fed” label

- Why it’s actually a good thing that a large percentage of U.S. land is used for grazing animals

RESOURCES

Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers of Sustainable Dish

Natalie's interview with Frank Mitloehner on cattle and greenhouse gases

Clarity and Leadership for Environmental Awareness and Research at UC Davis

The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz

Interested in crafting, sharing, and monetizing your own Ag story? Check out Natalie’s online course and podcast.

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0:00.0	All right. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today, I'm having on Natalie
0:06.2	from Natalie Coveric. Oh my goodness. I just had her tell me how to pronounce her name
0:12.4	and I messed it up again. But it's Natalie K-O-V-A-R-I-K. She shares over on Instagram the behind
0:19.4	the scenes of her ranch and then also a lot of information on myths that seem to happen around
0:26.8	the cattle industry and agriculture in general. Her main messages are facts not fear and agriculture
0:33.3	is not the problem and I was so intrigued by this. I was actually introduced to her by my younger
0:39.6	sister who has a cattle farm and she she sent me a couple of her posts and I've been screen-shouting
0:44.8	them for probably over a year and really wanted to get her on the podcast to talk about this. Maybe
0:50.4	bust some myths. Share some information you might not know. Give you some jumping off points
0:56.2	for digging into this topic a little bit deeper if that's something that you are interested in.
1:00.2	Talking about food and feeding the nation and what to do with land that isn't usable in order
1:06.8	to produce food. She has so much good information and I found this discussion really fascinating.
1:11.9	Now I'm going to give a little disclaimer that we had some technical difficulties. So for half the
1:17.5	interview, Natalie and I were both on the camera and then half the time we had to disable her
1:22.8	camera because we're having connection problems but nonetheless pop in an earbud and enjoy this
1:28.3	interview even if you can't watch the video the entire time. I hope that you learned something and
1:33.3	that you will be following along with Natalie over on her Instagram following more of the behind
1:37.5	the scenes and learning from all of the information she shares. I know that I'm excited to
1:42.2	continue to follow along and learn more as she shares. My name is Lisa mother of seven
1:48.7	and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone. Join me as I share with you my love
1:54.0	for creating a handmade home from scratch cooking and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way.
2:06.4	Well thanks so much for joining me. I really appreciate it. My sister actually introduced me
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