148: On the Farm with Discover Ag | Natalie Kovarik & Tara Vander Dussen

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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On this weeks episode I am joined by Tara Vander Dussen & Natalie Kovarik, hosts of "The Discover Ag Podcast." They share their professional farming opinions on trending articles and news stories in the agriculture space to help us better understand the food system and connect us to the hands that feed us. Tara is a dairy farmer and environmental scientist and Natalie is cattle farmer and rancher. Topics Covered: • Feed lots • How ALL beef cattle are raised from the start • Differences between pork, beef and poultry industries • How to avoid buying meat from feed lots • How to find direct to consumer beef farmers near you • CAFOs and feed lots • What are beef cattle fed? • How cows stomachs work • Is corn bad for a cow? • Do cows eat byproducts? (Candy bars, plastics etc.) • Cows are OG composters • Is there corruption in meat and dairy farms? • Checks and balances within the beef and dairy industry • What happens when antibiotics are found in dairy • What happens when cows get sick and are put on antibiotics • rBST • The spectrum of regenerative farming • Is regenerative farming scalable? • The pork industry and how it’s changing today • What are the goals for the dairy industry • Food shame and stress Check Out Tara and Natalie: The Discover Ag Podcast Natalie's Instagram Tara's Instagram Sponsored By: Organifi www.organifi.com/realfoodology Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 20% Off LMNT Get 8 FREE packs with any order at drinkLMNT.com/realfoodology Check Out Courtney: Courtney's Instagram: @realfoodology www.realfoodology.com My Immune Supplement by 2x4 Air Dr Air Purifier AquaTru Water Filter EWG Tap Water Database Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	on today's episode of the Real Foodology Podcast.
0:02.8	I just wish you wouldn't put so much like food, stress, and shame on you.
0:06.2	In America, we do have a very safe food system.
0:10.8	I think people are starting to blur the lines between safe and nutritious, you know, so I don't want you to go to the grocery store and think that any of the food is unsafe.
0:18.0	There's obviously a spectrum of health options at the grocery store you can source from but really if you're
0:23.6	entering the grocery store and shopping in the US we are very fortunate to walk in and
0:27.1	feel very confident that what you were taking home for yourself and your family is
0:30.4	safe to ingest.
0:37.0	Hi friends welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology Podcast. I am your host Courtney Swan.
0:38.0	All right guys, I'm going to be real with you about today's episode.
0:41.7	So I am a person who's in constant searching of the truth.
0:47.6	I want to know what's going on in our food industry and I like to challenge my own biases?
0:55.7	I want to hear from all different sides of the spectrum so that I can truly understand and
1:00.3	really get an idea of what is actually going on.
1:03.0	I sat down with Tara Van der Dussen and Natalie Kavarick.
1:07.0	They're the hosts of the Discover Ag Podcast
1:10.0	and they share their professional farming opinions on trending news articles and
1:15.1	poppics in the ag and food space to help us better understand the food system and connect
1:19.8	us to the hands that beat us. Tara is a New Mexico native. She's a fifth generation
1:25.4	dairy farmer and an environmental scientist and Natalie lives in
1:29.7	Central Nebraska where her and her husband own and operate Kavaric Cattle Company, a cow calf operation
1:36.0	with a growing registered herd.
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