Hello and welcome back to the Meathead Hippie podcast. I'm your host Emily Schramm and I'm so happy you're here.

Today is a wonderful conversation with Ranjana and Dr. Chetenhann Hans, who are two farmers in the middle of Columbia, Missouri, in the middle of Missouri.

Columbia sits between Kansas City and St. Louis,

if you are unfamiliar with Missouri. And they grow over 15, I mean, so many more, which we'll

talk about Arabic herbs, including turmeric. And I am fascinated by this because turmeric is really,

usually in something very humid or kind of like a

Hawaii tropical climate. But after I did the podcast with Nourish Cafe and Market, a few

episodes back talking about localization of food and where they got their food from, they mentioned

that they had a turmeric farmer. They used turmeric

paste for a few of their recipes from this couple. And I just had to talk to them because

I think it's so admirable when people take kind of like the challenge upon themselves to,

I know that this herb is grown in certain climates, but we're going

to make it happen here.

And they are just so lovely.

They are born and raised in India.

Then they came to Columbia.

Dr. Chetton has been a researcher at the University of Missouri, and Ranjana has been practicing

with our avetic herbs her entire life

and has a beautiful product line called Raw Roots turmeric, which we talk all about the herbs

that are a part of it. And one of the big themes you'll hear about in this podcast is a lot of

dosha talk. So, Arabic principles of Yeravada, pitta, or kaffa, doha, and maybe being a mix of them.

And we are really excited. They are putting a quiz together. They have this quiz. We're just

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