175: Daniel Firth Griffith - The Regenerative Power of Holistically Managed & Wild Living Systems

The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin

Dr. Anthony Gustin

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4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Firth Griffith is a man of many talents. Poet, author of three books, educator, farmer, hunter-husbandmand, entrepreneur, father — the list goes on.

So he chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about a variety of topics, from the importance of preserving ancient wisdom in literature to his holistic approach to regenerative farming, wildland ecology, food supply chains, and more.

But you’ll quickly realize that Daniel isn’t like other experts in the regenerative ag space. He tends to take a more philosophical approach and challenges the status quo. Ventures like his video, “Soil Health Doesn’t Matter,” even send a ton of criticism and hate mail his way.

Daniel’s passion, hot takes, and unique perspective make this an episode you can’t miss.

Tune in to hear more about:

Daniel’s approach to sharing his stories and writing his best-sellers
Why it was so difficult for Daniel to get blurbs from regenerative ag experts for his new book
The nuances of soil health and the confusion of verified regenerative protocols
Why things are getting worse for smallholder family farms
How we can “do local food better”
Why Daniel disagrees with people who think we need to scale the regenerative movement to make an impact
The power of collaboration and a “collective consciousness” for farmers
Educating city dwellers about the importance of local, rural communities on food supply chains
Why technology won’t save us from food scarcity
Whether companies selling regenerative meats are actually helping
The difference between Mother Culture and Mother Earth

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Daniel Firth Griffith’s website
Daniel’s podcast Denusion
Daniel’s Instagram
Daniel’s new book, Dark Cloud Country
Daniel’s previous book Wild Like Flowers
Daniel’s meat company Commons Provisions
Daniel’s holistic management school, The Robinia Institute
Dr. Gustin’s Rooted Local Meats

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Natural State podcast. I'm your host Dr. Anthony Guston. It is my
0:10.4	belief that the natural state of penny living organisms' health and that our artificial
0:14.4	habitat has forced us into having artificial health problems. This show is my attempt to
0:18.7	dive deep and learn about using nutrition, sleep, movement, relationships and more to help
0:23.8	you reclaim your natural state of health in a modern world and show you how to thrive
0:27.7	in an environment that's stacked against you. If you enjoyed today's show, you can find
0:31.3	out more details and information at Dr. Anthony Guston.com. Very excited today to bring Daniel
0:37.7	Griffith on the show who is, man, he's hard to explain as far as all the things that he does
0:43.6	and how he provides value to the regenerative space in general. He has a very different
0:48.6	point of view as most people who have been on the show or maybe people online that are
0:51.8	talking about regenerative agriculture and he shares a lot of how he thinks about things.
0:56.8	He has a zone podcast called The Nuson that I just recorded for. He is an author. He has
1:02.4	his own farm. He has a meet company called Cummins Provisions and he has an Instucal
1:08.4	Robini Institute which trains farmers with regenerative techniques but again in a very different
1:13.5	way that you may have heard before. We talk about how all this stuff, it's really counterintuitive
1:19.0	how most things are cold regenerative now but we actually dig in and find out how things
1:24.1	are being raised. By definition they are an regenerative, they are extractive and it's
1:27.8	just putting another label on the scene and thing that we've been doing for many years.
1:32.5	I got us to the point we were at in the first place. He's talking a lot about his work,
1:36.5	Cummins Provisions and I'm actually doing a very similar thing in Austin, Texas called
1:41.0	the Rooted Local. You can find more information there about Rooted Local Meets. So RootedLocalMeets.com
1:46.6	and if you're in Austin area, same with Virginia for Daniels which is eat commons. So
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