204: What is farming really like?

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Diet, Health

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what life is really like on a farm? What does it take to run a farm? The romantic allure of fresh air, a slower pace, and ethically sustainable foods make farm life appealing, but it honestly takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice.

Today, Paul Grieve of Primal Pastures, a regenerative farm in Southern California, offers insights into the realities of running a farm and walks us through a day-in-the-life of a small farmer, sharing some of his early struggles and how he overcame them. Paul also explains why balance is key--how farms need to be not only economically and ecologically sustainable, but also socially sustainable for the communities they serve and the families that run them. If you haven’t visited a local farm yet, this conversation may inspire you to do just that!

For more from Paul, visit his website: primalpastures.com.

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0:00.0	I call it the magic of the pasture when you see 30 species growing and hundreds of different
0:05.2	insects and bugs and you know so many different seeds and wildflowers and the sounds and the
0:10.5	smells and everything that's in the pasture it's like this unbelievably rich just and the
0:13.7	sounds and everything that's in the pasture. It's like this unbelievably rich just complex ecosystem
0:16.2	that gets us so excited to share with people.
0:29.0	From the Westin A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts.
0:32.6	We are your source for scientific knowledge
0:34.7	and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.
0:37.8	Hey everybody, I'm your host Total Abrada Gore. This is episode
0:47.5	204 and our guest today is farmer Paul Grieve of primal pastors in California. If his name sounds familiar, it's because we had
0:55.6	him as a guest on episode 127. In that podcast episode, he peeled back the curtain on
1:01.4	labeling and helped us get a handle on what terms like organic, antibiotic
1:06.2	free and cage free really mean.
1:08.6	Today he unvails the life of a farmer in the day today. Many of us romanticize farm life.
1:15.2	Paul tells it like it is.
1:17.2	Today he talks about how chronic arthritis and
1:20.0	inflammation got him into the wise traditions diet and consequently into farming. and to love it so. He shares his values and vision for his farm to be both
1:34.9	ecologically and economically sustainable. Our conversation is basically a
1:39.9	primer on farming, the grittiness of it, along with its beauty and transformative power.
1:47.0	Before we get into it, a shout out to our sponsor,
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