365: Homesteading For Health
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A diagnosis of lymphoma shattered Jason Contreras' world. He was only 30 years old and he was a marathon runner. Something had to change, clearly. Though it took a little time, Jason did a 180. He and his wife moved to North Carolina to start a homestead.
Today, Jason, the man behind the Sow the Land YouTube channel, tells his story, describing how receiving this diagnosis and leaving his office job has radically altered his life and health. He talks about all he learned along the way – from his biggest learning curve to the fact that labels aren't everything to his daughter who now knows how to butcher chickens! He also explains why he is healthier today than ever.
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| 0:00.0 | The first time that I knew that other people were watching was like, we're already doing it like about a year. |
| 0:05.9 | I get an email from somebody and they're like, Hey, I watch your YouTube channel. |
| 0:11.9 | And this is the first time ever somebody emailed me this and I want you to channel. |
| 0:14.7 | I know you guys are in the Asheville area. |
| 0:16.7 | She goes just by watching her videos and she goes, would you mind if me and my family, |
| 0:24.0 | my little kids come and you could show us your place and show us your garden? |
| 0:29.3 | And I was like, Oh, this is kind of weird, right? |
| 0:31.2 | Like I don't know these people and they're asking to come over. |
| 0:33.4 | Like, what do I say here? |
| 0:35.2 | And so then she goes on and saying like, Hey, my son was eating a pickle, right? |
| 0:42.1 | And you know, pickles have a little stem at the end. |
| 0:44.2 | You know, they come from cucumbers, right? |
| 0:45.4 | And so she was trying to explain to her son that, Hey, this is how they grow. |
| 0:48.9 | They come from cucumbers and they had never seen a cucumber grow. |
| 0:53.3 | They didn't know what that looked like and she was, she was asking me if they could come |
| 0:57.4 | so I could show them how things grow. |
| 1:00.8 | And here I was, you know, we had been there about a year, you know, we're from LA, |
| 1:03.8 | like, we're not from this area and they're asking us to show them this. |
| 1:08.8 | And we're like, whatever is going to say, okay, yes, let's do this. |
| 1:13.0 | Come over. |
| 1:13.5 | I'll show you guys. |
| 1:20.4 | From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast |
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