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🗓️ 25 April 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Dr. Peter Johnston, a lifestyle medicine practitioner advocating for plant-based diets and environmental activism, shares his journey from his New Zealand roots as a sheep shearer to his personal and professional mission of shedding light on the impact of food systems on climate, health, and animal welfare.
Here’s the sobering truth: We can't feed the whole world today on a Western style diet. There just isn't enough land or resources. It will be even more impossible with the forecast of 10 billion people by mid century.
Dr. Johnston discusses the consequences of biodiversity loss, deforestation, overfishing, loss of insects, and antibiotic resistance, and the urgent need for sustainable practices to combat these issues.
He also proposes simple solutions for each of us to embrace plant-based alternatives and practices for a healthier planet and sustainable future.
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0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston and you're listening to the Plan Strong Podcast. |
0:06.2 | What's the single biggest way that we can reduce our impact on the Earth's resources? |
0:15.8 | We're going to find out today with Lifestyle Medicine Practition, registered dietician, and longtime environmental activist Dr. Peter Johnston right after this message from Plant Strong. |
0:27.0 | I want to tell you something and that is operating a food company has been one of the most challenging |
0:37.6 | endeavors of my life from innovating products that we want to land at the intersection of taste and nutrition to wrestling |
0:50.2 | with supply chain issues and managing inventory. I have had more sleepless nights |
0:56.9 | in the past three years than I have in the last 30, including the 12 when I was a firefighter. |
1:05.0 | But no one tells you that food is hard. |
1:09.0 | But I also want to say, it's because of each of you that we continue to get in the trenches day after day after day. |
1:19.2 | It's in our core values to keep at it, knowing that we are filling a giant void in the market with products that |
1:26.8 | you can't find anywhere else. |
1:29.5 | And this makes it easier for us to climb out of bed each day. I want to thank you for your |
1:35.3 | patience. We are anxiously awaiting the return of our organic pancake and |
1:40.2 | waffle mixes and we're excited to announce that our plant-strong milks would be available |
1:45.4 | online later this week, followed soon thereafter by the return of our exciting new burger mixes. |
1:55.0 | Our goal is to be your reliable and trustworthy partner |
1:58.6 | for all things plant strong, allowing you to stock up on healthy meals that you can make and enjoy in minutes |
2:06.7 | while still managing your busy lives. |
2:10.0 | I appreciate each and every one of you and want you to know that the effort will be worth it once more brands start to care about the integrity of the nutrition that they're putting into their products. |
2:23.0 | Thank you so much for your support |
2:26.0 | and please stay tuned for exciting updates at planstrong.com. |
2:30.0 | Com. |
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