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Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

EP 324 — Jake Takiff: Farming: Our Path to Health and Freedom

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Paul Chek

Religion & Spirituality, Wellness, Society & Culture, Plant Medicine, Relationships, Alternative Health, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Paul Chek, Spirituality, Sexuality, Holistic Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Development

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Is the extent of your interest in agriculture merely how much you pay for the foods you buy at the grocery store?Regenerative farming expert Jake Takiff describes a far different way of viewing agriculture — a deep, abiding relationship for the soil and all of the organisms that live on it — this week on Spirit Gym.Watch the progress on Jake’s regenerative farm on social media via Instagram and YouTube. Read more about Jake and Meghan at The Guardian. Work with Jake on a regenerative farming ...

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0:00.0

They say, oh, well, not everybody can afford to buy better food, right?

0:03.5

Well, the stupid thing about it is if the government, through our tax dollars, wasn't subsidizing

0:09.7

the production of this unhealthy food, we could be producing organic and regenerative,

0:16.1

high-grade, chemical-free, like, incredibly nutritious food at quantity and be competitive

0:24.2

with conventional, if not more affordable than conventional.

0:28.1

And we'd be getting smarter and healthier every day instead of dumber and dumber.

0:32.6

But the reason why it's what's affordable and available to most of the population is because

0:40.3

our tax dollars are subsidizing those practices.

0:45.2

This is Spirit Jim.

0:47.2

Today, Paul is talking with Jake Tekeith, who owns Cedar Springs Farm in Hotchkiss, Colorado.

0:53.3

Jake has performed an astounding farming transformation,

0:56.5

taking an overgrazed ranch in the high desert

0:58.8

and turning it into a lush perennial food forest.

1:02.2

He accomplished this by practicing agroforestry,

1:05.0

water management and rotational grazing,

1:07.4

all of which and more he will be talking about on this episode

1:10.7

called Farming,

1:11.9

our path to health and freedom.

1:14.1

Thank you for listening to this podcast, which would not be possible without you, our subscribers,

1:18.9

and also our premier sponsors, Organify, Bioptimizers, Paleo Valley and Wild Pastures.

1:24.7

The sponsor's special offers and discounts mentioned in this episode,

1:28.3

or you can visit the show notes page at Paulcheck.com forward slash podcast.

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