Leah Garcés and Michael Pellman Rowland: Transfarmation

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

5.0 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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"There's $5 billion of debt collectively from contract chicken farmers. It's enormous. You're just treading water. You're just paying the bills and it starts off great, in the sense that you think you're going to make enough money. But you end up just paying bills and never getting ahead. And that's very typical." – Leah Garcés

Over the past few decades, people have become increasingly aware of the that factory farming is destroying the planet and most know that its abhorrently cruel and inhumane for animals. But most people still don't realize that many farmers are also exploited, in massive debt and living far below the poverty line because of it.

The Transfarmation Project aims to change that by freeing farmers from the confines of factory farming and the cycle of debt by helping them transition to plant-based farming.

"The project is about creating constructive solutions, where we come in and work with communities, with farmers, finding alternatives. Especially alternative economies or alternative ways of farming that move farmers away from factory farming to something that's regenerative and sustainable and is creating a compassionate food system." – Leah Garces

Leah Garcés, the President of Mercy for Animals and Michael Pellman Rowland, a financial advisor and a Mercy for Animals Board Member spoke with me about Transfarmation at a live event in December. Please listen and share - this project is going to change the world for millions of animals and for farmers across the planet.

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0:00.0	There's five billion dollars of debt collectively from contract chicken farmers.
0:05.0	It's enormous. You're just treading water. You're just paying the bills and it starts off great in the sense that you think you're going to make enough money, but you end up just paying bills and never getting ahead.
0:18.0	And that's very typical. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a
0:35.9	spare minute could you please rate and review species unite on Apple
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0:50.0	This conversation is with Michael Pellman Rowland and Leah Garces.
0:55.0	Michael is a financial advisor and he's on the board of Mercy for Animals.
0:59.0	Leah is the president of Mercy for Animals.
1:02.0	This was a live event that we did for the
1:04.5	Transformation Project. They are working to end factory farming from the
1:09.2	inside out by working directly with farmers to free them from a cycle of debt and convert them to
1:15.7	plant-based farming.
1:17.4	Michael and Leah were here to talk about it and there's a short Q&A at the end. Michael, will you tell us a little bit about what you do,
1:36.7	versus for animals and transformation, which is what we're here to talk about today.
1:45.0	Sure in my day job I am a financial advisor working with families on investing an
1:49.7	impact particularly around sustainable food since that's such a important topic for me, personally,
1:56.0	that's extended into my nonprofit work,
1:59.0	and so I joined the board of Mercy for Animals
2:01.0	a little less than two years ago and you know one of the exciting things
2:05.6	about Mercy for Animals is not only the great work the organization has done historically
2:10.2	but in sort of the outside the box thinking about how to approach difficult
2:15.0	challenges and come up with solutions and reconnected recently Beth on this
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