This episode is brought to you by REI Co-op, which believes that life outside is essential.

Research demonstrates numerous physical and mental benefits to heading out your door.

Unfortunately, one in three Americans simply don't have outside spaces close to where

they live.

Challenges range from a lack of public transportation to a highway that cuts off a neighborhood

from a park to systemic issues.

It's a problem that affects the entire country, which is why REI is on a mission to get every

American outside in five minutes or less.

The movement is called outside in five, and it includes a combination of support for

local community-led organizations and a national campaign to pass the outdoors for all act.

Whether it's re-greening city blocks, creating safe bike lanes, or simply making our outdoor

spaces more equitable, together we can make getting to the park, a walk in the park.

Learn more and take action at REI.com-forward-slash-outside-in-five.

From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.

If you don't already live on a farm, I'm going to bet that you dreamed about living on one

in recent years.

It's just been something that seemingly almost everyone has been imagining, even with

those roosters.

This is partially because of that awesome documentary, the biggest little farm, but mostly it's because

of the pandemic, which freed many people from their ties to the cities.

If you can live anywhere and work remotely, why not a farm?

But for some of us, the yearning to grow things and to raise animals from birth is about

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