Whistleblower Sounds the Alarm: Organic Food Is Under Threat with Dave Chapman

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by AquaTru and Sweetgreen. The quality of our food is one of the fundamental pillars in building our health and longevity. With all the food labels, it's hard to differentiate between what truly matters and what is solely a marketing strategy. Lifelong farmer David Chapman is a whistleblower sounding the alarm on the certified USDA organic label and the practices behind the companies using that label. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with David, a lifelong farmer, Co-Director, and Board Chair of the Real Organic Project, to discuss how the certified organic label has been hijacked and how consumers are being misled. Dave shares the truths about the hydroponic process, the differences between smaller farms and large-scale operations, and the government's shortcomings in regulating the organic farming industry. Dave Chapman is a lifelong organic farmer who runs the Long Wind Farm in Vermont. He is the Co-Director and Board Chair of the Real Organic Project, dedicated to reigniting and connecting the organic movement. David also leads the Real Organic Podcast and co-founded Vermont Organic Farmers. He serves on the Policy Committee of the Organic Farmers Association. His latest project is the creation of the Tomato Masterclass, a training for farmers working to create a strong economic base for their market gardens. In this episode, Dhru and David dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The top ways consumers are being misled when buying organic (3:58 / 3:58) The impact of these misleading statements on our climate (13:40 / 12:06) Dave’s mission and raising awareness (16:14 / 14:21) What is hydroponic and what it misses (19:27 / 17:50) What kind of eggs we should be eating (29:11 / 27:40) The government’s role in protecting consumers and what is lacking (40:07 / 36:36) Careful and skillful efforts by small farms versus industrialized farms (50:38 / 47:05) The inability of farmers to become certified organic and the importance of trust (55:35 / 52:20) Requirements for grass-fed beef (1:02:58 / 59:25) Dave’s journey in becoming a farmer (1:07:22 / 1:03:53) How the Real Organic Project started and what their certification stands for (1:11:25 / 1:07:48) The Non-GMO Project efforts (1:29:50 / 1:26:17) The certification process by the Real Organic Project (1:37:10 / 1:33:32) How you can help and where to learn more (1:59:17 / 1:55:50) Also mentioned in this episode: Real Organic Project Hydroponic debate Alexandre Farms AquaTru is a countertop reverse osmosis purifier with a four-stage filtration system that removes 15x more contaminants than the bestselling water filters out there. Go to dhrupurohit.com/filter/ and get $100 off when you try AquaTru for yourself. Find out more about Sweetgreen and their newest protein plates at www.sweetgreen.com. New Users of the sweet green app can use the code "Dhru5" for $5 off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We're the guinea pigs. Nobody knows this. Nobody knows what's the impact of eating this food-like substance that wouldn't have been food before.
0:08.0	Looks like food. Tastes not quite as good as food, but we're starting to lose our sense of taste anyway.
0:15.0	We're very confused right now about how do we even tell what's nutritious.
0:22.0	Today we have a whistleblower on the podcast from the Real Organic Project here to talk to us
0:29.7	about why the organic movement is under threat and what we can do to protect it.
0:35.2	Hi everyone, Drew Prote here and today's guest is Dave Chapman, a lifelong organic farmer
0:40.8	running Long Wind Farm in Vermont and Dave Chapman is here today
0:45.0	to talk to us about why the organic movement and specifically the certified
0:49.4	USDA organic label is slowly being hijacked and turned into something the in the interview but let me tell you a little bit more about Dave. Dave is the co-director and board chair of the real organic project
1:06.5	which is dedicated to re-igniting and connecting the organic movement. He leads the real organic
1:12.1	podcast providing a platform for many organic organic co-founder of Vermont Organic Farmers and was amongst those initially certified by the
1:25.0	USDA's organic national program. He served on a number of different committees
1:29.6	including the Policy Committee for the Organic Farmers Association.
1:33.4	His latest project is the creation of a tomato masterclass,
1:36.7	a training for farmers working to create a strong economic basis
1:41.0	for their market gardens.
1:42.4	Now before we jump into today's interview I want to share something important.
1:45.6	While I'm a huge fan of buying organic, especially when I can, it's not the absolute first priority in my health journey.
1:52.4	I care about other more basic pillars. I do care about organic
1:56.4	and that is something that I try to do, but first and foremost when it comes to food, I'm focused on eating
2:01.8	a whole foods diet that adequately gets enough fiber, has the right
2:07.4	amount of protein, and it most importantly minimizes ultra processed foods, greatly minimizes or reduces ultra processed foods.
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