You Don’t Need to Be Vegan to Save the Earth | The Truth About Regenerative Agriculture with Taylor Collins
What's The Juice
Olivia Amitrano
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Ep 120. Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to reverse the damage we have done to our earth? Have you been told that going vegan is the only way to do so? When Taylor Collins bought 900 acres of factory-farmed land, it was completely barren, desolate, and degraded. But by working with nature’s cycles and reintroducing animals in order to loosen the soil and give back to the land, Taylor transformed his farm into a thriving ecosystem that supports higher crop yields, healthier soil and more nutritious food. In this episode, we talk about the power of connection, the “green narrative,” and what we as consumers can do to help our earth today. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now – let’s dive in!
HERE’S THE JUICE:
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How factory farming works against nature’s principles to yield a higher output yet lower nutritional value
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Taylor’s belief that humans aren’t inherently destructive but our values of “more more more” absolutely are
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Why monocropping as a “solution” to global food insecurity is promoting a broken system
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How regenerative farming mimics the cycles of nature and creates community
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Why we don’t need to stop eating meat but we need to rethink how we do it
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The idea that healthy soil is the KEY to nutrient-rich foods and why topsoil is so critical
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Why “Impossible” Meat isn’t actually a better or more sustainable solution than regeneratively farmed meat
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Why our farmers are in crisis – both personally and financially
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How to vote with our dollars when it comes to food and support the growing community of regenerative farmers
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the podcast, fam. |
| 0:07.1 | Today's another one of those special episodes. |
| 0:09.4 | It's one of those that I just felt in my heart after we recorded. |
| 0:14.5 | And it's interesting because I had done this interview a few months back because I like to batch things so that I can stay ahead. |
| 0:24.6 | And at the time that I recorded this, I wasn't yet as clear as I am now about not only what I want to talk about on the podcast and what my message is and how I can be the most helpful |
| 0:38.0 | in my speech, but I also wasn't as clear about how to speak and like how to engage with |
| 0:44.4 | people. Because I mentioned on SAAS episode that I've learned so much about human conversation |
| 0:51.4 | and holding space and really seeing someone and speaking with them. |
| 0:55.5 | Like, this has been a course for me and being a better steward of relationship and conversation. |
| 1:01.7 | And I'm thinking back to this episode that you're about to hear. |
| 1:05.2 | And I kind of like went in guns blazing at first. |
| 1:07.9 | Like, so tell us why factory farming is bad. |
| 1:13.1 | And it's just so funny the way I went about it because thankfully, Taylor, Taylor Collins, our guest today, who's the co-founder |
| 1:19.1 | of Force of Nature meets, he is in that like good mind, that right mind, that different level of |
| 1:26.6 | consciousness and nervous system calm because |
| 1:28.8 | you know, he's a farmer and he's so connected to the land and connected to what really matters |
| 1:33.9 | that he was able to come in with his consciousness and almost bring me back to earth and |
| 1:39.6 | steward in this really beautiful conversation that just took a turn to what it was meant to be. |
| 1:45.8 | Sometimes what people have to give and where they take a conversation if you just show that |
| 1:51.5 | curiosity or hold that space can be so unexpected. And it was really fun when he took the conversation |
| 1:58.3 | to how we need to rewild, for example. |
| 2:01.6 | He started talking about domesticated pigs and how when pigs escape from captivity, from farming and all of this, and they go back into the wild, they literally start to grow, I think, like, tusks and their tail starts to change within a few |
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