Your Food Choices Make a Difference, Cultivating a Sustainable Food Future + Supporting Farmers | Zack Smith

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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EP. 180: As the earth beneath our feet continues to bear the burden of traditional farming, Zack Smith, a farmer with deep roots in the Iowa soil, joins me to share his compelling transformation towards regenerative agriculture. Our discussion is a tapestry woven from personal anecdotes and professional insights, detailing the journey from conventional to sustainable farming. We peel back the layers to reveal the stark reality of soil degradation, the economic strain on rural communities, and the uplifting potential of regenerative methods to not only feed our global population but also heal our land. Navigating through the complexities of the agricultural landscape, Zack and I dissect the tension that brews between large-scale operations and the nurturing regenerative model. With a focus on the 'cluster clocks' farming system, we illustrate the symbiosis of livestock and land management that could usher in a verdant future for our farms. Our conversation also spotlights the far-reaching influence of the farm bill, urging listeners to recognize the power held in their daily food choices and the collective impact these decisions have on shaping a regenerative, health-conscious agricultural policy. Topics Discussed: 00:03 - Agriculture and Rural Economies 13:34 - Soil Health and Regenerative Farming 22:41 - Save the World 25:16 - Issues with Big Ag 35:50 - Getting Out of the Big City 38:50 - Regenerative Farming and Stock Cropper 41:31 - Cluster Clucks and the Symbiotic Relationship of Animals and Soil 48:21 - Ethanol 52:20 - Inflation Reduction Act 55:41 - The Farm Bill and Crop Insurance 01:01:58 - Consumer Action to Support Farmers Check Out Zach: YouTube Instagram Facebook Thestockcropper.com Email thestockcropper@gmail.com Links Mentioned: Food Inc. Stock Cropper Pasture Bird Farm Cluster Cluck App Sponsored By: Veri | https://www.veri.co/ $30 off with code vsm-realfoodology Armra | https://tryarmra.com/realfoodology 15% off first order with code REALFOODOLOGY Organifi | www.organifi.com/realfoodology Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 20% Off Seed Probiotic | https://seed.com/realfoodology 30% your first month with code REALFOODOLOGY Check Out Courtney: @realfoodology www.realfoodology.com My Immune Supplement by 2x4 Air Dr Air Purifier AquaTru Water Filter EWG Tap Water Database Produced By: Drake Peterson Edited By: Mike Frey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Real Foodology podcast.
0:02.7	Agriculture used to be the backbone of these rural economies, and there's so many fewer farmers right now that it just doesn't exist.
0:11.9	And a lot of farmers don't do business necessarily in their hometown like they used to 30 or 40 years ago where there was maybe a couple machinery dealers and a couple feed stores.
0:21.5	And, you know, like when I was born, there were four different places in town to sell livestock.
0:26.0	You know, now we don't even have a place to hardly sell if you're an independent producer to sell livestock
0:30.8	because it's all gone to the way of the vertical integrators.
0:36.2	Hi, friends. Welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology podcast.
0:40.0	As always, I am your host, Courtney Swan, and today's guest is Zach Smith, and you may
0:44.7	know him as the stock cropper.
0:47.0	I had the pleasure of meeting Zach back in September when I was in Telluride for the
0:50.7	Telluride Film Fest.
0:52.0	I went to a panel that he and Michael Paulin were speaking on
0:56.3	all about regenerative farming and promoting their new film Fooding 2, which I don't believe is out
1:03.2	yet. I think Zach said that it should be out in April, so definitely look out for Food Inc.
1:08.8	2. If you have not seen Food Inc. One, I highly
1:12.1	recommend going back and checking that out. That film came out. I should have looked this up,
1:16.3	but it has to be at least like 15, 18, 20 years ago that it came out now. It was also a book.
1:22.3	And it was one of the many documentaries back in that time that really let a fire under my ass
1:27.0	to want to make changes to
1:29.3	our food industry and really just helped drive this passion that I have for helping others get
1:35.1	healthier. Zach Smith's story is really cool. He grew up in a farming family. He is now a farmer
1:40.5	himself. I'm so excited for you guys to hear this episode because we covered a lot of
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