On this episode of the podcast we have our good friend Diana Rodgers, RD, NTP. Diana is a Registered Dietitian, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and lives on a sustainable, working organic farm.
Listen in to this important episode as we talk about the sustainability of eating meat, grazing animals, why sustainability > abs, What The Health, and Diana’s documentary that’s in the works.
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This is one of the most informative podcasts that I’ve listened to recently and I wish there was more. A couple of questions: a) What are your book recommendations for sustainability farming/agriculture? b) Are you suggesting that first protein/fat options should be red meat over chickens?
Hi Kevin,
Sorry for the tardy reply. Books: Wendell Berry “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture” and anything by Joel Salatin, and my book, The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook. Red meat trumps chicken… always! In every possible way, red meat over chicken.
Robb, I love your work and think you’re one of the most important voices out there.
But did you actually say “they can all eat a dick” on this episode? ARGH! There are so many people that I want to share this with – the world needs to hear this – but you will lose so much credibility in the space of 3 seconds for anyone who doesn’t already know and love you.
Can someone edit that out?
I enjoy the podcast. I eat a low carb, high fat diet, and agree completely about eating meat, especially grass fed. I don’t listen to every show, and just now listened to episode 380. It includes a HUGE error.
Someone, I don’t know who, said that chickens don’t eat grass and therefore don’t benefit from the photosynthesis system. No one else objected. I rewound to listen again to be sure I heard it. That is WRONG. Chickens LOVE grass, as well as many other greens. We raised chickens for 10 years, and grass was a big part of their diet. In the winter we planted rye grass, and they literally mowed it down when let on it. We also raised collards, their second love, for winter feeding. Pastured chickens taste better, and pastured eggs are healthier with richer yolks. The first thing our chickens did after being released from several days in their coop was eat grass. I was stunned to hear this statement made, and that no one on the podcast challenged it. Chickens are omnivores, and will eat anything from meat to insects to grass and other greens.
Carl- The point here is chickens cannot convert grass to meat in remotely the way cattle, goats sheep etc do.
That’s a legitimate point to make. I just wanted to point out that an incorrect statement was made, and ought to be corrected. And not just because grass fed chicken, and the eggs, like grass fed beef, is superior to the alternative, the factory-raised, feed-based commercial product.
Totally and I appreciate that…but WE made the gaffe of not saying “pastured”…I think that’s the honest, credible way to describe that.