#55: Mike Dougherty of Wild Meadows Farm on Regenerative Farming, Healing Through Food and Living an Overly Convenient Life

In 2018 Mike Dougherty along with his brother Doug and their mother Suzy started Wild Meadows Farm (@wildmeadowsfarm_ontario). Wild Meadows Farm uses regenerative farming practices to raise beef, pork and chicken using no hormones, antibiotics or GMOs. The farm is located in Conn, Ontario.

Regenerative farming is a term that applies to the methods of farming. It involves raising the animals in such a way that would most closely resemble their wild selves. Typically, regenerative refers to the actual land – where the animals are rotated in such a way that allows the land to recover and prosper over time, as opposed to being depleted. However, regenerative also refers to regeneration of the animals allowing them to live better lives, regeneration of those who later eat these animals, regeneration of local economies and a host of widespread benefits. Regenerative farming helps everyone.

It’s no secret that there are some issues with our food supply. Grocery stores are filled with more “food products” than actual food. And of that actual food, do we really have any idea what’s in it, and what it’s doing to us? We don’t and we can’t. But simple logic suggests that a healthier animal will produce healthier food. Healthier food produces healthier people, and this is important. Using food to heal us, or to thrive in life is vitally important to each of us.

We also talked about the convenience of a modern society, and how most of us are so completely disconnected from our food. Do you have any idea how that fast food order made it to your house? Probably not. With local regenerative farms, you can learn about the process of where food comes from, and how it’s made – to build a relationship with the food, and the farmers who raise it.

Wild Meadows Farm also works with several other local farms to deliver all kinds of naturally grown and locally produced products. The farm is located in Conn, Ontario, and is open for you to visit by getting in touch with them. The also deliver to most of Southern Ontario. You can see all Wild Meadows Farm has to offer on their website: https://wildmeadowsfarm.ca/ and follow them on IG as well. 

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