The Plant Free MD with Dr Anthony Chaffee
Episode 152: Tara and Natalie Dropping Truth Bombs on the Agriculture Industry!
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Quick takeaways
- Misunderstandings and falsehoods about livestock agriculture need to be addressed and corrected through open conversations and education.
- Cattle play a vital role in maintaining grasslands, improving soil health, and reducing carbon footprint, challenging the idea that removing animals from the food system would solve environmental problems.
- Pushing plant-based diets without fully understanding the consequences may lead to unintended health issues and deficiencies, particularly in children, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a well-balanced diet that includes animal protein.
Deep dives
The importance of understanding the source of fresh produce
Bakers emphasizes the importance of delivering fresh produce by overhauling their process and shortening the time from harvest to home. Their focus is on providing fresh and tasty fruits and veggies to their customers.
Introduction to the Plant Free MD podcast
Dr. Anthony Chatham hosts the Plant Free MD podcast, where he discusses diet, nutrition, and their impact on health. In this episode, he interviews Natalie Koverick and Tara Vander Dusen, co-hosts of the Discover Ag podcast. They share their backgrounds in agriculture and their mission to debunk misinformation about farming and promote conversations about food systems and sustainability.
The importance of learning about agriculture and food systems
Natalie and Tara stress the need to have a broader understanding of agriculture and food systems. They highlight the dangers of relying solely on headlines and emotions to shape our perceptions of food sources. They emphasize the complexity and nuance of the industry and the importance of looking beyond surface-level arguments.
Challenging the anti-meat narrative
The podcast episode addresses the growing anti-meat narrative and misconceptions surrounding the environmental impact of animal agriculture. Natalie and Tara discuss the importance of properly managing animals and how cattle play a vital role in maintaining grasslands, improving soil health, and reducing carbon footprint. They also debunk the idea that removing animals from the food system would solve environmental problems, highlighting the unintended consequences and the nutritional benefits of animal products.
The Importance of Embracing Nature's Way
The podcast episode discusses the importance of embracing nature's way of eating and living. It highlights how animals have specific natural behaviors and diets that are essential for their well-being. The hosts emphasize that trying to change or deny these natural instincts can have negative consequences, such as health issues and deficiencies. They also argue that humans, as part of nature, should align with their natural diet, which they assert is primarily based on consuming meat. They mention various studies and examples to support their claim that a meat-based diet provides optimal nutrition and development for humans.
The Concerns About Pushing Plant-Based Diets
The podcast episode raises concerns about pushing plant-based diets, especially on children. The hosts express worry about school systems promoting vegan options and removing nutrient-dense animal products from children's meals. They argue that pushing plant-based diets without fully understanding the consequences might lead to unintended health issues and deficiencies in children. They mention the potential negative impacts on growth, bone density, and brain development that have been associated with long-term veganism. They urge for respect of individual food choices while emphasizing the importance of maintaining a well-balanced diet that includes animal protein for overall health and development.
Welcome to the Plant Free MD podcast with Dr Anthony Chaffee. In this episode, I interview Natalie and Tara or the Discover Ag podcast on the misunderstandings and outright falsehoods portrayed about livestock agriculture.
Natalie Kovarik and Tara Vander Dussen are the co-hosts of the Discover Ag docu-series as well as the popular podcast Discover Ag. Collectively they have been advocating for agriculture online on various social media platforms for over 10 years. Together they have fostered a community of over 220k, spoken on stages across the nation and globe, and empowered a community too reconnect to the agriculture industry and the hands that feed us.
NATALIE KOAVRIK: From the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills, Natalie shares her ranching and familying story online to showcase the beauty behind the western lifestyle as well as foster a community who supports and trusts in Agricultural as much as she does. She and her husband (and their 3 boys) own and operate Kovarik Cattle Co, a cow calf operation with a growing registered herd where she spends a majority of her days collecting meaningful moments on the ranch bouncing around in a dusty old tractor or out in pasture on horseback. Natalie has created an online community of over 120K, created an apparel line that gave back to ag foundations, spoken on ag stages, hosted business retreats for the ag community and co founded Elevate Ag an online course for producers to learn to effectively use social media to share their story.
Tara Vander Dussen: Tara is a New Mexico native, 5th generation dairy farmer, an environmental scientist, and mom of two girls. Daniel, her husband, manages all day-to-day on his family dairy farm while Tara has her own career as an environmental consultant, speaker, online agriculture advocate and podcaster. Tara has had the opportunity to speak at national and global conferences about dairy sustainability including at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Committee on World Food Security and the Forbes AgTech Summit. As well as being the co-host of Discover Ag Tara is also the co-founder of Elevate Ag, an online course to provide farmers and ranchers with the tools they need to successfully share their ag story and grow their businesses.
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