I am 77 and have been carnivore for 16 weeks. I would love to visit cattle ranches done right! I would love to visit Natalie's Kovarik Cattle Co in Nebraska. Unfortunately I don't do Instagram. You do not need to have a degree to be an educator! She has lived the life and sometimes that is even more important.
LOVE that you did this one. You could have gone either way with this topic. I know you were raised in the AG industry, but it is so vilified, you never know. SO many misconceptions. Turns out, cattle and other farm animals aren’t hurting the environment. Almost like the Good Lord planned it this way and things are actually going well😉
I completely agree with Julie Godfrey here that the rewilding wasn't mentioned here and the argument about the amount of land was a bit twisted. Yes, cows can eat cellulose which we can't, but they also usually need grains as you pointed out yourself and we use a lot of our land to grow animal feed. Also, cows aren't exclusively graised on land that couldn't be used in any other way. Particularly here in Europe it's often not the case. So the numbers on "cowspiracy side" may not be completely accurate, but in orther to have unbiased discussion we need to make sure that we understand the arguments on both sides well. But thank you Lisa for introducing me to a new source of information on this side of the "barricade":) I will look into it.
I am living in Germany, for about 15 years the cattle is not outside than before. In my region Münsterland 20 years ago you could see a lot of cattle outside . Now it's very very rare. Only in the south like in Bavaria and in some places in the north you would see them outside, but olso only some time a year and not the whole day. Here the farmers feed them silage and the milk tastes awful in my opinion. I know also that the cows don't live very long. So it's very difficult to get good milk. The same for meat, if you find a place, where they sell good and healthy meat, many people can't afford it. I found through watching a lot of american viedeos on youtube that more Americans knew what good food is. Not here in Germany. If it's organic they think it is good, even when most of the organic food you can buy is processed.
I love this channel, and totally see this perspective. However, it does strawman the opposition. As someone in the academic world, the main point raised is that the land used for animal rearing could be nature/forest/wildlife not corn growing land. Forests and wilderness have value. However, they are not raised as an option here. It is a false dichotomy between plant and meat agriculture on "useless" soil. Forests and wild land are so important for habitats and to create the oxygen needed to keep a healthy planet. Obviously, this depends on where you are. Here in Scotland a lot of forest was gotten rid of for sheep, rewilding and reforesting has become a point of pride. Vegetarianism aside, I often see discussed that if people ate a healthy amount of meat (compared to how much people actually eat over the recommended protein amount) we could have more wild spaces. As buying power has grown, people have started to eat more and more meat. People eat much more meat than their ancestors, often eating well above the recommendations. Additionally, lots of food ends end up in landfill in western countries (up to 30-40% in the US). The idea that there could not be more wilderness and people still eat healthily is not really true. Unfortunately, we have a society of increasing waste. Even big green/vegan/eco bodies have started to promote that not wasting food would make a bigger difference to the planet than eating plant-based. If food waste was eliminated, there would be less land farmed full stop. Just some thoughts about what is lacking to make this a fair discussion. I will keep watching farmhouse on boone. You have taught me so much about cooking, and my family is very enriched for it.
Totally on the other side of the spectrum, here🙋🏻♀️ I’m a farm kid, raised on a farm out west and I completely appreciate the perspective that Lisa shared, which is so rarely spoken about- almost taboo.....like the environment. However, you brought up a few points; for instance how much we waste, here in western cultures, especially which really made me think. Very poor stewardship, on our part. I appreciate your take on things and how reasonABLE you seem. 🤍💛
Finalement et en toute modestie, est-ce que la femme ne serait pas à beaucoup d'égards, la solution ou le pansement des années à venir pour le monde ?. Encouragements ❤🇨🇵🖐
Thank you for hosting such great guests Lisa! I have really enjoyed the interesting ladies from the last several episodes.
Thank you thank you for making these podcasts that fight misinformation!!! This is so necessary right now!!
I am 77 and have been carnivore for 16 weeks. I would love to visit cattle ranches done right! I would love to visit Natalie's Kovarik Cattle Co in Nebraska. Unfortunately I don't do Instagram. You do not need to have a degree to be an educator! She has lived the life and sometimes that is even more important.
I love that I found your channel!!!! You inspire me to expand my homestead goals.
LOVE that you did this one. You could have gone either way with this topic. I know you were raised in the AG industry, but it is so vilified, you never know. SO many misconceptions.
Turns out, cattle and other farm animals aren’t hurting the environment. Almost like the Good Lord planned it this way and things are actually going well😉
I completely agree with Julie Godfrey here that the rewilding wasn't mentioned here and the argument about the amount of land was a bit twisted. Yes, cows can eat cellulose which we can't, but they also usually need grains as you pointed out yourself and we use a lot of our land to grow animal feed. Also, cows aren't exclusively graised on land that couldn't be used in any other way. Particularly here in Europe it's often not the case. So the numbers on "cowspiracy side" may not be completely accurate, but in orther to have unbiased discussion we need to make sure that we understand the arguments on both sides well. But thank you Lisa for introducing me to a new source of information on this side of the "barricade":) I will look into it.
Lisa, I wish you would do an updated tour of your house now that your Master Bedroom is on the first floor.
I am really interested in this topic!
An excellent book: English Pastoral: An Inheritance by James Rebanks
I am living in Germany, for about 15 years the cattle is not outside than before. In my region Münsterland 20 years ago you could see a lot of cattle outside . Now it's very very rare. Only in the south like in Bavaria and in some places in the north you would see them outside, but olso only some time a year and not the whole day. Here the farmers feed them silage and the milk tastes awful in my opinion. I know also that the cows don't live very long. So it's very difficult to get good milk. The same for meat, if you find a place, where they sell good and healthy meat, many people can't afford it. I found through watching a lot of american viedeos on youtube that more Americans knew what good food is. Not here in Germany. If it's organic they think it is good, even when most of the organic food you can buy is processed.
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I love this channel, and totally see this perspective. However, it does strawman the opposition. As someone in the academic world, the main point raised is that the land used for animal rearing could be nature/forest/wildlife not corn growing land. Forests and wilderness have value. However, they are not raised as an option here. It is a false dichotomy between plant and meat agriculture on "useless" soil. Forests and wild land are so important for habitats and to create the oxygen needed to keep a healthy planet. Obviously, this depends on where you are. Here in Scotland a lot of forest was gotten rid of for sheep, rewilding and reforesting has become a point of pride.
Vegetarianism aside, I often see discussed that if people ate a healthy amount of meat (compared to how much people actually eat over the recommended protein amount) we could have more wild spaces. As buying power has grown, people have started to eat more and more meat. People eat much more meat than their ancestors, often eating well above the recommendations.
Additionally, lots of food ends end up in landfill in western countries (up to 30-40% in the US). The idea that there could not be more wilderness and people still eat healthily is not really true. Unfortunately, we have a society of increasing waste. Even big green/vegan/eco bodies have started to promote that not wasting food would make a bigger difference to the planet than eating plant-based. If food waste was eliminated, there would be less land farmed full stop. Just some thoughts about what is lacking to make this a fair discussion. I will keep watching farmhouse on boone. You have taught me so much about cooking, and my family is very enriched for it.
Totally on the other side of the spectrum, here🙋🏻♀️ I’m a farm kid, raised on a farm out west and I completely appreciate the perspective that Lisa shared, which is so rarely spoken about- almost taboo.....like the environment.
However, you brought up a few points; for instance how much we waste, here in western cultures, especially which really made me think. Very poor stewardship, on our part.
I appreciate your take on things and how reasonABLE you seem.
🤍💛
Finalement et en toute modestie, est-ce que la femme ne serait pas à beaucoup d'égards, la solution ou le pansement des années à venir pour le monde ?. Encouragements ❤🇨🇵🖐
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