The Case Against Factory Farming
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04/18/23 • 40 min
Our modern food system is highly productive, highly efficient, and tremendously fragile. Today we explore the flip side of the Green Revolution and talk about environmental costs including synthetic fertilizer, antibiotics, chemical and "superweeds." A brief foray into manure management, and then a deep dive into our "oligarchic, corporate food regime." And finally, Caroline leaves the stats and analysis behind to speak from a place of values regarding animal confinement.
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You can reach us at [email protected]
Chews Wisely is sponsored by Little Creek. Get regeneratively raised lamb & beef shipped directly to you from our Montana ranch. For a limited time we’re offering 10% off your first order over $100 with the code WISELY.
Sources:
Aurora Blue Farm website, Aurora Blue Farm Instagram
https://ourworldindata.org/fertilizers
https://ourworldindata.org/reducing-fertilizer-use
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25785
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/magazine/superweeds-monsanto.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33592098/
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00433-19
https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42740
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/farm-business-income/
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88057/eib-189.pdf?v=43172
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-food-giants-reap-enormous-profits.html
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20220119/114345/HHRG-117-JU05-20220119-SD006.pdf
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/SeedsReport.pdf
Our modern food system is highly productive, highly efficient, and tremendously fragile. Today we explore the flip side of the Green Revolution and talk about environmental costs including synthetic fertilizer, antibiotics, chemical and "superweeds." A brief foray into manure management, and then a deep dive into our "oligarchic, corporate food regime." And finally, Caroline leaves the stats and analysis behind to speak from a place of values regarding animal confinement.
Follow along on Instagram:
@chewswiselypodcast
You can reach us at [email protected]
Chews Wisely is sponsored by Little Creek. Get regeneratively raised lamb & beef shipped directly to you from our Montana ranch. For a limited time we’re offering 10% off your first order over $100 with the code WISELY.
Sources:
Aurora Blue Farm website, Aurora Blue Farm Instagram
https://ourworldindata.org/fertilizers
https://ourworldindata.org/reducing-fertilizer-use
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25785
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/magazine/superweeds-monsanto.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33592098/
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00433-19
https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42740
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/farm-business-income/
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88057/eib-189.pdf?v=43172
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-food-giants-reap-enormous-profits.html
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20220119/114345/HHRG-117-JU05-20220119-SD006.pdf
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/SeedsReport.pdf
Previous Episode
The Case For Factory Farming
Warning: this episode requires an open mind and an earnest desire to learn about our food system. Today, Caroline asks: what is factory farming, how did it come about, and is it really so bad? We’re taking a sincere look at the good things about our current food system, because we can’t change a food system we don’t understand. We start with history, get into the Green Revolution, and end the episode myth-busting the biggest claims against factory farming. And in the next episode, we’re going to tear it all down.
Follow along on Instagram:
@chewswiselypodcast
You can reach us at [email protected]
Chews Wisely is sponsored by Little Creek. Get regeneratively raised lamb & beef shipped directly to you from our Montana ranch. For a limited time we’re offering 10% off your first order over $100 with the code WISELY.
Sources:
Aurora Blue Farm website, Aurora Blue Farm Instagram
USDA - 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture & Farm Policy
USDA - Agriculture Productivity
Johns Hopkins - Food System Primer
Next Episode
BONUS: "This Farm is a Factory" with Bethany Cantwell
On the flip side of a newspaper article from 1958, Bethany Cantwell of Aurora Blue Farm saw something that caught her eye. It was an article titled ‘This Farm is a Factory.’ That article kicked off an in depth conversation between Bethany and Caroline, which we share with you as a bonus episode this week. A clip from this conversation was featured in episode seven, 'The Case For Factory Farming.'
Aurora Blue Farm website, Aurora Blue Farm Instagram
Follow along on Instagram:
@chewswiselypodcast
You can reach us at [email protected]
Chews Wisely is sponsored by Little Creek. Get regeneratively raised lamb & beef shipped directly to you from our Montana ranch. For a limited time we’re offering 10% off your first order over $100 with the code WISELY.
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