On this weeks episode I am joined by Tara Vander Dussen & Natalie Kovarik, hosts of "The Discover Ag Podcast." They share their professional farming opinions on trending articles and news stories in the agriculture space to help us better understand the food system and connect us to the hands that feed us. Tara is a dairy farmer and environmental scientist and Natalie is cattle farmer and rancher.
Topics Covered:
• Feed lots
• How ALL beef cattle are raised from the start
• Differences between pork, beef and poultry industries
• How to avoid buying meat from feed lots
• How to find direct to consumer beef farmers near you
• CAFOs and feed lots
• What are beef cattle fed?
• How cows stomachs work
• Is corn bad for a cow?
• Do cows eat byproducts? (Candy bars, plastics etc.)
• Cows are OG composters
• Is there corruption in meat and dairy farms?
• Checks and balances within the beef and dairy industry
• What happens when antibiotics are found in dairy
• What happens when cows get sick and are put on antibiotics
• rBST
• The spectrum of regenerative farming
• Is regenerative farming scalable?
• The pork industry and how it’s changing today
• What are the goals for the dairy industry
• Food shame and stress
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