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  • 014: From Homesteading to Creating a Grocery Prescription Program w/ Olivia Myers, RDN, LD

    014: From Homesteading to Creating a Grocery Prescription Program w/ Olivia Myers, RDN, LD
    Aug 25 2022

    Olivia Myers, RDN, LD founded Lowcountry Street Grocery’s (LSG) GroceryRx program in 2017 with the intention of pushing food and prevention into the healthcare system. She oversees the growth of this initiative in efforts to move the dial on medical reimbursement for fresh, nutritious food. Her current work is deeply rooted in righting the wrong in the food access world and challenging a system that locks the disadvantaged in a charity-based cycle.

    She sits on multiple local and state-level boards to promote equality and diversity in the dietetics profession, as well as expanding “food is medicine” strategies across the state.

    Olivia’s personal and professional experiences surrounding food have taken many shapes, from counseling native populations in rural Alaska to leading the nutrition and food curriculum at a therapeutic wilderness program for teen girls to working clinically with inpatient and outpatient populations at leading hospitals.

    The interest innutrition evolved from many years working in kitchens, from bakeries to fine-dining. She has lived the homesteading lifestyle while establishing life in a yurt on a small piece of land outside of Seattle, where she expanded skills of growing, raising, preserving, hunting and butchering food. Food is the seed that all of Olivia’s personal and professional ambitions extend from and her entrenched belief is that it has the ability to heal mentally, physically and emotionally.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Olivia's homesteading experience.
    • Hunting & fishing in Alaska.
    • Creating a grocery prescription program (GroceryRx).
    • The top 3 issues in our food system.

    Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QHW-phOMn4N0sQ5l2s7OHz0yQRuGOn3FlfXP7fqVELA/edit?usp=sharing

    Community Supported Grocery:https://www.communitysupportedgrocery.com/

    Instagram: 

    @grocery.rx @communitysupportedgrocery @lowcountrystreetgrocery

     

     
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  • 013: Polyface Farm Intensive Discovery Seminar- Q&A!

    013: Polyface Farm Intensive Discovery Seminar- Q&A!
    Aug 10 2022

    I recently attended the Polyface Farm Intensive Discover Seminar. A two-day intensive seminar on everything from livestock management to water conservation.

    Polyface Farm is a rural farm located in Swoope, VA run by Joel Salatin and his family. Salatin has been featured in many books such as The Omnivore's Dilemma and the popular documentary Food, Inc. The farm uses unconventional methods such as rotational grazing, composting, and carbon sequestration, with the intent of operating as an ecosystem versus a conventional farm.

     

    In this episode, I answer listener questions like:

    • What did you like best/least?
    • How do they rotate their animals?
    • What did you eat on the farm?
    • How is Joel in real life?
    • What practices surprised you?
    • Will you do anything differently with your homestead since attending?
    • Was it worth the money?

    Podcast script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOURIhBNchuHpBqk7bJzuGvVviyD7rHMb3f4sxPBKsQ/edit?usp=sharing

     

    If you like this episode please subscribe and provide a review to help extend our reach! Thank you!
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  • 012: Detoxing the Tea Industry with Michael Ham from Wild Orchard Tea Company

    012: Detoxing the Tea Industry with Michael Ham from Wild Orchard Tea Company
    Jul 20 2022

    Michael Don Ham is a founding member and President of the Wild Orchard Tea Company. Wild Orchard’s teas are the world’s first to have obtained Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC) and winner of 10 medals at prestigious international tea competitions. Wild Orchard was created out of the desire to share the world’s purest and highest quality organic teas, backed by an unmatched regenerative and biodynamic cultivation process, with people across the globe to improve human and planetary health.

    Ham has a degree majoring in Kinesiology with a minor in Nutrition and has spent the past two decades in the field of health and wellness, serving in leadership roles within the non-profit, organic farming, custom integration and consumer packaged goods sectors.

    Michael is part of the International WELL Building Institute as an Accredited Professional and Faculty member as well as with Fitwel as an Ambassador to increase awareness of how the spaces where we live, work, study and play can impact our health and to share his passion for continuous improvement through people and planet-centric design and technology.

    He has a deep background in regenerative organic agriculture, indoor air quality, water quality and other important aspects of wellness technology for the home. Michael has been invited to speak about wellness and technology at IAQA, TecHome Builder Summits, Housing Innovation Alliance, GreenHome Institute, LivABLE Design Summit, CES 2021, CES 2022, CEDIA, Science in Design Summit Tour and the World Tea Expo.

    www.wildorchard.com

     

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    Our ID: @WildOrchardTeas

     

    TIKTOK

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    Our ID: @WildOrchardTea

     

    FACEBOOK

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    Our ID: @wildorchardteas

     

    LINKEDIN

    Hyperlink: https://www.linkedin.com/company/51640280/

    Our ID: Wild Orchard Tea Company

     

    TWITTER

    Hyperlink: https://twitter.com/WildOrchardTea

    Our ID: @WildOrchardTea

     

    Podcast Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPtTtlbiksSqmN8Zmx0o5IN1pFjjsGkOZ70tvTfIoE0/edit?usp=sharing
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  • 011: Everyone’s Having a Baby but Me ft. Fertility Dietitian Anna Bohnengel, MS, RDN, LD

    011: Everyone’s Having a Baby but Me ft. Fertility Dietitian Anna Bohnengel, MS, RDN, LD
    Jul 6 2022
    Making a baby may be natural, but that doesn't mean it's always easy. Anna can help. Anna Bohnengel, MS, RDN, LD is a registered dietitian trained at the National Institutes of Health with a decade of experience in clinical nutrition research and nutrition counseling that empowers women to take control of their health. She now teaches women how to prepare for a healthy pregnancy and reverse infertility through her proven process, FERTILE IN FIVE™.    In this episode we explore:
    • Foods that boost fertility.
    • Common fertility misconceptions.
    • Is "estrogen dominance" real?
    • How to avoid environmental toxins.
    • Laboratory tests you'll want to get done if you can't get pregnant.
    • How to choose a prenatal supplement. 
      Free Guides:  4-Step Fertility Action Plan (with list of recommended testing)  Guide to the Best Prenatal for Fertility      Anna's Website: https://www.fertility-nutritionist.com/ Anna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfertilitynutritionist/   Podcast script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ln4XGroZmkLfvWZzExUZgE9smKFZLoypLPB_vsk_wXQ/edit?usp=sharing
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  • 010: Hunting for Better Meat ft. Mr. Backyard RD

    010: Hunting for Better Meat ft. Mr. Backyard RD
    Jun 22 2022

    In this episode, I talked to a very special guest (Mr. Backyard RD) about hunting and specifically deer hunting. I know this topic may be controversial for some, and I'm okay with that.

    My goal is not to dissuade you from your beliefs, and as a former vegan and vegetarian, I know that I would have a hard time doing that anyways. My goal is not to compare eating wild game to eating no meat at all, but to instead explore how hunting may be more sustainable compared to factory farming.

    I also want to expose you to someone who takes hunting very seriously and hopefully from our conversation, you'll understand that only a small percentage of hunters are in it for trophies.

    At the end of the episode, I'll explain what actually got me to go from an all vegan diet to eating deer meat, and I'll take a deep dive into the nutrition powerhouse that is venison.

    If you like this episode, please subscribe on Spotify and follow us on Instagram @BackyardRD. You can also read my blog on this topic and many more like it at www.backyardrd.com.

    Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWVSFCKnXSHFHLlaDJKD3lzbLH-AaI5iGXqZLdtDD7E/edit?usp=sharing

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backyardrd/

    Website: https://backyardrd.com/

    Venison Nutrition Facts Blog Post: https://bit.ly/3OC1dKM

    Venison Nutrition Comparison Bar Charts: https://bit.ly/3yfZjds
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  • 009: Bears, Beekeeping, & Burnout with Amy Hager, MS, RDN, CDCES, PHWC

    009: Bears, Beekeeping, & Burnout with Amy Hager, MS, RDN, CDCES, PHWC
    May 18 2022
    Amy Hager has been a registered dietitian for 18 years. She's also a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist as well as Certified Health and Wellbeing Coach through Wellcoaches. In her career, she's enjoyed roles in wellness, employee health and diabetes management, until she opened her own business as a private practice dietitian. She enjoys the flexibility of self-employment and has several hobbies including beekeeping, documenting her mountain home build on YouTube, and making jewelry from the honeycomb of her beehives. Her private practice is primarily telehealth and insurance based. She also teaches a course to help RDs transition into self-employment and is currently working on a program to help burned out health care professionals take a Sabbatical break.  Whether you’re a new RD, a healthcare worker feeling the burnout, or simply someone who’s interested in remote living, you’ll take something away from our conversation. If you like this episode please subscribe on Spotify, and head over to our blog at www.backyardrd.com, and please follow us on Instagram @BackyardRD   Connect with Amy and Learn more here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-hager-rdn/ Website: https://AmyHagerRDN.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/colorado.mountain.living/ Colorado Mountain Living YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ColoradoMountainLiving Amy’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/YourInspiredLife Sabbatical School Waitlist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/627b06c7ec932442485964f1     Script: Amy A: Hi, Amy, how are you? Amy H: I'm good. Thanks. Amy A: Good. I'm really excited to have you on today. I know I say that basically every single podcast I do, but I feel like, you know, I've been following you on LinkedIn for a while, and I'm just super interested in what you do. And from an RD perspective, I feel like you and I have very similar personalities. I would kind of consider myself like a type A-B. Where I'm creative, but also very organized. So, looking at you on LinkedIn, I kind of feel like I get that vibe too. Amy H: That's so funny you say that because I was blessed with a very organized mind so I can keep things super organized, but I'm really laid back as a person. I'm an achiever, not overachiever. So maybe that's where the, where the blend is. And that definitely creativity is a big part of my life. Amy A: Very cool. Yeah, that definitely comes out on your LinkedIn page and your YouTube page too. So getting into, [00:01:00] um, that I guess let's start right off and you can tell us your background as an RD. Amy H: Yeah. I feel like I was fortunate in that I started off as an RD in wellness. I think a lot of people maybe typically start clinical or in community and make their way, but I really had an strong interest in wellness right away. Um, so my very first job was, it was at a hospital own wellness center in North Carolina, where I taught cooking classes and weight loss classes. And I did some, one to one counseling and then I moved into diabetes management which was probably the most clinical that I got was outpatient center. I didn't have any training though, so I like to always tell that for folks that you can sometimes get jobs without the certification. And then I got the training on a job. Then I got my CDE, you know, after I qualified to take the exam. But then, I ended up meandering back into wellness, taking a job as a health coach doing onsite employee health in a corporate setting. And again, I didn't have the certification as a health coach, [00:02:00] but my company put me through the training, a certification program offered by well coaches and I loved this work because it included topics outside of nutrition. So I got to do a lot with fitness and stress management and smoking cessation, and I really thought this was the pinnacle of my career until I decided to make the transition into self employment through private practice. Amy A: That's really cool. And I definitely feel like you and I are on the same page because I actually started my career off in North Carolina too, but unlike you, I did start off in clinical, believe it or not. So. Did that for, I think six or seven years. And then now I do work for a corporate wellness company, but I work on a different side where I work with dietetic interns. So I kind of feel like you and I are on the same page there. So you mentioned your private practice. Why did you decide to open your own private practice and what advice would you give to new RD's wanting to [00:03:00] do the same? Amy H: I felt like I was really fortunate in every job that I had and I always made the most of it and it kind of felt like I would come to this point and in the position where either there was nothing else for me to learn or there was nowhere else for me to grow. And I just overall got tired of working in large organizations because there was a lot of micromanagement. It felt like even though I was...
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  • 008: What is Regenerative Agriculture? with Anthony Corsaro from Regeneration Nation

    008: What is Regenerative Agriculture? with Anthony Corsaro from Regeneration Nation
    May 4 2022
    Anthony is the Founder of Regeneration Nation - a clothing company and community hub for the heroes and advocates of regenerative agriculture. He is also the Managing Director at Outlaw Ventures - a family office investing in growth-stage food and agriculture businesses with the capacity to provide substantial financial returns while having a positive impact on human and environmental health. In addition to his work at Regeneration Nation and Outlaw Ventures, Anthony is also the Director of Business Development at Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) - a venue for the funders and change-makers of regenerative agriculture to connect, build, and scale regenerative food systems. Anthony was a third-generation family contributor and executive at Indianapolis Fruit Company before joining RFSI. Anthony oversaw a sales & marketing team that provided fresh produce products and services to over 2,500 retail customers across 20 states. Anthony’s professional background in food distribution and personal health journey led him to his commitment of building regenerative food systems.  Anthony’s mission is to help heal our people and planet through ventures that inspire the production and consumption of healthy, nutrient-dense foods. Anthony holds a B.S. in Business from the Kelley School at Indiana University, where he was a varsity athlete as a tight end on the football team. In this episode we’ll discuss what regenerative agriculture is, how the average person can support regenerative crop production, Anthony’s struggles with an autoimmune disease, and why he eventually decided to launch a clothing company backing the regenerative agricultural movement. Links: Regeneration Nation Website: https://regenerationnation.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regeneration___nation/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycorsaro/   Ep #8 What is Regenerative Agriculture? with Anthony Corsaro. Amy: [00:00:00] Okay. Hey everyone. Welcome back today. I'm so excited because we have Anthony from regeneration nation on the podcast. Hi Anthony, how are you? Good. Good. Thanks so much for being on the podcast. So we're going to jump right into it. So first of all, I really want to know personally, what is your background? And then how did you get into agriculture? Anthony: Yeah. Great question. Um, so my background is I grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana in a family, fresh produce distribution business. So think people that deliver what's in the produce department to grocery stores, uh, you know, my dad was a part of that business. My grandpa was a part of that business and I told myself I was never going to be in produce. Um, and then I ended up eating those words as a young adult and kind of got back into the family biz. And it was really fun and great work experience. Since I was 14, I've had an auto-immune disease called and really it's caused me to take a look [00:01:00] at a lot of things in my life and in. Food as medicine was the foundational piece to healing myself or, you know, kind of living with that disease. And so while I was working back in Indianapolis group, the family business, uh, I actually decided to step away from that business and take a health sabbatical and really deal with the auto immune disease pretty severely for the first time. And during that kind of five months off, uh, food is, medicine was a huge piece and stress and mold was also a huge piece.. And I actually got asymptomatic from the disease for the first time. And as I was coming off that five month hiatus, I was asking myself what do I want to do with my life? And the regen- ag bug, just bit me, super hard. And I just couldn't stop learning about it. I was super interested in it and I was having. Conversations like this. I was watching movies. I was reading articles. I was reading scientific journals. I mean, I just couldn't get enough. And you know, a year or two in now, um, I'm just the exact same way every day. I just love learning about it so much. I love working in this space [00:02:00] and it's manifested itself into a lot of really cool opportunities for me to, uh, to help the movement. Amy: That's so awesome. I love how you took a personal story and really went deep in and started researching. So that's super cool. And I definitely want to ask you about your autoimmune disease, but I know we'll get into that a little bit later. I've actually never heard of that auto immune disease before, so you will definitely need to educate me on that for, for sure. So why regenerative agriculture? Um, and then I feel like I've talked about this on my podcast before, but maybe just like a pure definition of regenerative ag and then like why you got into it. Anthony: So regenerative agriculture is positive quicksand. And what I mean by that is like, once you get your feet in, like, it just sucks you in and you, and you can't go anywhere. And I say that because the more you learn about regenerative agriculture, the ...
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  • 007: Foraging, Veganism & Entrepreneurship with Jane Z. from Farm to Future

    007: Foraging, Veganism & Entrepreneurship with Jane Z. from Farm to Future
    Mar 29 2022
    Jane Zhang is the host of the food sustainability podcast Farm to Future. As a researcher, Jane studied urban agriculture and tomato farming at McGill University, before writing a children's book about acorns and foraging for her Masters thesis at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In her own food journey, Jane went plant-based for four years before returning to her omnivore roots and discovering the importance of plants and animals in a regenerative food system. Her mission is to bring expert perspectives — from farmers, foragers, chefs, and tastemakers — to everyday foodies, so we can all feel empowered to nourish our land and bodies.   In this episode we’ll discuss what sustainability means for the average person, Jane’s journey through veganism, and how if at all the U.S. can adopt foraging as a mainstream concept. Links: Farm to Future: https://pod.link/farmtofuture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farm.to.future/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farmtofuture LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1janezhang/  Ep #7: Foraging, Veganism & Entrepreneurship with Jane Z. from Farm to Future Amy: [00:00:00] All right. Welcome back everyone to the backyard RD podcast. I am so excited today because I have my first guest on the podcast. Um, and it's somebody that I've been so excited about. Her podcasts has been a new favorite of mine. So today we have Jane Z from Farm to Future, on the backyard RD podcast. Welcome Jane. Jane: Thank you so much, Amy, for having me, I'm so excited to chat today and I feel like I'm in the presence of a celebrity with Amy Adams. Amy: Thank you. Yeah, I get that at the grocery store all the time, everywhere I go out. Um, and Jane and I actually, we met on Instagram, which is so funny. Um, but I think you had posted the Joel Salatin, podcast episode, which if you guys haven't listened to that episode. Definitely go listen to it. So amazing. Um, so I liked something of yours and then we just started chatting [00:01:00] back and forth and it was totally like just became best friends instantly. Jane: Love it organically. No pun intended. Amy: Okay, so let's dive right into it. I know our listeners are probably super excited to hear about you, um, especially if they've listened to your podcast before. So, um, tell us a little bit about your background and then specifically, how did you get into sustainability? Jane: Yeah. Um, so I, I'm not a big noun person, but if you want to put kind of labels on my career in terms of sustainability, um, I guess you could call me a sustainability researcher or design researcher by training. Um, but I'll take it back to my childhood because I think that's where the roots of some of these values come from. So I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada. And, um, growing up weekends were all about hiking and the mountains and the forest, or [00:02:00] going to the ocean. Uh, we spent summers camping and doing road trips. So I was very lucky to have so much access to the outdoors and just to be close to wildlife and so many different flora and fauna. Around me. So I always felt that connection to nature. Um, and then in our household, so my parents and I actually immigrated from China when I was four. And, um, what that meant was we didn't have a lot of means as an immigrant family. And so we would thrift shop for clothes, which is now like such a hip thing. But back then, Because we had to, and we would grow little herbs in like old buckets. And we took public transit everywhere. We walked everywhere, um, all because we had to, but I realized later on that, you know, those little actions really add up and in university I studied [00:03:00] sustainability and I remember our first week in, you know, in the program, they had us take. The ecological footprint assessment, which is something that came out in the two thousands and was, uh, it's a great tool for anyone out there who wants to take the quiz and, see basically like how many, if everyone on the earth live, like the way you, that you do, how many earths would it take to sustain everyone? Um, so that's the idea of the footprint test and it was there that I was shocked to learn two things. One is that your income is the biggest correlator to your carbon footprint. So the more money and wealth that you have and you earn, um, the more likely you are to consume more materially, um, You know, kinda makes sense. And then the other big shocker for me at the time was that flying and air travel is a huge part of our carbon footprint. [00:04:00] Um, and at the time I was flying back and forth between Vancouver and Montreal, where I did my studies and then. You know, flying across the continent, it's like quite a, quite a big, um, carbon footprint. So, um, yeah, it's a really good tool to just kind of visualize, you know, uh, how does my lifestyle impact the planet? And so in college I studied sustainability. I was part of this new and exciting interdisciplinary program ...
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