I am in East Central IL farm country, chemicals galore. I’m doing my small part by transitioning my farm to regenerative. This means my farm partners will use cover crops, less chemicals, we’ll add wheat in to the rotation and will not till the soil. It’s all about soil health. I’ve also started raising grass fed sheep, turning some crop land into grassland to do it.
If we could support more small farmers we could make a big impact on our health and our environment’s health. However, the small farms around me struggle to compete against industrial farming. The price is higher for healthier raised food and consumers just are not demanding it enough to sustain small regeneratively raised foods.
the way you frame the comparison between food chemicals and drugs makes the insanity of it so clear. we're more risk averse when someone is already on the fast track to death than we are with what we expose the entire healthy population to. it's nuts and infuriating. appreciate you taking the lead in spreading this message
Loved this one! Thanks as always, Justin.
I am in East Central IL farm country, chemicals galore. I’m doing my small part by transitioning my farm to regenerative. This means my farm partners will use cover crops, less chemicals, we’ll add wheat in to the rotation and will not till the soil. It’s all about soil health. I’ve also started raising grass fed sheep, turning some crop land into grassland to do it.
If we could support more small farmers we could make a big impact on our health and our environment’s health. However, the small farms around me struggle to compete against industrial farming. The price is higher for healthier raised food and consumers just are not demanding it enough to sustain small regeneratively raised foods.
I've never been more excited about the changes coming than I am heading into 2025. Great read, Justin!
the way you frame the comparison between food chemicals and drugs makes the insanity of it so clear. we're more risk averse when someone is already on the fast track to death than we are with what we expose the entire healthy population to. it's nuts and infuriating. appreciate you taking the lead in spreading this message