In today’s episode, Jay discusses the soybean industry, and of soybean’s use throughout of food system. Is livestock actually eating all of our grain, or may there be something else afoot in this industry?

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In the first episode of the "Farting Up a Storm" series, Jay & Ashlee seek to push back on four untruths that livestock industry opponents claim to be true. We use peer-reviewed research, meta-analyses and pure common sense to help the listener become more informed about the livestock industry, ecology, soil and more.

The 4 Untruths of Livestock Production Systems:

1. Livestock will never be carbon neutral because they emit greenhouse gases
2. Livestock production on pasture cannot sequester carbon.
3. A large portion of arable crops grown are consumed by livestock
4. If we switch to a plant-based diet, we can take huge amounts of land out of production

Unfortunately, our recording equipment malfunctioned during the recording of this podcast. We did our best to edit out the audio issues, but we ask you to overlook the audio static in this podcast. The juice is worth the squeeze.

PSA: If any words, acronyms, definitions and/or descriptions escape your understanding, we ask you to pause the podcast and look up what they are. The path towards wisdom is slow and deliberate.

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In today's episode, Jay & Ashlee speak with Brian Herbel who is based in the Bitterroot valley of Montana. He earned his master's degree in Anthropology & Archaeology, and currently owns and operates Rabbitbrush Archeological Services. https://www.rbasmontana.com/

In addition, Brian, along with his partner Jen, operate Verdure Pastures, a niche-market farm in Victor, MT Instagram: @verdure_pastures

Topics Covered: Fashion companies pretending they know how farmers should practice their craft, Lithic technologies, projectile point design, Clovis points, Folsom points, seriation dating, Indigenous elders making jokes of you in native tongue, what humans did with canoes and some stars, Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, 1980 Mount Saint Helens eruption and ash deposition across the West, late-onset musicians, near-death experience in climbing, developing markets for your farm, Mangalitsa pigs, niche-market farming, value-added products, division of labor in farming with your partner, finding 10,000 year old archaeological sites next to unexploded white phosphorous grenades, burnout in farming.

Grazed & Confused - Report from Food Climate Research Network