Let Them Eat Grass
A podcast about healthy farms, good food, and sustainable living.
About the show
"Let Them Eat Grass" follows one former suburbanite (me) turned farmer as I make sense in real-time of the interconnected world of farming, food, and the environment. Here, your insatiable curiosity can feast upon good food. Here, a good story only germinates in deep topsoil.
Here, you'll get some questions answered you've always had and learn about others you never knew existed.
I started this podcast on a shoestring budget in the basement of my 1950s farmhouse during my early days of farming from March 2019 through March 2020. The older episodes sound like a time capsule of pre-Covid urgency that rings still true today. I restarted this podcast three years later, in March of 2023. There is still so much I have left to say.
And, we're losing 2000 acres of farmland a day to development or abandonment. The average age of farmers is only going up. And, the effects of climate change are only going to get stronger. If you're like me, you love this planet. You want to preserve it for future generations. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and we must be the change we wish to see in the world. Listen to the old episodes, but stick around for the new ones.
PS--If you're a farmer, and you need some help marketing your good food to the world, message me via my website:
Episodes
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Episode 41: Two Missouri Counties & the Antipodes
June 23rd, 2023 | 18 mins 58 secs
A short reflection on my journey as it relates to race, agriculture, and America. This is more of a somber episode.
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Episode 40: Herbivore? Carnivore? Locavore? Find Good, Local Food in these 4 Free Directories
June 2nd, 2023 | 18 mins 13 secs
eat wild, google business, local harvest, real milk
Real Milk, Local Harvest, Eat Wild, and Google Business are four free directories to help quality-conscious consumers connect with good farmers.
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Episode 39: 7 Farmers You Should Know
May 23rd, 2023 | 28 mins 32 secs
7 farmers
Joel Salatin, Seven Sons, Will Harris, David Boatright, Five Marys, Greg Judy, and Allan Savory. It’s almost criminal these people don’t have more recognition…
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Episode 38: Why Support Local Farms?
April 6th, 2023 | 8 mins 41 secs
I spent the last five years managing two farms in rural Mid-Missouri. Here is what I learned...
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Episode 37: The Return of the Lunatic
March 24th, 2023 | 58 secs
And this time, he uploads the right audio!
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Episode 34: August 13, 2016
March 13th, 2020 | 39 mins 28 secs
colorado, kelli, mountain
My last hurrah...
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Episode 31: Dark Sky
January 22nd, 2020 | 13 mins 55 secs
1977, dark sky, national parks, new york city
Imagine the Milky Way over NYC in 1977
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Episode 30: Salvation in the Soil
January 15th, 2020 | 36 mins 17 secs
atlanta, harvard, rashid nuri
An interview with Rashid Nuri, an urban farmer visionary in Atlanta.
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Budgeting for Pasture-Raised Food
December 18th, 2019 | 17 mins 40 secs
budget, christmas, every dollar
What if you spent Every Dollar?
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Episode 28: Off the Record: The Farming Game
December 4th, 2019 | 23 mins 46 secs
debt, game, weather
It's more complicated than you thought...
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Episode 27: Come Health or High Water (with Mariah Boatright)
November 20th, 2019 | 30 mins 30 secs
carnivore, mariah, veganism
From the ancient Hebrew's kosher diet to YouTube influencer vegan defectors...
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Farm-to-Fork Restaurants (with Ben Parks)
November 6th, 2019 | 34 mins 31 secs
barred owl, farm to fork
Nothing but great news.
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Episode 26: Redux: Interview
October 24th, 2019 | 40 mins 19 secs
faith and family fellowship, pastor chris buscher
Faith and Family Fellowship by Pastor Chris Buscher
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Backyard Animals (with Janet Garman)
October 24th, 2019 | 42 mins 25 secs
backyard animals, janet garman, portugal, wildfires
There's been a silent revolution afoot in our backyards...
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Episode 23: Double Episode Featuring Coming Soon
October 23rd, 2019 | 1 min 16 secs
Just listen for a minute.
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Episode 22: Leave A Trace
October 9th, 2019 | 22 mins 4 secs
conscious impact living, ethic, leave no trace, yellowstone
Remember, everything is connected.