web02.fireside.fm Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:04:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Let Them Eat Grass - Episodes Tagged with “Brazil” https://letthemeatgrass.fireside.fm/tags/brazil Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:30:00 -0500 "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: https://www.seofarmmarketing.com en-us episodic A podcast about healthy farms, good food, and sustainable living. Austin Williams "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: https://www.seofarmmarketing.com no Agriculture, Farming, Conservation, Food, Regenerative, Environment, Sustainability Austin Williams austin@letthemeatgrass.org Episode 20: Are Beef Cows Making the Amazon Burn? https://letthemeatgrass.fireside.fm/20 7f812f92-e232-4033-8fdc-7ecd6eae8918 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:30:00 -0500 Austin Williams 20 Are Beef Cows Making the Amazon Burn? full Austin Williams No... but Brazilian Ranchers Are. 15:16 no We've heard a lot about the Amazon Rainforest in the news recently. "The lungs of the world are burning!" Well, first off, they really aren't the lungs of the world. And the amount of fires this year in the Brazilian Amazon is actually slightly BELOW the 20 year average for fires by this time of year. So why are we hearing about it now? We're hearing about it because the media are famous for histrionics and over-simplification of complex ecological issues. Having no oxygen might scare us, but it's not true. It might get our attention, but it's a lie. What we need to worry about is having too much carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. It's not our lungs that should be the focus of the Amazon. It's the burning trees. Conservation, Farming, Society, Culture, History We've heard a lot about the Amazon Rainforest in the news recently.

"The lungs of the world are burning!"

Well, first off, they really aren't the lungs of the world. And the amount of fires this year in the Brazilian Amazon is actually slightly BELOW the 20 year average for fires by this time of year. So why are we hearing about it now?

We're hearing about it because the media are famous for histrionics and over-simplification of complex ecological issues.

Having no oxygen might scare us, but it's not true. It might get our attention, but it's a lie.

What we need to worry about is having too much carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. It's not our lungs that should be the focus of the Amazon. It's the burning trees.

]]> We've heard a lot about the Amazon Rainforest in the news recently.

"The lungs of the world are burning!"

Well, first off, they really aren't the lungs of the world. And the amount of fires this year in the Brazilian Amazon is actually slightly BELOW the 20 year average for fires by this time of year. So why are we hearing about it now?

We're hearing about it because the media are famous for histrionics and over-simplification of complex ecological issues.

Having no oxygen might scare us, but it's not true. It might get our attention, but it's a lie.

What we need to worry about is having too much carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. It's not our lungs that should be the focus of the Amazon. It's the burning trees.

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