web02.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:53:04 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Let Them Eat Grass - Episodes Tagged with “Luther Standing Bear” https://letthemeatgrass.fireside.fm/tags/luther%20standing%20bear Fri, 10 May 2019 06:00:00 -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 5: Tame, Bountiful, and Blessed https://letthemeatgrass.fireside.fm/5 fe8c5b74-6d19-402a-a968-16698d153d41 Fri, 10 May 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Austin Williams 5 Tame, Bountiful, and Blessed full Austin Williams Could farms and national parks coexist? Let's imagine a healthier kind of "wilderness"... 19:20 no If you want to make small changes, change how you do things. If you want to make big changes, change how you see things. And today, friends, we are focused on big changes. Our understanding of "wilderness" in America prevents us from having healthy relationships with the land. It pits farmers and conservationists against each other unnecessarily. It complicates categorizing my farm. In today's episode, I tap into my roots as a past English teacher. We look at a little etymology, and deconstruct the cultural and ecological assumptions of the word "wilderness". I use a quote from Luther Standing Bear to illuminate how differently modern Americans view wilderness from Native Americans, and as an example of a better way to think about "wilderness". The upshot? We should think of "wilderness" as tame, bountiful, and blessed. Conservation, Farming, Society, Culture, History If you want to make small changes, change how you do things. If you want to make big changes, change how you see things. And today, friends, we are focused on big changes.

Our understanding of "wilderness" in America prevents us from having healthy relationships with the land. It pits farmers and conservationists against each other unnecessarily. It complicates categorizing my farm.

In today's episode, I tap into my roots as a past English teacher. We look at a little etymology, and deconstruct the cultural and ecological assumptions of the word "wilderness". I use a quote from Luther Standing Bear to illuminate how differently modern Americans view wilderness from Native Americans, and as an example of a better way to think about "wilderness".

The upshot? We should think of "wilderness" as tame, bountiful, and blessed.

]]> If you want to make small changes, change how you do things. If you want to make big changes, change how you see things. And today, friends, we are focused on big changes.

Our understanding of "wilderness" in America prevents us from having healthy relationships with the land. It pits farmers and conservationists against each other unnecessarily. It complicates categorizing my farm.

In today's episode, I tap into my roots as a past English teacher. We look at a little etymology, and deconstruct the cultural and ecological assumptions of the word "wilderness". I use a quote from Luther Standing Bear to illuminate how differently modern Americans view wilderness from Native Americans, and as an example of a better way to think about "wilderness".

The upshot? We should think of "wilderness" as tame, bountiful, and blessed.

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