Jimmy Moore is the energetic host of the wildly popular podcast show, Livin' La Vida Low-Carb. In this show we talk to him about his 180 pound weight loss, the lessons he has learned through personal experience and his interview guests, and his two books. We also discuss the USDA proposal for the 2010 dietary guidelines. Jimmy does not mince words, and I think you will enjoy the interview.

Life on our new farm is busy and hot, but Jon and I consider ourselves "lucky ducks" because we have our first livestock on the farm. You guessed it - ducks! Sunday morning we picked up nine Khaki Campbell ducks that are six weeks old. Hens of this breed are notoriously good egg layers, excellent foragers on pasture, and hardy. Duck eggs are nutrient-dense and rich in protein, fat, cholesterol, and calcium. People who are allergic to chicken's eggs can often enjoy eggs of other layers such as ducks.

A misty morning on the walking trail.

Jon and I have been very busily transitioning from suburb to farm. It has been quite an adventure! Thanks to all of you who have been following us on facebook or Twitter, send encouraging emails, and listening to the archives of our Podcasts. I finished my last day of [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/05/onl061-from-suburb-to-farm/feed/ 3 - Jon and I have been very busily transitioning from suburb to farm. It has been quite an adventure! Thanks to all of you who have been following us on facebook or Twitter, send encouraging emails, and listening to the archives of our Podcasts. Jon and I have been very busily transitioning from suburb to farm. It has been quite an adventure! Thanks to all of you who have been following us on facebook or Twitter, send encouraging emails, and listening to the archives of our Podcasts. I finished my last day of my 33 year teaching career Friday, May 28, so we hope to get back to regularly scheduled blogs and Podcasts again. Thank you for your loyalty and patience. Since our last Podcast on April 2, we have completed so many projects at Broad River Pastures! In spite of the busyness, Jon religiously walks the farm each morning with his coffee and takes time to enjoy the beauty here. On the left is a photo of the woods near Kelley Creek one misty morning in May. I'll see if we can post more of his morning walk photos on the Our Natural Life Podcast page on facebook. We have been greatly blessed this month to become grandparents once again! This time we have a grandson. Mom, Dad, big sister and baby are doing fine. Another blessing on our farm is the arrival of interns Andrew and Patrick. They have provided invaluable skills, ideas, and labor for us as we get things started. They've used scrap lumber to build our square foot gardens (http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2008/07/onl003-anyone-can-grow-food-at-home/), built a duck coop/schooner style, removed our barbed wire fences, and built compost bins. Not bad at all for their first 10 days on the job! Better Bilt Homes (http://www.betterbiltbuildings.net) erected our Garage Workshop/Apartment building in only 8 days in April. We need to add HAC, electric, plumbing, and insulation, but we are very glad to have the storage space and workshop for Jon. The construction short movies are on YouTube here. (http://www.youtube.com/jppaynesr) We welcomed our first farm animals this weekend! Cici and Pearl are rescued Great Pyrenees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyrenees) who have been working as Livestock Guardian Dogs on a farm with goats, chickens, and ducks. They are anxiously awaiting a new flock to protect. In a few days we will be bringing up some Khaki Campbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki_Campbell) duck layers for them to work protect. They will be providing the border patrol we need to keep coyotes, wild boar, foxes, and feral dogs off the farm. Our neighbors the Youngs at Natures Harmony Farm (http://www.naturesharmonyfarm.com/) are raising a thousand broilers on pasture with no losses thanks to their hard working livestock guardians. We are grateful to all the servicemen who risked or lost their lives to serve their country, and those who continue to serve. We hope that you had a great Memorial Day weekend. Thank you for all your support, letters, donations, and support by shopping our Amazon Store, Selina Naturally, and other affiliates. Jon and Cathy. Live "Farm Cam" (http://brp.dnsalias.com:8081/) Broad River Pastures blog. (http://broadriverpastures.com/blog/) All images (c) 2010 Alchemy New Medial LLC, all rights reserved. Jon and Cathy Payne no 37:57 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/raw-milk-issues-in-the-news/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/raw-milk-issues-in-the-news/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:38:34 +0000 Cathy R. Payne, EdD http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/raw-milk-issues-in-the-news/

Do you and your family drink fresh raw milk from your local farmer for health and nutrition? Jon and I do. However, the dairy farmers who produce your favorite beverage are struggling with multiple threats to their business right now. Keep reading for more information.

Nathan winters traveled by bicycle coast to coast to listen to the voices of American farmers. Along the way he made many friends while growing in wisdom beyond his years. We will continue to follow Nathan's adventures, including his work on a Vermont farm and the community-supported publishing of his upcoming book. You will want to follow Nathan, too.

Once in a blue moon, something amazing happens that changes everything. Jon and I have been going through a lot of changes since our last recorded Podcast in November. As I write this on the eve of the last day of the first decade of the 21st Century, we are only hours away from a blue [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/01/onl057-omg-we-bought-the-farm/feed/ 6 413 Once in a blue moon, something amazing happens that changes everything. Jon and I have been going through a lot of changes since our last recorded Podcast in November. As I write this on the eve of the last day of the first decade of the 21st Century, (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/DSCF4252.jpg)Once in a blue moon, something amazing happens that changes everything. Jon and I have been going through a lot of changes since our last recorded Podcast in November. As I write this ... Jon and Cathy Payne no 24:08 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/11/onl055-the-liberation-diet/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/11/onl055-the-liberation-diet/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:32:19 +0000 Cathy R. Payne, EdD http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=76

In this show we turn the diet experts on their heads. Annette Presley, co-author with Kevin Brown of The Liberation Diet , refutes the mainstream doctrine of weight loss and promotes the eating of real, traditional foods. Annette Presley RD LD NSCF-CPT is a dietician, personal trainer, and adjunct professor. She purports a return to the [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/11/onl055-the-liberation-diet/feed/ 0 393 In this show we turn the diet experts on their heads. Annette Presley, co-author with Kevin Brown of The Liberation Diet , refutes the mainstream doctrine of weight loss and promotes the eating of real, traditional foods. In this show we turn the diet experts on their heads. Annette Presley, co-author with Kevin Brown of The Liberation Diet (http://www.liberationdiet.com/) , refutes the mainstream doctrine of weight loss and promotes the eating of real, traditional foods. Annette Presley RD LD NSCF-CPT is a dietician, personal trainer, and adjunct professor. She purports a return to the diet our ancestors ate before the advent of processed foods. The Podcast can be found on the link below or downloaded from iTunes, Zune, or Stitcher. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/51VS7K9HJWL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/images4.jpg)Would you like to eat real, fat-filled, natural foods such as butter, eggs, steak, and coconut oil and still lose weight and regain your health? The Liberation Diet, like Sally Fallon and Mary Enig's Eat Fat, Lose Fat (http://astore.amazon.com/ournatlif-20/detail/0452285666) , states that you can. Their claims are backed up by many readers who have done just that. This "diet" does not include counting calories, and is safe and healthy enough to adopt for a lifetime rather than a temporary fix. Acceptable foods include nutrient-rich bone broths, organ meats, fresh vegetables, and small amounts of fruit and soaked grains. The book has a very easy-to-read style full of interesting historical facts. It is very accessible to the average reader. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/images-21.jpg)I'm sure it will spark some controversy. Please feel free to leave your comments! For many of you, the diet might seem very strange or difficult for you to implement, as it involves avoiding processed foods. For Jon and I, this kind of eating is part of our daily life. When we stray from this, our body soon reminds us to return to healthier habits. For breakfast this morning I made organic (traditional but not local) coffee with raw heavy cream from grass fed Jersey cows, some local bacon from pastured pigs, and a lightly scrambled egg from local pastured heritage hens topped with chevre made by a local farmer from raw Saanen goat milk. I chased it down with a cup of raw goats milk. This is a typical breakfast in the Payne household (lucky us!) and one that would be endorsed on The Liberation diet. With this high fat, normal carb meal, there are no spikes in insulin so I can get by without snacking for the next 5 hours until lunch. Worried about cholesterol? Listen to the interview with Chris Masterjohn (http://www.ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=317) on cholesterol facts and myths. Wise Traditions Conference I've heard from several of our listeners who are going to the Wise Traditions Conference in Illinois next week. I'm so sorry Jon and I won't be joining you! Jon will be tied up in business meetings all week and I'll be teaching. We're hoping that next year circumstances will allow us to join you - in Maryland, I think. I'm sure you'll network with some wonderful people and learn a lot. And eat great food! A Listener's Suggestions As you know, we enjoy receiving email, facebook comments, tweets, and phone messages from our listeners. We like to know what you like and what you want to hear more of. I want to thank the listener, whoever you are, who recommended us to Jimmy Moore (http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/). He is now recommending us to his listeners and we have several new facebook fans. I think Jimmy would endorse Annette and Kevin's diet plan. Margaret Auld-Louie with Optimum Choices (http://www.optimumchoices.com/) recently wrote to us with suggestions about our sound quality. We pride ourselves on doing the best job we can with our available equipment. We'd love to purchase a phone bridge to give you a better listening experience. By leaving us a tip in the tip jar or shopping from our affiliate pages, you can support us in continuing this Podcast. Thank you, Margaret, for starting the contributions. Jon and Cathy Payne no 50:33 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/08/onl050-in-defense-of-omnivores/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/08/onl050-in-defense-of-omnivores/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:41:55 +0000 Cathy R. Payne, EdD http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=81

In this Podcast, Jon and Cathy interview Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability. Lierre, a vegan for 20 years, makes compelling arguments for eating meat and counters challenges that shunning meat is healthier, more humane, or better for the planet. The interview can be downloaded below or from iTunes or Zune.

Keith [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/08/onl050-in-defense-of-omnivores/feed/ 0 365 In this Podcast, Jon and Cathy interview Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability. Lierre, a vegan for 20 years, makes compelling arguments for eating meat and counters challenges that shunning meat is healthier, (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/51w3alQAXmL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)In this Podcast, Jon and Cathy interview Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability (http://astore.amazon.com/ournatlif-20/detail/1604860804). Lierre, a vegan for 20 years, makes compelling arguments for eating meat and counters challenges that shunning meat is healthier, more humane, or better for the planet. The interview can be downloaded below or from iTunes or Zune. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/lierretree.jpg)Keith (http://www.lierrekeith.com/) nearly destroyed her health while clinging fiercely to her vegan lifestyle. Now she assists others who are making the transition from vegan and vegetarian to omnivore. Even though the vegan or vegetarian reader is her targeted audience, the book resonates strongly with promoters of healthy, traditional and sustainable food, such as Sally Fallon Morrell, founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Lierre heavily researched issues of diet and nutrition, agriculture, our food system, and the destruction of the ecosystem. Parts of the book read like a screenplay for Food, Inc (http://www.foodincmovie.com/), even though Keith has yet to see the film. She covers the fallacy of feeding grain to ruminants, the benefits of polyculture, and how a vegan diet designed to do no harm leaves thousands of life forms destroyed in order to produce a single meal. She also outlines the grave damage that can be caused by eating large quantities of heavily processed soy made into fake foods. This topic has been widely explored by the Weston A. Price Foundation (http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html). Physician Michael Eades, whose work is cited in the book, recently featured a review (http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/lipid-hypothesis/the-vegetarian-myth/) on his blog. It was a pleasure to have Lierre on our show, and we hope that you enjoy the interview as much as we enjoyed speaking with her. Jon and Cathy Payne no 58:20 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/08/onl049-sustainable-farmer-lynn-pugh/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/08/onl049-sustainable-farmer-lynn-pugh/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:43:54 +0000 Cathy R. Payne, EdD http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=82

In this Podcast we interview Lynn Pugh. She and her husband Chuck are proprietors of Cane Creek Farm in Forsyth County, Georgia. You can download the show on iTunes or Zune or listen from the website below.

We’ve been buying produce from Lynn and Chuck since we discovered their CSA through Local Harvest 3 seasons ago. When [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/08/onl049-sustainable-farmer-lynn-pugh/feed/ 0 In this Podcast we interview Lynn Pugh. She and her husband Chuck are proprietors of Cane Creek Farm in Forsyth County, Georgia. You can download the show on iTunes or Zune or listen from the website below. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lynn_sunflowers.jpg)In this Podcast we interview Lynn Pugh. She and her husband Chuck are proprietors of Cane Creek Farm (http://www.canecreekfarm.net/index.html) in Forsyth County, Georgia. You can download the show on iTunes or Zune or listen from the website below. We've been buying produce from Lynn and Chuck since we discovered their CSA through Local Harvest (http://www.localharvest.org/) 3 seasons ago. When we first contacted them, we were put on a waiting list. However, one shareholder had toddler triplets. The trip to the farm along with three sets of car seats was just too much for the young family. We were able to buy out their share mid season, when produce was at its peak. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/marketsm-1.jpg) It seems inconceivable now that we were uninformed about Community Supported Agriculture (http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=804) for so long, and we learned about it from a surprising source. My friend Tammy Billups (http://www.tammybillups.com/) told me about her favorite charity, Heifer International (http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.204586/?msource=kw4848&gclid=CKzmiNSelJwCFSBN5QodAx7rcw). It soon became our favorite charity, too. After donating to Heifer, we were subscribed to their wonderful journal, World Ark. World Ark is a wealth of information about sustainable food and how it can ease hunger world wide. It was one of their articles that informed me about CSAs and the Local Harvest website. World Ark also introduced us to Will Allen (http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.4993465/) of Growing Power (http://www.growingpower.org/), the urban farmer in Milwaukee who raised our red wigglers (http://www.ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=265). Lynn, a former science teacher, not only helps feed 75 families on 3 acres of her 17 acre farm, but is also the curriculum director for Georgia Organics (http://www.georgiaorganics.org/), leads educational field trips of her farm, and teaches classes in organic farming methods. She strongly values the camaraderie of these activities, which involve sharing the work, sharing meals, and building community. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/hoophouseworksm.jpg) I took one of Lynn's food preservation classes a couple summers ago and enjoyed the communal experience of working in the kitchen with several other women on July evening putting up tomato sauce using Barbara Kingolver's recipe from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (http://astore.amazon.com/ournatlif-20/detail/0060852569). We are proud to feature sustainable farmers on our show because they are our heroes. We support them any way we can. Our favorite means of support, is of course, to enjoy their food on our plate three times a day! Lynn talks with us about how she became a farmer, her various activities, and the benefits of eating organically raised food. We hope you enjoy listening to it. Weston A. Price Membership Drive and 2009 Conference News (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/wapfbanner.gif) Help Jon and me get to the Wise Traditions Conference November 13-15 and become a membe (http://media.libsyn.com/media/ournaturallife/membershipform.pdf)r today! We will earn one registration for each 15 people we recruit. Be sure to contact us and let us know that you listed us as your referral. We hope to meet many of you at the conference. Scholarships are also available. This year's conference them is "Honoring the Sacred Foods." To hear Sally Fallon Morrell, president talk about reasons for joining the foundation, go here (http://tinyurl.com/kwdzzw). (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/imarenegade_1501.jpg)Become a Food Renegade. Vote with your dollars 3 times a day. Purchase your food from local farmers using sustainable methods. Prepare your food nutritiously at home. Eat real, nutritious food, Jon and Cathy Payne no 57:12