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	<itunes:summary>Searching for accurate information and provocative discussions about living a holistic, sustainable, and healthy life? Join hosts Jon and Cathy Payne for informative interviews with local and national experts, authors, farmers, filmmakers, and chefs. A bimonthly podcast of varied length that focuses heavily on the principles of Weston A. Price Foundation, Slow Food, sustainable agriculture, and buying local food. Reported through the lens of the hosts lives in rural Georgia.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Cooking Tender Grassfed Meat (Podcast ONL072) and a GIVEAWAY!</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2011/01/cooking-tender-grassfed-meat-podcast-onl072-and-a-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> Today&#8217;s show is an interview with Stanley A. Fishman, author of Tender Grassfed Meat: Traditional Ways to Cook Healthy Meat. Stanley shares his remarkable story of healing with traditional foods and how a lawyer became a researcher and cookbook writer. We share some updates from the farm as well. You can download the show [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Giveaway,Homesteading,Lifestyle,Local Food,Low-Carb,Price,Recipes,Weston Price</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Today&#039;s show is an interview with Stanley A. Fishman, author of Tender Grassfed Meat: Traditional Ways to Cook Healthy Meat. Stanley shares his remarkable story of healing with traditional foods and how a lawyer became a researcher and cookbook writer.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Today&#039;s show is an interview with Stanley A. Fishman, author of Tender Grassfed Meat: Traditional Ways to Cook Healthy Meat. Stanley shares his remarkable story of healing with traditional foods and how a lawyer became a researcher and cookbook writer....</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
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		<title>ONL069 Stop the Frankenfish Nightmare!</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/11/onl069-stop-the-frankenfish-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey M. Smith, expert on Genetically Modified Organisms and author of Genetic Roulette and Seeds of Deception spoke to us recently about his campaign to ban the release of genetically engineered fish into our food system. [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Lifestyle</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Jeffrey M. Smith, expert on Genetically Modified Organisms and author of Genetic Roulette and Seeds of Deception spoke to us recently about his campaign to ban the release of genetically engineered fish into our food system.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Jeffrey M. Smith, expert on Genetically Modified Organisms and author of Genetic Roulette and Seeds of Deception spoke to us recently about his campaign to ban the release of genetically engineered fish into our food system.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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		<title>ONL068 Dreaming of Animals</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/10/onl068-dreaming-of-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> How often do you dream of animals? What do they mean? How do animals impact your life on a conscious or unconscious level? These are some of the issues explored by Valerie Harms in her Eco-psychology book entitled, Dreaming of Animals: Dialogue between Self and World. Jon and I chatted with her about our [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Eco-psychology,Ecology,Lifestyle</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>How often do you dream of animals? What do they mean? How do animals impact your life on a conscious or unconscious level? These are some of the issues explored by Valerie Harms in her Eco-psychology book entitled,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>How often do you dream of animals? What do they mean? How do animals impact your life on a conscious or unconscious level? These are some of the issues explored by Valerie Harms in her Eco-psychology book entitled, Dreaming of Animals: Dialogue between...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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		<title>ONL067 Birke Baehr Speaks out for REAL Food! GIVEAWAY</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/10/onl067-birke-baehr-speaks-out-for-real-food-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/10/onl067-birke-baehr-speaks-out-for-real-food-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p></p> <p class="wp-caption-text">Birke and Bill Keener at Sesquatchie Farms, Tennessee</p> <p>What a joy it was interviewing Birke about his passion! He is an amazing voice for the real food and sustainable farming movement. By now you have probably seen his YouTube video, but even more moving is to hear him live and unrehearsed sharing his [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Giveaway,Lifestyle,Weston Price</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>What a joy it was interviewing Birke about his passion! He is an amazing voice for the real food and sustainable farming movement. By now you have probably seen his YouTube video, but even more moving is to hear him live and unrehearsed sharing his sto...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>What a joy it was interviewing Birke about his passion! He is an amazing voice for the real food and sustainable farming movement. By now you have probably seen his YouTube video, but even more moving is to hear him live and unrehearsed sharing his story. Jon and I talked with him about his family&#039;s lifestyle choices, his concern about healthy food, his message, and his future plans. This is a young man who wants to leave his mark on the world. I&#039;m so encouraged by his leadership for the next generation! In our blog we have a GIVEAWAY for 3 copies of the new  Our Natural Life - Podcast App for your iPhone.  Good luck!



Recently I blogged about a conversation with Birke&#039;s mother about how he came to make his speech at Tedx Next Generation in Asheville North Carolina. Several people have commented to me that they had assumed, as I had, that Birke was heavily impacted by his family. In fact, the opposite is true. Birke is consumed with healthy eating and the slow food movement and has been the one influencing the adults and other kids in his circle.



Some farmers who have influenced Birke include Bill Keener of Sequatchie Cove Farm, Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, Jason Mann, director of Full Moon Farm Cooperative, and Jeff Poppen, aka the barefoot farmer, farm manager of Long Hungry Creek Farm. He runs in good company!

Birke volunteers on farms while his family travels, supplements his home school curriculum with independent study, and recently took a cheese making class. He is not afraid of hard work and wants his life to make a difference in the world. He is interested in saving money and take part in a future apprenticeship or intern opportunity in farming. In the meantime, he is sharing his message on his facebook page and offering his services as a public speaker to adults or children.

Birke appealed to our listeners to oppose Senate Bill S510, entitled the Food Safety and Modernization Act, due to the negative impact this bill would have on small farmers as it is currently written. Since Birke will not be of voting age for another 7 years, he has asked those who can influence their congressmen to do so.

I think we will be hearing much more from Birke Baehr!

We&#039;ve had a busy week at Broad River Pastures with sales of duck eggs, garden produce, and Lucky Dog liver treats. We had a farm tour for 4 people on Saturday, and processed parts of two deer shot behind our farm to use as dog food. I wrote a guest post for the Agriculture Society blog.  I&#039;m leaving in the morning to visit a South Carolina rabbitry that raises Silver Fox rabbits, to visit grandkids, and to bring home our English Shepherd puppy and 11 French Black Copper Marans. We just processed 8 cockerels and have chicken in the freezer.

Jon and I have a GIVEAWAY this week for the Our Natural Life - Podcast App. We will have 3 winners! This is the most convenient way to access Our Natural Life Podcast on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
You’re always connected to the latest episode. Instant access, just touch and play!

This App contains the following features:

	Streaming access to play episode from anywhere
	Always updated with the latest episodes- and an archived back catalog
	Download the episodes and play them when offline
	Playback resume (when interrupted by a call or other distraction)
	Favorites (mark the episodes you want to return back to over and over)
	Quick access to all the contact methods for the show

We will also have bonus content available only through this app in the future. The app is available on the iTunes store for $1.99. Be sure to choose the Wizzard Media version in the Lifestyle category, released October 4. (Or just click this link!)

Up to 10 chances to enter our GIVEAWAY!

	Blog about this giveaway and Birke Baehr and link back to this page on your blog. Post a comment below with a link to your blog. (2 entries)
	Sign up for the Our Natural Life newsletter or RSS feed.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>48:00</itunes:duration>
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		<title>ONL064 Feeding your Family the Local, Humane, and Nutrient Dense Way</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/08/onl064-feeding-your-family-the-local-humane-and-nutrient-dense-way/</link>
		<comments>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/08/onl064-feeding-your-family-the-local-humane-and-nutrient-dense-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a podcast conversation with Kimberly Hartke, Publicist of Weston A. Price Foundation, on the health benefits of eating farm fresh foods. We also cover the controversy surrounding the USDA dietary guidelines. [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Price,raw milk,Real Milk,Weston,Weston Price</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Here is a podcast conversation with Kimberly Hartke, Publicist of Weston A. Price Foundation, on the health benefits of eating farm fresh foods. We also cover the controversy surrounding the USDA dietary guidelines.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Here is a podcast conversation with Kimberly Hartke, Publicist of Weston A. Price Foundation, on the health benefits of eating farm fresh foods. We also cover the controversy surrounding the USDA dietary guidelines.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>1:04:48</itunes:duration>
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		<title>ONL062 Conversation with Jimmy Moore &#8211; Living the Low-Carb Life</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/06/onl062-conversation-with-jimmy-moore-living-the-low-carb-life/</link>
		<comments>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/06/onl062-conversation-with-jimmy-moore-living-the-low-carb-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p> [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>Jimmy Moore,Low-Carb Lifestyle,raw milk,Real Milk,Weston Price</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>Jimmy Moore is the energetic host of the wildly popular podcast show, Livin&#039; 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,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Jimmy Moore is the energetic host of the wildly popular podcast show, Livin&#039; 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.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>57:38</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Raw Milk Issues in the News!</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/raw-milk-issues-in-the-news/</link>
		<comments>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/raw-milk-issues-in-the-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONL060 &#8211; Why we Follow Nathan Winters</title>
		<link>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/onl060-why-we-follow-nathan-winters/</link>
		<comments>http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/onl060-why-we-follow-nathan-winters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>  [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>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&#039;s adventures,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>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&#039;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.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
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		<title>ONL059 Nature&#8217;s Harmony Farm Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're very excited about our latest Podcast! Last fall, on our farm tour to Nature's Harmony Farm with Tim and Liz Young, we were inspired to make the transition from suburb to country. Our new place, Broad River Pastures, is about 7 miles from Nature's Harmony. We think you will be inspired as we were. You can listen to the Podcast on the link below. [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>We&#039;re very excited about our latest Podcast! Last fall, on our farm tour to Nature&#039;s Harmony Farm with Tim and Liz Young, we were inspired to make the transition from suburb to country. Our new place, Broad River Pastures,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>We&#039;re very excited about our latest Podcast! Last fall, on our farm tour to Nature&#039;s Harmony Farm with Tim and Liz Young, we were inspired to make the transition from suburb to country. Our new place, Broad River Pastures, is about 7 miles from Nature&#039;s Harmony. We think you will be inspired as we were. You can listen to the Podcast on the link below.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Jon and Cathy Payne</itunes:author>
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		<title>ONL054 Zachary Adam Cohen on Farm to Table and Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>This Podcast is a conversation with Zachary Adam Cohen, creator of the Farm to Table blog and television show and self-described &#8220;evangelist for the sustainable food movement&#8221;. Zachary talks with us about how his dream project started and addresses skeptics on the topic of social media. The link to our interview is found below.</p> [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>This Podcast is a conversation with Zachary Adam Cohen, creator of the Farm to Table blog and television show and self-described &quot;evangelist for the sustainable food movement&quot;. Zachary talks with us about how his dream project started and addresses ske...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>This Podcast is a conversation with Zachary Adam Cohen, creator of the Farm to Table blog and television show and self-described &quot;evangelist for the sustainable food movement&quot;. Zachary talks with us about how his dream project started and addresses skeptics on the topic of social media. The link to our interview is found below.



I met Zachary on Twitter and found that we had several followers in common. After several tweets and a couple emails, we eventually had a telephone conversation that led to this interview. This is one of the beauties of twitter, which Zachary describes as &quot;global thought talk.&quot; It is a place where one can have conversations 24 hours a day with like-minded individuals from around the world. In our interview and in a recent blog he discusses the use of social media as a medium for change.

Zachary recommends Chris Brogan&#039;s book, Trust Agents as an aide to help individuals use the web to build influence, improve reputation, and earn trust. Cathy and Jon described their own goals to promote sustainable food and to lobby for the labeling of GMO foods. This is a topic Our Natural Life recently explored in interviews with both Jeffrey M. Smith and Robyn O&#039;Brien. Zachary makes wide use of Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, and Stumbleupon to connect with the movers and shakers in sustainable food.

How do you use social media to promote your favorite causes?

Updates from Our Natural Life

Jon has been away for a couple weeks, and Cathy neglected to post this blog October 19th due to responsibilities of daily living in his absence. Our fall garden survived the first freeze alerts with the help of generous mulching and a burlap blanket. The screening of FRESH: The Movie fundraiser for Georgia Chapters of Weston A. Price was a big success.

Yesterday Cathy attended another fundraiser and panel discussion. This time it was a Slow Food event for Wholesome Wave. She was so excited to learn about the opportunities in our community for helping low income families connect to fresh, sustainable, local food for half price! This is definitely a cause worthy of support.

Speaking of Slow Food, Georgia Organics is featuring founder Carlos Petrini as the keynote speaker for this year&#039;s annual conference. Past keynote speakers included Joel Salatin and Michael Pollen. They keep raising the bar!</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL053 Truth and Lies about our Food with Robyn O&#8217;Brien</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>This Podcast includes our recent conversation with the activist mother of four, Robyn O&#8217;Brien. Robyn is the author of The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making us Sick and What we can do About It. In her book and this show, Robyn shares her story of how she came to be an unlikely [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>This Podcast includes our recent conversation with the activist mother of four, Robyn O&#039;Brien. Robyn is the author of The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making us Sick and What we can do About It. In her book and this show,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>This Podcast includes our recent conversation with the activist mother of four, Robyn O&#039;Brien. Robyn is the author of The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making us Sick and What we can do About It. In her book and this show, Robyn shares her story of how she came to be an unlikely food crusader and began to educate others about food allergies, food additives, GM foods, and the dangers of soy. The interview can be downloaded from iTunes, Zune, or Stitcher. You can also listen from your computer using the embedded device below.



Robyn has not always been an advocate for clean food. She founded Allergy Kids in 2006 to spread the word after her youngest child suffered a sudden allergy to eggs. In her book she traces her journey from conservative mother to researcher and advocate. She now works tirelessly to create awareness of children&#039;s issues regarding food safety.

During the interview, we discussed GM foods. Robyn mentioned a recent ruling against genetically modified sugar beets. You can read more about this here. The USDA&#039;s approval of GM beets was found to be unlawful. This is not because food safety studies were not completed - food safety studies are not required of GM foods. However, environmental impact studies were not completed. It is encouraging that many companies have opposed the use of GM sugar, and I imagine that this is due to public pressure. It is my hope that parents like Robyn will continue to unite and lobby for clean, safe, and sustainable food.

Robyn encourages our listeners to believe in their ability to affect change, to move forward with baby steps, and to try to do one thing to move in the right direction.

Updates

Thanks for all the support out there! We truly appreciate our 103 fans on Facebook and our 2,050 fans on Twitter. We&#039;d like to encourage you to subscribe to our newsletters and Podcasts and to review us on iTunes. We now have CDs for sale so you can take your favorite show with you in the car or pass it on to a friend or relative.

Atlanta fans, if you have not purchased your tickets for FRESH the movie, be sure to do that today! If you do not live in the Atlanta area, you can find a screening near you here.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL051 Are you eating Franken-foods? GMOs are Everywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Jeffrey M. Smith did not set out to become the foremost expert on the dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). However, since 1996 he has made telling others about the risks of GM foods his life&#8217;s work. What he has learned is that these unnatural foods put the health of people, animals, and the environment [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Jeffrey M. Smith did not set out to become the foremost expert on the dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). However, since 1996 he has made telling others about the risks of GM foods his life&#039;s work.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Jeffrey M. Smith did not set out to become the foremost expert on the dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). However, since 1996 he has made telling others about the risks of GM foods his life&#039;s work. What he has learned is that these unnatur...</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL050 In Defense of Omnivores</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>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,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>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 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, 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. Physician Michael Eades, whose work is cited in the book, recently featured a review 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.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL047 FRESH: The Movie Interview with Producer/Director Ana Sofia Joanes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy R. Payne, EdD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In this week&#8217;s Podcast, Jon and Cathy interview Ana Sofia Joanes, producer and director of the recently released documentary FRESH: The Movie. FRESH is a call to action, intending to inspire viewers to positive change and portray a hopeful message about possibilities for sustainable food. Local screenings are followed by a panel discussion with local [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>In this week&#039;s Podcast, Jon and Cathy interview Ana Sofia Joanes, producer and director of the recently released documentary FRESH: The Movie. FRESH is a call to action, intending to inspire viewers to positive change and portray a hopeful message abou...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>In this week&#039;s Podcast, Jon and Cathy interview Ana Sofia Joanes, producer and director of the recently released documentary FRESH: The Movie. FRESH is a call to action, intending to inspire viewers to positive change and portray a hopeful message about possibilities for sustainable food. Local screenings are followed by a panel discussion with local representatives from the sustainable food movement. Be sure to download the Podcast at the end of this blog to hear about the movie in Ana&#039;s own words. She exhibits great passion for the subject and dedication to the cause. You can also download Podcast ONL047 from iTunes.





Fresh: The Movie

Readers of our blog and listeners to our Podcast know that Jon and I are passionate about knowing where are food comes from, having personal relationships with our farmers, and assuring that the food we eat has been sustainably and healthily raised, preferably from heritage or heirloom stock.

Joanes&#039; documentary does a superb job of highlighting farmers throughout the country who are doing things right. Because of high interest, FRESH is getting lots of media attention from sources such as the Huffington Post, and bloggers Cheeseslave and FairFoodFight . Also receiving attention are featured farmers Will Allen of Growing Power and Joel Salatin of Polyface farms. Will Allen performs miracles on 3 acres in the middle of urban Milwaukee while changing the food system to provide everyone equal access to healthy food. Joel Salatin respects the design of nature to leave his Virginia acreage richer each year rather than depleted, as in conventionally farmed land.

Michael Pollan&#039;s authoritative voice also lends credibility to the film. Many of you have read his landmark book The Omnivore&#039;s Dilemma. Pollan asserts in the film that &quot;Cheap food is an illusiion&quot; paid for with tax subsidies, environmental damage, and poor health. The story that impacted me most, however, was about Russ Kremer, the formerly conventional pig farmer from Franenstein, Missouri who exterminated his herd after an accident led to an antibiotic resistant strep infection that almost cost him his life. His revelation that what he learned in college went against nature&#039;s plan is similar to the story shared with us recently by Bill Hodge. Russ, however, required a life-threatening condition to make the transition. He is now a respected leader in sustainable pork.

I also greatly admire the efforts made by small farmer Diane Endicott and her creation of Good Natured Family Farms, an alliance of 75 farms in the Kansas City area. This coop bands together to find purchasers for their products. Many of their fresh, local food is taken to Ball Grocery Stores.

Some enlightening information in the film is that if farmers stopped feeding grains to herbivores that do better on grass, 70% of our farm land would be available for development. Andrew Kimball from the Center for Food Safety reported that current data shows medium sized organic farms to be more productive than larger, conventional ones.

When asked what parts of the film could not be included in the final cut, Ana conceded that the &quot;elephant in the room&quot; was GMO food. As huge an issue as GMO is to sustainability, she was unable to do it justice in a 72 minute film. The leading authority on GMO is Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette. Next month we will be interviewing Jeffrey for a future Podcast , focusing mainly on Genetic Roulette.

Ana Sofia Joanes, soon to be a new mother, has dedicated several years and personal resources to making this documentary. She continues to tour and promote the sustainable food movement. We hope that our listeners support her project and take its message to heart.

&quot;Every decision you make at the supermarket is creating a different future for land, farmers, diversity of crops, health of bodies, and communities. Vote with your dollars. Change happens one person at a time.&quot; - FRESH, the Movie
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		<title>ONL046 Producing Beef in Harmony with Mother Nature: An Interview with Bill Hodge of Hodge Ranch, LLC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This week Bill Hodge of Hodge Ranch spoke to us passionately about his personal &#8220;revelation&#8221; and transition from conventional agriculture to more natural methods of farming. By working with nature instead of against it, he produces a healthier product, improves the land, saves money, and has hardy, long-lived stock.</p> <p></p> <p>Our Natural Life Podcast ONL046</p> [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:summary>This week Bill Hodge of Hodge Ranch spoke to us passionately about his personal &quot;revelation&quot; and transition from conventional agriculture to more natural methods of farming. By working with nature instead of against it, he produces a healthier product, improves the land, saves money, and has hardy, long-lived stock.



Our Natural Life Podcast ONL046

We hope you enjoy the Podcast of our interview. It can be found at the bottom of this blog or downloaded from iTunes, Zune, or Tivo. We&#039;d love to hear your comments or have you review our show on iTunes. This blog is not meant to duplicate the information in the interview, but to be used as a vehicle to provide links with more information and to encourage you to give a listen!

Grass Finished Beef

We&#039;ve been buying beef from Bill and Di Hodge for the past 7 years and have never been disappointed with their product. Bill is the first farmer we purchased from directly and developed a relationship with. We admire the work he is doing with rotational grazing .



According to Hodge, a beef cow is kept for an average of 6 years before making a profit in regard to breeding. However, most cows in the industrial system do not live past the age of 5. Hodge&#039;s cows live 15-18 years and when Cathy visited his ranch she saw one who was 19.

If you have seen recent films such as Food, Inc , FRESH: The Movie , or classics such as King Corn , you may be aware of problems with grain-finished beef. If not, Food Renegade has published some good articles here and here . Other good resources are Jo Robinson&#039;s book Pasture Perfect and the Eat Wild website.



Supporting Sustainable Farmers

On twitter, Cathy has noticed a movement that associates itself with sustainable food called &quot;Meatless Monday.&quot; Michael Pollan recommends eating less meat. However, we concur with Lisa M. Hamilton:

In order for pasture-based livestock to become a significant part of the meat industry, we need to eat more of its meat, not less. As it is, grass-fed beef accounts for less than one percent of American beef consumption, and numbers for chicken and pork hardly register. Even where the industry is growing, it is stunted by inadequate infrastructure. The greatest challenge is a lack of small-scale slaughterhouses ...but the industry also suffers from a dearth of research, outreach for new producers, and investment in breeding for pasture-based systems. And those things will change only as the market grows. So if you want to use your food choices to impact climate change, by all means follow Dr. Pachauri&#039;s suggestion for a meatless Monday. But on Tuesday, have a grass-fed burger-and feel good about it.

You can read the rest of Hamilton&#039;s article and view her links here . We choose to eat pastured beef, pork, chicken, lamb, goat, and milk from pastured cows and goats on a daily basis. We also consume eggs from pastured chickens. Although we do have meatless meals, we rarely have a meatless day, as we are both &quot;protein types .&quot; We prefer to go one additional step and give preference to farmers raising heritage breeds on pasture, something that Nature&#039;s Harmony Farm has committed to. By &quot;voting&quot; with our food dollars three times a day in this manner, we are supporting our local sustainable farmers, saving heritage breeds from extinction, improving our local environment, supporting the humane treatment of animals, and eating the most nutritious and delicious meals. It is definitely a win-win situation!

Resources

You may be wondering where to buy pastured meats in your area. My first recommendation is to contact your local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation . The chapter leaders keep lists of local, sustainable food. We are continuing our membership drive and chance to win registration at the fall conference. If you want to join, use this membership application form and contact us so we can enter you in the drawing.

Other resources include Eat Wild, Local Harvest ,</itunes:summary>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This Week&#8217;s Interview with Chris Masterjohn</p> <p>There is a lot of information and misinformation floating around about cholesterol, lipids, and the role of diet and cholesterol in heart health. How do you sort it all out? It&#8217;s vital to do your research and have a basic understanding of your body and the motives of medical [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>This Week&#039;s Interview with Chris Masterjohn - There is a lot of information and misinformation floating around about cholesterol, lipids, and the role of diet and cholesterol in heart health. How do you sort it all out?</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>This Week&#039;s Interview with Chris Masterjohn

There is a lot of information and misinformation floating around about cholesterol, lipids, and the role of diet and cholesterol in heart health. How do you sort it all out? It&#039;s vital to do your research and have a basic understanding of your body and the motives of medical authorities so you can weigh the information against that understanding. When I want accurate information NOT from the medical establishment, I defer to experts such Chris Masterjohn, The Weston A. Price Foundation, Al Sears, and others.

In Podcast show #45, Chris spoke to us extensively on the subject of cholesterol, a topic he explores with great knowledge on his website . As the name of his website indicates, cholesterol is essential to health. In the first part of the interview Chris explains its essential role in brain health and the delivery of fat soluble vitamins.

Listen to the interview with Chris on the player below when you are ready or find us on iTunes.



 Chris also explained the lipid hypothesis and the history of medical adoption of cholesterol lowering drugs and dietary guidelines.

Chris&#039; encyclopedic mind is amazing, and the interview is well worth a listen. He summarized recommendations for heart health as a series of action steps to take: 1) Avoid excessive consumption of Omega 6 fats, 2) Eat a diet rich in antioxidants from fresh fruits and vegetables and supplementation with vitamin E and CoQ10, 3) Encourage efficient metabolism by monitoring your thyroid hormone, consuming sufficient iodine and selenium, and avoiding flouride, bromide, and chlorine.

Be sure to check out all the tabs on Chris&#039; website, sign up for his newsletter , and consider purchasing some of his very reasonably priced and well-researched special reports . You will be glad you did.

For additional reading about cholesterol, check out this article at the Weston A. Price Foundation , another Chris Masterjohn interview from Underground Wellness with comments from Ann Marie Michaels, this article by Chris , this blog on the Lyon Diet-Heart Study , nutritional advice from Al Sears , and these tips on video from Joseph Mercola . These should keep you busy for a while and give you some excellent research-based information not funded by the pharmaceutical industry.

The classic thesis on the rise of vegetable oil consumption in the United States and the adoption of the lipid theory by the American Medical Association can be found in the extensive and informative Oiling of America article by Mary Enig, PhD and Sally Fallon Morrell. I highly recommend taking the time to get familiar with these. They will open your eyes!

Great Source for Fish Oils

We really enjoyed Chris&#039; talk on cod liver oil last week and are pleased to let you know that you can purchase high vitamin cod liver oil high vitamin butter oil, and the skate oil he talked about from the Grain and Salt Society . You can enter their store through our website by clicking on their banner here.

Remember that when you order anything from our &quot;Go Shopping&quot; links, we can earn a small commission that helps us maintain our website and podcast.

We get Mail
I just listened to that Podcast today! I really enjoyed it! My only experience with cod liver oil was at a friend&#039;s house when I was a little kid. We would stop at her house before school so we could all walk together, and she&#039;d have us all line up for a dose. I never knew that it was actually good for me. I loved Chris&#039;s explanation about Vitamin&#039;s A and D working together and how the D is stored in the adipose tissue. I am looking forward to the next interview! - Shaileen Hathaway in Connecticutt
Cathy&#039;s response - Thanks, Shaileen, for keeping in touch via facebook, twitter, and email and for the yummy liver pate recipe!
I have been into Real Food since 2001 when I lived in Switzerland. I discovered WAP after that and became a chapter leader in Oklahoma City for several years.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL044 Chris Masterjohn on the Science of Cod Liver Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>by Cathy R. Payne, EdD - We have a great Podcast this week, and an extended one due to our interview with Chris Masterjohn. Chris is the creator and maintainer of Cholesterol-And-Health.Com , a website dedicated to providing accurate information about...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>by Cathy R. Payne, EdD

We have a great Podcast this week, and an extended one due to our interview with Chris Masterjohn. Chris is the creator and maintainer of Cholesterol-And-Health.Com , a website dedicated to providing accurate information about...</itunes:summary>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In podcast #42 we interview Heather Tubbs, owner of Truly Healthy Baby . In her business, she consults with families regarding healthy eating and how to keep a healthy, non-toxic home. Heather teaches classes in the Atlanta area and is selling pre-orders of her new book, Raising Baby O , that will be released [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:summary>In podcast #42 we interview Heather Tubbs, owner of Truly Healthy Baby . In her business, she consults with families regarding healthy eating and how to keep a healthy, non-toxic home. Heather teaches classes in the Atlanta area and is selling pre-orde...</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL034 &#8211; Good Fats, Bad Fats</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Good Fats, Bad Fats. Today we break myths about fats in your diet, based on research from the Weston A. Price Foundation and others. We&#8217;ll discuss the fats that benefit your health and help you lose weight. We&#8217;ll also discuss the fats you want to avoid in any quantity. Sources of information are from Sally [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Good Fats, Bad Fats. Today we break myths about fats in your diet, based on research from the Weston A. Price Foundation and others. We&#039;ll discuss the fats that benefit your health and help you lose weight.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Good Fats, Bad Fats. Today we break myths about fats in your diet, based on research from the Weston A. Price Foundation and others. We&#039;ll discuss the fats that benefit your health and help you lose weight. We&#039;ll also discuss the fats you want to avoid in any quantity. Sources of information are from Sally Fallon and Dr. Mary Enig, authors of Nourishing Traditions and Eat Fat, Lose Fat. The information we share today may surprise many of our listeners.
Show Links
 WAPF: Know Your Fats Butter versus margarine - are they good for you? Butter is Better for You Consumer Health Articles: &quot;THE OILING OF NORTH AMERICA&quot; Is South Beach Diet Better Than Atkins or Other Diets? Cholesterol - You Can&#039;t Live Without It! The Daily Lipid Green Pasture Products YouTube - Exposing the Cholesterol Myth Essential Fatty Acids by Udo Erasmus //Jon</itunes:summary>
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		<title>ONL006 &#8211; Buzz Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ <p>In this episode we start a two part series to define holistic, sustainable, healthy , and other industry terms and buzz words you may hear in our discussions.</p> <p>Here are two links that we discussed which relate to show #005</p> The Feingold Diet Program helps kids with ADHD MSG Update &#8211; there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:summary>In this episode we start a two part series to define holistic, sustainable, healthy , and other industry terms and buzz words you may hear in our discussions.

Here are two links that we discussed which relate to show #005

	The Feingold Diet Program helps kids with ADHD
	MSG Update - there is a petition before the FDA to remove MSG from the list of &quot;Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) list of ingredients&quot;. This is HUGE! It means food manufacturers would have to stop using it. It is addictive and when added to our food it makes people eat more, and eat more quickly. Go here and enter P-0178 in the search box to see the petition and the list of public comments.

Here are the links we talked about in show #006

	Use those abundant cucumbers! Three ways to make pickles .
	Definition of holistic health.
	Is exercise making you fat?
	The health of your kids.
	Sustainable Agriculture - what does it mean?
	Maximum nutrition from the garden.
	Health - defined.

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