Episode 214: Can We Eat Quality Meat and Still Protect the Environment?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My guest this week is Autumn Smith</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Autumn and I discuss the hot topic of meat consumption… It’s time to upgrade your thinking around meat and the quality you consume. The issues around agriculture, animal farming, soil health, and more are some of the most pressing of our time. We all need to understand what's actually happening in this realm versus what mainstream media is touting as it's having a major impact on our children now and definitely will impact their future. And that’s why I brought back my guest Autumn Smith to update us and help us understand what's happening in the world currently around meat and how we can ensure the best options for our families while supporting the environment through regenerative practices.  Let’s talk about practices (and companies) that truly care about the planet AND the health of our population.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Autumn Smith is the co-founder of</span> <a href="https://paleovalley.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paleovalley</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://wildpastures.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wild Pastures</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, holds a Master's in Holistic Nutrition, is a certified Eating Psychology coach and a certified FDN practitioner. Her passion for health began with her own struggles with IBS and anxiety. Despite a career as a professional dancer and celebrity fitness trainer, Autumn’s own health was in shambles. Desperate for a cure, she and her husband stumbled onto the Paleo diet in 2011, and within a month of beginning it, her health was completely transformed. She made it her mission to share the information she learned with as many people as possible. She's the co-founder of Paleovalley, an organic whole food supplement and paleo snack food company. And in 2018, she took things a step further and launched Wild Pastures, a regenerative pasture-based meat d