024 | Global anti-meat narrative & the benefits of collagen: Candid Conversations with Natalie Kovarik & Tara Vander Dussen
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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for a Candid Conversation! In these episodes, we’ll cover life updates from the ranch (Natalie) and the farm (Tara), things we are currently obsessed with, community recipes, or industry news. In this episode of Candid Conversations: Global Anti-Meat Narrative & the Benefits of Collagen we cover:
Life updates from both Natalie and Tara
What Natalie and Tara are current coveting, which happens to be collagen this week
A candid conversation about the global anti-meat narrative
Community Recipe: Zesty Potato Salad
Farm and Ranch Updates
Tara is enjoying a little bit of downtime while she gears up for the fall. Natalie chats about her experience at the local county fair and how each of her boys is going through the motions of being in the ag fair.
Currently Coveting: Modere Collagen
Let’s chat about collagen! Tara has been loving taking her daily collagen and it’s one of her most responded to stories on her Instagram. In this light-hearted conversation, Natalie and Tara go back and forth on the benefits of collagen. Natalie has had an on-and-off relationship with Modere Collagen and gave a bottle to Tara so they could try it out together. In case you didn’t know, collagen is a product of beef, which is one of the big reasons that they are excited to try this product. Stay tuned to see what they think and you can get your own bottle here.
Industry News: Global Anti-Meat Narrative
Tara leads the candid conversation today about the global anti-meat agenda. In this discussion, she starts by giving the stats on Ireland’s agriculture emission reduction goals. Unfortunately, in order to hit the goals of emission reduction, the agriculture industry would take a huge hit even those the countries in question have one of the highest ag exports in the world. One of the largest points in this conversation is that Ireland is discussing culling 1.3 million cattle in order to hit the greenhouse emission quota. Similarly, in New Zealand, there will potentially be new taxes on farms that produce greenhouse gases. Nothing has been done like this before, so Tara is curious to see how it plays out.
To wrap up the conversation, Natalie and Tara talk about how elitist it is to manipulate the narrative around the meat industry. At the end of the day, a properly balanced diet can really benefit from meat whether it’s grain-fed or grass-fed. All meat serves a purpose and it’s important that industry producers come together to support overall meat production rather than segregating different sectors of it.
Sources
Community Recipe: Zesty Potato Salad Created by Carley Smith, aka the Fairy Gutmother, and Shared by Strohauer Farms.
Tara found a new family member online when they shared a Zesty Potato Salad Recipe. Make sure to listen to this episode all the way through to hear the whole story. In the meantime, catch this delicious, gut healthy, and kid-approved potato salad recipe below.
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
Check out Modere Collagen
Listen to Episode 021 with Caroline Nelson on her take on grass-fed meat.
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