This is our second post sharing some good you tube videos out there about regenerative farming and the food we eat. In this post a Lillie, a customer, interviews a farmer about how they farm. The farmer is very detailed about the processes of farming, both the good and bad, how it impacts the food we eat and what is sustainable and ethical.
If you are interested in what happens with your food, this is a good video to watch!
Here are some of the topics in this video (timestamps)
Regenerative Farming & What it looks Like
For most our farmers, they feel that farming not only includes their lifestock, but also the land and wildlife too. They have a wholistic approach to living on the land, with their livestock, vegetable farming and everything they do. Farming should include these things, not exclude the natural world.
We have Vital Green Milk and on their site they say this…
What Makes our Milk Different?
We, as you might think, run a dairy farm. In a sense this is true, but first and foremost we are grass farmers. A better term would be forage farmers, because cows do not eat only grass. Cows really like a mix of all different plants, which includes grasses, legumes, and herbs. Why do we than have dairy cows? The cows convert the minerals, vitamins and nutrients from the plants into milk, which in turn nourishes our body.
Nowadays, everything has to be bigger and faster. Oftentimes, ‘better’ goes on the back burner. We have gone a step back into history and looked where everything really takes place. It is not the cow or the feed that we feed them, it is the soil where it all starts. This might sound strange but ‘soil really is the life of the nation’. We cannot live without soil.
As you can see with Vital Green Farms, grass is where they start. Regenerative Farming has a wholistic approach and because of this you will find the food healthier and this in turn means you and your family too, are healthier as a result.