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161: Taylor Collins - Using Regenerative Agriculture to Bring Ecosystems Back to Life
161: Taylor Collins - Using Regenerative Agriculture to Bring Ecosystems Back to Life
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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Taylor Collins and his wife Katie, founders of EPIC Provisions, discuss their journey from being vegetarian endurance athletes to creating a meat-based protein bar and how they eventually started their own regenerative agriculture farm. When you tune into this episode, you’ll also hear how their regenerative ag practices are transforming ecosystems, why they don’t operate with a business plan and what they do instead, and what it’s like to raise two daughters on the farm. Katie and Taylor also share with Dr. Anthony Gustin what the next five years look like for them and how this incredible journey has changed their entire outlook. If you’re not familiar with Katie and Taylor Collins, they’re the husband and wife duo behind EPIC Provisions, a high-protein, all-meat snack and the farmers and Founders behind Roam Ranch, a regenerative agriculture farm in Texas that aims to produce nourishing meat and heal ecosystems. In this episode, you’ll hear about the following topics: Taylor and Katie’s background and how they became first generation ranchers What they’ve noticed since reconnecting with the land Taylor and Katie’s health journey from following dietary norms and doing endurance races to experiencing inflammation and joint pain and how they healed themselves How their company EPIC Provisions came about How Taylor and Katie operated without a business plan and what that looked like How Taylor and Katie brought a baron piece of farmland in Texas back to life What’s destroying our land and what can be done to fix things Is it necessary to eat animals to restore natural resources? Seeing life as a transfer of energy How consumers yield the power for changing the health of our planet How a dried out creek on their property was transformed into its former flowing glory thanks to their regenerative agriculture practices How plant species have dramatically changed on their farm How the insects fared on their farm using their regenerative ag practices What the next five years look like for Taylor and Katie Mentioned in This Episode Katie and Taylor Collins’ Epic Provisions website Katie and Taylor’s Roam Ranch website Katie and Taylor Collins’ Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube channel Allan Savory’s TedTalk, How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
Released:
Nov 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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