Podcasts

Sleep is critical to health and goes hand in hand with nutrition and exercise.  In this episode, I chat with Tara Youngblood, founder of Chilisleep, an innovative company with “science-based sleep products to inspire people to sleep better”. Tara, as a self-described “Sleep Geek,” used her background in science to unlock the connection between temperature […]

In this episode, James chats with Victoria Boron about her journey to reclaim her health, the past, present, and future of our food system, must-read books, and more. Victoria Boron is passionate about peoples’ metabolic health. When her own health began to fail after gaining significant weight and becoming pre- diabetic, she began searching for

On this episode of the Sustainable Dish Podcast, I speak with Frank Mitloehner, a specialist in livestock air quality at UC Davis. Learn more about him in my film, Sacred Cow. This episode is sponsored by FOND Bone Broth, one of my favorite “better broth” companies. Their broths and elixirs are not only well-sourced, but

On this episode of the Sustainable Dish Podcast, I speak with Marty Kendall of Optimising Nutrition and Nutrient Optimiser, an assessment and program designed to help you identify nutrient deficiencies and guide you through optimizing your nutrition without the use of supplements. I’ve followed Marty’s program several times and learned how to maximize my diet for optimal nutrient

On this episode of The Sustainable Dish Podcast, we dive deep into the carbon credit market with Megan Parks, the Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of Grassroots Carbon, a public benefit company that makes it easy to buy and sell nature-based carbon storage. Carbon credits, carbon sequestration, carbon storage are all growing buzzwords in today’s

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to move from city life to start a farm? If so, give the latest episode of the Sustainable Dish Podcast a listen. My co-host, Lauren Manning, chats with Christine Dormeier of Heritage Pines Farm in Peyton, Colorado. Christine grew up in the suburbs, went to undergrad for business,

In this episode of the podcast, my co-host, Lauren Manning, chats with James Rebanks. James is not only an accomplished sheep farmer in England (you may recognize him from his guest appearance in Sacred Cow), but he is also an author and thought-leader on the future of farming. They discuss the past, present, and future

In this episode, I chat with Adam Danforth, a butcher, educator, and James Beard award-winning author. He is an active board member of the Good Meat Project and Chefs Collaborative and through this work, he leads experiential workshops worldwide on butchery and meat science for venues such as Stone Barns Center for Agriculture, the James

Pilar Egüez Guevara, PhD is director and founder of Comidas que Curan, an independent education initiative to promote the value of traditional foods through research and film. Her documentary Raspando coco (Scraping coconuts) received several awards and was presented at film festivals in the United States, Europe and Japan. You can find her on instagram.com/raspando_coco

On today’s episode of the podcast, I chat with Nicolette Hahn Niman about the nutritional, sustainable, and ethical case for meat production. Nicolette is an author, lawyer, rancher, and one of the many environmental experts featured in the film, Sacred Cow. In this episode, we dive into why well-raised cattle actually improve ecosystem function and