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  • Ep 73 - If You Want to Make Your Health a Priority, You Have to Dedicate Time to It. CEO Blake Baynham.

    Ep 73 - If You Want to Make Your Health a Priority, You Have to Dedicate Time to It. CEO Blake Baynham.
    2025/05/20
    On this episode we are grateful to have Blake Baynham. Blake is a leader in functional medicine and Founder/CEO of The Fountain, a cutting-edge clinic that helps people optimize their health before problems ever show up. By focusing on health-span, not lifespan, Blake will discuss how take back control of your energy, longevity, and life. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #localfarmers #functionalmedcine #testing #healthyfoods Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Blake at https://thefountainwpb.com/team/blake-baynham/ Other websites Blake mentioned “The Magic Pill” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6035294/ What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:14 Blake’s Journey to CEO 1:50 - Gym to Functional Diagnostics, Anti-Aging (Full Body MRI, Genetic Testing, Bloodwork, Nutritional Sensitivity) Hormone Therapy Approach 5:26 - Part of complete wholistic approach to improve health-span, not a short-term fix - Help people to feel their best Patient Success Story 8:59 - Goal to lose weight to be able to ride a horse - Success after a year at The Fountain. Improved her life and riding her horse The Process: The Patients Why for Long-term Sustainable Results 10:30 - First consultation to define more than just “losing weight”- The Why - Bloodwork, then Ozempic (or similar) if the tests determine that path - Do a Nutritional Sensitivity test - Teach them good eating habits for after off the Ozempic (or similar) o Otherwise they gain the weight back Functional Medicine 15:54 - Preventative - Don’t wait until a health crisis occurs - Expand your health-span, not just your lifespan: live healthy longer Someone Healthy Comes in, But Still Doesn’t Feel Right 17:48 - The Food Pyramid foundation – not healthy - Patient example: Methylation Drift – cell communication breaking down with age o After testing, used Exosome therapy to help the body heal on its own What if You Don’t have Access to a Clinic like Function Health 21:31 - Diet – what your eating affects how you feel - But it may take weeks to feel the affect of eating bad food o Brian fog, joints hurt, fatigue, inflammation o Nutritional Sensitivity Tests most commonly show the need to avoid Dairy and Grains  It’s the way the US does agriculture One or Two Important Markers 27:20 - Men & Women - High A1c means you need to focus on your diet - Men – Testosterone levels - Women – testosterone, progesterone, estrogen levels - Still recommend a wholistic workup Biggest Challenge to Patient Success 29:10 - Advertising, Athlete Influencers o Ronaldo on his health message: tossing a Coke out because he doesn’t drink it - Misinformation – people should question the information their seeing - Healthcare focused on Solving a Health Crisis The Fountain versus other Providers 33:10 - There is so much need, providers in this space are collaborating The Fountain is Affordable, Will Health Insurance Follow their Approach 35:08 Food Production: Is Mono-cropping the Only Way to Feed the Planet 38:35 School Lunches Need to be Healthier 43:23 - Unhealthy food: It’s like Building your Body out of Styrofoam instead of out of bricks Cooking at Home 44:33 - Food Prep on Sunday, Put into containers - So weekday Lunch, Dinner is easier The Recipe: One: Ground Turkey, Organic Taco Mix, Cauliflower Rice 48:00 - Two: Healthy Chicken Cordon Blue with Spinach, Prosciutto, Basil, Mozzarella, Sun-dried Tomato Paste This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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  • Ep. 72 - Lose a Beekeeper and you Begin to Lose our Food System. Honey is the Original Healing Agent. Honeycomb Can Change the Consumer Relationship with Honey. Entrepreneur Douglas Raggio.

    Ep. 72 - Lose a Beekeeper and you Begin to Lose our Food System. Honey is the Original Healing Agent. Honeycomb Can Change the Consumer Relationship with Honey. Entrepreneur Douglas Raggio.
    2025/05/13
    On this episode we are grateful to have Douglas Raggio. Douglas’ journey to becoming a purveyor of fine fresh honeycomb weaves together his entrepreneurial spirit, culinary expertise, and passion for sustainable food systems. After a decade in the fast-paced restaurant industry, where he managed award-winning establishments in New York and Chicago, Douglas found himself increasingly drawn to the origin stories behind exceptional ingredients. His pivot into the world of artisanal honey began during a chance encounter with a third-generation beekeeper in the Hudson Valley. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #localfarmers #artisanalhoney #honeycomb #regenerative Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Douglas at https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasraggio and http://passthehoney.com/ Other websites Douglas mentioned https://www.regenerativeapiculture.org What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:33 Journey into Honey 2:00 - civil engineering to marketing - Venture fund for farmers who lacked access to capital o But VCs in CPG just sold to larger companies - Started Private Equity Fund, bought and sold an ingredients commodity business o Learned about honey fraud – and honeycomb can’t be faked - Lose a beekeeper and you lose our food system Pass the Honey – The Company 7:37 - Mission – stabilize beekeeping globally o Create a revenue source to support honeybees, beekeepers, ecological diversity o 3yrs with UC Davis developing outcome based regenerative standards White Paper o Created one million acres for research, then gifted to a 501c3  The Regenerative AP Culture Working Group Honeycomb has Terroir – nuance and flavor based on origin 11:14 - Honey comes from bees that get pollen from flowers, flowers are breathing the air - How do You know what’s in the HoneyComb? o Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Pollen, Sugar Water Testing o Pollen content, depending on the flower, ranges from 20% to 90% o Fundraising for Five Pilots to begin the certification process Pass the Honey - Products 14:21 - Apiculture is beekeeping, agriculture is crop tending - Could not find US Honeycomb in Volume in the US without pesticides o Turkey banned many pesticides decades ago, plus Canada, Mexico, Europe, Middle East o Each region’s honeycomb tastes different o Like wine, grapes are different, same for honey and the pollen in a region - Want to be the Next Avocado – Need Market Demand to Stabilize the Bees and Beekeeper Population Fraudulent Honey 18:57 - 70% of all liquid honey is fradulaent - Beekeepers lost 60% of their hives in 2024 o So where is all of this honey coming from to meet demand? - If you see multiple sources on one container, its been heated and lost all nutritional value Pass the Honey - Customers 21:23 - Wherever you can use a berry you can use a honeycomb - Currently in about ten supermarkets and growing - Restaurateurs – for cocktails, on steak, breakfast pancakes, waffles, yogurt - Pizza Shops, Charcuterie stores, Gyms Health Benefits - Honey is the original healing agent - Antibacterial, Anti-fungal, Antimicrobial - Sleep aid - Type I diabetics – the wax: clinical nutritionists see metabolic lift without the crash (consult your doctor) Bees and Their Decline 26:41 - Why? Pesticides, antibiotics, trucking bees to pollinate mono-crops, theft - Starting a Hive – join a beekeeping club Book for Food Entrepreneurs - So you Wanna Start a Food or Beverage Business 29:37 - The common pitfalls that Founders run into - Stories of how founders worked through problems - Know Your End-Game and Build backwards - Typically need $250K to $2M to start - Farming: moving to organic – need demand to balance the investment needed o Costco has worked with farmers transitioning to organic o Chefs can help drive demand Honeycomb: look where Avocado’s have come in 20yrs, Pistachios 35:36 o Branded Commodities: It takes consumer education o Create a honeycomb brand, charge enough to keep beekeepers producing o Sourcing from US regions – hard to do – but want to  Have to look at wind patterns, forage, water, access to collect honeycombs, fires, floods  Talking to people in the south, indigenous areas, Bees and ...
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  • Ep. 71 - We need a thousand flowers blooming on local food initiatives. Food: you are already involved: you engage in the food system multiple times a day. Jessica Fanzo, Director, Columbia’s Climate School.

    Ep. 71 - We need a thousand flowers blooming on local food initiatives. Food: you are already involved: you engage in the food system multiple times a day. Jessica Fanzo, Director, Columbia’s Climate School.
    2025/05/06
    On this episode we are grateful to have Jessica Fanzo. Jessica is a Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at the Columbia Climate School. Her research studies the connections between climate change and food systems in nutrition. She studies communities living in climate and resource constrained settings to identify and explore opportunities within food systems to enhance diet, nutrition, and environmental outcomes. She was the first laureate of the Carasso Foundation’s Sustainable Diets Prize in 2012 for her research on sustainable food and diets for long-term human health. She was also elected into the National Academy of Sciences in 2024. eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #localfarmers #climate #globaltrade Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Jessica Fanzo at https://people.climate.columbia.edu/users/profile/jessica-fanzo What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:47 Path to Director at Columbia 2:49 - Bachelors & PHD at University of Arizona, Bench Scientist, Columbia, Kenya, UN World Food Program, Hopkins, back to Columbia for the first Climate School in the country The Food and Climate Connection 4:50 - Constant extreme climate events are constantly shocking the food system - And Food Systems are contributing to Climate Change o 30% of all greenhouse gases, 70% of all fresh water - But Regenerative Agriculture Contributes Positively to Climate o Farmers need help to pivot because their margins are so thin. - Worldwide we Need a Mosaic of Solutions. How Do We Get More Interest in Regenerative & Organic Farming 10:41 - Growing interest from consumers Development of the Food Systems Countdown to 2030 12:12 - Created Framework of 50 Indicators to Monitor the Worlds Food Systems - For Policy Makers to make decisions, Shed Light on Key Drivers Food for Humanity 15:14 - To bring multiple Columbia disciplines together around central issue of food Stefan Schmidt’s Global Crop Trust 17:30 - Leads Heritage to Mainstream Seeds Collection and Storage in a Seed Vault in Norway - Need to preserve a diversity of seeds globally Kenya and Small Family Farms 20:44 - Regenerative Farming, Incredible Opportunity to Feed the World, Needs More Investment US-AID 23:26 - Affecting American farmers. Losing $2B in revenue. - Gone are the essential medicines, vaccines - DHS Surveys gone – health, food and nutrition information o to know 25% of children under-nourished - Early warning of areas to be experiencing drought Climate Finance Degree at Columbia 28:38 - How Do we Finance Mitigation and Adaptation Policies Book Fixing Dinner, Fixing the Planet 30:42 - Healthy Diet that treads lightly on the planet - How do we make healthy food cheap, tasty, and convenient - How do we create more healthy messaging, particularly for young people. Food Insecurity 36:36 - Support more local organizations that feed food insecure populations o We need a thousand flowers blooming on local food initiatives - As food gets more expensive you buy the lower quality, less expensive foods Food Regionalization 40:09 - Need global trade AND more local food production Longevity 42:14 - Food, movement, social (your tribe – don’t be lonely) - look at the Blue Zones First Step Towards a Healthier You 45:31 - you are already involved: you engage in the food system multiple times a day - Get involved in local food or donate to them - get to know your farmers The Recipe: Pesto Pasta with Chickpeas 47:37 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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  • Ep 70 - No Farms. No Food. CEO John Piotti. American Farmland Trust. Farming done right is critical to our future.

    Ep 70 - No Farms. No Food. CEO John Piotti. American Farmland Trust. Farming done right is critical to our future.
    2025/04/29
    On this episode we are grateful to have John Piotti, President and CEO of American Farmland Trust. John has worked at the forefront of sustainable agriculture since the early 1990s. Under John’s leadership, AFT has engaged in the most comprehensive study of American land use ever conducted, helped secure billions of dollars in funding to protect farmland and promote climate-smart agriculture, and launched initiatives that advance regenerative farming practices and support next generation farmers. Prior to joining AFT, John served as President of Maine Farmland Trust and as House Majority Leader of the Maine State Legislature. eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #localfarmers #climate #planethealth Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on John Piotti at https://farmland.org Other Mentions: https://www.nature.org/en-us/ https://www.audubon.org What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:42 Journey to CEO of American Farmland Trust (AFT) 4:23 - Started by Peggy Rockefeller - Regenerative & Climate Smart Agriculture Roots in 1985 - The conservation title of the 1985 Food Security Act was Title XII. This title included provisions for highly erodible land conservation, wetland conservation, and the Conservation Reserve Program. - AFT works worked with 20K farmers and ranchers in 2024 - Stone Barns at Blue Hill donated by Peggy Rockefeller’s estate - John developed local markets for farmers in the 1990s after growing up in a fishing family - Mentor – farmer Dick Perkins - Partnering with Jeff Tkach at Rodale and Apricot Lane Farm’s John Chester Organic and Regenerative Farming 18:31 - Organic has a USDA standard - Regenerative for building soil health - Improves Climate by pulling Carbon out of atmosphere - Better absorption of water, better pest protection - Cover crops, no till, crop rotation, animal grazing/rotation - No or minimal chemical use - Increases farmer profitability - Human Health: Better, more Nutrient dense Food Why Isn’t Regenerative Farming Growing Faster 26:43 - Average age of farmers is 60 Helping Young Farmers get into Farming 31:42 - Land costs are up to $7K to $20K per acre plus equipment - Low margins with price volatility - 900 million acres of US farmland (estimated) - 300 million acres in next 15yrs will be in transition due to the age of the farmer - Agriculture Conservation Easement to keep farmland prices 40-60% lower - Peer learning – seasoned farmers with young farmers - Business planning assistance - Working with retiring farmers to party for land over time - More state programs - Give them local market opportunities: homeowners, restaurants, hospitals, schools - Food Hubs for small farmers - Seeing Local Food Becoming a Driver for Local Economic Development Brighter Future Fund, Emergency Resiliency Grants 45:36 - Provided small grants to farmers ($4.8M so far) AFT’s Biggest Challenge 49:45 - Farming done right is critical to our future - Need to look at Farming as a System Success Story, A Young Farmer Starting, Better Food Access 51:44 - Apple Farm success through an easement program sale, reinvested in the farm and local community - Volunteer on a farm - Food Deserts, Local Farm Production can Help The Recipe: Vegetarian Bolognese Sauce 59:07 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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  • Ep. 69 - Health, Hunger and Hope. As a Guest on Boomer Banter with Wendy Green.

    Ep. 69 - Health, Hunger and Hope. As a Guest on Boomer Banter with Wendy Green.
    2025/04/22

    On this Episode, I am a guest on Boomer Banter with Wendy Green. Wendy as host asks very insightful questions on the orgins of this Podcast (Health), what I've discovered from my interviews over the past year-and-a-half (Hunger), and the new Center we've just started in the poorest suburb in America, East Cleveland, OH (Hope). Wendy is a great Host and led an exceptional conversation. Wendy can be found at wendy@heyboomer.biz. This was recorded Live and released by Wendy last week.
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  • Ep. 68 - From Washing Crates to CEO. I want to Invest Dollars into Stories Like Mine. Relentlessly Pursuing the Best.

    Ep. 68 - From Washing Crates to CEO. I want to Invest Dollars into Stories Like Mine. Relentlessly Pursuing the Best.
    2025/04/15
    On this episode we are grateful to have Anna Shields, CEO of Snowville Creamery. Snowville was founded in 2003 and is based south of Cleveland in Pomeroy, OH, just outside of Athens, OH. Anna began her career in the dairy industry at the age of 16, becoming CEO of Snowville in Nov 2022. I’m excited to discuss her journey, what Snowville means to its consumers, its workers, and the local community. I have their delicious yogurt every morning after my workout in the gym. I reached out to Anna for this conversation, and she was gracious enough to allow me to visit Snowville and talk with her today. #eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #local #farmers #milk #ohiouniversity Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Anna Shields at https://www.snowvillecreamery.com/ Other Mentions: https://www.ohio.edu https://www.buckeyecountrycreamery.com/ What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:24 Journey from Dairy Farm to CEO 1:54 - I want to Invest Those Dollars into Stories Like Mine. What Makes Snowville Products Special – A2/A2 8:03 - The A1 protein has been linked to autoimmune disease, digestive discomfort - Milk is Perfect the Way it was Made. Our Job is to Not Mess It Up. - Sterile Food vs Local Alive Food - Local Makes Soil Stronger, Farmers Stronger, Your Health Stronger, the Community Stronger - Were Never Done Learning, and Every Connection is Valuable - Joel Steiner, Buckeye Creamery, a great partner - Sustain Their Business by taking care of their employees, pay, benefits, customers The Value of Buying, Making and Eating Good Food 20:28 - Importance of Community: Every $1 spent creates $2.86 in social value - On the Mission to Enrich the Planet, The Lives of our Customers, Farmers, Employees by Producing Premium, Wholesome products - Getting involved with Children: created a second grade pilot, will expand to K-12 Educating Consumers on Snowville Products 32:56 - The value of local dairy protein - Foundation of Really Good Milk, So Very Little Processing - Less added Sugar because of naturally occurring Lactose - Keeping the Naturally Occurring Enzymes Alive - Milk as a SuperFood - Great for Hydration: Milk is 86% Water, Full of Naturally Occurring Electrolytes, Calcium, Protein Innovation and Keeping Traditional Values 40:50 - By listening to consumers Biggest Challenges 43:00 - Sustaining and Attracting Value vs Affordability o Social values, being a good neighbor - 70% of the Ohio manufacturers are under 50 people Long term Vision 47:24 - To be sustainable it needs to encompass all the things that are important to people and Snowville Positive Impact Stories 50:10 - So many customers expressing their gratitude: individuals to food banks to marathon runners to kids - Give kids an opportunity to see what good food tastes like Which Product Start with First - Chocolate Milk 55:32 Final Thoughts – Support Local. Choose Better 58:22 The Recipe: Lemon Posset 1:00:04 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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  • Ep. 67 - A Stanford Medical School graduate now Integrating Food based Interventions into Healthcare. Treat, Prevent and Reverse Chronic Conditions with Medically Tailored Meals.

    Ep. 67 - A Stanford Medical School graduate now Integrating Food based Interventions into Healthcare. Treat, Prevent and Reverse Chronic Conditions with Medically Tailored Meals.
    2025/04/08
    On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Steven Chen, a board-certified family medicine physician and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University and Stanford School of Medicine. Steven is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Recipe4Health at Alameda County Health, outside of Oakland, CA. Recipe4Health is a nationally recognized, award-winning "Food as Medicine" initiative that brings together healthcare, agriculture, food systems, and community to integrate food-based interventions into healthcare settings. Steven and I met from a mutual friend, Jeff Tkach, CEO of the Rodale Institute. And we have a mutual friend in Ismail Samad. #eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #recipe4health #ismailsamad #reversechronicconditions Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Steven Chen at https://recipe4health.acgov.org/our-staff-story-partners/ Other Mentions: Andrew Weil School for Integrative Medicine https://awcim.arizona.edu, Paul Berg https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/02/nobel-paul-berg-obit.html, Farm Fresh to You https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Segment Notes: Breakfast: None – Intermittent Fast 2:49 Relationships in the Regenerative, Community Spaces 3:41 Journey to Recipe4Health 5:08 - After Paraguay trip relaxed there’s a lot to be done on the US - Integrating Social Justice into Medicine - Putting a Teaching Kitchen into a Clinic Chronic Health Conditions 10:00 - Every Time we Eat, we’re Giving Information to our Body, our DNA - Food Choices influenced by where you live, what you have access to - Currently 73% of Our Food System Being Ultra-processed Food - Paul Berg of Stanford in 1996 said in 30yrs, the future of medicine will be nutrition What is Food is Medicine 13:26 - Discussion of What is Ultra-Processed Food - Medically Tailored Meals, Groceries, Produce Boxes – Treat, Prevent, Reverse Chronic Conditions Designing Food-as-Medicine through Local Programs 19:24 - Recipe for Health is Integrated into Healthcare - Always asking: Where did the Food come from, How was it Grown, Who Grew it? - The Health Multiplier Effect: Human Health, Economic Health, Climate/Soil Health (organic/regenerative) - Rockefeller Foundation Support The Five Ingredient Recipe 25:52 - Safety Net Health Centers - Food Farmacy – partnered with Farm Fresh to You (95 farms) - Behavioral Farmacy – Group Sessions on movement, food education, social support, mindfulness - Financial Support for the most vulnerable - Recipe4Health Team as a Resource, Platform to make this all Easy on the back end Biggest Challenges 33:29 - Food as Medicine Funding, Healthcare Spending $4.5T with 90% for Chronic Conditions Teaching Kitchens 38:58 - Teach because No home economics anymore - Community-as-Medicine – support for Food as Medicine – learning from each other Healthy Hearts 42:32 - Need a System Solution to Be metabolically healthy: managing insulin and inflammation o Impacts your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, fatty liver Success Stories - An Over 60 Diabetes Patient – from 72 insulin units to near Zero – Over Nine Mths 44:08 Take the First Step 48:35 The Recipe: Chia Seed Pudding 52:04 This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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  • Ep. 66 - Two Decades Supporting Local Schools with Fresh, Nutritious, Delicious Organic Produce. Citrus for a Healthier Heart. Old Grove Orange.

    Ep. 66 - Two Decades Supporting Local Schools with Fresh, Nutritious, Delicious Organic Produce. Citrus for a Healthier Heart. Old Grove Orange.
    2025/04/01

    On this episode we are grateful to have Anna Knight. Her family has farmed citrus trees, and now berries and vegetables for five generations in Redlands, CA. Their farm has partnered with School Food Professionals to support local students for two decades. For Anna, the large purchases schools make from her farm enabled her family to pay for her and her brother’s college education. Her mission is to ensure that small family farms in her community can continue to operate and thrive in perpetuity.

    We are having this conversation at Anna’s Orange Grove outside of LA. Anna and I met when she was a guest speaker at Alice Waters Farm to School event last October at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.

    eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodismedicine #oldgroveorange

    Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.

    Look for information on Anna Knight at https://oldgroveorange.com

    Other Mentions www.ecoliteracy.org www.farmpreneurs.org www.edibleschoolyard.com www.caff.org

    What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

    Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

    Segment Notes:

    Breakfast 1:46


    Five Generations 2:18


    - Many decades ago farmers markets were illegal


    - 115 Year Old Trees in the Grove – sweeter


    First Career was Not Farming – by Design 7:24


    - College then Investment Banking for 10 years


    - But “that work did not fill my cup”


    What is Farm to School 11:26


    - San Bernardino County 80% of farmers make $50K or less


    - Farmer paid $1 for 50lbs that sell retail for $70


    - Eliminate distribution time and cost and your picking oranges, strawberries at peak ripeness, flavor, nutrition and delivering to schools the next day


    - Dealing with seasonality


    - Universal School Meals – it takes time to get to local


    - Place for small, medium and large farms – hopefully all producing regeneratively some day


    Center for Eco-Literacy, Farmpreneurs 26:31


    - Partnering with the Community Alliance for Family Farms, the Alice Waters Institute


    - Farmpreneurs is like business school for farmers, especially small and medium farms


    Vegetable SuperPowers: Citrus for a Healthier Heart 33:24


    Regionalized Food, Farmer Food Hubs 36:07


    - Old Grove Orange is the name of her farm and the local Food Hub of 27 farmers


    o Variety of produce with Shared resources – invoicing, cold storage, pickers, truckers


    Growing Interest in Healthy Food – Visit a Farm! 40:48


    - Nutrition, farming, economics, taste and being disconnected from our food origins


    First Step to Healthier Food 45:00


    - Support Your Farmers Market, Weekly


    - Know Your Farmers, Visit their Farms


    - Support CSAs


    - Show up at School Board meetings and ask for local


    Local supports Better Climate 49:51


    - Adapted and pulled out 14 acres of Kiwi fruit and replaced with blackberries


    - Oct-2023 to Aug 2024 not allowed to sell produce from the farm due to Oriental Fruit Flies


    o Small farms had to close


    - Small organic, regenerative farm can help improve them climate


    The Recipe: Citrius Salad 55:27


    This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything.


    This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

    Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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