Chews Wisely

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The Vibrant Aliveness of Everything Mar 14, 2023

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Caroline’s journey from feeling disconnected from nature to integrated. Her first garden, first chicken eggs, first elk processing. A revelation about seeds! Trees. Fungi. Death. And it’s opposite - aliveness - everywhere.

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Braiding Sweetgrass:

https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass

The Hidden Life of Trees:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hidden-life-of-trees-peter-wohlleben/1123191941

About Fungi:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/the-secret-lives-of-fungi

Does Beef Waste Water? Mar 07, 2023

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We’ve all heard that beef is a water hog, often enough that it’s considered common knowledge. Caroline goes to the source - a UNESCO study - to see what we can unpack about that claim. Holes are poked, rants are ranted, and nuance is added.

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Beef & water footprint:

https://www.watercalculator.org/news/articles/beef-king-big-water-footprints/

https://www.watercalculator.org/water-footprint-of-food-guide/

https://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/product-water-footprint/water-footprint-crop-and-animal-products/

https://www.waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1.pdf

Irrigation in the US:

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/irrigation-water-use/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%202017%20Census,20%20percent%20of%20harvested%20cropland.

From Suburbs to Shepherding Mar 07, 2023

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We’re kicking off by examining the lenses through which we look at agriculture and sustainability. What do we talk about when we talk about food? Caroline shares her unexpected journey of becoming a shepherd, the assumptions she brought with her into agriculture, and the first few cracks that started to appear in her viewpoints as a preview of things to come.

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USDA emissions by industry:

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=104206

Welcome to Chews Wisely Mar 02, 2023

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Welcome to Chews Wisely, the podcast where we deconstruct food & sustainability topics with nuance and primary sources.

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