how animals can teach us how to eat with Dr. Fred Provenza

Dr. Fred Provenza has debunked the myth that livestock are too dumb to now how to eat right. After over 30 years of research, Dr. Provenza has shown that livestock have incredible innate nutritional wisdom.

We discuss his three main insights for how animals have nutritional wisdom, and the connection to humans.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:25 - some of the insights Dr. Provenza has gained from observing and studying animals
5:15 - the first “leg”/pillar to nutritional wisdom: ability to choose
6:37 - consequences of giving animals a pre-set, predetermined food
10:30 - how we do the same thing with humans
12:33 - the next “leg”/pillar to nutritional wisdom: feedback
17:04 - potential consequence of excessive supplement use
20:40 - the 3 “legs” of the stool (3 keys to nutritional wisdom)
21:52 - more into the second “leg” of the stool: flavor feedback
28:35 - Ash summarizes goat study results & the second leg of the stool
30:09 - connection to humans for second leg
32:30 - third “leg” of the stool (3rd key to nutritional wisdom)
38:20 - connection to humans for third leg
49:40 - we’ve broken each leg of the stool, where do we go from here?
1:07:50 - Dr. Provenza’s favorite meat
1:13:52 - Ashley adds an additional thought

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Links to Dr. Provenza’s book and most recent paper:

Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom

We Are the Earth and the Earth Is Us: How Palates Link Foodscapes, Landscapes, Heartscapes, and Thoughtscapes

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[tracygarns]

We don't have to adapt to the modern busy lifestyle. We have chosen to opt out. We homeschooled our children. We live on a farm, grow a huge garden, have goats for milk and meat, chickens for eggs and meat, and turkeys. We love our life.

[johnmadany]

Great job doing your homework!
One of the best interviews with Fred Provenza I have heard.
Having a garden gives perspective on life. Having a garden makes you think right.

[arabellaholzapfel]

Thank you SO much for this in-depth interview of Dr. Provenza. And thank you for doing the wonderful work you're doing and the perspective you bring.

[vipinchimrani]

Loved every bit of it. Dr Fred is full of traditional wisdom as well as scientific knowledge. You also did a great job. Thanks for doing this interview.

[Vebev]

Another excellent talk, thank you. A fellow I knew 40 years ago advocated using our sense of taste and smell to identify what we needed to drink and eat. It is good to see that his idea is not a crackpot idea.

[curtbarense]

What great wisdom from Dr. Provenza. Excellent interview!

[noheapai]

I have observed the same with the wild chicken I have on my property. They never eat all the feed. The munch then move on then the birds come and eat the rest. I have also learned the language of chicken just by long term observing. I love chickens! ❤️😊 I love your content!!!

[michaellopez-lqfn]

You guys NEED to get on Dan Kittredge of the BFA. Part of his thing is mineral balancing of the soil. Super cool the way he amends his soil. Rock dust or seawater with the sodium removed via lye. Apparently the 90 trace minerals left in sea water once the sodium is removed is almost the same mineral ratio as amniotic fluid. If you think about what that means you see that everything we need is everywhere around us, the continents made of rock and the oceans of saltwater

[EarmuffHugger]

This is very good learning, thanks 👍 !!
EVERY lifeforms cell's must have an energy/battery supply to function and zinc gobbling is a thing... WOW !!!

[thabogonya]

Hey Ashley
Have you ever considered interviewing Greg Judy's mentor Ian Mitchell-Innes the man that helped Greg?



There's another regenerative farmer Austin on YouTube he's channel is Counter Cultre Farms he just started with his channel, there's a lot of information one can get from him.

[BurtOD]

Wow, great insights into how we eat and perhaps how we should eat!

[gorgev]

Good morning my ANGEL
Have a lovely weekend
From beautiful Tucson Arizona

[michaellopez-lqfn]

I’m gonna say it again because it needs to happen that bad. Dan Kittredge has given some AWESOME Talks on soil minerals and microbial life. Seems most of his interviews and talks are from a couple years ago.. it would be awesome to hear what he is up to lately, especially because Ashley, you’re killin it on these interviews. Nutrient density in food is his whole gig!!

[martinlouden]

Why do sheep come running to the farmer when he brings the processed food to their troughs. I'd have thought their natural feed, grass would be more appealing to them. Is there an addictive ingredient addad in the processed stuff?