Can a chicken coop double as a classroom? Joel Salatin says yes—and the report card is glowing. In this episode of Beyond Labels, Joel regales us with true tales from farm- and forest-based schools, where math is measured in fence posts, biology smells faintly of manure, and students emerge more curious, confident, and connected to the real world.

Then we open the barn doors to your questions:

• Parasite heartbreak – Joel walks a listener through why a flock crashed and how to bounce back.
• Bee-booby-trapped wood chips? What to do when mulch comes with stingers.
• Bird-flu knock-knock: Is it legal to politely (or not‐so‐politely) refuse government testers at your gate?
• Healing wins: Shout-outs to listeners who reversed chronic issues.

Join us for a lively mix of storytelling, practical tips, and proof that real education—and real health—often start right outside the back door.

We’d love to hear from you! Our Community Question this week is:

“Have you encountered any type of nature or farm school setting? If so, how were your kids affected?

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Your doctor may want to prescribe you meat, butter, or broccoli instead of meds—but federal dietary rules can make that illegal, muzzling practitioners who stray outside the carb-heavy playbook.

In MAHA Mania — Part 2 we expose how those same rules now drive a crusade against “ultraprocessed foods,” rallying researchers, MDs, and even a former FDA chief to demand a second food-guide pyramid.

We also unpack the flashy new biomarker billed as a dietary lie detector and ask whether this latest bout of reductionism will warp politics and reshape what lands on your plate.

We want to hear from you!

This week’s Community Question is:

Have you ever cut anything out of your diet or made a change in your diet? If so, what di you find out about yourself and that food?

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Joel Salatin and Dr. Sina McCullough slice into RFK Jr.'s newly published MAHA Commission report, weighing its bold promises against hard farm realities and cutting-edge science.

Joel breaks down the good, bad, and ugly for growers nationwide, while Sina reveals new studies on ultra-processed “chemical cocktails” that don’t fit MAHA’s tidy narrative—and could spark a policy misfire akin to Ancel Keys’ war on fat.

Is the commission poised to heal America or launch the next diet disaster? Find out in this fast-paced, no-punches-pulled episode.

We want to hear from you! Our Community Question for the week is:

Which brands of ultra processed (or processed) food do you think are poison and which are you okay eating?

References:

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11852733/
• https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004570#sec002
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9794145/
• https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004560

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What happens when your first experience with dairy goats goes horribly wrong? If you’re Morgan Michaluk, you turn it into a mission.

In this delightful episode, we chat with the founder of The Chatty Goat and author of Homesteading with Dairy Goats: From Birth to Butcher about how she went from goat chaos to goat confidence—and how she’s helping others do the same.

Morgan shares what she’s learned from a decade of raising dairy goats the right way—through regenerative practices that follow nature’s rhythms of grazing, movement, and rest.

She debunks goat stereotypes (they don’t have to scream or escape!), reveals what new goat owners need to know before diving in, and offers a refreshingly honest take on the emotional side of raising animals for milk and meat.

Whether you dream of homesteading or just love a good goat story, this episode will leave you inspired, informed, and maybe even a little goat-smitten.

Warning: You may finish this episode wanting to buy a goat.

Morgan can be reached at:

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• www.thechattygoat.com
• or on Instagram/Facebook @thechattygoat

We’d love to hear from you! Our Community Question this week is:

What’s the most ridiculous or laugh-out-loud thing you’ve ever seen a goat do?

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What if you could see the nutrient density of your food—right there in the grocery store—before you even put it in your cart? No more guessing. No more marketing gimmicks. No more misleading labels.

In this groundbreaking episode, we sit down with regenerative farmer and founder of the Bionutrient Food Association, Dan Kittredge, to explore how technology, ancient wisdom, and soil science are converging to change the way we eat—and think about food—for good.

Dan unveils the jaw-dropping potential of a hand-held spectrometer—a device that could be embedded in your smartphone by 2030—to instantly measure the quality of your food at the point of purchase. It’s like X-ray vision for nutrients, and it's putting the power back where it belongs: in your hands.

But this conversation goes far deeper than gadgets. Through big-picture thinking, he invites us to reclaim the wisdom we’ve outsourced for far too long.

If you’ve ever wondered how to see through food label confusion, harness your own intuition, and help shift the food system from the inside out—this episode is for you.

This isn’t just a conversation. It’s a call to empowerment.

Contact Dan:

• https://www.facebook.com/Bionutrient
• https://www.instagram.com/bionutrientfoodassociation/
• https://www.youtube.com/bionutrient
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/bionutrient/

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Welcome back to our mind-bending exploration of biophotons—the tiny bursts of light dancing inside every living thing!

In this second installment, we take a closer look at how measuring a food’s light emission can reveal its nutrient status, freshness, and even whether it’s been tainted with pesticides or other additives. But that’s not all—research also shows we can predict a seed’s viability based on its biophoton glow.

Dr. Sina challenges our most basic assumptions about biology: Could DNA be storing and transmitting these light signals? And what if basic functions like breathing and blood circulation are really all about making and moving light throughout our bodies?

It’s time for a new perspective—one that might just illuminate the true power pulsing in our cells. Get ready for a fascinating deep-dive that could change how you look at your dinner plate, your own body, and maybe even the future of health itself.

This week's Community Question:

"Imagine lining up your entire outlook on life along a scale from 1 to 10—1 being “the sky is falling” and 10 being “no worries at all.” Where would you place yourself right now? And if you find you’re below the halfway point, what might help lift you into the brighter end of that spectrum?"

Reference:
https://www.extrica.com/article/23443

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In this eye-opening episode, Joel Salatin shares how farm subsidies affect your grocery bill and your health.

Joel unpacks the hidden costs of subsidized monoculture, including its impact on pork and poultry prices, beef's unfair disadvantage in the marketplace, and what grocery store receipts really reflect.

This is not just a farming issue—it needs to be a national conversation about food, freedom, and the future of our soil.

Let us know your thoughts! This week’s community question is:

“If you open your refrigerator or pantry and look at the labels, do you know if the ingredients came from tax-payer subsidies?

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