The Local Beef Podcast
Discover why local matters and meet the families raising your beef. Host Nate Campbell introduces you to America's farmers and ranchers, revealing how Big Food's practices affect your family's food and what you can do about it. This podcast begins with Season 1 as the foundation of why it matters that we buy beef locally. Then starting with Season 2 we will discover the stories of American beef producers, first with the Mountain West Region. Then moving to the West Coast Region.
Episodes
Episode Outline
- Introduction - The school soda fee analogy & overview of checkoff programs
- Checkoff Basics - How mandatory fees fund famous agricultural marketing campaigns
- Evolution & Impact - History of checkoff programs
- The Money Trail - How funds flow to lobbying groups
- Legal Challenges - Supreme Court and the "government speech doctrine"
- International Comparisons - How other countries structure similar programs
- ...
What 'Corn-Fed' Really Means: Beef's Hidden Story from The Omnivore's Dilemma
Episode Outline
- Introduction - "We are corn people" & Pollan's book overview
- The Corn Journey - Industrial corn production in everything
- Corn Becomes Beef - Steer #534 and the feedlot system
- The Organic Dilemma - Industrial organic vs. beyond organic
- The Hunter-Gatherer - Pollan's personal food journey
- The Small Hi...
Episode Outline
- Introduction - "Get Matched" feature announcement & episode overview
- Personal Connection - Nate's family ranch stories in Kimberly
- Early Agricultural Changes (1800s-1920s) - John Deere's plow, refrigerated rail cars, Bennett's soil work
- Dust Bowl Era (1930s-40s) - "Black Sunday," New Deal programs, peak of 6.8 million farms
- Post-WWII Transformation (1950s-60s) - Industrial agric...
Season 1: The Foundation: Why Local Beef Matters
Episode 3: My Family's Ranching Roots: The Patrick Campbell Story (1903-1962)
In December 2003, Merlyn Robinson published an article which was one of the only publications written about my family and their history in ranching. I have a copy of this magazine, but the story hasn't been widely shared.
This is a big reason for me starting this podcast, i...
Season 1: The Foundation: Why Local Beef Matters
Episode 2: Roundup Ready Nation: Secret Campaign to Promote GMOs in Schools
Did you know the FDA has a program claiming GMOs are completely safe that they distribute to schools and doctors?
In this eye-opening episode, Nate Campbell uncovers the FDA's $7.5 million "Feed Your Mind" program, a government initiative quietly placing pro-GMO materials in America's c...
Season 1: The Foundation: Why Local Beef Matters
Episode 1: Why I Left My Six-Figure Career To Start A Ranch
A Ted Talk changed my life. No, seriously. One random evening after work, my wife Julie showed me a video that made me question everything about our comfortable city life. Within months, I'd walked away from my six-figure career, moved our young daughters into a camper, and bought 160 acres in Eastern Oreg...
American beef isn't what it seems. Join former rancher Nate Campbell as he exposes Big Food's secrets and introduces you to local farmers and ranchers across America.
Learn why beef imports, GMO feed, and misleading labels are threatening our food independence while discovering how to support real American farms and ranches.
This podcast reveals the truth about where beef comes from and why it matters.
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