The Appropriate Omnivore with Aaron Zober

The Appropriate Omnivore welcomes actor, producer, and adventurer David Moscow to the program. David Moscow hosts the series From Scratch on the FYI Network. On each episode, he literally makes his food from scratch. David doesn’t just buy every ingredient to cook, but he travels all over the world to hunt, gather, dive, forage, and grow the ingredients and then cooks and prepares the meal. David...

Hannah Crum returns once again to The Appropriate Omnivore, being the first of any guest to be in the interview seat for a total of five times. This time she's here to promote World Kombucha Day, a holiday taking place on February 21 to celebrate the wonderful beverage of kombucha. Hannah gives an update as to how the world of kombucha has evolved since she first started Kombucha Kamp. Hannah now...

As January is known as Hot Tea Month, The Appropriate Omnivore devotes its first podcast of 2020 to organic tea. Aaron invites Casino Opte, founder of META, to discuss all the health benefits of tea. Casino explains why tea, especially organic tea, is a constantly growing beverage in the natural foods market. He explains how META began, where it is now, and what we can expect from them in the futu...

Pamela Schoenfeld, author of the book "The Collagen Diet", makes an appearance with Aaron Zober to discuss everything about the hot product on the natural foods market which is collagen and all of its health benefits. Pamela explains that people don't necessarily need to consume the collagen protein powders in order to get the needed amount of collagen in their diet and mentions some of the foods...

Glen Burrows of the upcoming grass fed meat delivery service The Ethical Butcher joins Aaron Zober as they discuss their thoughts on the recent documentary The Game Changers, which athletes supposedly say they thrived on a vegan diet. Glen breaks down all of the major arguments in the documentary, proving how flawed each and every one of them is. Starting with discussing the trailer which says Rom...

As the fall season is about to start and people will soon return to the normal schedules, many have trouble maintaining and living healthy lifestyles. That's where this month's guest Ellen Jaworski of Triple Peak Wellness comes in. Ellen is a holistic health coach who helps busy, successful women with losing weight. Ellen tells her personal story of going from working long hours in the entertainme...

August is known as National Sandwich Month. As today's modern bread has so many problems, Aaron Zober interviews Monica Ford to talk about how einkorn sourdough bread offers both the traditional way of fermenting dough and uses the ancient grain einkorn which even some people with gluten sensitivity can handle. Einkorn sourdough bread is one of the many items on Monica's extensive menu for her hom...

San Diego will soon be having its first kombucha festival known as Boochfest. Boochfest will be open to the public allowing people to learn more about this wonderful probiotic beverage and to have the opportunity to taste various flavors from over 20 brands all based on the west coast. Aaron Zober interviews Boochfest creators Nick Angulo and Ivory Melone. Nick and Ivory tell their stories about h...

Aaron Zober continues the All About the Beef series as he know talks about the rise of the sustainable butcher shop. He brings on the show, Jeff Perez and Ruben Perez, who opened a shop right in his Los Angeles neighborhood. Jeff and Ruben discuss how they got into starting up a butcher shop and how they go about sourcing sustainable meat. Aaron, Jeff, and Ruben all get into how we're changing as...

The Appropriate Omnivore podcast is back after a long hiatus. Aaron Zober returns doing the series a little bit different this time as he releases several episodes at once with a common theme throughout all of them. His first series is devoted to his favorite protein -- beef. Aaron kicks off the series with Meredith Bell, founder of Autonomy Farms. They talk about why it's important to know your f...

Aaron Zober concludes his All about the Beef series with a show devoted to bone broth. In the previous episodes, he focused on the meat. Aaron now reminds people that part of being an appropriate omnivore is using every part of the animals. And using bones from sustainable animals allows you to make healthy, nutrient dense, and flavorful bone broth. He brings on Lance Roll, founder of The Brothery...

Aaron Zober continues with the All about the Beef series. After talking about fresh meat in the first two episodes, he now switches the focus to frozen meals. Aaron recently discovered that it's possible to find frozen meals that use grass fed beef and other pastured animals, as well as are free of sugar and hard to read ingredients. He talks with Angela Mavridis, the founder and CEO of Tribali Fo...

Aaron Zober brings on C.J. Hunt, who wrote, directed, and narrated the documentary "The Perfect Human Diet", which talks about his experience after going into cardiac arrest and searching for the perfect human diet. C.J. had dabbled in vegetarianism and veganism for discovering optimum health with the paleo diet. C.J. Hunt talks about the top professionals he interviewed in his film in the areas o...

Graham Meriwether makes a return visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. Since his last time on the show, his documentary American Meat has been playing all across the country, starting out at farms and community and now at universities, colleges, and other educational institutions as part of the Young Farmer Screening Series. Graham and Aaron discuss how the film covers the topic of pastured meats by...

Still not sure about what to do with your Thanksgiving leftovers? The Appropriate Omnivore brings in its go-to chef, Tender Grassfed Meat author Stanley Fishman, to talk about all the types of foods you can cook with the leftover items from the big Thanksgiving meal. Stanley starts off saying what he served for Thanksgiving dinner and then gets into all types of meals you can make with the leftove...

Jamil Avdiyez joins Aaron as the two recap what was both their first Weston A. Price Wise Traditions conference. The two are members of the Pasadena chapter and have both gotten involved with WAPF in the past year. Like Jamil and Aaron, many have recently joined Weston Price as the conference had its largest attendance yet. Jamil and Aaron discuss what they see as the future for WAPF. They recall...

With 2 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore continues its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The speaker for this episode is Chris Kerston of Chaffin Family Orchards. Chris is a partner for one of the most sustainable farms. Chaffin Family Orchards follows Joel Salatin's beyond organic methods of farming both livestock and cr...

With 3 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore continues its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The speaker for this episode is Hannah Crum of Kombucha Kamp. Hannah both brews kombucha and teaches classes on how to make it yourself. Hannah and Aaron discuss how brewing your own kombucha provides superior nourishment. The two als...

With 4 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore continues its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The speaker for this episode is Brandon Sheard, co-founder of Farmstead Meatmsith. Brandon went from being an English major to starting a meat business with his wife. Brandon's job involves visiting small farms as a butcher. In additi...

With 5 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore continues its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The speaker for this episode is Judith McGeary, founder and executive director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. Judith explains about how her legal and farming background helped her start FARFA, which supports independent farms...

With 6 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore continues its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The speaker for this episode is Tara Smith of Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma, CA. Tara talks about how she went from being an executive in the long term care insurance industry to becoming a beyond organic farmer in both meat and produc...

With 7 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore continues its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The speaker for this episode is Rachel Kaplan, co-author of the book Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. Just what is urban homesteading? Rachel explains how urban homesteading applies to food and to an overall...

With 8 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Wise Traditions conference, The Appropriate Omnivore kicks off its series of Wise Traditions speakers. The first in the series is Mark McAfee, who runs Organic Pastures, one of the most sustainable farms around. Mark talks about how Organic Pastures operates to make sure that its raw milk is safe for consumers and its cows are treated...

Sandrine Hahn is the founder of the educational organization Nourishing Our Children, an initiative of the San Francisco Weston A. Price Chapter. Sandrine comes to the show to talk about how today's kids aren't eating the proper nutrients as they fall victim to both processed foods and the troubles of the low fat diet. She explains that being healthy for our children starts before birth. Sandrine...

Stanley Fishman, author of the books Tender Grass fed Meat and Tender Grass Barbecue, returns to The Appropriate Omnivore. Just in time for Labor Day, Stanley talk about how grilling your meat in the traditional way is the healthy way to go. Stanley has researched traditional grilling with various cultures and found that the meat should never be cooked directly over the heat. Stanley and Aaron als...