The Appropriate Omnivore with Aaron Zober

With less than 4 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions Conference in Atlanta, Aaron Zober interviews another speaker. Hannah Crum of Kombucha Kamp is able to take a break from her busy schedule, speaking at various conferences, festivals, and fairs, to make a return visit to the program and give a little preview of her presentation in Atlanta. Hannah will be part of th...

With less than 5 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions Conference in Atlanta, Aaron Zober interviews another speaker. The speaker for this episode is Chris Masterjohn, who is currently working as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois where he's studying the benefits of fat soluble vitamins*. He's a frequent speaker at the Wise Traditions Confe...

The Wise Traditions speaker series continues. With less than 6 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's International Conference in Atlanta, Aaron interviews Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Pete talks about the success of the recent BaconPalooza that was held by the FTCLDF at Joel Salatin's Polyface Farms. Pete then gets into the programs the FTCLDF wi...

The Wise Traditions speaker series continues. With less than 7 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's International Conference in Atlanta, Aaron interviews none other than Sally Fallon Morell, founder of WAPF. Sally gives a brief intro about how she got into founding WAPF and then lets the listeners know what to expect at this year's Wise Traditions Conference. Sally mentions a number...

The Wise Traditions speaker series on The Appropriate Omnivore is back. In less than 8 weeks is the Weston A. Price Foundation's International Conference in Atlanta. But before that, there's a regional conference in Portland, OR. Aaron Zober brings on Lisa Bianco-Davis to discuss the real food scene in Oregon. Lisa is the leader for the Eugene, OR Weston A. Price Chapter. She runs one of the most...

Justin Smith has a background as a personal trainer and a nutrition coach. From working in the health field, he learned about the cholesterol myths. This lead to write a book about the myths and then make the documentary $tatin Nation, where he also talks about the dangers of cholesterol lowering statin drugs. Justin tells Aaron about the people that were influential in his research, such Malcolm...

It’s the Appropriate Omnivore joined by the Ethical Omnivore. Lana Salant has created the web page The Ethical Omnivore Movement (EOM). Lana explains just what an ethical omnivore is. It’s about honoring your body, your food, and our planet. Lana talks about her exposure early on eating all kinds of meats of such as beef tongues and chicken feet and how she came to start EOM. In addition to gettin...

With the Jewish high holidays coming up in a little over a week, Uri Laio, founder of the Yahoo! group Nourishing Traditions Kosher, makes a visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. Uri talks about the relationship between the Jewish Traditions and Sally Fallon's "Nourishing Tradtions". Uri discusses how fermentation is found in many traditional Jewish foods, such as challah, wine, and pickles. Uri then...

Katie Falbo runs Cultivate Events, which is responsible for organizing many festivals and conferences related with traditional foods. She shares the details of the upcoming Santa Barbara Fermentation Festival, letting listeners know about the speakers, demos, vendors, and lunch that are all related with real food. Katie explains why this is a great local event for people to learn about fermention,...

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined by Frank Fitzpatrick of 5 Bar Beef, who describes himself as a terrestrial carnivore. Since a young age, Frank had wanted to be a cowboy and ended up becoming a pioneer in the grass fed beef movement. Frank talks about the principles he applies to his food that are related with the Weston A. Price Foundation and the Savory Institute. Aaron and Frank get into how...

Jesus & Jutta Gamboa make a visit to The Appropriate Omnivore as they let the listeners know about all of the farm fresh, local, and organic produce that they offer with their community supported agriculture (CSA), Zucchini Xpress. Aaron explains all about why CSAs are a great and convenient way to get real food straight to your door. The Zucchini Xpress surpasses many other CSAs as they not only...

Aaron Zober closes out the 2013 edition of July Independents Month. The final independent business showcased for the month is The Brinery in Ann Arbor, MI with its owner and founder David Klingenberger being interviewed. David comes from working on a farm and being an early follower of Sally Fallon's "Nourishing Traditions", where he learned all about fermentation. David talks about the different...

Independents Month continues as Aaron Zober interviews Mike Konanyan of Art Is In Bread. Mike has a sourdough bread business called Art Is In Bread. To make the perfect sourdough, it's all about sourcing. Even before using the right ingredients, you need to look at what type of mill you need to grind the grains. From there, it's important to use organic ingredients. Mike talks about how his breads...

The Appropriate Omnivore kicks off the first show of the July Independents Month by welcoming back Jason Jones, president of Vital Farms. Vital Farms is one of the most successful natural foods businesses. Aaron and Jason discuss how Vital Farms has truly pastured eggs that differ from the ones you'll see labeled as "free range" or "cage free. In addition, Vital Farms avoids using any GMO feed for...

Gary Collins is the founder of New American Nutrition and recently released the e-book "Primal Power Method". Gary and Aaron discuss many of the key points of his new book. Gary explains how the primal diet is similar and different to other traditional diets, such as Weston A. Price and paleo. A big part of "Primal Power Method" is never do anything to the extreme, a point which resonates well wit...

The Institute of Domestic Technology was founded to teach people many lost arts, learning how to make foods such as sauerkraut, cheese, bread, and even how to cure bacon. Institute founder Joseph Shuldiner talks to Aaron about how his background as an artist has shaped his love for teaching people about cooking and baking and how chefs are now seen as artists. One of the most popular classes of Jo...

As people are realizing the benefits of probiotics and consuming more fermented foods, sauerkraut is one of the most popular ferments. Kathryn Lukas is the founder and chief kraut officer of Farmhouse Cutlure, a sauerkraut which you can find at supermarkets as well as at farmers markets in the Santa Cruz area. Kathryn talks about how she got into sauerkraut making from living in Germany to how she...

One of most popular trends in the restaurant world is farm-to-table. Of course, at The Appropriate Omnivore, it's not seen as a trend, but as how all restaurants should operate. Ari Weinzwieg, owner of the Zingerman's Restaurant pays a visit to the show. His deli has been serving food directly from farmers since the 80s, before there even was the term farm-to-table. Since then, Ari opened several...

For the final show of Meaty May, Aaron interviews Liz Wolfe. Liz Wolfe is known for the popular blog Cave Girl Eats and hosting the podcast Balanced Bites with Diane Sanfilippo. Liz talks about her involvements with the Weston A. Price, paleo, and primal communities. Aaron and Liz discuss what it's like living in a society where the vast majority of people aren't invested in the real food movement...

Peggy Sutton, owner and founder of To Your Health Sprouted Flour, makes a return visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. As her company has just released a line of einkorn grains and flour, she brings Jade Koyle to talk about einkorn with her. Jade is the President of Einkorn.com, the supplier of To Your Health's einkorn products. Peggy and Jade talk about how einkorn is the original wheat and its glut...

As Meaty May continues, Aaron Zober interviews Dr. Deborah MD. Dr. Deborah discusses what meats to eat on a regular basis as well what fruits and vegetables should make up a heart healthy diet. They debunk all of the studies from the lipid hypothesis to the recent studies about TMAO and explain why meat, especially red meat, is good for you. Aaron and Deborah get into the benefits of organ meats a...

For the first show of Meaty May, Aaron Zober interviews WAPF West LA/Santa Monica Chapter Leader Victoria Bloch. Victoria discusses how she transitioned from a macrobiotic diet to restoring her health eating nutrient dense foods after learning about Sally Fallon and the WAPF. Victoria founded one of the longest running chapters. She talks about the series of meetings she's doing with her chapter o...

Scott Grzybek of Zukay Live Foods makes a visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. Scott talks about how reading Nourishing Traditions and learning about the Weston A. Price Foundation led him to create Zukay Foods. He began fermenting different foods and realized that while there were many great ferments on the market, nobody was making beet kvass. Scott found a great in with kvass and in addition to m...

Paul Greive of Primal Pastures makes a visit with Aaron Zober, The Appropriate Omnivore. Primal Pastures is a poultry farm in Temecula, CA that's a newcomer to the beyond organic farming scene. Paul explains how he got into agriculture and what it means to be raising chicken sustainably and along the guidelines of Price, paleo, and primal community. Primal Pastures will also help people set up bac...

Aaron interviews Roy Walkenhorst and Judy Brooks, executive producers and hosts of the long running PBS series Healing Quest. Throughout season 10 of Healing Quest, Roy and Judy did segments on the Weston A. Price Foundation, including grass fed beef, raw milk, bone broth, cod liver oil, water filtration, and avoiding soy plus some cooking demos for great tasting meals. Roy and Judy explain how th...