{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Regenaissance Podcast","title":"Polyunsaturated Fats, Metabolic Health, and Fixing The American Food System - Ash Armstrong | #116","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6389,"description":"Ashley Armstrong is a first-generation regenerative farmer and co-founder of Strong Sistas, a health platform born out of her own autoimmune diagnosis. She built Angel Acres Farm in Southwest Michigan from the ground up, producing corn- and soy-free eggs, and went on to found Nourish Food Club - a cooperative network of small regenerative farms supplying clean, transparently raised food directly to families.\n\nWhat We CoverHow Ashley went from graduate school to building a regenerative farm from scratchWhy conventional chicken and pork now have a fatty acid profile closer to seed oils than real meatThe 100-year shift in dietary fats and what it's doing to human metabolismHow Nourish Food Club is reviving the farm cooperative model to support small farmersThe bureaucratic bullying small farms face daily - and why the system is designed against themTimestamps\n\n00:00 – Ashley's health crisis and path to farming06:30 – Building Angel Acres from scratch13:00 – Lessons from 12 years of competitive golf18:45 – How Nourish Food Club works26:00 – Why cheap and quality food can't coexist33:30 – The 100-year shift away from saturated fat42:00 – How corn and soy changed pork and chicken49:30 – Phytonutrients in pasture-raised meat56:00 – Why grocery labels are meaningless01:03:00 – The problem with indoor farming01:09:30 – Bureaucratic bullying and the jerky incident01:17:00 – Why small farm costs are structurally higher01:28:00 – Where consumers can start\nLinks\nWebsite\nInstagram\nYouTube\nRegenaissance YouTube Channel\n\nAbout The Podcast: The Regenaissance Podcast explores the people, farms, and ideas rebuilding our food system from the ground up.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/al8BwjjnR2m8I-3vEq0Iyx2E0FqQ9QB0aLPF4D6flnY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YzE3/NmFmYjZiNmRkZDdm/Y2MwYzk5ZjI5ZjRj/YzgwZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}