Chicken is the most consumed meat in America, yet 99.9% is raised in factories that are hard on the birds & rural communities. Hear from two ranchers freeing their birds from confinement to create better tasting, healthier & humanely raised poultry while progressing toward a regenerative system

Wade Crowfoot leads California's Natural Resources Agency, which has been
implementing a groundbreaking set of policies designed to end the 60-year-old conflict among agricultural and environmental interests in order to achieve an impressive set of ecological and rural economic goals

Author & wild-farm advocate Dan Imhoff explores the challenge of embracing
coexistence with predators when raising livestock in conversation with Montana ranchers Becky Weed & Malou Anderson Ramirez

Kat Taylor, Co-founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank and Emma
Ractliffe, Chief Investment Officer, World Within, share their innovative approaches to investing in the revitalization of rural enterprises, those central to the regenerative revolution underway.

Anna Claussen, Ash Hanson and Matt Jorgensen are three innovative social
entrepreneurs we met at the Old Salt Festival, who work at the intersection of art, culture and enterprise. They tell their stories of how they are uplifting the creativity of rural people and communities.

A shocking sea change in food and agriculture policy is underway in Washington DC. Policies that were improving human health through better nutrition, rural economies, small and mid-scale growers have been decimated. Trade and immigration policies are harming the largest farms. The future looks bleak to many. But Maine's veteran of the House Ag Committee, Chellie Pingree shares her honest thoughts on what may lay ahead and how we can maintain the course toward a healthy, resilient and just food and farming system.

Ali Ghiorse, Christine Caruso and Vetiveah Immanuel, leaders in the in
the movement for food justice in Connecticut, share their perspectives on what is working and what is still needed to make healthy affordable food available to all in a state with an incredible wealth gap.

Episode 2 of 4 of Old Salt Festival conversations features Dr. Stephan van Vliet, among the planet's leaders studying the impact of regenerative agriculture on nutrient density in meat.At the festival he shared the latest findings that confirm good ecological stewardship of pastures leads to meat that provides many more phytonutrients than meat from feed lots and animal factories. Phytonutrients are natural chemical compounds found in plants that support health by enhancing immune function, reducing inflammation, and protecting against chronic diseases.