#122 - Why We Eat Local & Farm-Friendly Food

Why eat local? What if it isn’t easy? What if the things I want aren't available? What's the point? Alison and I have both considered these questions for ourselves and factored them into decisions that we’ve made about how we live our everyday lives. We didn’t make the changes overnight, and we don’t even suggest people do so. After the many books we have read, the real-life experiences we have had, and guests we have interviewed on the subject of factory farming vs humane peasant farming, we have come to some conclusions about eating local that might surprise you. They might not be the conclusions or the “arguments” you were expecting. This episode features an aftershow which could possibly be described as a little bit salty, where some spicier opinions came to the fore. It was impossible to include everything we had to say and keep the main episode at a reasonable length of time. If you want to hear this aftershow as well as over 140 other episodes on our more informal, private podcast Kitchen Table Chats, hop over to ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/join and join at companionship or above level. Thank you for your continued support and to all the supporters, reviewers and listeners who made this episode possible. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * One Earth Health make the grass-fed organ supplements we use and trust. Get 15% off your first order here and 5% off all subsequent orders here . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here. Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient Grains Read our Guide to Milling Your Own Flour Get all three of the podcast cookbooks Wear our beautiful, sustainable merchandise Alison's course, Rye Sourdough Bread: Mastering The Basics Alison's Sowans oat fermentation course Visit our (non-Amazon!) bookshop: US here and UK here . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Come join the podcast community! You can select from a variety of levels with benefits including monthly live calls, a private podcast feed stuffed with bonus content, and a Discord discussion group Find out more here! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What We Covered: Simple breakfast, and pheasant in Britain A new, free rye resource from Alison What countries are our listeners coming from? How do they listen? See the full list on our podcast website Shout out to young listeners Why do we eat local? Eating like a human - behaving like a human What is farm-friendly food Is everything we eat local? Healthcare spending and food spending Money matters Our plan to save the world (it might shock you) What we can do What is our responsibility? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you love the show, leave us a 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts: Open the Apple Podcast app and find Ancestral Kitchen Podcast in your library Scroll down to 'ratings and reviews', click on 'write a review', give us 5*s and then tell us why you love listening * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Resources: To see the countries where we have AKP listeners, visit To get Alison’s Beginner’s Guide to Rye Sourdough, pop your details in the sign-up box that’s nestling inside either of these informative blog posts on her site: Or Each of the episodes mentioned here includes an entirely packed show notes of further reading and links on that specific topic! Episode 46: Sir Patrick Holden Episode 116: Leftovers and Scraps in a Frugal Ancestral Kitchen Episode 103: 10 Nourishing Traditions Dishes Cheaper Than Supermarkets! Episode 102: The Guide to Getting Out of Supermarkets Episode 74: 14 Tips for Changing Your Food Habits Episode 69: Fake Food v Small Farms Episode 66: 50 Ways to Save Money on an Ancestral Diet Part I Episode 67: 50 Ways to Save Money Part II Episode 50: 20 Small Steps to an Ancestral Kitchen Episode 4: The 5 Most Expensive (and Yet the Cheapest) Foods Suggested Reading <span class="ql-ui"...

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#122 - Why We Eat Local & Farm-Friendly Food is an episode from Ancestral Kitchen by Alison Kay & Andrea Huehnerhoff.

This episode is 01:20:38 long.

This episode was published on Dec 15, 2025.

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