EP:102 Creating a Sustainable Environment working with Nature with James Connolly

Phoenix Rising: Descending into the Threads & Rising from the Roots.

Sustainable Food and Agriculture Practices. Trusting Nature. Getting Back to Ancestral Ways of Living.

In this episode, I’m joined by James Connolly as we dive into what sustainable food and agriculture practices really are and how we can begin to trust nature and get back to our ancestral ways of living again. James shares how he got into producing documentaries and more about his films.

What a sustainable dish is and what makes food sustainable. How agriculture and food production and quality has changed over the years. Sustainable food is what is best for the environment, the planet, and human health and happiness.

Trusting nature again and not trying to control it, as nature is cooperative.What history tells us about the way we view nature and our food. Using nature as a teacher of working together, not fighting to get to the top.

Looking at food as death vs awe and abundance. Death in the supermarket and garden. Looking at agriculture not as meat vs plant, but as a system that takes into account human health and happiness.

Creating an omnivorous diet that is conducive to human health and is sustainable in nature through regenerative agriculture. How ruminant animals process food and nutrients and help restore the land from proper grazing. How certain agriculture companies are more profit-driven than human-driven.What a commodity really is and how humans seem to be a commodity at times.What has brought us away from our ancestral ways of living.The shift from ancestral ways of living to being civilization creators now. What the best environment for humans looks like. How to build genuine connections with humans.The mental health crisis of today and coming into a balanced state outside of the pharmaceutical industry.Building a relationship with education. How the sun is one of the most healing things for us as humans.

Guest Bio: James Connolly is an artist, chef, non-profit founder, and documentary film producer with Archer Gray Productions. He co-founded The Bubble Foundation, a non-profit focused on issues of wellness and food insecurity in inner-city public schools. The documentary film production team at Archer Gray Productions has produced films from Transmilitary, a film that explores equal opportunity and discrimination for the over fifteen thousand active duty transgender soldiers serving in the military to Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Where to Invade Next, where Moore explores issues like mass incarceration, school food, criminal justice, and student debt.

James’ most recent film is Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat, directed by Diana Rodgers. Website: https://www.sacredcow.info Connect with James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/primatekitchen/ SHARE THE MAGIC.

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