The Good Foods Podcast Shardan Sandoval

It was my honor to have Mary back and this time, since it is Mother's Day 'month', I wanted her to share more stories of her mom.

Sadly, Mary lost her mother suddenly late last year, but she holds her memories in her heart and Mary's laughter, along with her husband Ted and son Ben, have been a source of comfort to her.

You'll find about her recent YT Million Milestone and so much more. Mary Bryant Shrader is the best-selling author of The Modern Pioneer Cookbook and a self-described "former New York City girl" who discovered the simple life with her husband in the Texas hill country. 

Mary is a modern pioneer in the kitchen who has spent the last twenty years teaching friends and fans alike how to make nourishing recipes using traditional methods and whole, seasonal ingredients. Her mission is to teach her followers how to make nutrient-rich meals using traditional "pioneer" techniques like fermenting, canning, and drying. 

I know you will enjoy it thoroughly and like her You Tube video's, she introduces this episode with her signature salutation, "Hello, Sweet Friends!"

YT ➡️ https://YouTube.com/marysnest

Website ➡️ https://marysnest.com

Cookbook ➡️ https://marysnest.com/my-cookbook

Social ➡️ @marysnest

The Good Foods podcast is hosted by Shardan Sandoval and it’s possible that you've heard my voice on a commercial here and there, particularly since I'm currently one of the many talented National Creative Production Designers for iHeartMedia and to date, I voiced and produced commercials that have aired from Hartford to Hawaii.

My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br

My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk

Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!

Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/

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Email ➡️ podcast@goodfoodsgrocery.com

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Mix in 2 biologist, spice it up with 4 kids, be sure to add 2 working acres as needed and that sounds like a recipe for Broadfork Farm.

In this local edition of the podcast, I had the pleasure of having a wonderful converstation with owners Janet and Dan of Broadfork Farm. As they describe it, they're growing 'intensively' on just two acres while harvesting and packing for 200 Farm Shares each week plus a robust farmers’ market stand, an on-site Farm Stand, and two local grocery stores.
 
Dan Gagnon has been growing vegetables for 25 years, first as a gardener and for the past 13 years as a professional market grower. Dan’s approach to teaching and presenting is to provide nuts and bolts tangible information that growers can apply to make their farm’s operations more profitable, efficient, and resilient.

Dan resists a one-size-fits-all approach to farming and tries to assist growers to leverage their gifts and resources while minimizing their deficiencies and liabilities. Dan has farmed as co-owner of Broadfork Farm with his wife and business partner Janet Aardema since 2011 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Dan and Janet have worked to build a resilient farm business that can handle both an unpredictable climate and an uncertain economy.   

Janet describes farming success as 50% soil and 50% systems. Appropriately managing both allows one to meet their farming goals! As co-owner of Broadfork Farm with her husband and partner Dan Gagnon, Janet enjoys helping others learn practical farming information with her pragmatic approach grounded in realism.

Drawing on her experience growing vegetables for market customers since 2011, Janet teaches learners to adopt systems-based-thinking in order to apply knowledge to the unknown future events inherent in farming.

Learning from soil and plants while walking gently on the shared earth, living mindfully while surrounded by vegetables and flowers, and mothering four children in the context of both makes for a life simultaneously uber rich, challenging, and ceaselessly full of learning opportunities. With patient explanations and a strong attachment to honesty and integrity, Janet thrives on helping others learn about growing and selling vegetables and I was blessed to be able to share their story.

Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/broadforkfarmva

IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/broadfork_farm/

Website ➡️ https://broadforkfarm.net/


The Good Foods podcast is hosted by Shardan Sandoval and it’s possible that you've heard my voice on a commercial here and there, particularly since I'm currently one of the many talented National Creative Production Designers for iHeartMedia and to date, I voiced and produced commercials that have aired from Hartford to Hawaii.

My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br

My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk

Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!

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X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer

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It was an absolute pleasure to sit with Lillie and go over her own story of what she had to go through to reach the awareness that what she was doing, wasn't going to work for her in the long run.

Our conversation will take you to Hawaii, to the impact that her grandmother had on her life decision and of course her clients.

Lillie Kane, a Certified Nutrition Health Coach, is dedicated to enhancing wellness through personalized guidance. Her expertise lies in optimizing micronutrient intake and energizing metabolism.

With a focus on teaching the principles of reverse dieting and biohacking, she empowers individuals to transform their body composition, enhance cognitive function, and promote longevity.

Lillie's impact extends through her vibrant presence on YouTube, where her engaging short-form videos not only offer invaluable insights into healthy living but also infuse humor, positivity, and comedy. Watching her videos is not just informative but also guarantees a smile each time.  

YT ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/c/LillieKane

Coaching ➡️ https://calendly.com/meakim-lillie

Website ➡️ https://meakimlillie.wixsite.com/lilliekane

IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/lillie_kane_/

TikTok ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@lillie_kane_

The Good Foods podcast is hosted by Shardan Sandoval and it’s possible that you've heard my voice on a commercial here and there, particularly since I'm currently one of the many talented National Creative Production Designers for iHeartMedia and to date, I voiced and produced commercials that have aired from Hartford to Hawaii.

My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br

My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk

Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!

Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/

X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer

Email ➡️ podcast@goodfoodsgrocery.com

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Have you heard of re-wilding? Have you ever had a desire to immerse yourself in nature and tried to conceive of a way to move out closer to nature and create your forever home in the woods?  Well then you need to listen to Jessica Carew Kraft’s story.

She is the author of Why We Need to Be Wild: One Woman’s Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st-Century Questions (Sourcebooks, 2023). Jessica is an independent journalist trained in anthropology, she has written on health, culture, tech, and education for many national and local publications. In mid-life, she learned ancestral skills, became a naturalist, and started wild food foraging.  

Formerly residing in the Bay area, she now lives with her two daughters and like-minded neighbors of various species in the forest of the Sierra Foothills.

Website ➡️ https://www.jessicacarewkraft.com/

IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/whyweneedtobewild/

Buy the Book ➡️ https://www.jessicacarewkraft.com/book 


The Good Foods podcast is hosted by Shardan Sandoval and it’s possible that you've heard my voice on a commercial here and there, particularly since I'm currently one of the many talented National Creative Production Designers for iHeartMedia and to date, I voiced and produced commercials that have aired from Hartford to Hawaii.

My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br

My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk

Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!

Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/

X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer

Email ➡️ podcast@goodfoodsgrocery.com

Be safe. Be good. Be.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.

Part of the joy of bringing these podcasts to you is that I learn as much as you do, and this episode's guest really opened my eyes to one of the many ways that regenerative farm looks and what it can do to the land.  

I know that you will enjoy this conversation and since White Oak Meadows has an 'open door policy' and you're in the Richmond area, I'm sure Jim and his wife Cyrille would love it if you stopped by.   

Jim Medeiros and his wife Cyrille and live on their farm in western Dinwiddie County with their dogs which are mostly foster failures who just needed a couch to sleep on.   

Jim had the desire and calling to farm ever since he was a kid.  Jim's grandparents were dairy and vegetable farmers and Jim’s very first job was working on a beef farm. He also worked for a vegetable farmer and another dairy farmer while he was growing up.   

All of us have many ‘firsts’ in our lives, but I bet not many can say that they bought their first cow when they were in their teens and then expand that to having a small herd while still in school.     

In 2012, Jim and Cyrille bought the ground on which White Oak Meadows was established and shortly discovered that the only thing they had growing was chick weed, which they referred to as “field fuzz”.   

There were no earth worms, water didn’t percolate into the soil as it was rock hard, they didn’t see songbirds or wildlife, but time, patience and hard work has paid off as you’ll hear for yourself in this episode.

Website ➡️ https://whiteoakmeadows.com/

Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/forestandfarm.products/


The Good Foods podcast is hosted by Shardan Sandoval and it’s possible that you've heard my voice on a commercial here and there, particularly since I'm currently one of the many talented National Creative Production Designers for iHeartMedia and to date, I voiced and produced commercials that have aired from Hartford to Hawaii.

My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br

My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk

Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!

Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/

X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer

Email ➡️ podcast@goodfoodsgrocery.com

Be safe. Be good. Be.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.

In my conversation with Brian, we talk about how the passing of both of his parents made him rethink everything that he thought he knew about food and how our systems are set up.

It was this quest if you will, that made him leave his tech job and start to do his own soul searching and researching that eventually lead him to start to work on the documentary Food Lies to try to explain some of the myths as well as educate himself and others along the way about big food and the food industry in general.

Brian Sanders is the filmmaker behind the Food Lies documentary, host of the top 5 nutrition podcast Peak Human, and an international speaker. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He’s the founder of Sapien Center, a popular health club in Austin. He also works to spread the awareness of regenerative agriculture and increase access to well-raised animal products through his nationwide meat & body care company Nose to Tail.

Food Lies ➡️ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post#/

Peak Human Podcast ➡️ https://www.peak-human.com/

Sapien Center ➡️ https://www.sapiencenter.com/

Nose to Tail ➡️ https://nosetotail.org/


The Good Foods podcast is hosted by Shardan Sandoval and it’s possible that you've heard my voice on a commercial here and there, particularly since I'm currently one of the many talented National Creative Production Designers for iHeartMedia and to date, I voiced and produced commercials that have aired from Hartford to Hawaii.

My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br

My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk

Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!

Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/

X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer

Email ➡️ podcast@goodfoodsgrocery.com

Be safe. Be good. Be.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.