The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin

161: Taylor Collins - Using Regenerative Agriculture to Bring Ecosystems Back to Life


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Taylor Collins, founder of EPIC Provisions, discusses his and his wife's journey from being vegetarian endurance athletes to creating a meat-based protein bar and how they eventually started their own regenerative agriculture farm.

When you tune into this episode, you'll also hear how their regenerative ag practices are transforming ecosystems, why they don't operate with a business plan and what they do instead, and what it's like to raise two daughters on the farm.

Taylor also shares with Dr. Anthony Gustin what the next five years look like for them and how this incredible journey has changed their entire outlook.

If you're not familiar with Taylor Collins, he's the founder behind EPIC Provisions, a high-protein, all-meat snack and the farmer and founder behind Roam Ranch, a regenerative agriculture farm in Texas that aims to produce nourishing meat and heal ecosystems.

In this episode, you'll hear about the following topics:

  • Taylor's background and how they became first generation ranchers
  • What he's noticed since reconnecting with the land
  • Taylor's health journey from following dietary norms and doing endurance races to experiencing inflammation and joint pain and how they healed themselves
  • How Taylor's company EPIC Provisions came about
  • How Taylor operates without a business plan and what that looked like
  • How Taylor brought a barren piece of farmland in Texas back to life
  • What's destroying our land and what can be done to fix things
  • Is it necessary to eat animals to restore natural resources?
  • Seeing life as a transfer of energy
  • How consumers yield the power for changing the health of our planet
  • How a dried out creek on their property was transformed into its former flowing glory thanks to their regenerative agriculture practices
  • How plant species have dramatically changed on their farm
  • How the insects fared on their farm using their regenerative ag practices
  • What the next five years look like for Taylor and Katie

Mentioned in This Episode
  • Taylor Collins' Epic Provisions website
  • Taylor's Roam Ranch website
  • Taylor Collins' Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube channel
  • Allan Savory's TedTalk, How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
  • Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ™
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