EP 108 - From Clif Bars to wine + honey The future of sustainability in Napa Valley with Clif Family 

“A big part of what we do has to do with the engagement with our community and how that translates to people who live and work here.”

-Linzi Gay

Did you know that renowned Clif family also produces wine? Nested in Napa Valley, the Clif family is working to create a healthier, more sustainable world through the enjoyment of wine, food and connection. We get into how the Clif family is really changing the wine and food experience and how regenerative agriculture is the future of sustainability.

LISTEN AND WATCH THE FULL EPISODE 108 HERE:

01:28 Sustainable Food Summit – How Mareya and Linzi met

05:06 ‘’We're a business that thinks like a tree’’

10:21 Linzi explains the procedure from farm to product 

16:51 How Clif Farms overcome issue with water usage

20:39 How Clif Farms started producing honey

24:01 Is...

EP 107 - Lettuce Not Waste - Tips for Keeping Produce out of Landfills

 “Our waste is eating us Alive is the number one contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is the food that should be nourishing our bodies. It begs the obvious shouldn't we do something about it? Really do something about it.”

-Chef Mareya

“Now with Eat Cleaner, you have a way of enjoying that food and helping it last up to five times longer just by taking a few minutes to wash it – the impact on your wallet will be substantial.”

-Chef Mareya

The episode discusses the alarming amount of food waste in the US and the resulting environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions from landfills. It emphasizes the need to take action to reduce food waste and highlights the role of a company called Eat Cleaner in removing harmful residue and keeping produce out of landfills. The episode also mentions the movement towards rescuing imperfect or "ugly"...

Episode Overview

Sometimes when you meet someone, you feel like you've known them your whole life. Well, that's what it was like for me to meet Andrea Shaw. Known to her friends and now to me as Draya. What impressed me about her was not just her incredible physique, but also her humility, light, her personality and the kind of person that she exudes. We'll find out a lot about what sets her apart, how her mindset has taken her this far in her sport and where the rubber met the road for her in terms of her making a decision to take this route in the first place.

 “Don't let the environment control you. You control the environment and take charge of what you can.”

- Andrea Shaw 

“Pick a day! Once you take action, there's definitely going to be some sort of follow up step, or something else is going to happen to help move you into that next phase and that next dimension

- Andrea Shaw 

Episode Timestamps:

02:17 How did Andrea get started in...

EPISODE OVERVIEW

What can we do to help us get to the place that we're going? Today I'm gonna talk about seven habits that we can all take on this year that will help us get to that place. Let me start by saying, I really do believe that these are ubiquitous. These are some things that won't affect the diet you subscribe to, everybody can do these seven things, and I think everybody without exception can benefit from these seven things. Listen on!

 “Eat by color and then you’ll never have to count a calorie’’

-Mareya Ibrahim

“There's nothing more important than making yourself the healthiest that you can be, body, mind, and spirit. And when you do that, you will lift up everybody around you because you will be a shining light.’’

-Mareya Ibrahim

TIMESTAMPS

0:11                Introduction – how to get to where we’re going

5:05  ...