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Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine the push to restrict raw milk, the way outbreak statistics are counted, and what a 16-year analysis says about illness trends. They also discuss differences between raw and pasteurized milk, food safety, and the choices and responsibilities facing consumers and farmers.COMMUNITY QUESTION:“Do you drink raw milk? Have you ever felt worried, concerned, or gotten sick from it?”References: ALL REFERENCES HEREWatch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine why beef prices remain high even as the federal government expands tariff-free imports. Joel traces the crisis from America's shrinking cattle herd and degraded pastures to crop subsidies, aging ranchers, and short-term political fixes that can leave farmers holding calves they cannot afford to feed.Together, they explore how regenerative grazing, water retention, younger farmers, and the willingness to face the real problem could rebuild the cattle industry from the ground up.COMMUNITY QUESTION:“Have you decreased your consumption of beef lately because of the prices? If so, what have you substituted for it?”Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin continue their inside look at the 2026 MAHA Summit, examining RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI healthcare, an mRNA ultimatum from the movement's base, and claims that Washington has reduced Kennedy to a figurehead.They also explore food-freedom wins in Pennsylvania and Iowa, whether America needs HHS, and the athletes who offered a hopeful counterpoint to the summit's corporate agenda.COMMUNITY QUESTION:“Do we need a federal Department of Health and Human Services, or should healthcare policy be left to individuals and the states?”Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough gives Farmer Joel Salatin an inside report from the 2026 MAHA Summit, where corporate sponsors, AI executives, and government leaders took center stage as grassroots allies questioned whether the movement had been captured.They examine CRISPR agriculture, regenerative funding, AI-driven healthcare, cancer screening, medical data, and the tension between technological promise and MAHA's original demand for transparency.COMMUNITY QUESTION:“On a scale of 1 to 10, what are the chances that homeopathic and herbal remedies will be loaded into the AI medical spectrum?”Reference: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01700-2/abstract#au10Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailFarmer Joel Salatin gives Dr. Sina McCullough a hands-on lesson in regenerative chicken management at Polyface Farm. From moving portable shelters and handling hens to designing nest boxes, preventing dirty eggs, preserving the protective bloom, and offering free-choice calcium, Joel shows how thoughtful management can produce cleaner eggs while honoring a chicken’s natural instincts.WATCH THE VIDEO VERSION HERE

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine a new wave of studies and headlines claiming that feedlot beef, caged chickens, and farmed fish may be better for the environment and even more humane than natural production systems.From carbon-footprint models and missing nutrition data to cattle genetics, mobile chicken housing, avian-flu risk, and animal welfare, they ask what these studies measure, what they leave out, and why industrial agriculture's preferred metrics can make confinement look like ecological salvation.Community Questions:"Do you think cows are going to destroy us? Where do you stand on the animal question, and are you still going to eat cows and chickens?"Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine RFK Jr.'s latest claims about real food, obesity, and longevity before turning to a stranger question: what happens when food leaves the farm entirely?They unpack 3D-printed cookies developed through NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge using plastic and agricultural waste, plants grown without sunlight, Solein protein produced through gas fermentation, and personalized seven-layer vitamin gummies.Along the way, they ask whether these technologies solve real problems, how consumers will recognize them on labels, and whether the future of nutrition can still honor real food.Community Question: “On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely would you be to try a customized 3D-printed vitamin supplement made with clean ingredients?”Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailPresident Donald Trump has signed two executive orders promising to support ranchers, strengthen competition, and expand market access - but do they change the laws keeping small farmers from processing and selling their own meat?Dr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine the orders' repeated legal caveats, country-of-origin labeling, Big Four meatpacking power, and the deeper obstacles facing local processors.Joel also introduces his new book, Food Emancipation: Unshackling America's Sustenance, and lays out a hopeful path toward food freedom, young-farmer opportunity, and personal responsibility.Community Question: "Do you trust farmers more than bureaucrats, or do you trust bureaucrats more than farmers?Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine disputed fatal outcomes linked to Pennsylvania’s outbreak, the political clash between Governor Josh Shapiro and RFK Jr., and the growing pressure on Amish communities over vaccination.They also explore religious liberty, the history of mortality from the illness, nutrition and supportive care, and a new systematic review on transmission from vaccinated cases, asking what informed consent requires when public-health claims, politics, and deeply held convictions collide.Community Question: “Are you giving your kids cod liver oil?”References for Episode on MeaslesWatch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]

Leave Us A VoicemailDr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine a new UC Davis study finding that most avocado-oil-labeled foods tested contained other oils.They also explore Banza's dramatic glyphosate reduction, the mystery of lactating steers, Trump's tariff-free beef import plan, and whether agricultural runoff is helping create conditions for harmful algal blooms and rising Vibrio concerns.Community Question:“Are you familiar with red tide, and is there a lake near you that has experienced harmful algal blooms? Have you seen it?”Watch the Video Version HereJoin a Local Beyond Labels ChapterFollow on XFollow on InstagramFind Joel Here: www.polyfacefarms.comFind Sina Here: www.drsinamccullough.comIf you have a question you want answered or an idea for the show, we’d love to hear from you!  Please email your questions and/or ideas to: [email protected] you have billing, subscription, or technical issues please contact [email protected]