Michael Buckley is the owner and operator of The Ventura Meat Company, the first full-service, sustainable butcher shop in Ventura, California. They exclusively offer grass-fed beef and other pastured, free range meat products in the Ventura area. Michael is a butcher-philosopher changing the way people think about meat, what sustainable production means, and how we consume it. In this episode, Geoff and Michael talk about his business, food as medicine, barbell training, the USDA, and more.
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Timestamps
0:00 – intro
0:56 – how Michael landed in California
3:06 – how Michael got into food, health, and meat
7:12 – Michael’s business and team today
11:22 – New production facility, changes in the supply chain, managing different parts of the animal
18:51 – let food be your medicine, meat, saturated fat, heart disease
30:01 – why Edison’s holistic health vision hasn’t been realized
35:08 – barbell training, starting strength, strength co
42:06 – Geoff’s journey to strength training, staying ready, robust, and capable
48:14 – not being intimidated by challenges, mental toughness of strength training
53:15 – diet-heart hypothesis, food industrial complex, corn
59:05 – USDA inspections, small farms, harvesting process
1:03:02 – ground beef in grocery stores
1:08:44 – best steak Michael has ever had
1:12:36 – how he prepared it
1:15:09 – dry aged beef
1:19:28 – conclusion and where you can find Michael
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