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According to Zevia CEO Paddy Spence, fighting for smarter food options for consumers against large, established competitors is the riskiest career move he ever made, but he’s not one to shy away from a fight, or to let fear of failure prevent him from taking a risk.
Growing up with a single mom who struggled to make ends meat, but always made a point to feed her kids the best food she could buy, Paddy knew that he wasn’t going to get any handouts and any success he had would come from dedication and hard work.
He studied Greek and Latin in high school and used his unique specialization to get the interest of the college administrators at Harvard where he paid his way by delivering boxes for UPS. After graduating from Harvard Business School with his MBA, he went on to work for companies like Kashi, and Levlad, a personal care manufacturer that makes natural shampoos and soaps. He also founded SPINS, a health and wellness marketing firm.
While working at Levlad, Paddy came across a stevia sweetened soda called Zevia, and was inspired to find out more about the company. He ended up buying the the small startup and has since led Zevia to over $100 million dollars in annual revenue, and that’s with products that are artificial color free, artificial flavor free, corn syrup free, GMO free and naturally sweetened.
On today’s show, we are joined by Paddy Spence to discuss his career, his life, and how he’s trying to revolutionize the diet soda industry.
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It’s not everyday you get a chance to learn about fitness, recovery, and healthy lifestyle practices from some of the best and most recognizable athletes in the world—so when I had a chance to participate in XPT’s first East-coast experience in Montauk last summer, I jumped at the chance (and jumped underwater with dumbbells, and jumped into the ocean, and jumped in a tub of ice…but we’ll get to that).
XPT – extreme performance training – is a program developed by big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, former pro volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, and author and endurance expert Brian MacKenzie. The three-day experience covers a range of workouts and recovery techniques including heat and cold therapy and breathing exercises. The program started out of Gabby and Laird’s Malibu home (they’re a couple, in case you haven’t seen their extremely impressive and very naked photographs in the 2015 ESPN Body Issue) and cap out at around 15 people, so participants get plenty of one-on-one attention as they try stand-up paddle boarding in the ocean, surfing, a range of bodyweight workouts in varied settings, pool workouts involving underwater breathing and plyometric movements with dumbbells, and testing your mental fortitude in a tub filled with ice.
“It’s gonna hurt….but how you deal with it and react to it is everything.”
“XPT is an exploration in performance training; it’s a philosophy about fitness and lifestyle and wellness, allowing us to continue to learn ourselves while we teach other people,” explains Laird. The program, which is relatively new, isn’t fixed, he says, and will continue to evolve and change as they learn and try new methods. Approaching performance and health from a holistic point of view, the program delves into all aspects of wellness, including breathing, recovery, nutrition, and exercise. “This is a glimpse at a lifestyle that we have developed over years of exploring, and now you can take some pieces of that with you,” he says. Bottom line: all the activities you try during the XPT experience are things these guys are doing anyway, everyday—now, they’re just sharing it with the rest of us.
The pool workouts involve dumbbells and instruction on controlling your breathing as you work your way through weighted jumping squats, lunges, and pistols. Participants also learn how to swim underwater on one breath while carrying a dumbbell. Although the workouts are challenging and fun, they’re more about learning to control your breathing and stay calm; knowing you have more air even if your brain is telling you to drop the weight and give up; and understanding that much of the stress and challenge in working out—and in life—is about how you react to that challenge. And, the intense circuit training doesn’t take place underwater just just because it looks cool: “It’s a way to work hard without beating yourself up, especially as you get older,” says Gabby, who recently underwent a complete knee replacement but breezed through the water workout with us. “At this point, it’s less about training to compete and more about training to keep up with my children and with Laird, and to have everything functioning correctly. I don’t want to lose my health in order to appreciate it.” Another workout included a 30-minute circuit workout led by Gabby made up of 30-second sets of movements from kettlebell swings and snatches to traditional bodybuilding dumbbell exercises; yet another simple but effective workout involved burpees, beach sprints, and swimming.
Ice therapy was one of the more challenging aspects of the experience. Sitting and remaining calm in a tub full of ice goes against everything your mind and body tells you is a good idea—which is one of the reasons the XPT team practices it. Besides the benefits in enhancing mood, reducing depression and stress, and assisting in muscle recovery, it teaches you to strengthen your mental tools in dealing with physical discomfort. Laird believes that being able to override your initial impulse to avoid discomfort reaps huge results in your mental and physical health. “It’s gonna hurt,” Laird says in a sincere and matter-of-fact approach that makes you both trust him and almost forget he’s famous. “It’s hard, but how you deal with it and react to it is everything. I like to give myself a mantra while I’m in there: ‘this is my house. This is where I live.’”
One of the major components of the XPT experience is enjoying yourself and connecting with nature, and the people and world around you. One way we did this was through a breathing exercise developed through a mix of ancient techniques, the Wim Hof method, and the personal experience of the founders. The breathing exercises, which lasted from 20-40 minutes at a stretch, involved deep belly breathing, timed inhales and exhales, and breath holding, and depending on the timing and sequencing can be used for increasing exercise performance or relaxation, mostly through improving co2 retention. “Breathing is a down-regulator that helps you relax,” says Gabby, and as someone who doesn’t generally enjoy meditation or yoga, I found this practice incredibly useful. The breathing is practical and easy to follow without getting distracted since it is a more cyclical, athletic form of breathing than, say, traditional yoga techniques. Within twenty minutes of this cyclical breathing, the class was asked to collectively hold our breaths, which we were able to do calmly and easily for up to three minutes. At the end of these sessions the participants were left invigorated, focused, and relaxed. These breathing exercises took place on the grass; our workouts were on the beach, in the pool, and in the ocean; we chatted and ate in the sun. “We look at nature as this extreme thing, and we’ve removed ourselves from it, even though we’re just as much a part of nature as anything else,” says Brian.
The group ate well throughout the experience, with plenty of fresh vegetables and seafood and snacks, but there wasn’t a feeling of strict rules. While the three leaders eat mostly Paleo, it’s more a byproduct of their simple goal to eat real, unprocessed foods. There’s not much macro counting or carb obsession going on—just enjoyment of real fresh food when you’re hungry, fasting when you’re not, and more than a little fat-fueled coffee. “The most important part of diet for me is variety; in fitness, too,” says Laird. “I like plants and animals; it’s what I eat.” The ideal diet is personal for every individual, adds Gabby: “It’s important that people figure out what works best for their system.” For Brian, who eats a mostly Paleo (plus cheese) diet and whose wife is a former Olympic rower, it seems that common sense—without the obsessive rules—is the best practice. He mentions things like generally avoiding booze, focusing more on plants, good fats, and proteins, and avoiding excessive carbs (“there’s no such thing as an essential carbohydrate,” Brian says)—and if you’re looking to lean out or are just busy surfing all day, think about incorporating fasting (with the caveat that men are physiologically better suited for it, and that it’s often a more gradual process for women who wish to go that route).
“If we all just ate when we were hungry, we’d be better off,” says Laird. “We are all overeating. In the old days, you had to go work and find your food, now we have stores full of it everywhere.” Brian reiterates: “We are all addicted to food, it’s just how we eat and react to it that makes the difference.”
At the end of the weekend, you aren’t given a test or a booklet of guidelines on how to live and eat and exercise. What you are given is a set of tools to incorporate how you see fit into your own lifestyle, a kick-start of fun and excitement that makes you want to learn more, treat yourself better, and try more things that scare you just a little bit (like jumping in a tub of ice, for instance, or getting on a surfboard for the first time). As the program grows, XPT will train other instructors and offer more experiences at different price points to reach an ever-wider audience. Laird also assures us that the experience is not just for “super athletic guys. Anyone can benefit from it, regardless of genetics and background.” Certainly, a willingness to try something new is a more important requirement than your fitness level.
While it may not be possible to fully incorporate the XPT lifestyle—we can’t all live in Malibu—it’s more than feasible to take at least a few lessons back with you to improve your fitness, health, and overall wellness. I was happy to get a sunny glimpse into how some of the best athletes in the world train—not just for their sports, but for life: Gabby, Laird, and Brian all emphasized that their approach is about training to be healthy and happy, and to live life to the fullest. And if you want to live like Laird Hamilton, you have to have energy, work ethic, and more than a little sense of adventure. “They say you can never have too much fun, but the part you have to remember is, you have to be in pretty good shape to do it!” he laughs. “It’s not an option; it’s part of my existence.”
To find out more, check out some videos and tutorials, or sign up for an experience, visit xptlife.com.
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Chef Trevor Bird was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and began cutting his culinary teeth when we was only a teenager. His career path wound through some of Canada’s best restaurants, and eventually landed him a spot on season 2 of Top Chef Canada. Although he didn’t win the competition, he did come in second place, and used the experience, and a partnership with fellow contestant Curtis Luk, to open his own restaurant, a farm-to-table focused eatery named Fable Kitchen and Diner. He is now one of Canada’s most ardent real food advocates and his passion for feeding people well has now manifested in his latest project, an online meat co-op called MeatMe.co
Meatme connects customers to a growing network of Canadian farmers who raise their animals on natural pasture and in a honest and humane way. Qualifying farms do not use hormones, antibiotics, or any chemicals whatsoever and are also required to provide ample living space, natural and GMO free feed, and high standards of animal welfare.
On the MeatMe.co site, you can actually pick the exact animal you want to buy a share of, such as “Heifer no. 347 | Black Angus”, “Hog no. 188 | Nut fed Berkshire”, and “Lamb no. 874 | Hair bred”. Additionally, Chef Trevor provides innovative and delicious recipes with each order, and he joins us on our show today to tell us more about his culinary career and the Meatme.co difference.
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I was a guest on the Real Food for Real Life podcast by eMeals this week! We talked about how when I committed to Paleo back in 2012, I had to take a budget-minded approach to recipes and meal planning — not to mention step up my food game to feed a reluctant family of four. Those two things helped to define the recipes and articles you’ll find on PopularPaleo.com and the content lovingly crafted in The Frugal Paleo Cookbook. You can listen to our conversation on iTunes, or Stitcher when you have a few minutes (or perhaps while you’re whipping up a frugal, real food recipe of your own).
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We’ve talked to many people who have dealt with serious health conditions, and many of them have been frustrated or stymied by the conventional medical system and the care they’ve received from doctors, but what happens if you are the patient and the doctor? This is the situation Dr. Cate Shanahan found herself in when she experienced a mysterious and undiagnosable pain in her knee that made it difficult for her to walk and almost cost her her job.
After trying multiple treatments and experiencing numerous dead ends, she came across a book called Spontaneous Healing by Dr. Andrew Weil, which, in her words, “opened a crack in the darkness.” In Spontaneous Healing, Dr. Cate learned about the significance of omega three fatty acids and it set her on a path to uncover the “dark calories” that have infiltrated our food supply and how traditional fats, and an ancestral diet in general, can provide a way out of many modern diseases. She was inspired to write her ideas down, and these notes provided the basis for her best-selling book Deep Nutrition that she wrote along with her husband Luke.
Deep Nutrition was originally released back in 2008, and since then, she has been busy building her medical practice, speaking at conferences across the country, and working as a dietary consultant for the LA Lakers. Obviously she’s learned a lot in the process and is now taking those lessons and using them to revise, update, and expand her book.
The updated version of Dr. Cate’s Deep Nutrition is now available, and on today’s show, we discuss:
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It ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” —Rocky Balboa
Some stories are defined transformation, while others are defined by inspiration, but for firefighter and CrossFitter Frank Storey, his is a tale of DETERMINATION.
Frank grew up in Fort Pierce, Florida, a beachside town on the Southeast coast. “There were seven kids in the house,” he recalls. “We played outside, rode three-wheelers, and ate beenie weenies and mac and cheese.” Frank was an active kid, and found his outlet in athletics. He dabbled in wrestling, but when he discovered cross country, he found his calling.
Running gave Frank focus; it gave him a goal. He loved to push himself and fought hard to be the best. The miles of training required calories, however, and his coaches wanted him to keep his intake up. “I was skinny,” Frank says. “They wanted me to eat.” These were the days of the carbohydrate craze, and runners were at the epicenter of the movement. The pre-race ritual revolved around plates of spaghetti, but despite all the carbs, he still kept his six-pack. “Those days, I could eat anything and still kept a normal weight,” he recalls. “It wasn’t a struggle.”
At the age of 17, and with his parents’ permission, Frank enlisted in the Marine Corps, and thanks to his high school running habit, the notoriously difficult boot camp running regimen didn’t throw him for a loop. In fact, he gained 29 pounds, weight he attributes to simple chow-hall food and a steady diet of calisthenics. After boot camp, Frank went into active duty, working as a welder in Okinawa, Japan, during Operation Desert Storm. Aside from driving on the wrong side of the road a few times, and eating a live squid, Frank’s time there was uneventful, and when his deployment ended, he moved back to Fort Pierce.
Back in the States and out of the military, Frank’s attention turned to bodybuilding. He began working out daily at a gym called Nature’s Way, and eventually added over 60 pounds of bulk to his frame. His diet included six full meals a day, in addition to an entire loaf of bread as a snack. “I’d tear the crust off, ball it up and eat the whole loaf,” he recalls. “I was big, but I wasn’t very lean!”
One fateful afternoon, Frank decided he was going to do something he hadn’t done since he was a kid, and attempted to ride a mountain bike off a picnic table. “I slammed into the ground shoulder first,” he recalls. “That pretty much put an end to my bodybuilding career.”
Frank’s injury kept his arm in a sling for nine weeks, but as soon as it healed, he began looking for ways to work out again. With pumping iron out of the picture, he went back to the basic bodyweight exercises he had learned in boot camp. By this time, Frank was working as a corrections officer, and he’d heard about a competition called the Toughest Cop Alive (TCA).
Organized by the International Law Enforcement Games, the TCA contest encompasses eight separate events: a 5K run, the shot put, a 100-meter sprint, a 100-meter freestyle swim, a 20-foot rope climb, the bench press, a pull-up contest and a 200-meter obstacle course. Frank trained an entire year for the TCA, and ended up winning the pull-up and rope climb portions of the event.
Encouraged by his results, he immediately started preparations for the following year’s event, but during an afternoon practice, disaster struck. He had set up an obstacle course in his neighborhood, which included a wall that he used to vault over. On every other day, the ground behind the wall was flat. On this day, there was a hole. By the time he leaped over, it was too late to change course. Frank’s ankle rolled to the outside, and although he didn’t realize it at the time, he had suffered an “eversion” sprain.
Also known as a medial ankle sprain, the injury involves damage to the deltoid ligament on the medial (inside) edge of the ankle. Eversion sprains are rare, as the leg bone itself usually breaks before the deltoid ligament does. “I was in a walking boot for three months before I could even start rehab,” Frank recalls. “It probably would have been easier if I had broken my ankle.”
Frank spent months working with a physical therapist, doing stretches and ankle rotations, and working with resistance bands. Determined to stay in shape even while rehabbing his ankle, Frank continued to do whatever exercises he could. “I couldn’t run,” he recalls, “but I was still doing push-ups, sit-ups. I didn’t give up.”
For several years after his ankle injury, Frank’s competitive juices had stalled. He was working out, but in more of a holding- pattern than a focused program. When a friend mentioned that he was taking jiu-jitsu classes, Frank decided to give it a shot and signed up at the American Top Team (ATT). An offshoot of the legendary Brazilian Top Team, ATT is home to numerous professional MMA fighters and jiu-jitsu players. “It’s like a chess match,” Frank explains. “You solve problems and get excited when you learn something new.”
But after several years, and numerous broken toes, broken fingers and injured elbows, Frank decided that it was time to hang up his jiu-jitsu belt. “My son was getting older,” he explains. “I wanted to focus on being with him more.” At the same time, Frank’s career was also going through changes. His sister-in-law was a firefighter, and the pay and benefits were appealing. He enrolled in the Fire Academy, studied hard and landed a spot in the St. Lucie County Fire Department.
By this time, the TCA contest had expanded to include both firefighters and law enforcement officers. Determined to compete again, Frank set his sights on another run at the TCA and began training. When the day of the TCA arrived, Frank completed event after event without incident, until he got to the obstacle course. “At the end of the obstacle course, there is a sprint with a hurdle,” Frank recalls. “I went over, and when I landed, my foot rolled to the inside, the same injury as before.”
Another long recovery period followed, and with time on his hands, Frank’s attention wandered. While searching the Internet one day, he learned about a new workout trend called CrossFit. It piqued his interest, and after gathering together some rusty barbells and homemade medicine balls, Frank was ready to try it.
For the next 12 months, Frank CrossFitted in his garage. Eventually, his firefighter buddies started coming over. They would look up the WOD on CrossFit.com and train together, which got them results for a while. When the group started to outgrow their DIY equipment, Frank decided to sign up at a local box called CrossFit Fort Pierce.
“That first workout whipped my ass,” Frank recalls. “I did FRAN and thought I was going to die at the end of it, but I kept coming back.” He was sold on the social aspect of the gym, the friends he made and the positive, encouraging atmosphere. One of his personal mottos is “Hang out with people you want to be like,” and at CrossFit Fort Pierce, Frank found kindred spirits who could match his own drive and intensity.
It was at his CrossFit gym that Frank also learned about Paleo. “I was drinking diet Monster drinks, coffee with sugar in it, and I cut all that out,” he recalls. “The first week was tough, but you get used to it.” His nutritional regimen focused on eggs, almonds, fish, chicken, steak, asparagus and sweet potatoes, and he quickly began to see results. “Your clothes get looser, your insides feel good, you sleep good,” he says. “I feel great now.”
In typical Frank fashion, CrossFitting alone wasn’t enough to scratch his competitive itch. He enlisted in the National Guard and, at the age of 44, competes against 20-year-olds in the annual Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). “They have us do a 2-mile run, sit-ups and push-ups,” Frank says. “These guys are quite a bit younger than me, and I should probably be retired at my age, but I’ve had the best PFT score in my unit the past few years.”
Frank’s family also has a competitive streak. His 14-year-old son CrossFits, wrestles in school and is an ATV racer. Frank’s girlfriend, who he nicknamed “Linda Carter” after TV’s Wonder Woman, is also a CrossFitter.
When asked why he trains as hard as he does, Frank says, “It’s not for looks. I want my son to be able to look up to me and know I’m going to be there for him.”
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Every year, thousands of people gather in Austin, Texas, to celebrate this amazing lifestyle that helps us optimize our health. At this event, we’re not the “weird” ones—this is our tribe. I attended Paleo f(x) for the first time this year. Here are my tips for creating the best experience for yourself in terms of personal fulfillment, but also with an eye toward autoimmune health.
This event can be overwhelming because there are so many people and so much happening at once. There is magic in talking with people individually, hearing each other’s stories, making new friends and feeling understood by people who “get you.” So how can you do this?
At prior Paleo f(x) events, they had presentations specifically geared toward people with autoimmune disease, and I hope they will do that again in the future. Unfortunately, at this event, that wasn’t the case. However, a number of presentations focused on health, covering functional medicine, the microbiome, inflammation, brain health, epigenetics, nutrition and more. There were also presentations on happiness and sustainability, as well as cooking demonstrations throughout the day. And for those of you looking for physical fun, there were fitness tests, primal play, parkour demonstrations and posture workshops. There truly is something for everyone.
There were over 100 vendors at this event! That shows you how much the Paleo movement has grown in the past few years. You could seriously spend the whole weekend walking from booth to booth and sampling what’s on offer. Here are a few highlights:
I’m going to be honest here. While Paleo f(x) is an impressive event, it’s also sensory overload. When you have autoimmune disease, it’s important to keep stress management in mind, even at an event as fun as this one. Barefoot Provisions thought of this by offering a Chillout Lounge on the Expo floor. How cool are they? But I also took a break each day away from the conference itself. Once, I went back to my lodging and took a nap. Another time, I went to the Austin Botanical Gardens with a friend. My days were full from the time I awoke until the time I went to bed, so prioritizing some quiet time in the middle was essential for balance.
While there were meal plans and group dinners offered by Paleo f(x), there were no autoimmune-friendly options, so I planned ahead. I packed some meals from Paleo On The Go to take with me for breakfast. Whole Foods was my choice for lunch every day. They have an amazing salad bar with an abundance of options. And for dinner, my friends and I ordered carefully at the local restaurants, letting the waitress know our needs and asking the chef to help us find a safe option on the menu. Eating out on the Paleo AIP requires diligence, but it can be done. Never assume a meal is AIP-friendly. One of the local Austinites had been ordering a bone marrow burger regularly at one of her favorite restaurants, not knowing it contained gluten. Gluten is everywhere, my friends—always ask!
When you see Mark Sisson hanging out at his Primal Kitchen booth, or Sarah Ballantyne in the hallway after her presentation, you might feel too shy to approach them. Don’t! Everyone at this event, including the Paleo Superstars, is incredibly warm and welcoming. These one-on-one conversations are special for them, too. This is where they get to meet real-life people who they are striving to help through their blogs and books. In fact, a highlight of the conference for me were those times when Phoenix Helix fans approached me to say hello and share their story.
I took my own advice and decided to ask some of the presenters the following question: “If someone with autoimmune disease is just starting their Paleo journey, what common mistake should they avoid?”
“I think a really common mistake is researching it to death, and throwing so many solutions at the problem that you won’t know what is effective and what isn’t. I always recommend people start with a dietary plan. Something like the Whole30 or Paleo AIP, and stick to it for 30 to 90 days to see if it’s working. The more you pile on top of that—if you try ketogenic and intermittent fasting and AIP and supplements—when things start to get better or worse, you won’t know where to give the credit or the blame.”
“I think one of the biggest mistakes that people unfortunately make when they are tackling the autoimmune protocol is just becoming scared of food. As you start to get educated about the incredible healing power of food, but also the list of foods that really undermine health, it can feel like food is harmful. People end up combining the AIP with other dietary approaches and limiting their variety of food choices, in part because the fear becomes crippling… So, I think it’s a bit of a mindset thing in terms of being able to recognize the healing power of food, being able to recognize the importance of dietary changes, while also understanding that it’s important to experiment, it’s important to branch out, it’s important to seek variety. And sometimes things won’t work for us and sometimes we’ll make mistakes, and that’s okay, because we’re going to be able to recover and keep going. It’s a set of tools that we have for making the best choices as often as we can, rather than a constrictive set of rules to live by.”
“One of the most important considerations for individuals suffering from autoimmune conditions from a nutritional perspective is to consume abundant amounts of prebiotic fiber. While a typical Paleo approach offers health benefits, the program needs to be augmented with prebiotic fiber to nurture the gut bacteria as they play such a crucial role in immune regulation.” Here are some examples of prebiotic foods: Jerusalem artichoke, chicory, dandelion greens, onions, leeks, garlic, asparagus and green plantains. And in their raw forms, they contain the highest content.
“The thing I think is most important for people to understand is that there are non-modifiable factors that influence autoimmune disease. There are early life factors and environmental factors that are out of your control, and so we want to do the best we can with the factors that we can control (like diet and lifestyle) and then make peace with that—not beat ourselves up if we don’t get the result that we’re looking for, and not try to compare our antibody levels to the person next to us.”
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Sarah Ramsden believes that “When you’re given a wake up call, you have to do something with it.” Her particular wake up call was being diagnosed with a brain tumor and multiple sclerosis all in one week, and her do something about it was leaving a lucrative graphic design career, ending an unfulfilling marriage, going back to school, and moving across the country.
Sarah is now coaching others to take an active role in their recovery from a major illness, helping them to become thrivers, not just survivors. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, The Whole 30, and House and Home and we’re happy to have her join us here today on Paleo Magazine Radio.
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Roasted root vegetables are a classic winter staple and are particularly good tossed in sharp vinaigrette and served over bitter salad leaf.
Serves: 2 | Prep: 10 min | Cooks: 30 min 
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Based in Northern California, Jambo Superfoods has made waves in the Paleo community and beyond by bringing the world’s first Paleo certified cannabis edible to the marijuana marketplace.
Earlier this year, we interviewed the founders of Jambo, Shannon Puma Drake and Johg Ananda, and we discussed their personal and professional lives, it was an enlightening conversation to be sure, but before we go any further we’d like to warn anyone who doesn’t want to hear adults talk about pot that they might want want to skip today’s show, alternately, if you have kids in the car and you’d rather not have “that” conversation with them, now would be a good time to check out just about any other episode of Paleo Magazine Radio.
If you’re still here however, we’re going to assume that you’re game to get into this discussion, and because it’s a two part interview that spans an entire two hours, we’re going to cut right to the chase.
In part one, we’ll be talking to Shannon about:
We will have a short intermission before getting into our second interview with Johg Ananda where we discuss:
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