38: The Link Between Dairy Intolerance and Dairy Genes with Alexandre Family Farm Founders Blake & Stephanie

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dairy Intolerance or Mutated Gene Intolerance?

Blake and Stephanie were both born and raised as dairy farmers and bought their current farm in 1992. In 2002, they became certified organic farmers and began studying soil and nutrient density on their farm as well as milk proteins. A2 is the digestible casein protein found in all mammalian milk, but about one thousand years ago it mutated to the A1 form which causes lactose to ferment and potentially why we've seen a rise in dairy intolerances over the last couple of decades. Through their studies Blake and Stephanie learned the difference between A1 and A2 beta casein proteins in milk and they began to breed A1 out of their herd.

Today, they have a large herd of 100% A2/A2 genetics cows, and sell only A2 organic milk and yogurt nationwide. Alexandre Family Farm is the first Certified Regenerative dairy and egg ranch in the U.S. They are also certified organic and certified humane. Listen in as they share their journey with Morgan with the difficulties of raising organic calves and venturing away from antibiotic usage, their thoughts on what regenerative agriculture means to them and how they want to bring people back to dairy.

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0:00.0	Cattle are part of the solution, not the problem. The cows need a new PR firm. It hasn't been
0:04.8	Yeah, absolutely. Hey everyone, I'm Morgan, co-founder of Primal Kitchen and host of the Primal Kitchen
0:12.9	podcast. Today, I'm super excited to be chatting with the founders of Alexander Family Farm,
0:18.2	Blake and Stephanie. They are fourth generation dairy farmers from California
0:22.8	who met at Cal Poly while they were both studying agriculture, eventually got married, and have five
0:28.7	children. They bought their current farm in 1992 and have been there ever since. In 2002,
0:34.3	they became certified organic farmers and began studying soil and nutrient density on their farm.
0:40.5	Through their studies, they learned the difference between A1 and A2 beta casein proteins and milk,
0:45.9	and they began to breed A1 out of their herd.
0:48.8	Today, they have a large herd of 100% A2A2 genetic cows and sell only A2 organic milk and yogurt nationwide.
0:56.9	Alexander Family Farms the first certified regenerative dairy and egg ranch in the U.S.
1:02.1	And they're also certified organic and certified humane.
1:05.2	Before we get started, a brief reminder that any and all opinions and views shared by hosting guests on this podcast are the speaker's own and do not represent the view of Primal Kitchen or its affiliates or parent
1:14.5	company.
1:15.6	Ooh, that was a mouthful.
1:16.7	Hi, guys.
1:17.3	How are you?
1:18.2	I'm working.
1:19.4	We're great, thanks.
1:20.3	Yeah, we're great.
1:21.4	So good to have you.
1:22.9	I'm a big fan of your brand.
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