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Now another thing that happens is every time you plant that corn
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The Magic Pill

Now anotherthing that happens isevery time you plant that corn, you're destroying that...

Now another
thing that happens is
every time you plant that corn, you're destroying that soil.
A prairie or a grassland, it's the perennial roots that
make channels for the rain

Full Transcript

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Now another thing that happens is every time you plant that corn,
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you're destroying that soil. A prairie or a grassland,
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it's the perennial roots that make channels for the rain.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:10
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

People around the globe are combating illness through a paradigm shift in eating. And this simple change -- embracing fat as our main fuel -- is showing profound promise in improving the health of people, animals and the planet.
When you only have annuals, they don't live a long time, - The Magic Pill 00:09
When you only have annuals, they don't live a long time...
If you're on any kind of a slope, - The Magic Pill 00:09
If you're on any kind of a slope,
In the meantime though, while the corn is still growing, - The Magic Pill 00:09
In the meantime though, while the corn is still growing,
Past that point, she will die from the corn - The Magic Pill 00:06
Past that point, she will die from the corn
But until that point, - The Magic Pill 00:05
But until that point,
And then slaughter her, feed her to humans, - The Magic Pill 00:08
And then slaughter her, feed her to humans,
As far as I can tell, this is nothing but death and destruction - The Magic Pill 00:08
As far as I can tell, this is nothing but death and destruct...
Now I'm going to walk you through another scenario, which is - The Magic Pill 00:08
Now I'm going to walk you through another scenario, whi...
You let it have its own wisdom, - The Magic Pill 00:08
You let it have its own wisdom,
And what you have is a whole bunch of perennial plants growing there. - The Magic Pill 00:06
And what you have is a whole bunch of perennial plants growi...
You might even have, every once in a while, - The Magic Pill 00:05
You might even have, every once in a while,
[moos] - The Magic Pill 00:06
[moos]
You slaughter her, and now people can eat, - The Magic Pill 00:13
You slaughter her, and now people can eat,
The only thing different would be a little more soil, - The Magic Pill 00:07
The only thing different would be a little more soil,
And that is how we lived for 2.5 million years - The Magic Pill 00:09
And that is how we lived for 2.5 million years
[Joe Salatin] We're here in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, - The Magic Pill 00:08
[Joe Salatin] We're here in the Shenandoah Valley of Vi...
[moos] - The Magic Pill 00:08
[moos]
All we're doing is duplicating that kind of migration, - The Magic Pill 00:18
All we're doing is duplicating that kind of migration,
When people say eating this way is unsustainable? - The Magic Pill 00:06
When people say eating this way is unsustainable?
Oh. Listen, it's not only sustainable, - The Magic Pill 00:08
Oh. Listen, it's not only sustainable,