# Polyunsaturated Fats, Metabolic Health, and Fixing The American Food System - Ash Armstrong | #116

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Podcast: [The Regenaissance Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-regenaissance-podcast-6720188)
Published: 2026-06-17T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Ashley Armstrong is a first-generation regenerative farmer and co-founder of Strong Sistas, a health platform born out of her own autoimmune diagnosis. She built Angel Acres Farm in Southwest Michigan from the ground up, producing corn- and soy-free eggs, and went on to found Nourish Food Club - a cooperative network of small regenerative farms supplying clean, transparently raised food directly to families. What We Cover How Ashley went from graduate school to building a regenerative farm from scratch Why conventional chicken and pork now have a fatty acid profile closer to seed oils than real meat The 100-year shift in dietary fats and what it's doing to human metabolism How Nourish Food Club is reviving the farm cooperative model to support small farmers The bureaucratic bullying small farms face daily - and why the system is designed against them Timestamps 00:00 – Ashley's health crisis and path to farming 06:30 – Building Angel Acres from scratch 13:00 – Lessons from 12 years of competitive golf 18:45 – How Nourish Food Club works 26:00 – Why cheap and quality food can't coexist 33:30 – The 100-year shift away from saturated fat 42:00 – How corn and soy changed pork and chicken 49:30 – Phytonutrients in pasture-raised meat 56:00 – Why grocery labels are meaningless 01:03:00 – The problem with indoor farming 01:09:30 – Bureaucratic bullying and the jerky incident 01:17:00 – Why small farm costs are structurally higher 01:28:00 – Where consumers can start Links Website Instagram YouTube Regenaissance YouTube Channel About The Podcast: The Regenaissance Podcast explores the people, farms, and ideas rebuilding our food system from the ground up.

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