Roy Pfaltzgraff is the proud owner of PFZ farms in Haxtun, Colorado. PFZ Farms has been in Roy Pfaltzgraff’s family for generations. When Roy Pfaltzgraff took over as the daily operations of the farm in late 2016, he knew he wanted the regenerative farm to reflect the variety of foods that he enjoyed on his own dinner table. It’s why the farm started to implement a whole new array of crops, sunflowers and beehives. In his efforts on the farm, Roy Pfaltzgraff has enjoyed the benefits of eating regeneratively grown foods raised on his farm. Today, Roy Pfaltzgraff is going to explain why he has felt better and why he believes readers will feel better by making the switch to a regeneratively grown food.
When it comes to the benefits of regenerative foods, it starts by looking at the soil the crops are grown from. Many companies looking to mass produce their products will over apply synthetic pesticides or artificial fertilizers in their soil. They ignore the benefits that mother nature can provide through microbiological activity in the soil. What is important to remember from the consumer perspective is the soil must be healthy to produce flavorful and healthy food. While there needs to be more studies on the nutritional benefit of regeneratively grown foods, Roy Pfaltzgraff can say with confidence that his customers have noticed a difference between PFZ Farms products and what they buy in the store. They always comment on how the foods are so much more flavorful and they don’t eat near as much compared to foods they buy that is either conventionally or organically grown.
As a producer of poultry in Colorado, Roy Pfaltzgraff can say with confidence that livestock raised on a regenerative farm offers both health and humane benefits for the animals themselves. Study after study has proven that animals that are allowed to be fed natural foods and live on the land provide more nutrients than their counterparts. Consumers should understand that raising livestock regeneratively means that they eat grains that are more nutritional. He always reminds customers that it is illegal to feed antibiotics to chickens so don’t be fooled by advertising that focuses on that. Roy Pfaltzgraff points out that those companies that make that claim use that to scare customers and do not want to talk about the real living conditions their birds have. In addition to claims about no antibiotics, many non-regenerative food producers will also claim that they do not use growth hormones and once again, it is illegal to use them in poultry. Again, Roy Pfaltzgraff stresses that the best way to know the food we feed our families is healthy is to know the farmer.
While Roy Pfaltzgraff is a farmer and not a nutritionist, he does believe it is important to mention that just because a food is regenerative does not mean that it is necessarily healthy to consume in excess amounts. There are plenty of foods that are regenerative but don’t have the same health benefits as an regenerative vegetable or fruit. A balanced diet remains important for all health-conscious people whether they only eat regenerative foods or choose to eat processed foods as well.
