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\nWho says organ meats can’t be delicious? Well, James Barry certainly makes them taste good. 17 year chef turned organ meat seasonings purveyor James Barry shares his entrepreneurial journey and details about the company he’s founded.
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\nJames is a cool guy who turned a dream and a passion into the reality of a great company. Oh, and I’ve tried the product. I’m hooked. The Garlic Zest seasoning is stupid good. Here’s a little more about James and Pluck.
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\nHi, I\u2019m James, founder of Pluck.
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\nAt Pluck, we\u2019re all about organ meats, yet not just any organ meats. Quality is everything when eating any part of an animal. We define quality as grass-fed, grass-finished, humanely treated, pasture-raised animals raised with no GMOs or hormones. \u201cAs close to nature as possible\u201d is what I say.
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\nThere\u2019s a lot of what is wrong in our current agricultural systems, but more and more farms are pivoting to what is right: Regenerative Agriculture. With diverse crop coverage and no tilling we can change not only the food produced on these farms but our health as well. We are what we eat AND what we eat eats.
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\nAncestral principles of \u201clike supports like\u201d and nose-to-tail eating drive our mission at Pluck. We are missing out on the whole animal benefits when we only eat muscle meat. Pluck is the perfect gateway into eating organs because it doesn\u2019t taste like organ meat. What you taste is the savory, deliciousness of Umami (the fifth taste). Eating organs support the health of your organs. Even better, organs contain bioavailable nutrients which means you get more \u201cbang-for-your-buck\u201d because your body can recognize and absorb these essential vitamins and nutrients.
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\nLook, I\u2019ll be the first to admit I didn\u2019t eat organ meats as a kid.
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\nI was the pickiest of picky eaters.
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\nI didn\u2019t eat my first taco until college. When I say that I had a PB&J sandwich for lunch daily between the ages of 5 and 15\u2026I\u2019m not joking. Growing up, we basically ate the same 4 or 5 home-cooked meals every week. Fridays were pizza night out and Sundays were Chinese food ordered in.
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\nAs a child of the 70s, I grew up eating fast food, frozen vegetables, and when microwaves started becoming vogue, microwave meals, particularly popcorn. My father owned a grocery store so we had access to lots of common foods and snacks, most of all, candy!
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\nI understand picky eating and more importantly, I understand the human need for comfort food.
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\nIn fact, I\u2019ve spent the last 16+ years as a professional chef focused on making comfort foods healthy without sacrificing taste. I\u2019ve cooked for celebrities, musicians, and billionaires, but it was becoming a father that forced me to go deeper in my exploration of functional food.
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\nAt the age of two, my youngest daughter was afflicted with the life-threatening Shiga toxin. I had left town for work thinking she was on the road to recovering only to return to her looking like skin and bones. It was a truly frightening time where my wife and I struggled to get nutrients into her.
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\nFortunately, she survived and is a vibrant, healthy child but the experience left me wanting to create a functional food product that anyone could eat and benefit from without requiring them to adopt new habits or step outside of their comfort zone.
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\nThat\u2019s what Pluck is all about. Nutrition in a pinch. No need to adopt new habits,","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/04b822be-61fc-4a20-902a-9b7ada62d72c/black-and-white-man-portraits-arts-culture-podcast-cover-1.png"}