Amy Renz of Goodness Gracious Pet Food and Treats

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Welcome to Alternative Dog Moms - a podcast about what's happening in the fresh food community and the pet industry. Kimberly Gauthier is the blogger behind Keep the Tail Wagging, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast.
CHAPTERS:

• Introduction (0:00)
• Origin story of Goodness Gracious (1:30)
• Why gently cooked instead of raw? (7:58)
• What vets learn about kibble (15:52)
• Kimberly has questions about potatoes (19:16)
• Expanding from a treat company to a food company (21:46)
• Vegetables, organics and glyphosate (26:21)
• Why Goodness Gracious doesn't use synthetic vitamins or minerals (35:55)
• Making choices for our dogs and ourselves in a toxic world (44:36)

GOODNESS GRACIOUS:

• https://goodnessgracioustreats.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/goodnessgraciouspet
• https://www.facebook.com/GoodnessGraciousPet/

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• 2020 Pet Food Ingredients Study (https://nara.org/2020-pet-food-study-results/). [Kimberly, LOOK AT THIS!
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• Your Natural Dog Podcast: Angela Ardolino talks to Amy Renz (https://pod.link/1596801011/episode/e8cc55aeff951f802e90acde8a7fb618)
• Study showing even low doses of glyphosate negatively impacts the gut microbiome (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1382668923000911)
• Foods with highest glyphosate exposure to avoid (https://goodnessgracioustreats.com/blogs/news/glyphosate-in-dog-food)
• Health risks to employees at kibble manufacturing plants (https://truthaboutpetfood.com/if-it-is-this-bad-for-employees-what-is-it-doing-to-pets/)

OUR BLOG/PODCASTS...

• Kimberly: Keep the Tail Wagging, KeepTheTailWagging.com
• Erin Scott: Believe in Dog podcast, BelieveInDogPodcast.com

FACEBOOK...

• Keep the Tail Wagging, Facebook.com/KeepTheTailWagging
• Believe in Dog Podcast, Facebook.com/BelieveInDogPodcast

INSTAGRAM...

• Keep the Tail Wagging, Instagram.com/RawFeederLife
• Believe in Dog Podcast, Instagram.com/Erin_The_Dog_Mom

Thanks for listening to our podcast. You can learn more about Erin Scott's first podcast at BelieveInDogPodcast.com. And you can learn more about raw feeding, raising dogs naturally, and Kimberly's dogs at KeepTheTailWagging.com. And don't forget to subscribe to The Alternative Dog Moms.

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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Origin story of Goodness Gracious (00:01:30)

3. Why gently cooked instead of raw? (00:07:58)

4. What vets learn about kibble (00:15:52)

5. Kimberly has questions about potatoes (00:19:16)

6. Expanding from a treat company to a food company (00:21:46)

7. Vegetables, organics and glyphosate (00:26:21)

8. Why Goodness Gracious doesn't use synthetic vitamins or minerals (00:35:55)

9. Making choices for our dogs and ourselves in a toxic world (00:44:36)