If you’ve ever looked at your grocery bill and thought, “Something’s not right here,” you’re not alone.

Food prices have exploded, supermarket shelves are full of products we can’t pronounce, and the chemical load in our food system has quietly reached record levels. Now, with talk of mRNA vaccines entering the livestock supply, the need for families to reclaim their food sovereignty has never been greater.

This week on the Parents With Questions / Uncoercible Family Podcast, I sit down with Jason Ryan, founder of Hillview Farms — a former corporate executive turned regenerative farmer — who’s proving that clean, ethical, local food is still possible when consumers and farmers reconnect.

Before that, I share some difficult news in the podcast introduction about one of our Family Farm projects at Cambroon on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

Despite being much loved by co-owners and well on the way to full production, the farm has been been undermined from within by a small group of individuals, resulting in its liquidation. It’s a heartbreaking loss, but also a wake-up call: the vision remains sound, the need remains urgent, and people like Jason are showing us a better way forward.

In this powerful conversation, we unpack:

- Why grass-fed beef is nutritionally and ethically superior to feedlot meat.

- The hidden dangers of GMO crops, glyphosate, and synthetic farm chemicals.

- The looming concern over mRNA technology in livestock — and how your family can avoid it.

- How shorter supply chains mean fresher, safer, more affordable food.

- The rise of local co-ops, farmers markets, and small-town grocers rebuilding real community resilience.

Jason also reveals Hillview’s next big step — a community crowdfunding offer via Birchal.com to expand their retail hubs, delivery network, and even build eco-farm stays where families can see, touch, and taste where their food comes from.

As Jason puts it:

“Ditch the supermarkets. Buy from your local butcher, fruit and veg shop, or direct from the farm. It’s the simplest form of activism—and it might just save our health, our farmers, and our future.”

Adam Gibson

Founder — Parents With Questions

Host -  The Uncoercible Family podcast

To learn more about ordering food through Hillview Farms, go to:

www.hillviewfarms.com.au

To learn more about the Hillview Farms investment offer, go to:

https://www.birchal.com/company/hillview-farms