Episode #1105

Michael Hunter

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Michael Hunter, chef and owner of Toronto’s Antler Kitchen, discusses ethical hunting, farming, animal-population management, veganism, and wildlife management with Joe Rogan. The conversation also explores wild-game cooking, mushroom biology and foraging, Indigenous cuisines, food waste, restaurant protests, and the ethics of sourcing meat responsibly.

What they talked about

  • Protesters camp outside Antler restaurant in Toronto
  • Butchering venison in front of vegan activists
  • Escalation from small protests to weekly demonstrations
  • Hunting as ethical meat sourcing and population control
  • Vegan diet health concerns and carbohydrate intake
  • Foraging for mushrooms and wild ingredients
  • Cookbook project on hunting and foraging
  • Invitation to activists for dialogue and foraging

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