Podcast Episodes

Making Wine That's Not Toxic (+ Bitcoin Q&A) - Ben Justman | #94

Episode 94

Ben Justman of Peony Lane Wine grew up on this Colorado orchard, returned in his mid-20s, taught himself winemaking, and now runs a small high-elevation Pinot Noir winery on his family’s land, built …

Published on 2 hours ago

Losing My Farm, Being Outed From Dairy, And Lessons For Future Food - Jr Burdick | #93

Episode 93

JR Burdick of Nourishing Family Farm explains how losing his family’s farm in the 1980s and later being forced out of his dairy co-op shaped his path toward raw milk, soil-based farming, and local fo…

Published on 1 week ago

Why Most Farmers Don't Make It Full-Time - August Hortsmann | #92

Episode 92

August Hortsmann is a first-generation Missouri cattleman and founder of Hortsmann Cattle Company, a regenerative ranch built on his family’s land near St. Louis. 

What began as a childhood passion gr…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Humans, Extinction, And Rethinking Nature - Will Harris | #91

Episode 91

Will Harris is a sixth-generation cattleman and owner of White Oak Pastures, a 158-year-old family farm in Bluffton, Georgia. Since 1866, the Harris family has practiced land-based farming rooted in …

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Miracle Of Rural America - Joel Hollingsworth | #90

Episode 90

Ryan sits down with Joel Hollingsworth of Smoke River Ranch in Oklahoma, who lays out a clear, unflinching diagnosis of America’s decline. 

He then takes you through the solution, step by step, exactl…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Regeneration Starts From Within - Cindy Sheffield | #89

Episode 89

When chronic illness left Cindy bedridden in her twenties, she began questioning everything she’d been taught about health - and later, about farming. What started as a search for healing led her and…

Published on 1 month ago

Why a New Generation Is Choosing Farming, And How More Can Do The Same - Patrick & Caden (Family Cable Farm) | #88

Episode 88

Caden and Patrick are first-generation farmers in North Carolina who started Cable Family Farm while still in high school. Together, they’ve built a small-scale regenerative farm focused on pasture-r…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Justin Rhodes - Homesteading, Rotational Grazing, & Legacy (Live Farm Tour Episode) | #87

Episode 87

This episode is a little different: instead of a sit-down podcast, I join Justin Rhodes for a live tour around his North Carolina farm.

When you think of homesteaders, Justin Rhodes is the first pers…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Josh & Jessica Guptill - We Want To Know Our Customers... Then Educate Them | #86

Episode 86

Josh and Jessica Guptill run Rehoboth Farm in Suffolk, Virginia, where they raise pastured chicken, pork, lamb, beef, eggs, and turkeys. Neither came from a farming family - Josh left the Coast Guard…

Published on 2 months ago

Jordan Green - Economics, Marketing, & Storytelling In Agriculture | #85

Episode 85

In this episode, Jordan and I discuss the importance of economics, marketing, and storytelling in agriculture.

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Jordan Green is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served multipl…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago