The Regenaissance Podcast

The Regenaissance
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Hosted by @Regenaisanceman with the mission of reconnecting us back to where our food is grown & exposing everything that is wrong with our broken food system. We are more disconnected from our food than we ever have been. I sit down with ranchers and farmers to give them a voice and hear their stories, helping paint a picture of what it really looks like to support humanity with food. I also will be talking to others involved in the agriculture space as there is a lot that goes into it all. My hope is that from hearing this podcast you will begin to question what you eat and where from.

  1. A Danish Energy Giant (Ørsted) Is Coming After My Ranch - Casey Murph | #115

    1D AGO

    A Danish Energy Giant (Ørsted) Is Coming After My Ranch - Casey Murph | #115

    Ørsted, a Danish renewable energy giant, is trying to lease 4,000 acres of Casey's state grazing land in Arizona to build an industrial solar array - land that he depends on for winter range, without which the ranch isn't viable. Casey believes productive grazing land shouldn't be touched when there's no shortage of barren desert, parking lots, and brownfields that could take solar instead - and the companies could do it if they wanted to, they just won't because it's cheaper and easier to go after open range. Casey Murph is a fifth-generation cattle rancher in northeastern Arizona. This episode covers that fight, and what's at stake for generational ranching in America. 5 Key Topics: How Ørsted is attempting to take Casey's winter range for industrial solarWhy solar should go on parking lots and brownfields, not productive grazing landØrsted's existing Arizona install powers a Meta data centre, not homesThe collapse of independent beef operations and what it's done to supply and priceCasey's strategy: state land pressure, political allies, and buying timeTimestamps: 00:00 - Casey intro02:00 - The Ørsted solar threat05:00 - Foreign-owned conglomerates09:00 - Urban disconnection from food11:00 - Where solar should go instead18:00 - Political strategy and allies19:00 - Ørsted's Pinal County install: homes promised, Meta data centre delivered28:00 - Beef supply consolidation31:00 - Feedlots and grass-finishing36:00 - Approval timeline and how to help Connect with Casey:X

    44 min
  2. Instilling The Right Values In Kids - Intergenerational Culture, Self-Sovereignty, Curiosity | Ben & Hannah Yoder

    APR 30

    Instilling The Right Values In Kids - Intergenerational Culture, Self-Sovereignty, Curiosity | Ben & Hannah Yoder

    Ben and Hannah Yoder run Savage Mountain Farm, a 150-acre diversified, full-diet CSA on the Pennsylvania–Maryland line, rooted in Amish–Mennonite heritage and natural methods, raising produce, mushrooms, and pastured livestock while blending regenerative farming with homeschooling, community engagement, and a family-centered lifestyle. Farmer Stories pulls the best conversations from The Regenaissance archive - real voices from American farmers on the systems, economics, and communities shaping food and land in the US. Timestamps00:00:00 Why they homeschool 00:01:30 School as fear, not learning 00:03:00 Preserving curiosity over teaching content 00:05:30 Disconnection from food as root cause 00:06:30 Age segregation & lost intergenerational culture 00:08:00 No screens - kids who can entertain themselves 00:10:00 Modeling self-sovereignty on the farm 00:11:30 Owning your day - the case for farming Connect with Savage Mountain: WebsiteInstagram Follow the tour on YouTube

    13 min
  3. Exposing How Big Brands Fake "Pasture Raised" Eggs - Patrick Samuels @Sunnyside | #114

    APR 22

    Exposing How Big Brands Fake "Pasture Raised" Eggs - Patrick Samuels @Sunnyside | #114

    Patrick Samuels is the founder of Sunnyside Egg Co., a Kentucky-based regenerative egg operation built on mobile coops and Amish/Mennonite farming partnerships. A former US Army Special Forces officer with no agricultural background, Patrick stumbled into farming through pandemic-era homesteading, worked inside one of the largest pasture-raised egg brands, and launched Sunnyside in December 2024 to scale what he calls the only truly regenerative egg operation in the country. 5 Key Topics The pasture-raised label scamMobile coops as the real standardScaling regen without selling outThe corn/soy-free feed debateTransparency over certificationTimestamps [00:00] Intro & egg price controversy [01:30] Patrick's military-to-farming path [04:00] Inside a "pasture-raised" barn [07:00] Why certifiers are grifters [11:00] The Vital Farms breakdown [18:00] Retail vs. decentralisation debate [27:00] Corn & soy-free feed complexity [37:00] Regenerative certification loopholes [44:00] Sunnyside's growth timeline [01:01:00] On-farm operations & rotation Links Website Instagram

    1h 8m
  4. Struggle Is What Makes Us | Brad Wiley

    APR 15

    Struggle Is What Makes Us | Brad Wiley

    Brad Wiley's family has farmed the same land since 1790. In this episode on our Farmer Stories series, he share shis wonder at the invisible web beneath his fields - and what it means to carry 200 years of family memory on a single piece of ground. Farmer Stories pulls the best conversations from The Regenaissance archive - real voices from American farmers on the systems, economics, and communities shaping food and land in the US. Timestamps 00:00 — The biological web that makes Tesla look simple01:00 — Locust trees feeding cover crops across an entire field03:30 — Cover crops and grazing replace the lime truck05:30 — The moment Brad walked away from $30k in cash rent07:30 — The manure spreader sinks into dead soybean soil11:00 — 200 years of family memory on one piece of ground22:30 — Life is designed to be a struggleLink to the full episode:SpotifyAppleYouTube Connect with Brad:Otter Creek FarmFollow the tour on YouTube

    24 min
  5. We Need To Copy Oklahoma | Joel Hollingsworth

    APR 8

    We Need To Copy Oklahoma | Joel Hollingsworth

    Joel Hollingsworth runs Smoke River Ranch in northeast Oklahoma. This conversation from our Farmer Stories Series talks about why Joel believes we need to keep manufcaturing in America & why Oklahoma's culture of self-governance is a cultural model the country can build around. Farmer Stories pulls the best conversations from The Regenaissance archive - real voices from American farmers on the systems, economics, and communities shaping food and land in the US. Timestamps 0:00 — Why build in America, not abroad1:30 — The federalist structure and America's creation story4:00 — Oklahoma's culture of self-governance6:30 — Regen ag as a churn factory7:30 — Triffin dilemma and hollowing out of domestic production9:00 — How crop insurance locks out new farmers11:00 — Foreign cattle and the 30% currency gap12:30 — Land as money, not farmland14:00 — Farm credit weaponized (Dustin Kittle story)15:30 — Average rancher age 58.517:00 — What rural collapse looks like18:30 — Sovereign debt and centralizing riskLinks: Full podcast episode:- YouTube- Spotify- Apple Connect with Joel:- Smoke River Ranch Website- X

    19 min
  6. Touring A USDA-Inspected On-Farm Processing Facility - How Farms Are Treated Differently Based On Size (live Farm Tour) - Gunthorp Farms | #113

    APR 1

    Touring A USDA-Inspected On-Farm Processing Facility - How Farms Are Treated Differently Based On Size (live Farm Tour) - Gunthorp Farms | #113

    Gunthorp Farms is a 3rd generation pork and poultry operation in northern Indiana with on-farm USDA-inspected processing. This tour covers the full farm from farrowing paddocks to kill floor, smokehouse, and wastewater treatment. Watch alongside the full podcast episode for the full story. Key Topics Adaptive multi-paddock grazing in practice50-paddock farrowing system and piglet managementBuilding and running a USDA-inspected on-farm processing facilityUSDA enforcement: how small and large plants are treated differentlyConstructed wetland wastewater treatmentWhat You'll Learn How paddock size and recovery time shift by seasonWhat to ask when you visit a pig farmWhat it costs to build on-farm processing and where permitting breaks downHow HACCP regulation actually gives small plants flexibility if you understand itWhy scale changes food safety risk in ways inspection policy doesn't reflectConnect w Greg & Gunthorp Farms WebsiteXInstagramLinkedin Full podcast interviewFollow the tour on YouTube Timestamps 00:00:00 Adaptive multi-paddock grazing explained 00:03:00 Pig health, thermoregulation, and antibiotic-free management 00:05:00 What consumers should ask when visiting a pig farm 00:15:00 Energy-free waterers and farrowing paddock design 00:27:00 Kill floor overview and processing plant history 00:36:00 Permitting, wastewater, and navigating USDA regulation 00:45:00 Food safety: small vs large plant accountability 00:51:00 USDA enforcement disparities and advocacy 01:02:00 Packaging equipment walkthrough 01:13:00 Smokehouse construction and constructed wetland wastewater system

    1h 26m
  7. The Maude Family Ranch - Beef, Pork, and 115 Years of Tradition (Live Farm Tour) - Maude Hog & Cattle | #112

    MAR 25

    The Maude Family Ranch - Beef, Pork, and 115 Years of Tradition (Live Farm Tour) - Maude Hog & Cattle | #112

    Charles and Heather Maude are 5th generation ranchers in South Dakota running a direct-to-consumer beef and pork operation built on land their family has worked for over 115 years. This tour covers the full operation - cattle, hogs, grain storage, equipment, and the irrigated river bottom at the center of a federal land dispute that drew national attention. Watch this alongside the full-length podcast episode for the complete story behind what you're seeing on the ground.Key Topics Direct-to-consumer beef and pork - how it actually worksCattle finishing and feeder calf productionFarrowing crates - the honest case for and againstWhy feed quality determines meat quality in hogsGrain storage, forage systems, and matching stocking rate to grassThe disputed river bottom and the federal land disputeWhat You'll Learn How a small ranch runs multiple livestock enterprises on limited acresWhy weaning date is a range management decision, not just an animal oneWhat farrowing crates are actually for and why a skeptic changed her mindHow monogastric and ruminant digestion produce fundamentally different meatWhat 115 years of private land management looks like - and what happens when it's challengedWhy boundary disputes in the rural West are common, and criminal indictments are not Connect with Charles & Heather WebsiteInstagramFacebook Timestamps 00:00:00 — Introduction and context 00:02:00 — Cattle paddock: finished beef and this year's steer calves 00:04:00 — Weaning early — a drought and range management decision 00:06:00 — Grain bins: what they store and how they work 00:08:00 — Farrowing facility: why the crates exist 00:13:00 — Hog nutrition: simple stomach vs. ruminant digestion 00:15:00 — Pasture-raised pork: why quality and finish time differ 00:18:00 — Legacy equipment: grandfather's tractors and the 1948 truck 00:24:00 — The fence line: terrain, flooding, and where fences actually go 00:25:00 — The Forest Service dispute begins 00:27:00 — No written violation, no due process, criminal charges 00:28:00 — Working toward resolution: the Small Tracks Act 00:30:00 — Secretary Rollins, the temporary use agreement, and what changed 00:33:00 — The survey stakes, the crop damage, and the escalation 00:37:00 — What the land trade proposal was and why it was rejected 00:39:00 — What this case means for ranchers and private landowners 00:41:00 — Final reflections

    41 min
  8. Zombie Apocalypse Cows and the Future of American Ranching (Live Farm Tour) - Smoke River Ranch | #111

    MAR 18

    Zombie Apocalypse Cows and the Future of American Ranching (Live Farm Tour) - Smoke River Ranch | #111

    Joel Hollingsowrth has spent years doing something most people wouldn't dare try - building a regenerative cattle ranch from scratch, with no money, no inherited land, and no roadmap. And yet, it has become one of the pioneering regenerative farms in the nation.  Joel is joined by David, who left an Ivy League PhD program to ranch in rural Mexico before landing here, and Daniel, the herd manager responsible for translating Joel's system into daily practice.  Together they walk us through mob grazing at extreme stocking densities, a heritage genetics breeding program built for a world without antibiotics, virtual fencing technology, and a community ownership model designed to solve the financing problem that stops most regenerative farmers before they start. This is a conversation about what it really takes (the stubbornness, the financial creativity, the ecological thinking, and the human community) to build something lasting and that works. KEY TOPICS Ultra-high-density mob grazing and how it mimics bison impact to restore soil and seed banksHeritage breed genetics (Piney Woods, composite bulls) and building "zombie apocalypse" cattleVirtual fencing technology and its potential to transform daily ranch labourThe herd share financial model and how community capital makes regenerative ranching viableReviving rural community through food sovereignty, nutrient density, and local economic energyWHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why stocking density, not just rotation, is the key lever in regenerative grazingHow cows' hooves act as seed planters and why "weeds" like thistles are actually healing the soilWhat rumen fill and manure consistency tell a herd manager about animal health and forage qualityWhy cattle genetics matter as much as grazing method, and what "adapting to the system" looks likeHow Joel financed his ranch with no money down, and why the herd share model is a blueprint others could followCONNECT WITH JOEL Smoke River Ranch WebsiteX TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Welcome to Oklahoma: Joel, David & the Smoke River story 08:00 – What's broken in rural America and what Smoke River is rebuilding 12:00 – Fresh Rx Oklahoma: food as medicine and local supply chains 15:00 – How Joel got started: a $1/year lease, no capital, and a Twitter DM 19:00 – Virtual fencing: digital paddocks and 60 hours of saved labour per week 21:00 – Heritage breeds: Piney Woods cows, composite bulls, and the genetics program 25:00 – Mob grazing explained: why five moves a day and what stocking density actually means 31:00 – Herd management with Daniel: rumen fill, manure scoring, and daily cattle metrics 36:00 – Sick cow protocols and building a self-selecting genetics program 45:00 – Weeds as healers: thistles, pioneer species, and soil succession

    47 min
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About

Hosted by @Regenaisanceman with the mission of reconnecting us back to where our food is grown & exposing everything that is wrong with our broken food system. We are more disconnected from our food than we ever have been. I sit down with ranchers and farmers to give them a voice and hear their stories, helping paint a picture of what it really looks like to support humanity with food. I also will be talking to others involved in the agriculture space as there is a lot that goes into it all. My hope is that from hearing this podcast you will begin to question what you eat and where from.

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  • Creator
    The Regenaissance
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    134
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Regenaissance
  • Show Website
    The Regenaissance Podcast

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