The Rebel Truth

Rebel Pastures

Welcome to The Rebel Truth. The podcast for anyone who's ever stood in a grocery store and thought, "something isn't right here." Hosted by Justin and Jenni, owners of Rebel Pastures, this show is a front-row seat to the conversations Big Food doesn't want you to hear. Each episode, Justin and Jenni sit down with farmers, ranchers, and regenerative pioneers who are exposing what's broken in the modern food industry and actually doing something about it. We're talking real soil, real animals, real nutrition, and the real cost of cheap food. If you're tired of the spin, the seed oils, and the shrink-wrapped lies, this is your tribe. Join the rebellion. The truth starts here.

Episodes

  1. Jul 21

    Everything I Want to Do Is Still Illegal | Joel Salatin

    Regenerative farming legend Joel Salatin joins Justin and Jenny on The Rebel Truth for a wide-ranging conversation on food freedom, the broken food system, and why the future of America may depend on the small farmer. From Polyface Farms, Joel is one of the most influential voices in regenerative agriculture and the author of Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal, Folks, This Ain't Normal, and the upcoming Food Emancipation: Unshackling America's Sustenance. In this episode we get into why it's illegal to sell your neighbor a gallon of milk, how just 5.8 cents of every food dollar reaches the farmer, how four companies came to control 85% of America's meat, and why Joel believes we're standing in front of the greatest opportunity for small farming in a generation. Along the way: warp speed, the Federal Reserve, the "disturbed wasp nest" moment America is living in, and why the new 401k is knowing how to grow, fix, and build. Even with all our problems, America is still worth fighting for and that starts with having the hard conversations about where our food comes from and demanding better. 📚 Joel's books: Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal, Folks, This Ain't Normal, and Food Emancipation (coming September) 🔔 Subscribe to The Rebel Truth for more conversations on food freedom, regenerative farming, and taking back your independence.

    Everything I Want to Do Is Still Illegal | Joel Salatin

  2. Jun 30

    The Processed Food Truth Nobody Talks About | Kelly the Kitchen Kop

    Kelly Moeggenborg (Kelly the Kitchen Kop) went from convenience-food mom to real-food educator and she's breaking down EXACTLY how families can make the switch without the overwhelm. If you've ever felt stuck trying to feed your family better in a world full of processed junk, this conversation is for you. Kelly shares her journey from margarine and hamburger helper to nutrient-dense real food, plus practical strategies for making healthy eating attainable on ANY budget. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: → Why reading labels is your first line of defense against Big Food → The #1 ingredient to avoid (it's in almost everything) → How to make real food "fast food" at home in under 30 minutes → Meal planning hacks that actually work for busy families → The truth about seed oils, saturated fats, and what your body REALLY needs → How to stretch quality meat and make your food budget work → Why buying local isn't just better — it's essential THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR FOOD SYSTEM: We're living in a time where most people know someone with cancer, chronic disease, or autoimmune issues. It's not normal. Kelly and the Rebel Pastures team dig into why our conventional food system is failing us and what we can do about it. FREE RESOURCES FROM KELLY: 📧 Newsletter + Grocery Store Cheat Sheet: https://kellythekitchenkop.com/free 📚 Kelly's Books on Amazon: https://kellythekitchenkop.com/amazon-kitchen-kop-books CONNECT WITH KELLY: 🌐 Website: https://kellythekitchenkop.com 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kellykitchenkop 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kitchenkop/ 👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KellytheKitchenKop/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KitchenKop 📌 Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/kitchenkop

    The Processed Food Truth Nobody Talks About | Kelly the Kitchen Kop

  3. Jun 16

    The Science They Don't Want You to Know About Roundup | Dr. Stephanie Seneff

    Dr. Stephanie Seneff spent over 30 years as a senior research scientist at MIT before following the data somewhere most scientists won't go. Her research led her to glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, and its role as a key driver of the chronic disease epidemic in America. In this episode of The Rebel Truth, Dr. Seneff joins Rebel Pastures founders Justin and Jenni for a conversation that covers the science, the corruption, and the hard truths about what's in our food, our water, and the air we breathe. We get into how glyphosate disrupts the gut microbiome, why it's likely behind rising rates of autism, depression, cancer, and infertility, how it ends up in 95% of school lunches and 100% of fast food, why pre-harvest spraying of wheat and legumes is probably the real cause of gluten intolerance, the deliberate link between Big Ag and Big Pharma, what glyphosate is doing to our groundwater and the Gulf of Mexico, and what you can actually do about it today. Dr. Seneff is the author of Toxic Legacy, one of the most important books written on this subject. This is a conversation that will change how you think about your food. Find Dr. Seneff's book Toxic Legacy wherever books are sold. Shop pasture-raised at rebelpastures.com.

    The Science They Don't Want You to Know About Roundup | Dr. Stephanie Seneff

  4. Jun 2

    If It's Not Making Money, It's Not Sustainable | Jim Elizondo

    Jim Elizondo has spent 30 years helping ranchers across the Americas, Europe, and Africa do what most think is impossible: triple their herd size without buying more land, reduce inputs, and actually build wealth in the process. He's an agronomist, dairy nutritionist, grazing management specialist, and has an accounting degree. His message: if it's not making money, it's not sustainable. In this episode, Jim breaks down the Total Grazing method, why stockpiling a third of your land can transform your soil faster than any input, what mycorrhizal fungi has to do with those lush "fairy rings" in your pastures, and why biological timing rather than a calendar should dictate when you move your cattle. Justin and Jenni get real about their own burnout, their cold-turkey leap off synthetics, and the lessons they're still learning after years on their Michigan pastures. If you've ever wondered why conventional grazing keeps ranchers on a financial treadmill, this one's for you. Resources Mentioned: Jim's Website: www.rwranching.com Free Paper on How Long-Lived Soil Carbon Is Created: www.rwranching.com/soilcarbon Free Paper on Megafauna & Why Total Grazing Is Necessary: www.rwranching.com/megafauna Free PDF on How to Gradually Wean Your Land Off Synthetics: available at www.rwranching.com Total Grazing Academy Waitlist: www.rwranching.com/waitlist The Grazing Clock by Jaime Elizondo, available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Grazing-Clock-Affects-Stability-Profits/dp/B0GXTSXZDP

    If It's Not Making Money, It's Not Sustainable | Jim Elizondo

  5. May 19

    The State of Regenerative Farming in America | Allen Williams, Chris Williams, & James Triplett

    What's actually happening in regenerative agriculture right now and where is it all headed? Dr. Allen Williams has spent decades helping thousands of farmers and ranchers around the world transition to regenerative practices. His son Chris Williams and James Triplett are the boots on the ground operators running Etta Hills Farm outside Oxford, Mississippi and serving real food through their Radically Regenerative food truck. In this conversation with Justin and Jenni Bajema of Rebel Pastures, Dr. Allen breaks down the three barriers holding farmers back: a lack of education, crushing peer pressure, and crippling debt. He explains why the consumer, not policy, is what will ultimately drive the change. He believes we're roughly five years from the tipping point where regenerative agriculture shifts from being the "crazy" thing to the "cool" thing, and explains why major food companies are already putting money behind it. Chris and James then take it deeper into the day to day reality of running a regenerative operation, building awareness from the ground up, finding your market, and why your food is costly, not expensive. James shares the personal loss that fuels his mission after his mother passed at 49 from congestive heart failure tied to the food she consumed. Whether you're a farmer looking for a way out of the conventional system, a consumer trying to understand what's really in your food, or someone who just wants to know why any of this matters, this episode lays it all out. Learn more about Rebel Pastures: www.rebelpastures.com Learn more about Etta Hills Farm: www.ettahillsfarm.com

    The State of Regenerative Farming in America | Allen Williams, Chris Williams, & James Triplett

  6. May 5

    We Don't Need Equipment to Heal Land. We Need Livestock | Clay Conry

    Clay Conry has spent nearly nine years and over 500 episodes interviewing ranchers and farmers on the Working Cows Podcast. He's heard it all. So when we asked him what the single biggest barrier to success in agriculture is, we expected him to say something about grazing or land management. He didn't. His answer will challenge everything you think you know about what it takes to make it in farming. In this episode, Clay sits down with Justin and Jenni Bajema to unpack the four pillars of a ranching operation and why most farmers only pay attention to two of them. We get into the uncomfortable truth about where our food system actually came from (hint: it traces back to war technology), why a rancher compared a ribeye to a bag of Doritos pound for pound and it wasn't even close, why kids are being told by their own parents not to come back to the family farm, and what has to change for regenerative agriculture to become the future and not just the fringe. Clay also shares a story about someone whose diabetes disappeared while eating in Europe and came right back when they returned to American food. Same person. Same diet. Different food system. This one goes deep. Whether you're a rancher, a consumer trying to make better food choices, or someone who just wants to understand what's really going on in agriculture, this conversation will stick with you.

    We Don't Need Equipment to Heal Land. We Need Livestock | Clay Conry

  7. Apr 22

    From Pasture to Carton: Building an Egg Company the Right Way | Patrick Samuels

    What if everything you thought about "pasture-raised" eggs was a lie? In this episode, Justin and Jenni sit down with Patrick Samuels, West Point grad, former Special Forces officer, and founder of Sunnyside Egg Co., to expose how Big Egg greenwashes the industry, why your "pasture-raised" eggs probably came from a 20,000 bird barn, and how Patrick is building a decentralized network of Amish farms to take real regenerative eggs to grocery shelves nationwide. This is what changing the food system actually looks like.

    From Pasture to Carton: Building an Egg Company the Right Way | Patrick Samuels
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About

Welcome to The Rebel Truth. The podcast for anyone who's ever stood in a grocery store and thought, "something isn't right here." Hosted by Justin and Jenni, owners of Rebel Pastures, this show is a front-row seat to the conversations Big Food doesn't want you to hear. Each episode, Justin and Jenni sit down with farmers, ranchers, and regenerative pioneers who are exposing what's broken in the modern food industry and actually doing something about it. We're talking real soil, real animals, real nutrition, and the real cost of cheap food. If you're tired of the spin, the seed oils, and the shrink-wrapped lies, this is your tribe. Join the rebellion. The truth starts here.

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  • Creator
    Rebel Pastures
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Rebel Pastures