its refreshing to see an independent thinker approach life when you look about and see all of those who just get in line and do what they're told. in this case a farmer considered how things work and chose to return to those thrilling days of yesteryear and use those methods instead of honoring big 'ag';
Story at a glance:
- Will Harris is a regenerative farming pioneer who runs White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia.
- He produces high-quality grass-fed products, including beef and other animal products, and is an inspirational example of how to convert from conventional to regenerative agriculture and thrive financially.
- Regenerative agriculture, Harris says, “is a kinder, gentler agriculture … we call it biomimicry, the emulation of nature.”
- While it’s an imperfect emulation, it helps to restore the natural cycles that have been broken by industrial farming.
- Every agricultural county in the U.S. could replicate what Harris is doing to create sustainably grown food and improved communities.
- Toward that end, he and his team created the Center for Agricultural Resilience to educate thought leaders on the benefits of building animal, plant and human ecosystems that can nourish communities instead of destroying them.
Will Harris is a regenerative farming pioneer who runs White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia. He produces high-quality grass-fed products, including beef and other animal products, and is an inspirational example of how to convert from conventional to regenerative agriculture and thrive financially.
Prior to the mid-’90s, Harris ran his farm the way his father and most every other farmer in the country had — “as a very linear, monocultural cattle operation,” he says during an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” “The factory farm model.”.........more.........
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