The Regenaissance Podcast
1) Inside a First-Generation Sheep Ranch Operation (Live Farm Tour) - Michael Greco | #99
This on-the-ground episode explores Michael Grecos first-generation regenerative sheep operation, run entirely on leased land in New York’s Hudson Valley. We walk the pastures with Michael as he expla...Show More
2) Why We Graze Cattle, Sheep, And Chickens Altogether (Live Farm Tour Episode) - Julie Friend | #98
In this live farm tour episode from July this year, I visited Julie Friend and her farm, Wildom Farm, a regenerative livestock farm where cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs are raised together on pasture...Show More
3) Cattle Economics, Plant Physiology, & Beef Tribes - Jason Wrick | #97
This episode was recorded during the Colorado farm tour and features a long-form conversation with Jason Wrick from Wrick Ranches, a regenerative cattle operation built on leased land, rebuilt soil, a...Show More
4) Inside White Oak Pastures (Live Farm Tour Episode) - Will Harris | #96
This episode comes from our recent farm tour at White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, where Will Harris walked us through the land and the systems that support it. White Oak is a multigenerational ...Show More
5) Pioneering a New Food Model Around Grass-Fed Cows - Hickory Nut Gap Farms (Live Farm Tour Episode) | #95
Hickory Nut Gap is a century-old family farm in Western North Carolina, now run by Jamie and Amy, who shifted the operation toward grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, and regenerative grazing. Their mod...Show More
6) The Art Of Crafting & Selling Low Intervention Wine - Ben Justman | #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 a...Show More
7) What Losing My Farm Taught Me About The Food System - Jr Burdick | #93
JR Burdick of Nourishing Family Farm recounts how his family lost everything during the 1980s farm crisis - and how that collapse became the blueprint for rebuilding local, regenerative food. From co-...Show More
8) The Difficult Road To Full-Time Farming - August Hortsmann | #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 gre...Show More
9) Balance, Extinction, and the Human Dilemma - Will Harris | #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 r...Show More
10) The Miracle Of Rural America - Joel Hollingsworth | #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, exactly...Show More