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The Fitnessista Podcast: Healthy In Real Life

202: Regenerative Farming 101 | What's Really in Your Meat, Animal Welfare & Why It Matters with Jenni Harris of White Oak Pastures

The Fitnessista Podcast: Healthy In Real Life

Gina Harney

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9522 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hi friends!

I have a brand new podcast episode live, and today I'm talking about something that is so close to my heart: Where our food actually comes from. 🌿🐄

I'm joined by the incredible Jenni Harris, fifth-generation farmer and Director of Marketing at White Oak Pastures, a leading regenerative farm in Bluffton, Georgia. If you've ever stood in the grocery store aisle wondering what "regenerative" or "pasture-raised" actually means (and whether it's worth it), this episode is going to answer ALL of that for you. This one just might change the way you grocery shop!

Here's what we chat about:

  • What regenerative agriculture actually means and why it goes beyond "sustainable"
  • The three shifts (industrialized, commoditized, centralized) that changed farming for the worse and how White Oak Pastures is swinging the pendulum back
  • Why animal welfare is about more than just being "cage-free" and what it really looks like to let animals express their instinctive behaviors
  • How soil health connects directly to the nutrient density of your food
  • Why White Oak Pastures gave up pesticides and chemical fertilizers and the wild story of how they started using them in the first place
  • How grazing multiple species of livestock actually works as a natural alternative to chemicals
  • The case for regional food systems and why your local farmer matters more than a big national brand
  • How YOU can support regenerative farmers beyond just voting with your dollar

And so much more!!

This episode is a friendly reminder that eating well isn't just about macros and calories, it's also about knowing and trusting where your food comes from. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to The Healthy and Real Life podcast episode number 202.

0:05.1

Welcome to the Healthy in Real Life podcast, bite-sized tips for healthy living that you can implement right now.

0:12.2

Join us weekly for interviews and real life advice for creating the happiest and healthiest version of yourself.

0:19.3

Here's your host, fitness expert, author, and mom of two,

0:23.1

Gina Harney. Hey everyone. Welcome back to the show. This is Gina, creator of the fitnessista blog and

0:29.5

brand. I'm so excited that you're here today. Thank you so much for tuning in. And I'm so excited

0:34.8

about today's episode. So before we head into all of that, I wanted to tell you guys about loombox.

0:41.1

So if you don't have a loom box yet, what are you doing?

0:44.8

I use mine every single day.

0:46.9

I like to call it the Swiss Army knife of wellness devices.

0:50.8

You can use it for so many different things.

0:52.9

So I personally like to use it for skin,

0:56.1

a little mood boost, for workout recovery, sore muscles, headaches, inflammation. I also will

1:04.3

use it if my back is hurting me. So if I'll put it on the near infrared setting and literally

1:09.7

just put it on my back or whatever

1:11.4

is hurting me, it's great for menstrual cramps to skin healing if I didn't mention that. And it just,

1:18.9

it feels really good. So when I've been in my office for a while, I'll just prop it up next to my

1:24.0

computer at my desk and just feel that nice red light on my skin and it just gives

1:28.2

me a nice little boost. So if you've been wanting to try it, I have a link for you in the show

1:33.4

notes and you can use the code fitnessista. So F-I-T-N-E-S-S-S-I-S-T-A and that's going to get you

1:40.8

$260 off your loom box. I can't recommend it enough. The kids also like it.

1:47.4

It's awesome because it's portable. It's also very sturdy. So it doesn't feel like this flimsy

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