34: Former City Slicker & TikTok Sensation Brian Brigantti Talks Homesteading & Permaculture

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week, Morgan is joined by Viral TikTok Homestead sensation and founder of Red Leaf Ranch, Brian Brigantti. While pursuing a career in photography in New York City, Brian ended up falling in love with the simplicity of being immersed in the country side of Tennessee while on a spontaneous trip in 2019. Instead of starting small. Brian decided to make the move and go full force into learning everything he could about permaculture and growing his own food with his partner.

Brian goes in depth about the transition from city life to the countryside and having to battle the urge to always be on the move in a slow paced environment.

Listen in as Morgan and Brian share garden stories - successes and failures - and how he his tips and tricks are inspiring millions across the TikTok platform.

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0:00.0	I'm making eggs for my chickens and they ate it up. They absolutely loved it. And people went
0:04.6	crazy over it.
0:08.4	Hey, everyone. I'm Morgan, co-founder of Primal Kitchen and host to the Primal Kitchen podcast.
0:13.8	Today, I'm talking with viral TikTok Homestead Superstar and founder of Redleaf Ranch, Brian
0:20.8	Burgundy. In the summer of 2019,
0:23.7	Brian moved away from the hustle and bustle in New York City to the sweet countryside of Tennessee
0:28.0	to pursue a more peaceful, close to nature life. Redleaf Ranch became Brian's mid-pandemic
0:34.6	passion project and learning how to homestead and grow his own food became his
0:38.7	whole world. He's gained over a million followers on TikTok in the process and shares his
0:43.2	homesteading lifestyle and permaculture tips. He's going to share some more with us today.
0:48.4	Before we get started, a brief reminder that any and all opinions of you shared by hosts and guests
0:52.6	on this podcast are the speaker's own
0:54.3	and do not represent the view of Primal Kitchen or its affiliates or parent company. Hi, Brian. How are you?
1:00.9	Hi, Morgan. I am amazing. It is so great to be here. And happy Earth Day. Happy Earth Day. Oh, my God,
1:07.0	you're right. What a great day to be chatting with you. I love it. I forgot that. Yeah.
1:12.0	This is fabulous. It was all meant to be. It was all meant to be. It was all meant to be. Okay, so TikTok, New York, Tennessee, like, give me the lowdown. How do we get here?
1:21.0	All over the place. Well, I'm originally from Chicago. I'm a city born and raised. Oh, really? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. No way. Well, I was born and raised in a major city,
1:33.2	Chicago, and I moved to New York to pursue a career in photography. But while I was there, I met someone
1:40.8	who was super passionate about plants, and they actually had an entire business on plants.
1:45.5	They had a nursery built in their backyard in Brooklyn.
1:49.5	And it was going so well.
1:50.9	It just like exploded that he actually had to move and expand his business.
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