A Visit with the Hosts of The Modern Acre

Field Work

Documentary, Society & Culture

5 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After a big bet on growing asparagus backfired, the Nuss family had to rethink their approach to running Nuss Farms. Tim and Tyler Nuss, the 5th generation on the farm and the hosts of The Modern Acre podcast, join Mitchell Hora and Zach Johnson to talk about how their family decided to embrace regenerative agriculture. Featuring: pastured poultry, diversifying your business, how to change an old school farmer’s mind, and a really bad chicken joke.

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by Manitou Fund.
0:03.0	We want to thank them for coming on board and helping to support this podcast really means a lot to us.
0:08.2	I've been telling Zach, he needs to get some chickens.
0:10.3	So here you go, Zach.
0:11.5	Now's your chance.
0:13.0	Well, his talking about these chickens here really reminded me of a very important question.
0:17.9	Do you guys all know the best way to pick up chicks?
0:20.4	I do not.
0:21.4	I don't.
0:22.8	With your legs, not your back.
0:25.2	Oh, my gosh.
0:28.3	Dad jokes.
0:30.3	Dad jokes for days.
0:35.6	I'm Mitchell Hora, a farmer from Iowa.
0:41.8	And I am Zach Johnson, a farmer from Minnesota.
0:44.3	And of course, if you're tuning in, you probably already know that this is the fieldwork podcast,
0:48.9	which is a podcast brought to you by farmers for farmers.
0:52.4	But you don't have to be a farmer to listen to this podcast. No, you don't have to be a farmer to listen to this
0:54.5	podcast. No, you don't have to be a farmer, but our show is all about the benefits and challenges
0:59.3	of sustainable agriculture. That's right. So a lot of people are interested in that. And today,
1:04.6	we're actually going to talk to two brothers who see regenerative ag as a way to keep their
1:09.8	family's farm afloat.
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