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Gwyneth Paltrow x John Chester: Living in Disharmony with Nature

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

“There’s no such thing as a perfect harmony with nature,” says John Chester, the farmer and filmmaker behind The Biggest Little Farm. “There’s a comfortable level of disharmony. There is purposefulness in this disharmony.” Chester and his wife, Molly, founded a regenerative biodynamic farm (Apricot Lane Farm) that became famous through their stunning documentary. He joins GP today to talk about what he’s learned over the last decade being in deep relationship with the ecosystem of his land and how he and Molly have reframed their many roadblocks into opportunities (and found patience when their end goal was nowhere in sight). He and GP also talk about how soil health impacts the quality of our diets, things to look for on a food label, and his hopes for the future of American farming. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.

0:09.6

You do?

0:10.6

Yeah, did you hear about that?

0:12.4

I didn't find the one.

0:14.1

I found someone I respected and we made it the one.

0:17.4

In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.

0:22.6

Nothing in itself is addictive, on the one hand.

0:24.9

On the other hand, everything could be addictive if there's an emptiness in that person that

0:28.9

needs to be filled.

0:30.1

I now know that nobody changes until they change their energy.

0:34.6

And when you change your energy, you change your life.

0:38.4

I'm Gwyneth Paltrow.

0:40.0

This is the GOOP podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture changers, creatives,

0:46.2

founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations,

0:53.2

because simply asking questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.

0:59.3

Here we go.

1:01.7

My guest today is John Chester.

1:03.8

John and his wife Molly run a biodynamic regenerative farm in California called apricot lane.

1:11.1

If you haven't met them yet, you have to watch their documentary, The Biggest Little Farm.

1:15.6

It's a beautiful story.

1:17.4

Today, we talk about what John has learned over the last decade while bringing his land

1:21.8

back to life.

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