Part 229 -Reviving Regenerative Agriculture with Will Harris
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Brian Sanders
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🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Will Harris is known for his pioneering regenerative agriculture practices. The episode explores Harris's journey from traditional farming to regenerative agriculture, the economic challenges, and the impact on land, community, and ecosystems. Harris shares insights from his experiences, including his transition away from chemical-dependent farming and the development of vertically integrated operations. They discuss the benefits of regenerative practices, the difficulties in marketing and scaling, as well as the broader implications for nutrition and sustainability. Lastly, the episode addresses the sustainability of feeding the world through regenerative practices, emphasizing local community support and the long-term generational benefits.
05:10 Introduction to Will Harris
09:05 Challenges and Evolution in Farming Practices
29:43 The Impact of Erosion on Soil Health
30:09 Scientific Comparison: Monocrop vs. Diverse Ecosystem
30:48 Economic Challenges of Transitioning to Regenerative Farming
31:49 The Rise of Grass-Fed Beef and Market Challenges
33:00 Educating Consumers on Grass-Fed Beef
35:03 The Influence of Propaganda on Food Choices
42:18 The Role of Debt in Farm Management
44:15 Challenges in Poultry Farming
50:31 The Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture
53:31 Feeding the World Sustainably
01:00:20 Reflections on the Future of Regenerative Farming
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Peak Human. Sorry, we've been taking some breaks. I've been filling it in with the Sapien podcast. So I'm putting that now on the Peak Human channel. So it'll go out. If you're subscribed to Peak Human, you'll also get Sapien with me and Chris Krueger. It's so much fun. It's more of a conversational podcast, talk about a lot of health topics in a more |
| 0:22.7 | fun way. And Peacumen will still be all the experts, PhDs, doctors, and guys like Will Harris, |
| 0:30.4 | amazing regenerative agricultural people. Will Harris is a legend. You should have heard of him by now. |
| 0:37.0 | He owns White Oak Pastures. He's been doing |
| 0:39.1 | regenerative for decades. He's been on Joe Rogan's podcast, spreading the word in a big way about |
| 0:45.1 | raising animals properly. And I had the best conversation with him. So much fun. Such a wealth of knowledge |
| 0:52.6 | and just old school Georgia. He's so funny. And I got to spend |
| 0:57.4 | a whole weekend with him. He was out for four days at Sovereignty Ranch near San Antonio |
| 1:03.3 | at a regenerative retreat called Food is Medicine that I spoke at. I showed episode one of food |
| 1:07.8 | lives and got to hang out with him all weekend. And actually, we're doing it again. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm doing my own version of that regenerative ranch retreat with Molly, who I've had on the show. |
| 1:19.4 | She's the ex-vegan who had restaurants in L.A. |
| 1:22.5 | and moved to Texas to do regenerative agriculture. |
| 1:25.9 | And I want to support her ranch and her restaurant. She's |
| 1:29.6 | a regenerative farm-to-table restaurant on site, which we will be eating at all weekend. So it's |
| 1:35.2 | a sapient retreat. It should be March 25th. We're locking the dates. We're locking Bill Schindler. |
| 1:41.3 | One of my favorites ever, Dr. Bill Schindler had a phone call with him. He's in. We're |
| 1:45.8 | trying to just make it work. So if you're interested in this retreat, go to saping.org, |
| 1:52.6 | put in your email there, and we'll send out an email. So you can go to saping.org and you get |
| 1:57.6 | the free food guide. So if you've already done that, you'll get an email |
| 2:00.9 | or if you haven't, get that free food guide and you'll be on the email list when this retreat |
| 2:06.9 | launches. Telling it was the best weekend ever. Spending time with all the right people. I met so many |
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