Regenerative Agriculture

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Will Harris is a 4th generation rancher who has adapted his land to a regenerative agriculture system. The switch occurred after Will had an epiphany about the inherent problems of the industrial system of cattle ranching. Today, he uses the wisdom of his great-grandfather, and the cycles of nature to raise some of the best cattle around. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3XvriCA Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4dYjYVu Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/4cRRWts EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/4e4kTUc Connect With Will Harris:Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia's School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated in 1976 and returned to Bluffton where he and his father continued to raise cattle using pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics. They also fed their herd a high-carbohydrate diet of corn and soy. In the mid-1990s Will became disenchanted with the excesses of these industrialized methods. They had created a monoculture for their cattle, and, as Will says, "nature abhors a monoculture." In 1995, Will made the audacious decision to return to the farming methods his great-grandfather had used 130 years before. Instagram Website Facebook YouTube Twitter Pinterest Love Epic Gardening products? Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Winter is just around the corner, which means that I'm outside planting clothes of garlic and broccoli late into the evening as the sunsets, braving the cold elements as winter sets in, which actually brings us today's sponsor, Element.
0:13.0	You might remember that this summer, Elements sponsored us with their zero sugar electrolyte drink mix, which is perfect for gardeners or really anyone who likes outdoor activities.
0:21.2	But guess what? They're back with some delicious winter flavors, the chocolate medley.
0:25.2	Every order of the chocolate medley includes three great flavors.
0:28.5	10 chocolate raspberry, 10 chocolate chai, and 10 chocolate mint. My personal favorite is the chocolate
0:33.3	chai because I like a little bit of spice with my chocolate. But really, the great thing about
0:36.9	element is that the mix provides a meaningful dose of electrolytes free of sugar, artificial colors, and any other dodgy ingredients. It's no wonder the element is used by a wide community of people who need to replenish their electrolytes after a hard day's work, including us gardeners, athletes, and even Navy SEAL. It's really perfect for anyone on a mission to restore health through hydration.
0:56.5	Listeners of the podcast can get a free Element sample pack with any purchase through
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1:06.6	If you don't like it, you can return it for a full refund.
1:09.0	No questions asked.
1:09.8	And now let's get back to the podcast.
1:14.7	If there's one thing I've learned about the garden, it is that it plays in to the greater ecosystem.
1:20.8	So today, I'm really excited.
1:23.2	We have Will Harris on the show.
1:26.3	He is a fourth generation cattle man who really tends to the same
1:30.5	land that his great grandfather settled in 1866, transitioning it from a more industrial
1:35.9	cattle ranch to a regenerative agriculture ranch. So I'm really excited to have you on the show,
1:41.6	Will. This is something that I personally don't know much about,
1:44.3	only through perhaps watching or listening to someone like yourself talk about. I don't have any direct experience. I'm really excited to chat with you. Well, thank you for having you, Kevin. I appreciate. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So if we take it back to, you know, it's fourth generation. So you guys, your family's been doing this for quite some time.
2:02.6	But are you the one who has... if we take it back to you know it's fourth generation so you guys your family's been doing this for
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