5 • 652 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Mitchell and Brad Bristle have made a lot of big decisions at a young age. Their father died when they were young, then the hired man running their Michigan farm quit. So at ages 21 and 19, the Bristle Brothers took over. Now they’re in charge of 1,500 acres of wheat, corn, soybeans and alfalfa and they’re pretty much all in on regenerative agriculture.
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0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Mitchell here. |
0:02.0 | Before we start the show, a huge thank you to the Walton Family Foundation. |
0:05.9 | Thanks for the continued support this season. |
0:17.7 | Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Fieldwork podcast. |
0:20.9 | Mitchell Hora with you, the farmer from Iowa. |
0:23.5 | We're up here in Michigan now. |
0:25.5 | Todd and I are still out on our fun adventure where we're going to visiting different farms |
0:31.3 | and bringing you guys some stories from out where all the magic is happening. |
0:36.4 | I'm really excited about today's episode. |
0:38.5 | I think so many people are going to be so encouraged by this and so inspired. |
0:43.8 | I know that I really am. |
0:45.7 | And we're up here in Southeast Michigan with Brad and Mitchell Bristley. |
0:51.7 | And these guys are some young guys, 24 and 22 years old, running their |
0:56.8 | family operation and really making it work and going down the soil health journey, figuring |
1:02.8 | this all out, learning, taking chances, but protecting the risk and doing things, I think |
1:08.5 | really the way that folks should be looking at implementing |
1:12.0 | on their farm. And their story is really, really inspiring, but excited to be up here and |
1:19.0 | hanging out with these guys today, being able to capture it for everyone on the fieldwork podcast. |
1:23.2 | So enjoy this episode and let us know what you think. |
1:33.6 | I'm here with brothers, Brad and Mitchell. |
1:37.5 | Mitchell, I'll start with you since we got the same name. |
1:40.7 | I don't think we've ever interviewed another Mitchell before on the podcast. |
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