Gabe Brown and Luke Jones joined me once again to discuss making the switch to regenerative agriculture. With Understanding Ag recently crossing 36 million acres on which they have consulted they have seen a lot of people make the regenerative shift. We discuss some of the commonalities among those who have not succeeded as well as those who have successfully crossed the threshold and gone all-in.
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Almost 30 years ago, we went to a local (to us then, in southern Michigan) Amish farm where we bought maple syrup. They happened to be “thrashing wheat” that day, so we stayed to watch and “help.” We asked what they did with the wheat. They would take it to town and sell it … and buy factory white bread to eat. We were at the beginning of our health awareness. It was at about that time that we found out about home grain mills and got one. We were flabbergasted that they wouldn’t use their own homegrown wheat and make their own bread.
About farmers switching to “organic” or “regenerative” farming/ranching …. I have said for years that I would like to look into the refrigerator of a farmer I wanted to buy food from to see how his family eats. That would show me his level of commitment to healthy eating and organic/regenerative principles. A farmer whose fridge is full of pasteurized milk, Kraft cheese slices, Oscar Meyer bologna and hot dogs, Hunt’s ketchup, Hellman’s mayonnaise, etc., and who has Doritos and Lays potato chips on his fridge along with Pepsi and Mountain Dew, does not understand the reasons that people want healthy food, isn’t living the life/walking the walk, and I think is more likely to look for loopholes and make exceptions if he can get away with it without anyone finding out. I prefer to support farmers who really GET IT and are not just doing it for the money.