What you didn’t hear Mr Harris say is that when he returned home from college with a degree in Animal Science, his home town was a ghost town. In the years since he has be essential in the rebirth of the town providing 180 jobs, along with connected shops and residences of folks employed by his farm. It’s a wonderful thing he’s done for his home town. I wish we had a thousand of him.❤️
Good to know; will check him out.. We need more regenerative farmers. The global economy is killing us. We need to support the farmers who are raising quality meat, for our health. The new way is learning how to heal and nurture the land, that will feed the grass fed beef, and Greg Judy is teaching others how to do this. Changing can save cattlle ranchers. ranchers.
As a Floridian, it's nice to hear that Publix (who is based in Lakeland and dominates the grocery store market down here) has been treating this guy well and is consistently buying his meats!
I don’t know if you knew this , but thought it was cool to find , when Publix chooses a location in a community , they do research on the community , i.e demographics and culture . They import specific products sell relating to communitys culture amd demo
I worked at Whole Foods as a baker for literally one week. They preach about allergens and safety and quality; it’s all bullshit. You’re far better off going to a farmers market and buying these products directly from the hands of the humble and proud farmers that work year round to produce them.
Agree with your statement, but this guy is not "your local farmer", he's one of the many in a long line of farmers who simply sell to big distribution centers or send their products all over the country.
@@user-dc1dr9kr8x that's because times have changes. Back then they were the big corporations, the powerful people who influenced government (much like railways and mining companies). Now it's the banks, big tech, big oil, big pharma, media, etc.
I worked at an organic local food market when I was younger. We had a Whole Foods move in up the street. Mind you Whole Foods give you an options between regular non organic and organic foods. Our stores products were all researched and hand selected by the owner. Over a bit of time a guy came over to work at our market from Whole Foods meat department. He had told me his final straw was one day they had run out of the good organic beef and the guy literally told him to just fill the packages with the regular generic beef. He could believe it and ended up quiting.
That’s a rogue meat market manager that doesn’t care about his job. I’ve worked in a few meat markets and grass fed and/or organic MUST be kept separate at all times. Can’t even be cut on the same table block. That’s very illegal.
My brother owns a butcher shop in little town outside Berkeley. He buys exclusively from guys like the one in the video. Anytime you start to become a major chain your quality is going to drop because the demand is just too high for farmers to produce pasture raised live stock.
I had the exact same experience as the Whole Foods guy, except mine was related to salmon. We ran out of wild smoked salmon, and we were told to put farmed, non-organic smoked salmon into the wild smoked salmon packaging. Wild salmon was 3 times more expensive than farmed salmon, and for a good reason! I was so shocked by this. The relationship between a producer, a seller and a customer is based on trust, and there's no shortage of people out there who have no problem breaching that trust.
This is why Joe Rogan podcasts are so good. Very diverse range of guests and subjects. Always something to be learned. This was excellent! We would be screwed without men and farmers like this. I hate big companies pissing down my back and telling me it's raining.
This man reminds me of my grandfather and my dad. My family got out of the beef cattle industry in the 90s but god bless this man for staying true and being a cattleman.
if you eat and do not compost, you are literally trying to kill everyone's planet. every sane person should kill everyone they know who does not compost...they are killing them...killing us all.
Makes me furious too how much they take advantage of the miseducation of the consumer. Castration and polling is done for the wellbeing of the animals. Guess what happens when you have a bunch of bulls with horns all the same age in a field.... they fight and even kill each other. As a farmer, botanist and certified nutritionist literally most marketing in stores for so called healthy food is greenwashing. 90 plus percent of the foods you buy under healthy marketing is not one bit different from the food that's not.
I came on TH-cam after listening to this podcast because I wanted to comment. Mr Harris’ accent is gorgeous & I learnt so much about regenerative farming and the death grip big food and big agg have on farming in America (and probably the whole West, this is my first learning on the subject matter). I really love Joe uses his platform to raise awareness about so many interesting and also in this case important issues!!! This episode was exceptional! Thank you for taking the time Mr. Harris, from Brisbane Australia 🙃
Will is a great guy. Been buying from him when he was just getting started. Been on his farm multiple times. We need more farmers supported by more consumers. Let’s goooo!
I don’t really understand the logic here… he seems extremely concerned about the welfare of his animals while they’re in his care, but yet he still sends them on a truck at a fraction of their natural lifespan to be stabbed/gassed to death and chopped into pieces? How can we say this is the actions of someone who cares about the welfare of that animal? It is obvious that he primarily views them as a product, a commodity in his business, more than any creature deserving of genuine moral consideration. He may treat them well during their short time at his farm, but they suffer the same horrific fate as all other animals killed for food unnecessarily. To pretend that just because what he does is less bad than factory farming means that what this man does is morally sound, or that he is a “hero” is ridiculous.
@@pavlosstefanou5903 I dont think you will ever understand the logic here, because it appears that you refuse to eat animals of any variety. If thats true, I have nothing much to say to you as I have encountered your kind before and its a veritable brick wall. I bet you want to cancel lions, tigers, chimpanzees, crocodiles, fish, birds, racoons etc who all kill other meat creatures with impunity.
This is a very good JRE PODCAST. I grew up on a beef cattle farm. Small only 50 acres but we used some land that my grandparents had 20 acres or so. We also would bale hay from a nearby neighbor. My grandparents would grow a garden every year for our family and even give or trade extra. We would have 2 or 3 steers raised each year for our family consumption and to sale to friends that want beef. I would not change a single thing about my childhood and knowing where the food I put in my mouth came from. I was a vegan many times in the summer when all the vegetables were coming in. I never even thought about it my grandmother would put the food on a plate and we were told to enjoy the meal. But I also loved having a delicious steak and baked potato with salad for dinner each after a fresh steer was slautered. If you don't like eating meat or if you do fine by me. Just remember we all have a life to live and none of us can escape death. God bless.
That’s cool. It wouldn’t work for me. My dad tried forcing me to eat vegetables when I was. Kid and I always would throw up and get sick.still the same way today idk why I just throw up when I try to eat them
My grandfather ran an organic beef farm long before it became a fad, late 70's through the late 90's up until literally 2 weeks before his death. Being used to grocery store beef, the taste was substantially different and took some getting used to but eventually I preferred it. And I loved my grandmother's garden in the late summer through early fall as the vegetables came in and we ate all sorts of fresh produce in different ways. That's the entire point of Whole Foods, getting them at their freshest and most potent. Going to that store nowadays is downright depressing, nothing like it was twenty years ago when they were doing good work. Such a shame...
I stopped buying from Whole Foods about 5 years ago, mainly because Amazon took it over and I just intuitively felt they were lying about how ‘healthy’ there foods were sourced. Thank you for this podcast as I will now support his farm
Say what you want about him but this is why Joe has the biggest podcast on earth. This is the kinda stuff I wouldn’t even think to start learning about
@@brickstep8424 yea I’m not saying nobody has. He just happens to have the biggest platform and widest variety of guests from many different professions
@@brickstep8424 then go watch those podcasts. He was saying JRE has a wide variety of guests that encourages ppl to learn things outside of their norm. Not that JRE is the only podcast to do this. Idk why ppl like you float around the internet just to be negative any chance you get
I love it when Joe has an elder gentleman guest who doesn't get fazed or isn't aware how big he is that they just look at Joe impatiently whenever he interrupts them, like, "Kid, I'm talking, you shut up now.". 😂
Sometimes Joe is in the mood to belittle and talk down to people like Alex Jones in #1555. He can be a total hypocrite I am finding. 'Slow down, don't interrupt people!'
@@derrickmcadoo3804 he did that in that Alex Jones episode because he's friends with him and wanted to keep him on track instead of spiraling out of control from one chaotic thought to the next
@@derrickmcadoo3804 We are all hypocrites to some degree. I wanna see thousands hours of you on a worldwide podcast without being a hypocrite one single time.
@@derrickmcadoo3804 Stfu. He has a show to run and people to entertain. It's good this guy is serious but at some point you have to realize they have stick up their ass and can't even begin to fake laugh. It's a fucking show man.
we definitely need more farmers and butchers that produce locally so that people buy locally and have a better product for the consumer and the environment
They existed and people switching to supermarkets ruined it. We pushed them away. It wasn't ever a problem of not having enough. It's countries like where I'm from, local is still the main way of getting product especially in small towns and villages.
Everybody always volunteers for somebody else to do it and says “we” should do it. It’s hard work and not easy to jump into the industry that’s why you’re not doing it. We all blame society and the government for what has happened but let’s be real it’s all of our own fault for not wanting to do this hard work
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I worked at Whole Foods from 2006 to 2017. The first 5 years was great. The stock was in growth mode, people were making a lot of money. When the stock became stagnant things started to change. Everything became about efficiency and cutting costs. The MBA bean counters took over and drove it to a sort of hostile takeover..
This has been one of my favourite podcasts to date. This man is very intelligent and is a steward of the land. Thank you for giving him the time to explain his philosophy.
This was an excellent podcast! We really need more farmers like Mr. Will Harris, I hope he is successful in training other farmers to use his regenerative methods.
I have been telling everyone that will listen for 25 years now. That’s how long I’ve worked in the food industry. Pretty much everything in a package is garbage. Those packages that say organic? Very few meet the standard. The FDA and USDA don’t have the resources to regulate them and politicians don’t care because the food industry is built on profit, not nutrition and quality. My advice is to never buy from national grocery chains. I realize this is tough for city dwellers. I am fortunate to live in a suburb just outside the city where there is a bunch of farms a few miles west.
Daymn that was a good segment. I'm not a big jre fan but when he is on track he is ON TRACK. ( I'm a small time organic farmer) Mr. Harris (?) has put his finger right on the pulse of things. Our world is no longer what we think it is, everything is fake or as he stated green washed. I started organic farming at 55yo for family consumption because you can't trust labels. In my 60s now my health is better than when in my 30s. ( of course much of it is fresh air, sun and extreme exercise) I admire this man very much. I wish I were his neighbor and friend. Break free!
I don't think they need more awareness but more support. I live in mountain home idaho, lots of farmers. They definitely need more support, income to improve their lands and facilities.
@@jamesdavis2359 It's a broad topic of farming, I by myself grow livestock in Latvia & do all kinds of stuff, so yea support always is appreciated, but from my experience to be a farmer you need to love work and at the same time find enjoyment in life. Having community/friends I think is the best way to achieve broader goals. 🙏
Considering food acquisition is the most difficult part of survival for most life on this planet, I think we aught pay more respect to the people who make food so readily available. Doctor's and nurses can't save anyone from starvation.
So interesting to see this person described as an artist. Where I grew up in Western North Dakota, he would have been called a cattle farmer or rancher. To be one, you have to have been born in the most wealthy and powerful family in the area and own a lot, and I do mean a lot of land.
I love it when Joe gets interesting characters. Will Harris is obviously frustrated with Whole Foods but he is such a gentleman as he describes it. Something to emulate.
I highly respect this man’s integrity. Kudos, Mr. Harris. I faithfully have been a costumer of Whole Foods Market, hate seeing they compromise in standards….don’t shop their much anymore, for sure won’t ever buy their meat again. Thank you for the person you are, Mr. Harris. God’s blessings❤️
I wrote a paper on greenwashing in college over 15 years ago. I'm so glad to see that it's getting covered on a huge platform like Rogan, so that people know how pervasive and pernicious it is. It's easy to see throughout the last 20 years in advertising. Just take a look at flowers coming out of the smokestacks for Shell if you want an example.
I've noticed it in stores but I never knew there was a term for it. Companies will put "All natural" but not actually say organic or have the certified organic stamp. It irks me, to say the least.
I'd like to know what he thinks about Mexicans and black people. Off the air of course. Then I can make a full judgment about what kind of man he is :-)
I want this guy to narrate every movie from now on. Just watched the full episode on Spotify what a great man.. this is the heart of our country right here people.
In my opinion, this has been the best podcast Joe has posted, so far. Such an important topic to ensure a healthy ecosystem for future generations. Thanks for this, Joe! Would love to see a follow-up with Will Harris a few years from now to see how things have progressed with his non-profit.
Utmost respect to this gentleman. Truthful, honest, and from the hip. People, if you want true,humane, and pure food...always to the ranchers, farmers, etc.
On an organic lettuce farm I worked on in Massachusetts the owner would bring in boxes of lettuce from Costco to our washroom to mix it in with what we harvested after we spent the day on our knees harvesting what actually qualified as organic. He was heralded by the press as a progressive farmer and would go to the farmer's market with a slick smile on his face and we were the best selling producer in our area.
It’s our job when this kind of fraud is happening to put it out there. Especially when the person in question seems like the type be doing it for pride rather than good purpose. I could cut the guy some slack if he wasn’t slick like your saying but maybe just couldn’t keep up with demand for a short time
In the late 90s I worked for an apple juice company in Sanger California. We made apple juice as well as concentrate and the sliced apples that you get in school lunches or that they turn into apple pie filling. One day they sent me out to a warehouse in the back to put organic labels on big barrels of juice concentrate. The worker would put in a couple inches of the organic juice that the company made there and then filled the rest of the barrel with juice that was coming from a barrel with Chinese labeling on it. It had no English labeling on it whatsoever. I called a halt to the whole operation because I said how can we put an organic label on a barrel of juice if we don't even know what it says on the barrel of juice from China? I was told that the decision was above my pay grade and to just shut up and put the label on the barrel. So we were literally putting organic labels on barrels of juice that was coming from China that nobody had any idea whether it was really organic or not. Later the head of the plant told me that it only had to have 10% organic juice to qualify as organic in the United States. We were sending our juice concentrate to baby food plants. The name of the company that I worked for was Sun Met.
I stopped buying meat from the store years ago because it’s just as corrupt. All I eat is eggs from my own chickens, their meat and anything I catch fishing.
If people realized how much healthier good quality ground beef is compared to impossible burgers, let alone how much better for the environment they are, it would blow their minds. I did post graduate work that compared how many farms and chemicals and transportation is needed to produce one impossible burger compared to beef coming from one single farm. It’s insane
I might be somewhat of a hypocrite for still eating the cows, but this man is a hero for doing all he can to make sure the cows are treated as humanely & comfortably as possible. I need to look into this 5-step rating.
I love joe man. How much respect he has for this old man is something that’s becoming rare in America, the way he’s laughing “and it is funny” he brings it back to be serious in respect for that old man.
This is the type of JRE episode that got me excited to listen to the podcast in the first place. Smart man talking straight about an interesting topic, usually about nature and such. This was awesome. More of this, please!
Will: This will probably get me thrown out of business with Whole Foods. Joe: You don't seem to care though? Will: I ain't much in the ass kissing business LOL this guy is a legend
Please have him back regularly! I am a beef farmer in NY. We need both of you to help educate people. Thanks for all you do. Mr Harris.. thank you,, please pursue your talent of education… welcome to stop by.
Find a regenerative farmer and support him! The food is more expensive BUT worth every penny! You won't need as much food cuz there's more nutrition in every bite
Plus it wouldn’t hurt for people to lay off the junk and eat real food.. but especially in America, people are OBESE, and don’t want to give up their fake food with huge ass portions. I look at women here and it just shocking at the unhealthy eating.
Where are you from? I’m from USA, just visited WhiteOak Pastures Farm… pretty incredible. It’s in the tiniest town…very rural which is perfect for animals.
Everyone needs to listen to and share this episode. One of the top 10 thus far. Thank you Joe and Mr. Harris for getting information like this out to the general population.
What a good old dude. I hope his farm takes off with this exposure. I’d love to be able to eat food like that every day. I’d be all over that if I lived in America and had the money to spare!
The full episode was one of the most interesting podcasts you've hosted, thanks Joe. Man we really got to get our heads out of our buttocks and pay attention to this stuff, great there's people like Will doing it right. For anybody still on fence, watch the water runoff differences at about 1hour 11 in......that's a good visual for anybody you can tell that ain't good his neighbors way of farming and all that junk going into the water. Keep em coming Joe!
Everything he says is said with purpose. I really enjoy listening to people who can discuss topics in the same manner, knowing there’s no detractions from the subject or unnecessary details.
We are so fortunate to live within the local distribution / direct ordering from White Oak. This farm is special and amazing. We will 100% continue to order directly from him.
If you buying beef , make sure it’s 100% grass or grass finished. If it just says grass fed , it means it is fed grass at some point of life , and could be fatten up with corn and soy a few months before slaughter. For poultry items, make sure it says pasture raised ( cage free and free range are just marketing gimmicks ) Honestly the best way to buy meat and eggs is directly through your local farmer and avoid the grocery store all together
Every year the lobbyists change what “free range” and “cage free” means but technically free range chickens are a bunch of chickens in a small coup that have a tube that goes outside the coup for the chickens to walk in through
"I aint much in the ASS KISSING business" I have nothing but respect for people who value things money cant buy. Honor, integrity, dignity, and all other principals people throw away just for a buck. It's nice to see people like that
Agreed. We are only here for so long & it goes by faster than 1 would think so what would you like to look back & be proud of? Standing for strong principles which help strengthen our society or some extra $ to buy some extra comfort & convenience that won't matter in the end? I pick principles & ethics because a society inevitably collapses after a few generations without them. I'd like to think I made the right call for the society my descendants will grow in
Joe this why i like you and your platform because i feel like i can get honest real world information on a verity of topics all mixed in with laughing my ass off .
I feel like, no matter who you put in front of this guy, his personality would never change. Legend. With that said, as much as I wanted to hear what he had to say, I almost fell asleep.
This guest was one of my favorites. Great topic and I appreciate his wisdom. I admire him for changing the way he does business. I hope more farmers go this route.
I am an exporter from South America of agricultural goods to US. In order to label fresh produce as organic you have to pay companies to get the certification even though the uncertified product is the same!
These, and many others, are the reason this show is so valuable and should try to be replicated across the globe. Open, honest, educational conversations are what this world needs more of. This is the spark in the spark plug of the engine and we all need to keep feeding it to ensure it grows.
I have worked in 3 different food processing plants in my work life and all three would cut “organic” with conventional. I worked at a prune dehydrator, the owners wanted us to mix the organic and conventional prunes and label them as organic, after the DFA guy took the sample for testing of course. Same thing would happen at the walnut processing plant and the cheese/dairy product processing plant.
@@iGypsyou all 3 were in California. Taylor Bros Farms ( prunes) Craine Walnut (walnuts) Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, no relation to Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (cheese/dairy)
@@csadams404 no. Based on my experiences in agriculture and food processing, I assume everything you see in a grocery store that’s labeled organic is a lie.
Greenwashing is a part of marketing for a variety of different markets. In school I wrote a research paper on how different travel companies and resort locations push their vacation spots as environmentally friendly, but they very rarely are. Even a single flight to the destination would often counteract any sort of environmentally friendly strategies that they could prove that they implemented and often times they would outright lie about how they were running their business.
@@thesquee1838 Not specifically, no. If I had to guess it seems to be an appeal to peoples' emotions and wanting 'to help' while getting something they want (a vacation, a product, etc). The main reason it was done was to justify charging higher prices than direct competitors.
Thank you so much Joe Rogan, for giving this amazing rancher the time that he deserves to tell us about the great work he is doing at White Oak Farms in Georgia. It took a little time to slow my pace to fit his southern drawl--but what a treat he was to spend time with! He is an incredible resource for those of us who want to see factory farming go away and natural ways of raising animals--ways that improve the eco-system--come back. It was obvious that he expected to be cut off at any moment and I was so grateful for your long-form podcast that let him tell his story the way it deserved and needed to be told.
Just listened to the whole podcast on Spotify and this was a very important and great podcast. Appreciate you Joe and Mr. Harris for getting this info out there .
The timing is everything. I just started his audio book and took a break from it to listen to Rogan and he’s on the podcast. The amount of people who don’t know how food is grown or raised is staggering. I posted a video about carrot flowers and it was astonishing how many people had no idea carrots produced a flower and seed. Mind blowing. Why don’t we teach kids to grow food or raise food in the public school system? Because big businesses wouldn’t like that. They don’t want their homogenous drones anywhere near sustainability.
How can we not admire, respect and MAKE SURE WE BUY FROM farmers like this guy? You can tell that he stands behind what he says bcuz he's taking the risk by telling the truth about one of his buyers. Make American farmers strong again and support your locally grown.
A man ahead of his time. I wish him continued success. Whole Foods is no different than the majority of food chains - except for the marketing it seems.
You're better off going out to farm country, speaking with a farmer in buying directly from them then buying from any store. I've been sourcing my pork directly from a farm for over 3 years, and it's the best thing I ever did.
Pigs not pork. Highly intelligent animals more so than most dogs. But a hazard for the environment, with the fecal and urine waste they produce, which pollutes air and water with toxic waste particles.
We built a Homestead on some land that we bought some years back while it was still cheap and we basically raise our own animals and grow our own food for the whole year meanwhile we also have jobs in the city (work from home included) to supplement some of the costs. I went into a grocery store last week with some friends and I was shocked at how expensive everything had become. People spending $100 and getting less than a bag of groceries these days. We’re talking about enough food for maybe three or four days.
As a Vegan for the animals and the environment…this man gives me hope. His anger is based on integrity and compassion. Whole Foods needs to gain back our trust. I stopped shopping there years ago.
The Twin Cities has around 12 Organic and regional farm Coop Grocery Stores. We are spoiled. I hope more cities can find the resources and networks to do this. As touring musicians we are always looking for these kinds of gems to stay healthy
Just listened to the entire podcast. This dude is great to listen to. His way of talking is a delight to hear. It would be so great if more farms would adopt his way of farming.
What you didn’t hear Mr Harris say is that when he returned home from college with a degree in Animal Science, his home town was a ghost town. In the years since he has be essential in the rebirth of the town providing 180 jobs, along with connected shops and residences of folks employed by his farm. It’s a wonderful thing he’s done for his home town. I wish we had a thousand of him.❤️
not everyone has the ability to do what he does so people who have the resources and knowledge need to step up
@@heavenshound6775 I agree. I respect Mr Harris bc of what he has done to improve the lives of the people in his home town.
Good to know; will check him out.. We need more regenerative farmers. The global economy is killing us. We need to support the farmers who are raising quality meat, for our health. The new way is learning how to heal and nurture the land, that will feed the grass fed beef, and Greg Judy is teaching others how to do this. Changing can save cattlle ranchers. ranchers.
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Men like him built this country. I pray the next generation of working class can learn from guys like this.
Amen brother.
What's this cloud language of "working class", just say you hate office workers my man.
A man should be honest.
@@coffeepot3123 be smart or dumb you can't be both..my man
Men like him surely did not build this country, maybe progress it
@@coffeepot3123 I wouldn't say he hates, but he has his own outlook clearly
As a Floridian, it's nice to hear that Publix (who is based in Lakeland and dominates the grocery store market down here) has been treating this guy well and is consistently buying his meats!
Meh I’d say Walmart dominates. Publix is a strong number 2 .
@@dueldab2117 fackin walmart dude💀
@@mrspikbolt I love Wally World.
I don’t know if you knew this , but thought it was cool to find , when Publix chooses a location in a community , they do research on the community , i.e demographics and culture . They import specific products sell relating to communitys culture amd demo
@@dueldab2117 as a grocery store that actually sells quality produce, meat and other food items? Um, no, Walmart does not dominate.
Bro having the most calmest meltdown ive ever seen he is livid
I worked at Whole Foods as a baker for literally one week. They preach about allergens and safety and quality; it’s all bullshit. You’re far better off going to a farmers market and buying these products directly from the hands of the humble and proud farmers that work year round to produce them.
Nah. Farmers markets are full if scammers too
@@videosofinterest9227 less than global supermarket chains claiming to be purveyors of quality foods…
@@videosofinterest9227 that might just mean your city is full of scumbags. Move to the country and meet genuine people where I vend at
Those farmers/rural people are probably Trump supporters so I'll stick with buying mine from a corporation instead of them.
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Love salt-of-the-earth folks like this 🙂
Support your local farmers!
I love the way you think.
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Agree with your statement, but this guy is not "your local farmer", he's one of the many in a long line of farmers who simply sell to big distribution centers or send their products all over the country.
Salt of the earth? This guy is probably a billionaire.
@@user-dc1dr9kr8x that's because times have changes. Back then they were the big corporations, the powerful people who influenced government (much like railways and mining companies). Now it's the banks, big tech, big oil, big pharma, media, etc.
I worked at an organic local food market when I was younger. We had a Whole Foods move in up the street. Mind you Whole Foods give you an options between regular non organic and organic foods. Our stores products were all researched and hand selected by the owner. Over a bit of time a guy came over to work at our market from Whole Foods meat department. He had told me his final straw was one day they had run out of the good organic beef and the guy literally told him to just fill the packages with the regular generic beef. He could believe it and ended up quiting.
That’s a rogue meat market manager that doesn’t care about his job. I’ve worked in a few meat markets and grass fed and/or organic MUST be kept separate at all times. Can’t even be cut on the same table block. That’s very illegal.
My brother owns a butcher shop in little town outside Berkeley. He buys exclusively from guys like the one in the video. Anytime you start to become a major chain your quality is going to drop because the demand is just too high for farmers to produce pasture raised live stock.
I had the exact same experience as the Whole Foods guy, except mine was related to salmon. We ran out of wild smoked salmon, and we were told to put farmed, non-organic smoked salmon into the wild smoked salmon packaging. Wild salmon was 3 times more expensive than farmed salmon, and for a good reason! I was so shocked by this. The relationship between a producer, a seller and a customer is based on trust, and there's no shortage of people out there who have no problem breaching that trust.
@James Gaynor this is a great example of when people just say stuff
@@TheSophisticatedSavage *a understanding that we both understand* lol
This is why Joe Rogan podcasts are so good. Very diverse range of guests and subjects.
Always something to be learned.
This was excellent! We would be screwed without men and farmers like this.
I hate big companies pissing down my back and telling me it's raining.
This man reminds me of my grandfather and my dad. My family got out of the beef cattle industry in the 90s but god bless this man for staying true and being a cattleman.
Blah blah blah thanks for the unwanted story about your family 😂
I wish I could get do a lease with purchase option for a cattle ranch! I want so much to get back to my roots!
@@YallNotWhite_YourPINK thanks for the unwanted comment
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@@YallNotWhite_YourPINK we can see you liked your own comment 😂
You can tell this man is absolutely furious, the deep breath, he is trying not to explode. Mad respect for this mans honesty.
if you eat and do not compost, you are literally trying to kill everyone's planet.
every sane person should kill everyone they know who does not compost...they are killing them...killing us all.
It’s going take more than presented here -- this is entry level to the solution info - see ‘biodiverse food study in Panama’
When you anger a man like that you need to re-evaluate your actions.
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Makes me furious too how much they take advantage of the miseducation of the consumer. Castration and polling is done for the wellbeing of the animals. Guess what happens when you have a bunch of bulls with horns all the same age in a field.... they fight and even kill each other. As a farmer, botanist and certified nutritionist literally most marketing in stores for so called healthy food is greenwashing. 90 plus percent of the foods you buy under healthy marketing is not one bit different from the food that's not.
I came on TH-cam after listening to this podcast because I wanted to comment. Mr Harris’ accent is gorgeous & I learnt so much about regenerative farming and the death grip big food and big agg have on farming in America (and probably the whole West, this is my first learning on the subject matter). I really love Joe uses his platform to raise awareness about so many interesting and also in this case important issues!!! This episode was exceptional! Thank you for taking the time Mr. Harris, from Brisbane Australia 🙃
Will is a great guy. Been buying from him when he was just getting started. Been on his farm multiple times. We need more farmers supported by more consumers. Let’s goooo!
How can I buy from him?
@@mrjon75 I want to know too!!
@@sf8290 Look up White Oak Pastures.
@@mrjon75 thank you...🙂
This is why I’m glad I live 10 min from an abattoir
Will Harris is a veritable man of the earth "hero". Someone worth learning about, a real example of a proper farmer.
I want more content like this
I hope he has Bundy on next😁
@@TEAMGETHELP Ted?
I don’t really understand the logic here… he seems extremely concerned about the welfare of his animals while they’re in his care, but yet he still sends them on a truck at a fraction of their natural lifespan to be stabbed/gassed to death and chopped into pieces? How can we say this is the actions of someone who cares about the welfare of that animal? It is obvious that he primarily views them as a product, a commodity in his business, more than any creature deserving of genuine moral consideration. He may treat them well during their short time at his farm, but they suffer the same horrific fate as all other animals killed for food unnecessarily. To pretend that just because what he does is less bad than factory farming means that what this man does is morally sound, or that he is a “hero” is ridiculous.
@@pavlosstefanou5903 I dont think you will ever understand the logic here, because it appears that you refuse to eat animals of any variety. If thats true, I have nothing much to say to you as I have encountered your kind before and its a veritable brick wall. I bet you want to cancel lions, tigers, chimpanzees, crocodiles, fish, birds, racoons etc who all kill other meat creatures with impunity.
This is a very good JRE PODCAST. I grew up on a beef cattle farm. Small only 50 acres but we used some land that my grandparents had 20 acres or so. We also would bale hay from a nearby neighbor. My grandparents would grow a garden every year for our family and even give or trade extra. We would have 2 or 3 steers raised each year for our family consumption and to sale to friends that want beef. I would not change a single thing about my childhood and knowing where the food I put in my mouth came from. I was a vegan many times in the summer when all the vegetables were coming in. I never even thought about it my grandmother would put the food on a plate and we were told to enjoy the meal.
But I also loved having a delicious steak and baked potato with salad for dinner each after a fresh steer was slautered. If you don't like eating meat or if you do fine by me. Just remember we all have a life to live and none of us can escape death. God bless.
Great Story had that life in 50’s-70’s upstate NY
That’s cool. It wouldn’t work for me. My dad tried forcing me to eat vegetables when I was. Kid and I always would throw up and get sick.still the same way today idk why I just throw up when I try to eat them
@@dandurden1883 That's the dumbest thing I've ever read. Why are you so childish?
i want to become a farmer, i never want to pay for food water and shelter ever again
My grandfather ran an organic beef farm long before it became a fad, late 70's through the late 90's up until literally 2 weeks before his death. Being used to grocery store beef, the taste was substantially different and took some getting used to but eventually I preferred it. And I loved my grandmother's garden in the late summer through early fall as the vegetables came in and we ate all sorts of fresh produce in different ways. That's the entire point of Whole Foods, getting them at their freshest and most potent. Going to that store nowadays is downright depressing, nothing like it was twenty years ago when they were doing good work. Such a shame...
I stopped buying from Whole Foods about 5 years ago, mainly because Amazon took it over and I just intuitively felt they were lying about how ‘healthy’ there foods were sourced. Thank you for this podcast as I will now support his farm
never bought a single thing from amazon, and never will.
Say what you want about him but this is why Joe has the biggest podcast on earth. This is the kinda stuff I wouldn’t even think to start learning about
Other podcasts have done this before jre…
@@brickstep8424 yea I’m not saying nobody has. He just happens to have the biggest platform and widest variety of guests from many different professions
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@@brickstep8424 then go watch those podcasts. He was saying JRE has a wide variety of guests that encourages ppl to learn things outside of their norm. Not that JRE is the only podcast to do this. Idk why ppl like you float around the internet just to be negative any chance you get
@@redomega24 Tin foil hat
I love it when Joe has an elder gentleman guest who doesn't get fazed or isn't aware how big he is that they just look at Joe impatiently whenever he interrupts them, like, "Kid, I'm talking, you shut up now.". 😂
Ahahah exactly
Sometimes Joe is in the mood to belittle and talk down to people like Alex Jones in #1555.
He can be a total hypocrite I am finding. 'Slow down, don't interrupt people!'
@@derrickmcadoo3804 he did that in that Alex Jones episode because he's friends with him and wanted to keep him on track instead of spiraling out of control from one chaotic thought to the next
@@derrickmcadoo3804 We are all hypocrites to some degree.
I wanna see thousands hours of you on a worldwide podcast without being a hypocrite one single time.
@@derrickmcadoo3804 Stfu. He has a show to run and people to entertain. It's good this guy is serious but at some point you have to realize they have stick up their ass and can't even begin to fake laugh. It's a fucking show man.
we definitely need more farmers and butchers that produce locally so that people buy locally and have a better product for the consumer and the environment
They existed and people switching to supermarkets ruined it. We pushed them away. It wasn't ever a problem of not having enough. It's countries like where I'm from, local is still the main way of getting product especially in small towns and villages.
I agree.
Everybody always volunteers for somebody else to do it and says “we” should do it. It’s hard work and not easy to jump into the industry that’s why you’re not doing it. We all blame society and the government for what has happened but let’s be real it’s all of our own fault for not wanting to do this hard work
@@libertarianpunk8558 super true
@@libertarianpunk8558 Also larger companies have lower profit margins, which means lower costs.
So not only is it hard work, it's more expensive.
Living in the Midwest for 38 years now and encountering farmers just like this. They are a special, no bullshit breed in the best way possible.
One of the Best Guests on JRE in a long time! I listened to this one straight through! This guy is the real deal. He walks the talk.
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Isnt the saying walks the walk? Thats all ive ever heard haha
@@Real-Ruby-Red He walks it, feeds it, raises it, hell he even cooks it up nicely too
@@Real-Ruby-Red It’s “Walk the talk” it means that you back up what you say by actually doing it. 👍
@@RightOnJonCrane I guess it makes sense, I just never heard it. Always nice to hear someone who cares about what they preach.
When you work in the food service industry. This is all common knowledge... I got nothing but respect for both of these fine gentlemen
I'm a Montana farmer. He is point on!!
Will is an honorable man, and a great host as well. I visited his farm last month. Such a great experience!
Yeah you can tell if he gave you his word On Something you could count on it!
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I worked at Whole Foods from 2006 to 2017. The first 5 years was great. The stock was in growth mode, people were making a lot of money. When the stock became stagnant things started to change. Everything became about efficiency and cutting costs. The MBA bean counters took over and drove it to a sort of hostile takeover..
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Interesting
Do you know where food lion gets the meat?
Sad.
@@seanmayo206 from Food Gazelle?
This has been one of my favourite podcasts to date. This man is very intelligent and is a steward of the land. Thank you for giving him the time to explain his philosophy.
I'm from South Georgia and we've bought meat from White Oak Pastures. God bless Will!!!! Support local farmers!!!!
This was an excellent podcast! We really need more farmers like Mr. Will Harris, I hope he is successful in training other farmers to use his regenerative methods.
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Yes, but be ready to have deep pockets to buy the meet.. I pay a lot of money for this kinds of meat believe me
I have been telling everyone that will listen for 25 years now. That’s how long I’ve worked in the food industry. Pretty much everything in a package is garbage. Those packages that say organic? Very few meet the standard. The FDA and USDA don’t have the resources to regulate them and politicians don’t care because the food industry is built on profit, not nutrition and quality. My advice is to never buy from national grocery chains. I realize this is tough for city dwellers. I am fortunate to live in a suburb just outside the city where there is a bunch of farms a few miles west.
I've bought from White Oak Farms for years, not because I had to but because I wanted to support Mr. Harris' message.
Does he ship foods
@@TheEpicHitmarker They do. They pack it with dry ice.
Thank you!!👍👊
Here's your pat on the back. Now don't let the door hit you in the hole on your way out. Dork.
Interesting. I have public supermarket near me in Florida I wonder if his stuff is there
This guy is very serious and measured.
And yet, still more laughs than a Brendan Schaub comedy special.
Here is the full clip of… eh, I couldn’t think of one… :/ I’ma leave
JoPo.. always with the top jokes.
You need to go on KiIItony comedy show, brother
@@recitationtohear you bots are the worst
I was shocked when I heard that Brendan Schaub was a comedian lmao. I had only seen him on Rogan and he seemed very unfunny and pretty stupid
@@rajabell11 he is just like Rogans meat obsession.
Daymn that was a good segment. I'm not a big jre fan but when he is on track he is ON TRACK. ( I'm a small time organic farmer) Mr. Harris (?) has put his finger right on the pulse of things. Our world is no longer what we think it is, everything is fake or as he stated green washed. I started organic farming at 55yo for family consumption because you can't trust labels. In my 60s now my health is better than when in my 30s. ( of course much of it is fresh air, sun and extreme exercise)
I admire this man very much. I wish I were his neighbor and friend.
Break free!
Thanks for sharing farming content, this industry needs more awareness.
I don't think they need more awareness but more support. I live in mountain home idaho, lots of farmers. They definitely need more support, income to improve their lands and facilities.
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@Secret nice fake ass link. Not happening
@@jamesdavis2359 It's a broad topic of farming, I by myself grow livestock in Latvia & do all kinds of stuff, so yea support always is appreciated, but from my experience to be a farmer you need to love work and at the same time find enjoyment in life. Having community/friends I think is the best way to achieve broader goals. 🙏
This man is a craftsman, an artist. His medium is beautiful protein for people to eat and enjoy. We need to recognize that.
Hears a link youtu.be.com/kyLHKN1jAWs
Considering food acquisition is the most difficult part of survival for most life on this planet, I think we aught pay more respect to the people who make food so readily available. Doctor's and nurses can't save anyone from starvation.
So interesting to see this person described as an artist. Where I grew up in Western North Dakota, he would have been called a cattle farmer or rancher. To be one, you have to have been born in the most wealthy and powerful family in the area and own a lot, and I do mean a lot of land.
Hes someone with pride in what he does. I think America is losing that.
the only protein u are eating is the protein that comes from the plants the animals eat
I love it when Joe gets interesting characters. Will Harris is obviously frustrated with Whole Foods but he is such a gentleman as he describes it. Something to emulate.
I highly respect this man’s integrity. Kudos, Mr. Harris. I faithfully have been a costumer of Whole Foods Market, hate seeing they compromise in standards….don’t shop their much anymore, for sure won’t ever buy their meat again. Thank you for the person you are, Mr. Harris. God’s blessings❤️
I wrote a paper on greenwashing in college over 15 years ago. I'm so glad to see that it's getting covered on a huge platform like Rogan, so that people know how pervasive and pernicious it is.
It's easy to see throughout the last 20 years in advertising. Just take a look at flowers coming out of the smokestacks for Shell if you want an example.
Just look at regenerative farming, if you want an example. 🤭
@@solid6642 Nothing I've said had anything to do with an opinion of oil. It was merely an example of greenwashing outside of the farming sector.
I've noticed it in stores but I never knew there was a term for it. Companies will put "All natural" but not actually say organic or have the certified organic stamp. It irks me, to say the least.
@@evilgenius3646 yea my 💩 is all natural too
My sister would grab up anything that had the all natural label and I always would think “Heck arsenic is natural I sure wouldn’t eat it”
This is a man's man. What a down to earth, ass-kicking, awesome dude.
nothing says man's man than a leather waistcoat. legend.
Southern Man
Balls of a Roman senator kinda man 😅
You know he has a Peacemaker hidden under his vest.
I'd like to know what he thinks about Mexicans and black people. Off the air of course. Then I can make a full judgment about what kind of man he is :-)
I want this guy to narrate every movie from now on. Just watched the full episode on Spotify what a great man.. this is the heart of our country right here people.
Love how real this guy is. He has a great sense of perspective and isn't willing to tow the line attached to that gravy train
In my opinion, this has been the best podcast Joe has posted, so far. Such an important topic to ensure a healthy ecosystem for future generations. Thanks for this, Joe!
Would love to see a follow-up with Will Harris a few years from now to see how things have progressed with his non-profit.
Don't forget the time he had Peter McCullough on.
Utmost respect to this gentleman. Truthful, honest, and from the hip. People, if you want true,humane, and pure food...always to the ranchers, farmers, etc.
On an organic lettuce farm I worked on in Massachusetts the owner would bring in boxes of lettuce from Costco to our washroom to mix it in with what we harvested after we spent the day on our knees harvesting what actually qualified as organic. He was heralded by the press as a progressive farmer and would go to the farmer's market with a slick smile on his face and we were the best selling producer in our area.
It’s our job when this kind of fraud is happening to put it out there. Especially when the person in question seems like the type be doing it for pride rather than good purpose. I could cut the guy some slack if he wasn’t slick like your saying but maybe just couldn’t keep up with demand for a short time
In the late 90s I worked for an apple juice company in Sanger California. We made apple juice as well as concentrate and the sliced apples that you get in school lunches or that they turn into apple pie filling. One day they sent me out to a warehouse in the back to put organic labels on big barrels of juice concentrate. The worker would put in a couple inches of the organic juice that the company made there and then filled the rest of the barrel with juice that was coming from a barrel with Chinese labeling on it. It had no English labeling on it whatsoever. I called a halt to the whole operation because I said how can we put an organic label on a barrel of juice if we don't even know what it says on the barrel of juice from China? I was told that the decision was above my pay grade and to just shut up and put the label on the barrel. So we were literally putting organic labels on barrels of juice that was coming from China that nobody had any idea whether it was really organic or not. Later the head of the plant told me that it only had to have 10% organic juice to qualify as organic in the United States. We were sending our juice concentrate to baby food plants. The name of the company that I worked for was Sun Met.
did you report him @Proud Patriot
All my top quality marbled Regenerative beef gets mixed with all of the rest of the NZ BEEF and i get the same price.
I stopped buying meat from the store years ago because it’s just as corrupt. All I eat is eggs from my own chickens, their meat and anything I catch fishing.
If people realized how much healthier good quality ground beef is compared to impossible burgers, let alone how much better for the environment they are, it would blow their minds.
I did post graduate work that compared how many farms and chemicals and transportation is needed to produce one impossible burger compared to beef coming from one single farm. It’s insane
Yep. Kinda similar to how folks ignore the negative environmental impacts of electric vehicles.
Is there a link or video I could see to get a rough idea of what youre talking about
I might be somewhat of a hypocrite for still eating the cows, but this man is a hero for doing all he can to make sure the cows are treated as humanely & comfortably as possible. I need to look into this 5-step rating.
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@@LeonSKennedy7777 Where's the hypocrisy?
I love joe man. How much respect he has for this old man is something that’s becoming rare in America, the way he’s laughing “and it is funny” he brings it back to be serious in respect for that old man.
I love him too. Love when he has these guests on.
This is the type of JRE episode that got me excited to listen to the podcast in the first place. Smart man talking straight about an interesting topic, usually about nature and such. This was awesome. More of this, please!
Will: This will probably get me thrown out of business with Whole Foods.
Joe: You don't seem to care though?
Will: I ain't much in the ass kissing business
LOL this guy is a legend
A legend is born. We were here.
Man's man👊👊🔥
Publix is a better store.
Please have him back regularly!
I am a beef farmer in NY. We need both of you to help educate people. Thanks for all you do.
Mr Harris.. thank you,, please pursue your talent of education… welcome to stop by.
I just find myself captivated by this guy.. well thought out and put together.. I hope he comes back on the show again!
His voice is high key made for cinema. Could easily star in movie about ranchers or farmer
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got a very Morgan Freeman or Sam Elliott vibe to him lol
We're low key in a movie homie 🤦🏽 the future of human health and our relationship with the planet hangs in the balance
He's the real deal
~Im in cowboy country & we have a lot of ranchers & farmers like him, thank God!!!~☆~
Really happy to see this guest. Saw him in a news clip awhile back and wanted more. I'll be going to spotify to watch the whole interview.
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Find a regenerative farmer and support him! The food is more expensive BUT worth every penny! You won't need as much food cuz there's more nutrition in every bite
Less time at medical facilities
@@oeautobody3586 Absolutely!
Nobody’s got money
@@go-go-rilla4405 farmers often need help. I've never met one that wouldn't happily trade for labor or even referrals.
Plus it wouldn’t hurt for people to lay off the junk and eat real food.. but especially in America, people are OBESE, and don’t want to give up their fake food with huge ass portions. I look at women here and it just shocking at the unhealthy eating.
Local farmers deserve all the support they need.
Minute and 40 in I already like this guy. I can tell he's a real hard working American. Glad to see you on JRE, Will.
What an awesome guest! Enjoyed his candid and honest dialog. Wish there were more like this gentleman in our country today!
Where are you from? I’m from USA, just visited WhiteOak Pastures Farm… pretty incredible. It’s in the tiniest town…very rural which is perfect for animals.
As a frequent Publix shopper I will certainly patronize this fine man’s products.
So how does publix label his product there vs WF?
Please get Richard Perkins on the podcast. Unbelievable voice in regenerative agriculture
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@🇷🇺PUTIN How could a Bush fly a drone?
...and Gabe Brown
How about another American, Mr Joel Salatin
Everyone needs to listen to and share this episode. One of the top 10 thus far.
Thank you Joe and Mr. Harris for getting information like this out to the general population.
Why do you think this one is top 10?
Been listening to JRE for years, he's had hundreds of good talks, this one just really had my attention i guess
I have the utmost respect for men like this older gentleman! He's the one you wanna learn from
What a good old dude. I hope his farm takes off with this exposure. I’d love to be able to eat food like that every day. I’d be all over that if I lived in America and had the money to spare!
The full episode was one of the most interesting podcasts you've hosted, thanks Joe. Man we really got to get our heads out of our buttocks and pay attention to this stuff, great there's people like Will doing it right. For anybody still on fence, watch the water runoff differences at about 1hour 11 in......that's a good visual for anybody you can tell that ain't good his neighbors way of farming and all that junk going into the water. Keep em coming Joe!
Where is the full episode?
Everything he says is said with purpose. I really enjoy listening to people who can discuss topics in the same manner, knowing there’s no detractions from the subject or unnecessary details.
We are so fortunate to live within the local distribution / direct ordering from White Oak. This farm is special and amazing. We will 100% continue to order directly from him.
If you buying beef , make sure it’s 100% grass or grass finished. If it just says grass fed , it means it is fed grass at some point of life , and could be fatten up with corn and soy a few months before slaughter. For poultry items, make sure it says pasture raised ( cage free and free range are just marketing gimmicks )
Honestly the best way to buy meat and eggs is directly through your local farmer and avoid the grocery store all together
Every year the lobbyists change what “free range” and “cage free” means but technically free range chickens are a bunch of chickens in a small coup that have a tube that goes outside the coup for the chickens to walk in through
"I aint much in the ASS KISSING business" I have nothing but respect for people who value things money cant buy. Honor, integrity, dignity, and all other principals people throw away just for a buck. It's nice to see people like that
Agreed. We are only here for so long & it goes by faster than 1 would think so what would you like to look back & be proud of? Standing for strong principles which help strengthen our society or some extra $ to buy some extra comfort & convenience that won't matter in the end? I pick principles & ethics because a society inevitably collapses after a few generations without them. I'd like to think I made the right call for the society my descendants will grow in
Joe this why i like you and your platform because i feel like i can get honest real world information on a verity of topics all mixed in with laughing my ass off .
I feel like, no matter who you put in front of this guy, his personality would never change. Legend. With that said, as much as I wanted to hear what he had to say, I almost fell asleep.
This guest was one of my favorites. Great topic and I appreciate his wisdom. I admire him for changing the way he does business. I hope more farmers go this route.
Amazing conversation. I am a new costumer. Just made my first order a few minutes ago. So thankful for this man.
This podcast was very helpful. I want all my meat and dairy to come from farmers like him.
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I am an exporter from South America of agricultural goods to US. In order to label fresh produce as organic you have to pay companies to get the certification even though the uncertified product is the same!
I could listen to him talk all day. Great podcast.
These, and many others, are the reason this show is so valuable and should try to be replicated across the globe. Open, honest, educational conversations are what this world needs more of. This is the spark in the spark plug of the engine and we all need to keep feeding it to ensure it grows.
We need more farmers and ranchers to be like Will Harris! I love this guy!
I have worked in 3 different food processing plants in my work life and all three would cut “organic” with conventional. I worked at a prune dehydrator, the owners wanted us to mix the organic and conventional prunes and label them as organic, after the DFA guy took the sample for testing of course. Same thing would happen at the walnut processing plant and the cheese/dairy product processing plant.
Wow. Which country /companies are these?
@@iGypsyou all 3 were in California. Taylor Bros Farms ( prunes) Craine Walnut (walnuts) Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, no relation to Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (cheese/dairy)
any tips for how to get genuine organic?
@@csadams404 no. Based on my experiences in agriculture and food processing, I assume everything you see in a grocery store that’s labeled organic is a lie.
@@pillboss1987 any thoughts on perhaps like CSAs / directly connecting with farmers?
Greenwashing is a part of marketing for a variety of different markets. In school I wrote a research paper on how different travel companies and resort locations push their vacation spots as environmentally friendly, but they very rarely are. Even a single flight to the destination would often counteract any sort of environmentally friendly strategies that they could prove that they implemented and often times they would outright lie about how they were running their business.
@@thesquee1838 Not specifically, no. If I had to guess it seems to be an appeal to peoples' emotions and wanting 'to help' while getting something they want (a vacation, a product, etc). The main reason it was done was to justify charging higher prices than direct competitors.
This guy is a Legend...Need more men like him in the world...
Maybe quit fartin’ around and start farmin’ around
Thank you so much Joe Rogan, for giving this amazing rancher the time that he deserves to tell us about the great work he is doing at White Oak Farms in Georgia. It took a little time to slow my pace to fit his southern drawl--but what a treat he was to spend time with! He is an incredible resource for those of us who want to see factory farming go away and natural ways of raising animals--ways that improve the eco-system--come back. It was obvious that he expected to be cut off at any moment and I was so grateful for your long-form podcast that let him tell his story the way it deserved and needed to be told.
Just listened to the whole podcast on Spotify and this was a very important and great podcast. Appreciate you Joe and Mr. Harris for getting this info out there .
The timing is everything. I just started his audio book and took a break from it to listen to Rogan and he’s on the podcast. The amount of people who don’t know how food is grown or raised is staggering. I posted a video about carrot flowers and it was astonishing how many people had no idea carrots produced a flower and seed. Mind blowing. Why don’t we teach kids to grow food or raise food in the public school system? Because big businesses wouldn’t like that. They don’t want their homogenous drones anywhere near sustainability.
Glad to see the "meat and potatoes " of our country ( farming) getting a word in on our country structure
I'm convinced this guy is a time traveler from the civil war
Crossfaced flag n all eh??? lol
~He is pretty typical of the ranchers & farmers in cowboy country where i live~
How can we not admire, respect and MAKE SURE WE BUY FROM farmers like this guy? You can tell that he stands behind what he says bcuz he's taking the risk by telling the truth about one of his buyers. Make American farmers strong again and support your locally grown.
Excellent talk here. We need more with this topic!
May god bless this man exponentially.
These type of guests are the best. So unexpected and informative.
A man ahead of his time. I wish him continued success. Whole Foods is no different than the majority of food chains - except for the marketing it seems.
You're better off going out to farm country, speaking with a farmer in buying directly from them then buying from any store. I've been sourcing my pork directly from a farm for over 3 years, and it's the best thing I ever did.
Pigs not pork. Highly intelligent animals more so than most dogs. But a hazard for the environment, with the fecal and urine waste they produce, which pollutes air and water with toxic waste particles.
We built a Homestead on some land that we bought some years back while it was still cheap and we basically raise our own animals and grow our own food for the whole year meanwhile we also have jobs in the city (work from home included) to supplement some of the costs. I went into a grocery store last week with some friends and I was shocked at how expensive everything had become. People spending $100 and getting less than a bag of groceries these days. We’re talking about enough food for maybe three or four days.
Do you butcher your own meat?
Rice, beans, and meat once or twice a week - here we come!
Food is still too cheap in America. We should be paying as much for food as we do for rent.
@@kelliott7864 why should we be doing that?
@@kelliott7864 hahhhahahha backwards i
As a Vegan for the animals and the environment…this man gives me hope. His anger is based on integrity and compassion. Whole Foods needs to gain back our trust. I stopped shopping there years ago.
Is there ever a vegan, who doesn't announce to the world, that their a vegan?!....goof
@@deezroastedchestnuts189is there ever a follow up comment that doesn't feel deeply threatened by the way they eat? Gimp
I sure hope he has sons and grandsons because we need more men like him.
The accent is awesome not gonna lie.
Great voice
I read this comment in that accent. Not gon ly.
Why is this repeated links
It Pisses me off too! Mr. Harris big respect to you🙌🏽✨
That is what a man who enjoys his craft looks like.
This whole episode was an eye opener! Awesome guest!
The Twin Cities has around 12 Organic and regional farm Coop Grocery Stores. We are spoiled. I hope more cities can find the resources and networks to do this. As touring musicians we are always looking for these kinds of gems to stay healthy
Just listened to the entire podcast. This dude is great to listen to. His way of talking is a delight to hear. It would be so great if more farms would adopt his way of farming.
Love this man’s soul seems vary true and real to what he believes in
Hope Joe gets this guy back on in the future, he is extremely interesting and intelligent and has put real thought into his ideas and opinions.
I was born and raised right down the road from Mr. Harris.. I visited NYC once and had someone ask me if I was Australian because of my accent 😂
An important and informative share. Thank you Will Harris and thank you Joe Rogan.