Ranching Reboot

Our guest today Beth Robinette from Lazy R beef joins us to talk about her semi feral childhood and growing up as a second generation Holistic Rancher and what an eye opening experience it was for her to see how the rest of the world eats food. She has a great story to tell about how her younger days have shaped who she is and what drives her to greatness. We delve into what Holistic management is and what it means to her, then we move on to talking about some of the more novel marketing channels that she has developed. https://www.lazyrbeef.com/ http://www.lincfoods.com/ @lazyrranch on Instagram. The New York Times article couldn't be located. https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/livestock/new-cowgirl-camps-expanding-to-keep-up-with-demand/article_11a324e0-cfef-11e9-9082-73375a0f4b92.html

Dallas Mount CEO of Ranch Management Consultants joins us to share lessons he's learned in 20 years in extension service, teaching the High Plains Ranch Practicum and now the Ranching For Profit School. We talk about how the management tools have improved and debate pugging. We discuss how forage is the engine that drives the profit on the Ranch and how we are all in the business of turning sunlight into protein. https://ranchmanagement.com/

The legendary Temple Grandin joined us for a shorter than normal show to talk about the fragility of complex supply chains  and the PAUSE Ballot initiative that's currently pending in Colorado. we discussed the problems relating to people viewing food as too much of an abstraction. "Nothing is free in this world, everything takes energy." We discussed regenerative agriculture and it's potential to transform our food systems. 

My friend Matt Kleopfer had a few things on his mind and we sat down one on one to talk about them. In this Special mid week bonus episode we discuss children, and how we are starting to unlock some of the secrets of how the gut micro biome influences mental health. Everything circles back to the terrain of soil health instead of the pathology. We talk about how Matt transitioned from public school teacher to full time farm school teacher for his four children and how music and backyard butchery are bringing back the sense of community spirit in south eastern Kansas. 

Ariel Greenwood joined us to talk about her journey from North Carolina to California and points beyond. She talks about the crash course she had in the disparity between intention and results. 

Mike Callicrate sat down with us to talk about all manner of things from cattle markets, to public food spaces, the Bander, his feedlot and the pathway he built to market. He shares valuable lessons learned from fighting against the commodity production system and how he's built his own pathway to the consumer. We talk about small community slaughter plants and public meat spaces and what that could look like going in to the future. We discuss environmental challenges, the food police and what it means when a Dollar General comes to town. Links: Mike's Home page https://www.mikecallicrate.com/ Mike's blog https://nobull.mikecallicrate.com/ https://ranchfoodsdirect.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mikecallicrate https://callicratecattleco.com/ https://callicratebanders.com/ https://readingterminalmarket.org/

Ranching Reboot: Conversations in land stewardship with some of today's most innovative ranchers and producers. Join us for episode 3 of Ranching Reboot! We sit down with "Mac" Kincaid, from Kincaid Farms to talk about starting from not much and building a diversified low input operation. Mac was recently named "Regenerative Producer of the Year" and is becoming a sought after speaker. 

Ranching Reboot: Conversations in land stewardship with some of today's most innovative ranchers and producers. Join us for episode 2 of Ranching Reboot!  We sit down with Michael Kinsey, from Reverent Wild Ranch to talk about a variety of topics from how Michael got started, to how we can break out of government subsidies and start supporting local producers. Michael is a man with no product, only truth.

Ranching Reboot: Conversations in land stewardship with some of today's most innovative ranchers and producers. The team sits down with Hobbs Magaret from Sisters Cattle Co. to discuss Hobbs' history, education, and some of his tips for new ranchers. 

Ranching Reboot: Conversations in land stewardship with some of today's most innovative ranchers and producers. In our kick-off episode, the team sits down with Clay Conry from Working Cows Podcast to discuss the launch of Ranching Reboot, and learn more about Clay's operations.