Bee Business to Big Impact: A Candid Talk with Nate Sheets

Entrepreneur and former honey mogul Nate Sheets—best known for founding Nature Nate’s, the #1 honey brand in America—joins the show as he runs for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. From humble beginnings with a single beehive to full-time ministry to launching the “I Am Second” campaign, Nate shares how faith, food, and service intersect in his journey. He gets real about the collapse of mid-sized farms, America’s growing reliance on foreign food, the obesity epidemic, and why your grocery bill is getting bigger. Whether it’s school lunches or seed monopolies, Nate lays out a hopeful but urgent call to rethink how we feed our families and support our farmers.

In This Episode

[01:30] Meet Nate Sheets: Entrepreneur, Honey Guy, Ag Candidate

[02:30] Why Ag Policy Should Matter to City Folks

[03:50] Food, Health, and the Generational Impact of Cheap Calories

[05:30] The Birth of Nature Nate’s and the Beekeeping Origin Story

[11:00] Creating “I Am Second” & Faith-Driven Marketing

[18:00] From Honey to Politics: What Made Him Run for Ag Commissioner

[21:00] What’s Broken in Texas Agriculture—and How He’d Fix It

[28:00] Price Gaps, Margin Stacking & Losing Family Farms

[36:00] Rebuilding Infrastructure: Meat Processing, Seed Access & Cotton Gins

[38:00] Four Ps: People, Process, Profit, Product

[41:00] Fixing School Lunches & Child Nutrition

[44:00] The Labor Paradox: Immigration and Ag Jobs

[50:00] Tech, Bots, and the Future of Ag Labor

[59:00] Fighting the Sugar Industry & Learning from Europe

Guest and Mentioned Resources

Nate's Campaign Site Nature Nate’s Honey

I Am Second

E3 Partners Ministry

Thanks to Our Sponsors

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