DO 298 - The Wool Empire, Faith, and Local Business
Jason is joined by Greg Cello to discuss his plan to build a regional wool industry in New England, starting with sheep on his Rhode Island homestead. This isn't just about producing sweaters; Greg se...
11 Feb 1h 14min
DO 297: Mulberries in the Rain: Permaculture, Crisis, and Building Food Systems for the Future
How patient design and ideological diversity are reshaping food productionAshley sits down with Ryan Blosser and Trevor Piersol, co-founders of Shenandoah Permaculture Institute and authors of Mulberr...
3 Feb 1h 11min
DO 296: Building Community in Fragmented Times
Ashley Fitzgerald sits down with Elizabeth Oldfield to explore how we can foster genuine connection across ideological and cultural divides and why it matters more than ever.Drawing on Elizabeth’s exp...
20 Jan 1h 5min
DO 295 - Navigating the Evolution of Meat Production with Greg Gunthorp & Nate
Surviving Consolidation, One Pig at a TimeGreg Gunthorp, a fourth-generation Indiana hog farmer, joins Nate for a wide-ranging conversation about survival, stubbornness, and adaptation in the American...
13 Jan 1h 40min
DO 294 - Rural Revival and the USDA with Nate and Jason Mauck
Nate sits down with Jason Mauck to discuss his hard-won experience running Munsee Meats, a small-scale meat processing operation in Indiana. What started as an opportunistic response to empty shelves ...
16 Dec 20251h 16min
DO 293 - Antitrust Law, Beef Politics, and Actually Using Government Power
Antitrust attorney Basel Musharbash discusses recent political whiplash in beef markets and the broader question of how actually to enforce anti-monopoly law. The conversation covers why ranchers erup...
27 Nov 20251h 27min
DO 292 - Breaking the Beef Cartel: Mike Callicrate on Monopoly Power, Maker-Owned Markets, and the Fight for Rural America
Welcome to Beef Week! 🐄Nate sits down with rancher, entrepreneur, and farm advocate Mike Callicrate for a deep dive into the crisis facing America's cattle industry—and the path forward.Mike traces t...
25 Nov 20251h 45min
DO 291 - Building an Edible Perennial Nursery with Nick Wrenn of Living Soil Tree Farm
Building an Edible Perennial Nursery with Nick Wren Nick Wren of Living Soil Tree Farms joins Jason to talk about the practical realities of starting and running an edible perennial nursery. Nick shar...
20 Nov 20251h 29min
