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 “whole” foods employee, this company has CHANGED. I cannot believe the amount of quality vendors like himself that we have lost since Amazon came in. It’s incredibly sad that product prices are at an all time high and the quality at an all time low.
Yup I’ve seen the gradual decline too. There’s a BIG DIFFERENCE in how they are now. Which makes sense the more your priority is profit the more you will have to reduce quality
high prices are why everyone stopped buying it, no one is paying 50$ for a roast, and they do not do that much different, in fact they save money buy not doing the other things, not giving the cows meds and roids, not feeding them corn and grain all that saves money which is then not reflected in any prices and people notice when things dont add up so they bail out, i walked into a whole foods like 10 years ago and never bought anything and i'm not even poor, i just dont see the reason for the insane prices on things, other than wholefoods knowing the usual people who walk in there are dumb ass hippies who want to feel special by spending 4 times more then necessary on food, especially the non meat food.they had to change to get less rich folks to buy their super high priced foods that are not that different form the cheap ones.
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.
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...
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 think everybody, on an individual level, agrees with this guy and believes like he does. But when corporations get involved in food distribution, the whole thing just fucking implodes. Everybody wants quality food. They just don't have the time throughout their very busy day living their normal lives, to investigate every damn things they see on the shelves. The more you learn about this shit the more mentally exhausting it makes you feel. We're so fucked.
@@bensherman9126 I'm sorry to say but people have gotten lazy. They don't want to do the prep and so they are willing to gamble on a corporation that may or may not serve you shit and poison.
@@bensherman9126 name one food in any of your local grocery stores that have "one ingredient". And if you do find one........try to find out what pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc are put on them. It's almost a full-time job researching this stuff. Then find me any middle-class family that has enough time to peruse through all of this bullshit.
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.
I came on UA-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 🙃
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 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.
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
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 had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Harris and touring his farm in Georgia about 12 or 13 years ago. He's an inspirational guy and genuinely cares about the animals, the land, and sustaining the ground he works. If there's anyone who deserves this recognition it's him.
If someone I cared about was chopped into pieces and eaten I'd be devastated. I'm guessing he just cares about being the "most green" rather than actually caring about individual animals.
@@ChrisJWinn it's about respect towards the animals you eat and the land you use to grow food on. His cattle are not his pets and no one ever suggested that.
He has a pretty good system. I like thst he uses all the offal, makes organic compost and then fertilizers his feilds with it almost in a complete loop.
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.
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.
That there is a Southwestern Georgia accent. Authentic, true, traditional, Southern Gentleman. Women who marry them are the luckiest in the world. (I should know, I married one 😍). You don't find many of them, but I a believe they are trying to make a comeback. 😁
Grower here... most of this is being pushed by guess who? 🧑🌾 Herb farmers I talk to weekly have done regenerative farms in the west for a long time, heh.
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.
The farm I lost my job from this year was a step 5 certified farm. They still killed the contracts and put us out if business this year. 21 years producing whole foods highest quality and humane practices didn't matter at all.
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
This is one of my all time favorite JRE episodes. The first in my top 10 favorites, from the new era JRE. I loved hearing this guy talk and Joe did really well giving him the floor to flesh out his ideas. I grew up with people like this, my family are farmers and truckers. Awesome. Guys like this really give you a metric to put your finger on because he’s right there in the trenches as well as up here in the world with the rest of us. Very sharp guy.
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.
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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 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 podcast was so great I’ve made it a point to share with everyone I know. And I will be buying beef locally from white oak pastures which is nearby and I had no idea until now.
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!
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!
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
I worked in the whole foods meat department back from 2013-2015 and we had to be able to answer all customer questions about the step program. Seeing that dumbass make those explosion noises just shows where the company has gone since Amazon's buyout
I was a TM from 09-19. I left when I realized knowledge, creativity and intelligence were no longer welcome. You left before Amazon took over. When that happened, the staff was dumbed down almost immediately.
@@yallmad3043 Correct. They aren't dumb. But they are dumbed down compared to before. Meaning you aren't trained to give proper information and aren't really encouraged to know much. Customer Service standards has tanked since I worked there.
100% I worked in the cheese department and they didn't even tell me anything about the cheese they had. Plus they understaffed on purpose and for that I was out
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.
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.
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..
"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
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 ain't much in the ass kissing business"! BOSS line right there. Great video Joe. Thank you for helping to open up people's eyes and minds to things like this that are going on today. It's sad but true. This "GREEN WASHING" concept is happening in other industries as well. I hope you would cover... or uncover that as well.
I'm 77 years old and I've known from day one I was raised on a farm and even when I went out into the world and when they started this organic food b*******, I asked my butcher what the different was between organic food and the regular food we buy and he said money it all boils down the money he was not lying he didn't have to tell me that he could have told me all kind of s*** and I would have believed him but he was honest with me. I don't do whole foods I don't do sprouts anything that says organic I stay away from anything they say is gluten free pretty much every damn thing is gluten free anyway other than flower products I stay away from that people are just so so taken in by gluten free you don't know what the f*** gluten is educate yourself on gluten and what causes it and where it comes from. And anything that's made of any corn products and they say it is gluten free I just want to bust that I want to tear up the damn store. But I can't because I'll go to jail.. I'm a very frugal shopper and I can eat anything I want anything from a to z and it's not going to cost me an arm and a leg.
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.
Was a meat cutter for Whole Foods in their global Hq store in Austin many years ago. This shit is so true Harris meats/ step 5+ are a small portion of what we carried and being the HQ we probably carried more than any other store in the company. There probably wasn’t many 5+ farms then though but still it felt shitty the way they marketed it. And this was before Amazon buyout. I’m sure it’s worse now. Mr. Harris is a legend though. Love the Piggly Wiggly shout out lol.
This guy is the oppitamy of "don't judge a book by its cover" was not expecting him to have such deep nuanced views. He is a badass and an inspiration.
I met Mr Harris at Whole Foods in Duluth, GA about 20 years ago. Turned out it was his first day selling meat at Whole Foods. We talked about his product and he invited us down. Been buying his products as often as possible ever since. If you are ever going through his corner of South GA it is worth a stop.
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Joe, you should have somebody on to explain the legality’s and challenges of homesteading in the United States and Canada, what people should look for in purchasing property’s, and how somebody should go about starting to live off the grid with minimum cost.
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.
Listening to the entire interview on Spotify. Mr. Harris is super interesting and articulate. I'm learning a lot of new things about our Ag system. Good stuff, Joe! Thanks for having him on your show.
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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 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.
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.
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.
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!
I’m in management at the largest food distributor in the US… over the past 5 years all the large distributors have negotiated inclusivity deals with the Tyson’s, Cambell’s, etc, forcing out the small local food companies that we used to stock and sell to the public. It’s really sad to see. We have gone from having MANY different brands of items to only a couple. All of them are the largest companies.
Should just be an online farmers market where you can browse through Ratings and prices And order direct from all local farmers either for local pickup or shipped if it's doable. Cut out the factory farms.
@@ianscreamsvideo there are farmers all over America. I drive a short distance once a week to get real food. The difference in how it tastes and how I feel is amazing. The health benefits are easily worth the slightly higher prices.
As someone who's grown up and lived in large metropolitan cities they're entire life, I've always had an interest in the struggles that farmers deal with as a result of the need from large cities. It seems like it's now at a point where we're maxing out the farmers and they're being forced to cut corners to break even/hold profits.
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.
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.
Awesome interview! As someone who takes environmental sustainability in Uni, this is the bread and butter of what we need as part of the environmental conversation.
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
I had several friends whose wives happily worked for Whole Foods Market before the Bezos takeover. What they angrily told me about the reverse in standards that happened after the take over -- every one of them resigned on principle -- was far worse than what Mr. Harris just talked about. I used to shop there and stopped about four months after the takeover, which was about when they resigned. Thanks for sharing this.
I had the same experience when I worked there. Amazon changed everything overnight. They basically want people to work there who just want to quietly pick up a pay check and follow basic directions. I left in 2019, 2 years after the merger.
Amazon isn’t bad. They give more leeway for Whole Foods to keep their identity. If not for Amazon it would have just been an extension of Walmart or Kroger.
@@yallmad3043 I'm not sure what you mean. The company's identity was totally overhauled when Amazon took over. If you worked in the company at the time it was clear. If Walmart or Kroger had taken over, they probably would have done the same things.
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!
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.
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 :-)
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
Wow! Mr Harris has some proper southern drawl... haven't heard that since '05, and '06... working with some boys from Louisiana, and Mississippi! I hope farmers like him thrive...
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.
An attorney friend of mine represented a woman who sued Whole Foods for false labeling of organic chicken...she wanted organic step 5 chicken, they wrapped it up, and she took it straight to the laboratory where she worked to have the chicken tested for pesticides. Note: this was right after people began to sue Monsanto for spraying Roundup, an extremely toxic human carcinogen, on the corn crops and many died from ingesting the chickens, cows,and pig that feed on that corn. Long story short, the "Organic, Pesticide Free Chicken" was contaminated with Roundup. The woman sued Whole Foods and received 2 million dollars.
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.
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.
If it was important an expert would be appropriate. And you need to decide whether you want to argue from a political or scientific base. E g. the "organic" label is very non-scientific.
I just watched the whole show - I don't think I've ever watched an episode all the way from beginning to end but Will Harris is such an interesting and intelligent human who really cares about his land and how to farm. As he notes, his methods are not scalable but they can be easily replicated, and it's up to us as consumers to drive the change. Inspired to look for CSAs near my home now.
Thanks for coming back to UA-cam to comment. That is one big thing that Spottily lacks and I miss the full episodes on YT mainly for the comments. If I was offered the kind of money it appears Joe was offered though, I would probably of done the same [the exclusive Spotify deal].
@@chris-cy5ed Community Supported Agriculture--you pay a fee--monthly, yearly, seasonally, depends on the farm--and they send you a box of food from their farm. It could be all veggies or veggies and eggs or sometimes meat. Again, it depends on the farm.
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.
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. 🙏
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.
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.
@@marjnussby8305 they have a UA-cam channel “white oak pastures”
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As a “whole” foods employee, this company has CHANGED. I cannot believe the amount of quality vendors like himself that we have lost since Amazon came in. It’s incredibly sad that product prices are at an all time high and the quality at an all time low.
Yup I’ve seen the gradual decline too.
There’s a BIG DIFFERENCE in how they are now. Which makes sense the more your priority is profit the more you will have to reduce quality
I knew it! The minute Amazon announced they'll get their hands on Whole Foods, I knew it would go down in value and quality! Crap!
high prices are why everyone stopped buying it, no one is paying 50$ for a roast, and they do not do that much different, in fact they save money buy not doing the other things, not giving the cows meds and roids, not feeding them corn and grain all that saves money which is then not reflected in any prices and people notice when things dont add up so they bail out, i walked into a whole foods like 10 years ago and never bought anything and i'm not even poor, i just dont see the reason for the insane prices on things, other than wholefoods knowing the usual people who walk in there are dumb ass hippies who want to feel special by spending 4 times more then necessary on food, especially the non meat food.they had to change to get less rich folks to buy their super high priced foods that are not that different form the cheap ones.
Whole foods was always expensive tho
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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!
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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...
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.
As the war on farming and farmers is starting to play out, its good to see some genuine farmers having an opportunity to voice their opinions
I think everybody, on an individual level, agrees with this guy and believes like he does. But when corporations get involved in food distribution, the whole thing just fucking implodes. Everybody wants quality food. They just don't have the time throughout their very busy day living their normal lives, to investigate every damn things they see on the shelves. The more you learn about this shit the more mentally exhausting it makes you feel. We're so fucked.
@@tbone0785 Not that hard. Buy foods with one ingredient. Cuts out 95% of the slop they call "food".
@@bensherman9126 I'm sorry to say but people have gotten lazy. They don't want to do the prep and so they are willing to gamble on a corporation that may or may not serve you shit and poison.
@@bensherman9126 name one food in any of your local grocery stores that have "one ingredient". And if you do find one........try to find out what pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc are put on them. It's almost a full-time job researching this stuff. Then find me any middle-class family that has enough time to peruse through all of this bullshit.
global warming if waging a war on farmers
Bro having the most calmest meltdown ive ever seen he is livid
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
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.
CSA community supported agriculture...buy a share...enjoy
I came on UA-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 🙃
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.
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
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.
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.
This man makes me hopeful for the future of farming. He seems so genuine and thoughtful.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Harris and touring his farm in Georgia about 12 or 13 years ago. He's an inspirational guy and genuinely cares about the animals, the land, and sustaining the ground he works. If there's anyone who deserves this recognition it's him.
If someone I cared about was chopped into pieces and eaten I'd be devastated. I'm guessing he just cares about being the "most green" rather than actually caring about individual animals.
@@ChrisJWinn it's about respect towards the animals you eat and the land you use to grow food on.
His cattle are not his pets and no one ever suggested that.
He has a pretty good system. I like thst he uses all the offal, makes organic compost and then fertilizers his feilds with it almost in a complete loop.
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@@ChrisJWinn you could never be a farmer.
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.
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’ve never heard a Southern US accent like his outside of some mocking Hollywood film. Comes across very thoughtful and genuine. Really good episode.
Neve been to a state bordering Louisiana then
Thaaat...is a propuh suthun AccenT.
You don’t know billy Morgan then
That there is a Southwestern Georgia accent. Authentic, true, traditional, Southern Gentleman. Women who marry them are the luckiest in the world. (I should know, I married one 😍). You don't find many of them, but I a believe they are trying to make a comeback. 😁
You need to travel more then
Glad to see more food and farming content! People need to be aware of this.
Good food is expensive and bad food is cheap. That's the real problem
If we can build molecules atom⚛️by atom ⚛️ can we build proteins. Stretch food resources
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Grower here... most of this is being pushed by guess who?
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Herb farmers I talk to weekly have done regenerative farms in the west for a long time, heh.
Love salt-of-the-earth folks like this 🙂
Support your local farmers!
I love the way you think.
Cheers..
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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.
When you work in the food service industry. This is all common knowledge... I got nothing but respect for both of these fine gentlemen
The farm I lost my job from this year was a step 5 certified farm. They still killed the contracts and put us out if business this year. 21 years producing whole foods highest quality and humane practices didn't matter at all.
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
This is one of my all time favorite JRE episodes. The first in my top 10 favorites, from the new era JRE. I loved hearing this guy talk and Joe did really well giving him the floor to flesh out his ideas. I grew up with people like this, my family are farmers and truckers. Awesome. Guys like this really give you a metric to put your finger on because he’s right there in the trenches as well as up here in the world with the rest of us. Very sharp guy.
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.
Will Harris was the best guest in a long time. Awesome pod cast.
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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❤️
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.
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😁
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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 podcast was so great I’ve made it a point to share with everyone I know. And I will be buying beef locally from white oak pastures which is nearby and I had no idea until now.
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!
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
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.
Just be damned! Never heard of this guy, but I'll be shopping for meat a lot differently now thanks to him. Much respect! Thankyou Mr. Harris.
What a great guy! Full podcast on Spotify. The US needs more good guys like him!
I'm from South Georgia and we've bought meat from White Oak Pastures. God bless Will!!!! Support local farmers!!!!
I worked in the whole foods meat department back from 2013-2015 and we had to be able to answer all customer questions about the step program. Seeing that dumbass make those explosion noises just shows where the company has gone since Amazon's buyout
I was a TM from 09-19. I left when I realized knowledge, creativity and intelligence were no longer welcome. You left before Amazon took over. When that happened, the staff was dumbed down almost immediately.
@@campfirefootball the staff isn’t necessarily dumb. The company just hires people and due to low turnout rates the concepts never really stick.
@@yallmad3043 Correct. They aren't dumb. But they are dumbed down compared to before. Meaning you aren't trained to give proper information and aren't really encouraged to know much. Customer Service standards has tanked since I worked there.
@@yallmad3043 “reading is fun to mental”
100% I worked in the cheese department and they didn't even tell me anything about the cheese they had. Plus they understaffed on purpose and for that I was out
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.
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.
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?
Protect this man and his business at all cost
Buy from them! I do all the time
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@@mattsharkey8437 you are?
@@InvestmentIdea bot boy, get a hobby kid
This is as useful as “thoughts and prayers”
"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
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'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
"I ain't much in the ass kissing business"! BOSS line right there. Great video Joe. Thank you for helping to open up people's eyes and minds to things like this that are going on today. It's sad but true. This "GREEN WASHING" concept is happening in other industries as well. I hope you would cover... or uncover that as well.
Democrat washing
hell be begging for forgiveness giving them 20% off when he realizes what he did lol . wake up
I'm 77 years old and I've known from day one I was raised on a farm and even when I went out into the world and when they started this organic food b*******, I asked my butcher what the different was between organic food and the regular food we buy and he said money it all boils down the money he was not lying he didn't have to tell me that he could have told me all kind of s*** and I would have believed him but he was honest with me. I don't do whole foods I don't do sprouts anything that says organic I stay away from anything they say is gluten free pretty much every damn thing is gluten free anyway other than flower products I stay away from that people are just so so taken in by gluten free you don't know what the f*** gluten is educate yourself on gluten and what causes it and where it comes from. And anything that's made of any corn products and they say it is gluten free I just want to bust that I want to tear up the damn store. But I can't because I'll go to jail.. I'm a very frugal shopper and I can eat anything I want anything from a to z and it's not going to cost me an arm and a leg.
Wholefoods should heed the warranted marketing criticism and keep this genuine business partner.
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.
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.
I'm a Montana farmer. He is point on!!
Was a meat cutter for Whole Foods in their global Hq store in Austin many years ago. This shit is so true Harris meats/ step 5+ are a small portion of what we carried and being the HQ we probably carried more than any other store in the company. There probably wasn’t many 5+ farms then though but still it felt shitty the way they marketed it. And this was before Amazon buyout. I’m sure it’s worse now. Mr. Harris is a legend though. Love the Piggly Wiggly shout out lol.
This guy is the oppitamy of "don't judge a book by its cover" was not expecting him to have such deep nuanced views. He is a badass and an inspiration.
White Southerners were far more industrious than Union yuppies
I met Mr Harris at Whole Foods in Duluth, GA about 20 years ago. Turned out it was his first day selling meat at Whole Foods. We talked about his product and he invited us down. Been buying his products as often as possible ever since. If you are ever going through his corner of South GA it is worth a stop.
wow that is cool!
He does ship as well within a certain radius.
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.
Joe, you should have somebody on to explain the legality’s and challenges of homesteading in the United States and Canada, what people should look for in purchasing property’s, and how somebody should go about starting to live off the grid with minimum cost.
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 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.
Listening to the entire interview on Spotify. Mr. Harris is super interesting and articulate. I'm learning a lot of new things about our Ag system. Good stuff, Joe! Thanks for having him on your show.
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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 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 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.
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.
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?
I’m in management at the largest food distributor in the US… over the past 5 years all the large distributors have negotiated inclusivity deals with the Tyson’s, Cambell’s, etc, forcing out the small local food companies that we used to stock and sell to the public. It’s really sad to see. We have gone from having MANY different brands of items to only a couple. All of them are the largest companies.
There's a massive coup de etat going on worldwide, hedge funds are trying to consolidate and control EVERYTHING.
Should just be an online farmers market where you can browse through Ratings and prices And order direct from all local farmers either for local pickup or shipped if it's doable. Cut out the factory farms.
New World Order
@@ianscreamsvideo there are farmers all over America. I drive a short distance once a week to get real food. The difference in how it tastes and how I feel is amazing. The health benefits are easily worth the slightly higher prices.
Thats why we have so few brands in stores now?
I work at Whole Foods. I can vouge for this man's entire story
vouch****???
It’s a shame what Whole Foods has become. My local one is poorly managed. Produce is crap.
Yup. I used to work there. It's all a lie.
@@Zeivusgaming lie from top to bottom.
So is there anything good there or is it all fake??
Just finished listening to your 2hrs interview. Thank you so much for having him.
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Surest plug🍄🍄🍫💯.....
As someone who's grown up and lived in large metropolitan cities they're entire life, I've always had an interest in the struggles that farmers deal with as a result of the need from large cities. It seems like it's now at a point where we're maxing out the farmers and they're being forced to cut corners to break even/hold profits.
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
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?
Awesome interview! As someone who takes environmental sustainability in Uni, this is the bread and butter of what we need as part of the environmental conversation.
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.
I had several friends whose wives happily worked for Whole Foods Market before the Bezos takeover. What they angrily told me about the reverse in standards that happened after the take over -- every one of them resigned on principle -- was far worse than what Mr. Harris just talked about. I used to shop there and stopped about four months after the takeover, which was about when they resigned. Thanks for sharing this.
I had the same experience when I worked there. Amazon changed everything overnight. They basically want people to work there who just want to quietly pick up a pay check and follow basic directions. I left in 2019, 2 years after the merger.
Amazon isn’t bad. They give more leeway for Whole Foods to keep their identity. If not for Amazon it would have just been an extension of Walmart or Kroger.
@@yallmad3043 I'm not sure what you mean. The company's identity was totally overhauled when Amazon took over. If you worked in the company at the time it was clear. If Walmart or Kroger had taken over, they probably would have done the same things.
Publix is a way better store.
Sad what lack of integrity looks like when the spineless will sell themselves out for a quick buck.
"I ain't much in the ass-kissing business". Honesty and integrity... something lost in almost every single big business.
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!
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.
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 :-)
Best interview I've seen . Watched the whole thing on Spotify
Thanks for the wonderful work you and your team are doing Will Harris.
This is back to the original JRE stuff. Good old fashioned guests of no particular clout. Just interesting 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
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
Wow! Mr Harris has some proper southern drawl... haven't heard that since '05, and '06... working with some boys from Louisiana, and Mississippi! I hope farmers like him thrive...
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.
Step 4 farm here. I think steering is necessary, especially on smaller farms. ~SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMS PEOPLE~
An attorney friend of mine represented a woman who sued Whole Foods for false labeling of organic chicken...she wanted organic step 5 chicken, they wrapped it up, and she took it straight to the laboratory where she worked to have the chicken tested for pesticides. Note: this was right after people began to sue Monsanto for spraying Roundup, an extremely toxic human carcinogen, on the corn crops and many died from ingesting the chickens, cows,and pig that feed on that corn. Long story short, the "Organic, Pesticide Free Chicken" was contaminated with Roundup. The woman sued Whole Foods and received 2 million dollars.
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.
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
These type of guests are the best. So unexpected and informative.
What a great guest to have on, Joe. This stuff is so much more important than people realize.
Not in the Ass Kissing Business but he is in the money making business.. started to mumble a little at the end lol
If it was important an expert would be appropriate. And you need to decide whether you want to argue from a political or scientific base. E g. the "organic" label is very non-scientific.
I just watched the whole show - I don't think I've ever watched an episode all the way from beginning to end but Will Harris is such an interesting and intelligent human who really cares about his land and how to farm. As he notes, his methods are not scalable but they can be easily replicated, and it's up to us as consumers to drive the change. Inspired to look for CSAs near my home now.
Thanks for coming back to UA-cam to comment. That is one big thing that Spottily lacks and I miss the full episodes on YT mainly for the comments. If I was offered the kind of money it appears Joe was offered though, I would probably of done the same [the exclusive Spotify deal].
Wat is csa
@@chris-cy5ed Community Supported Agriculture--you pay a fee--monthly, yearly, seasonally, depends on the farm--and they send you a box of food from their farm. It could be all veggies or veggies and eggs or sometimes meat. Again, it depends on the farm.
I could listen to this guy speak all day. I love this dude’s accent. Great episode!
He needs to start a Legacy of videos...please sir we need your knowledge and wisdom for the new generation of young farmers.
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.
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.
youtu.be.com/kyLHKN1jAWs
Hears a link youtu.be.com/kyLHKN1jAWs
@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. 🙏
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.
It Pisses me off too! Mr. Harris big respect to you🙌🏽✨
His voice is high key made for cinema. Could easily star in movie about ranchers or farmer
Hears a link ua-cam.com/video/kyLHKN1jAWs/v-deo.html
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!!!~☆~
As a frequent Publix shopper I will certainly patronize this fine man’s products.
So how does publix label his product there vs WF?
Just watched the whole interview. The first entire Joe Rogan pod cast i watched. It took me watching here and there for 2 days. Amazing.
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 😂