Why Organic, Sustainable Farming Matters | Portrait of a Farmer

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • When it comes to your food, nature always has the last word.
    Most pro-organic documentaries make their point by taking stabs at the cruelty and other evils involved in the world of industrialized farming. In this short documentary portrait, Jesse Straight, owner of Whiffletree Farm, shows us a different approach. As he gestures to the beautiful landscapes that surround us he explains, "being a farmer is special because this is my office. You spend your day making animals happy...you get to do things that help the things around you thrive".
    The passion that Jesse exudes in this film will make you question every fast-food burger you've ever eaten, but for all the right reasons.
    Director & Editor | Alexis Kikoen
    Director of Photography | Liz Lane
    Camera Operation | Susan Thompson & Alexis Kikoen
    Production Assistant | Chris Jones
    Producer | Brian Freer
    Featuring | Jesse Straight of Whiffletree Farm: www.whiffletree...
    Sponsored By | Riverside Health System: www.riversideon...
    Produced For | The Health Journal: www.thehealthjo...
    #organic #farming #farmtotable #eatinghealthy

КОМЕНТАРІ • 224

  • @rameshbollineni4231
    @rameshbollineni4231 9 років тому +48

    This person listened to his heart and he is happy

  • @MeetThaNewDealer
    @MeetThaNewDealer 8 років тому +131

    Let's make farming great again

    • @jesuschristvevo2825
      @jesuschristvevo2825 4 роки тому +1

      Lord Luke Lightbringer no

    • @gunselshaly537
      @gunselshaly537 3 роки тому +1

      Y'all can't keep that prick out of anything, can you? Don't answer that, it's rhetorical.

  • @ashleytallman1524
    @ashleytallman1524 8 років тому +146

    this is how farming SHOULD be done! this is the right way! loving and caring for your animals!

    • @karls8586
      @karls8586 8 років тому +14

      +Ashley Tallman
      Loving and caring and then killing and eating! YAY

    • @dannyv84oz
      @dannyv84oz 8 років тому +7

      +Karl S yeah it's called the food chain idiot.

    • @karls8586
      @karls8586 8 років тому +1

      dannyv84oz Did I offend you?

    • @dannyv84oz
      @dannyv84oz 8 років тому +11

      +Karl S not at all, I was only replying to your comment about "killing and eating" as if somehow raising animals for food is evil, this farmer is clearly careful to raise his animals in a natural fashion and without stress, if he decides to shoot them and eat them at the end of it all that's fine all creatures die one way or another - the basic idea is that just because something is raised to be eaten it shouldn't be caged/mistreated during the duration of its life. Your comment seemed to point to the thread starter's comment about raising animals in a humane fashion.

    • @karls8586
      @karls8586 8 років тому +3

      dannyv84oz
      I undertand that, and ofcourse this type of farming i's better than factory farming.
      I just can't see how someone can say they love and care for an animal they ultimately are going to kill for the sake of money or their own pleasure. To me, that is actually evil.

  • @TheHealthJournalWilliamsburg
    @TheHealthJournalWilliamsburg  10 років тому +31

    Knowing where your food comes from is important. Jesse Straight of Whiffletree Farm shares why he left the corporate world to run an ecologically sustainable farm. Please SHARE this video if you like it. #organicfood #organicfarming

  • @alekseybenitez7453
    @alekseybenitez7453 7 років тому +5

    I love how he never mentioned the word "environment" but and still has a way with his words to make it so compelling

  • @benjaminhalliwell1918
    @benjaminhalliwell1918 8 років тому +19

    This video got almost 200K views, whereas the rest of your videos got under 1k between all of them. Please make more like this! People are craving insight into how beautiful local and home grown organic farms function. Listen to your viewers!

  • @ternaktanihobi9793
    @ternaktanihobi9793 8 років тому +41

    healthy environment is our responsibility !

  • @rwumbuguzaabed8673
    @rwumbuguzaabed8673 3 роки тому +1

    He is living my dream...I have just finished designing my incubator for 10000 eggs...buying a land soon and start venturing

  • @AleFonlut
    @AleFonlut 8 років тому +14

    I've been trying to become a vegetarian for months but it's too hard for me to give up on eating chicken. This video makes me feel so much better. No cruelty for the animals. Thank you. Every farm should be like this.

    • @dannyv84oz
      @dannyv84oz 8 років тому +10

      Hi, you shouldn't feel bad for eating animals, it's a natural food chain. I agree with you, raising animals in a natural way free from chemicals is the way all farming should be done.

    • @patrickmueller3438
      @patrickmueller3438 7 років тому +2

      AleFonlut but no way of killing can be humane :(

    • @coolioso808
      @coolioso808 2 роки тому

      @@patrickmueller3438 Humans literally cannot live without killing some living things. So, you want to choose what has to grow and die for human consumption because one form has eyes and the other has roots? Plants are living things just like animals. They have sophisticated, connected, and many researchers would say very 'aware' lives. Are we drawing the line because we don't believe plants feel pain when being killed but animals might?
      Look, I think humans should definitely be eating less meat and livestock farming should all be organic and regenerative, but fish, organically farmed animals, wild game and plants are all part of a food supply and circle of life for many animals, including humans.

  • @rackelthejackel
    @rackelthejackel 8 років тому +46

    Ugh this made want to love people again.
    So inspiring. Really.

  • @bchandramohan16
    @bchandramohan16 7 років тому +14

    great sir. I am from India. I myself feel proud to be a farmer.

  • @SmartArtzzz
    @SmartArtzzz 6 років тому +7

    I'm so happy there are more farms like this in my county

  • @mihaelguitarhero
    @mihaelguitarhero 8 років тому +70

    Normal man, working normal work, eating normal food, have normal brain, living normal life.

    • @andre18762
      @andre18762 8 років тому +23

      That's not normal by modern standards, but definitely healthy and happy.
      Modern people are usually not so happy and healthy,

    • @ZachCastro10
      @ZachCastro10 4 роки тому +4

      XAR normal brain part is spot on. Most people’s brain cannot even function properly because of how they eat and live.

  • @tophercIaus
    @tophercIaus 7 років тому +1

    Who in the world is disliking a video like this? This is exactly the way the world needs to go. I'm excited to go this way myself.

  • @highspiritsfarm781
    @highspiritsfarm781 8 років тому +8

    This video speaks to my heart. All the same things we want for our farm. Making animals happy, leaving the land more fertile than we found it, paying attention to Nature, and trying to mimic it... YES!

  • @waqaskayani9950
    @waqaskayani9950 8 років тому +4

    i loved the video ...i am a biomedical engineer....but deep in my heart //i want this kind of life ...for me ///...and this best part is now i am even working on a integrated sustainable farm house....

  • @buihongquan139
    @buihongquan139 7 років тому +12

    I'm from Viêt Nam, I love his farm and his life

  • @vinuv16
    @vinuv16 9 років тому +20

    greatest video in recent times..very inspired living and lifestyle..

  • @joellevanover1151
    @joellevanover1151 6 років тому

    I am grateful to you and your family, your farm, and the heart you bring to enjoying the natural balance of life. Simplicity and harmony.

  • @makabayan3188
    @makabayan3188 4 роки тому +1

    So inspiring.. someday I will manage my own farm using Organic Farming

  • @FenzerOakley
    @FenzerOakley 8 років тому +3

    I love organic ways of farming. Thank you for this...........

  • @kendra6154
    @kendra6154 5 років тому +1

    This just makes me want to cry of happiness!

  • @Multi4204life
    @Multi4204life 4 роки тому

    Amen! Hard work makes a man feel good, and seeing the product of your labor flourish and become a blessing is a blessing in itself.

  • @hauteswan2541
    @hauteswan2541 7 років тому +2

    Beautiful thinking, beautiful farm...

  • @albertjavier6247
    @albertjavier6247 7 років тому

    Many are envious of this type of life... this is life! Congratulations!

  • @austindmunday
    @austindmunday 9 років тому +9

    this is the greatest video i've seen in a while.

    • @alexiskikoen
      @alexiskikoen 9 років тому

      Austin Munday What a fantastic compliment. Thank you.

    • @austindmunday
      @austindmunday 9 років тому

      Teflon Don reported

  • @razorramone6504
    @razorramone6504 8 років тому

    i am 100% going to take over the family farm and raise my animals just as you are!

  • @javierlope733
    @javierlope733 4 роки тому

    farming is one option i never did but i love the open field and live there...

  • @OviekWernicke
    @OviekWernicke 9 років тому +2

    They all looks healthy and happy, make a good life!

  • @toriemerritt7767
    @toriemerritt7767 6 років тому

    This is the way it should be

  • @dandavatsdasa8345
    @dandavatsdasa8345 2 роки тому

    Great!
    Love your work on the farm? Great!
    Organic and Sustainable! Exciting!
    The smaller animals are apparently the most sustainable down to the chickens, the rabbits, and then the insects.
    Thank you for sharing great videos!

  • @seemarawal5717
    @seemarawal5717 6 років тому

    Wonderful viewing .Great family .

  • @jeevanjyotijena5424
    @jeevanjyotijena5424 4 роки тому

    I am really very excited to see your dedication and trick of work proper planning smart work .IAM working with a IT company you know cognizant but very soon iam going to be a famer like you.i salute you

  • @jackieneal1
    @jackieneal1 7 років тому

    Love it. It's taken us several years of trial and error to find our niche within sustainable farming here in the Kentucky Bluegrass. Wendell Berry is a man among men 😊 Patience and perseverance has been our motto 😉✌🏼New way of farming lifestyle? Yes please! #newgenerationoffarmers

  • @dalecirillo2254
    @dalecirillo2254 10 років тому

    This is a wonderful portrait of a great life! Thanks SO much for sharing your life and your family with others!

  • @rinshadrinzi5798
    @rinshadrinzi5798 5 років тому

    Soo nice u speak true ! Watching u from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

  • @GowthamV07
    @GowthamV07 7 років тому

    We want more videos on this topic

  • @krystynaborsh2151
    @krystynaborsh2151 8 років тому +1

    This is the way that all farming should be done. I can't believe that as I sit here in my bed , there are thousands or poor animals suffering and being slaughtered while being conscience . I feel so bad because I feel like a hypocrite because I eat meat and animal by products. Damn this world is messed up 😩😭

    • @monikaciperle8027
      @monikaciperle8027 8 років тому

      +Krystyna Borsh I do agree, the whole world is messed up, but once you realize that, I kinda think it's hard to keep living by the same standards as you always were- so just go vegan, no more feeling like a hypocrite, no more bad feelings about your habits :)

  • @MyCherriCola
    @MyCherriCola 9 років тому +6

    Great video! Quadruple LIKE! Thanks for sharing!

  • @cesartabasa3204
    @cesartabasa3204 5 місяців тому

    Amazing Dad!

  • @miamilady2278
    @miamilady2278 7 років тому +2

    I recently made the switch to organic eggs. It's expensive but at least the hens are treated way better than non-organic/caged hens. 😊

  • @jcm2327
    @jcm2327 9 років тому +7

    Yeah, this video is incredible and inspirational! It's certainly motivational, too.

  • @GetTheGrandFunkOut
    @GetTheGrandFunkOut 6 років тому +1

    I love this!

  • @chryzparnell9488
    @chryzparnell9488 6 років тому +1

    Respect this man

  • @goldassayer93555
    @goldassayer93555 5 років тому

    Hi Alexis
    Soil is made from the nearby mountain rocks that decompose to become sand silt and clay. The chemical composition of your soil will be different from other soils depending on what rocks it came from. Rocks can be granite, limestone, ultramafic meaning high in iron and magnesium etc. these create soils with different ratios of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, etc.. You have to do a chemical test to determine if your soil has the right ratios of the 13 necessary chemical elements for plants and people to be healthy, and has the right PH for the plants you grow.
    Do the test from a good soil test lab not a garden N, P, K test kit and adjust your soil chemistry for good plant health and you will achieve the goal you outline here.

  • @sangeetharajesh2651
    @sangeetharajesh2651 6 років тому

    Indeed

  • @FlotteEuropeenne
    @FlotteEuropeenne 4 роки тому

    Thank you for this nice portrait

  • @alexng6222
    @alexng6222 6 років тому

    Very inspiring, I am looking for a farm too!

  • @0oZzZzZo0
    @0oZzZzZo0 7 років тому +3

    good job sir. wonderful!

  • @little-lamb-learning
    @little-lamb-learning 6 років тому

    Let me know if the farm next door comes up for sale. You’d be a great neighbour 👍

  • @staceylaine2372
    @staceylaine2372 9 років тому +8

    Great video.

  • @lunes-1
    @lunes-1 4 роки тому +1

    Very enjoyable experience

  • @farmboitv8216
    @farmboitv8216 4 роки тому

    organic farming is very sustainable new friend here

  • @bataschanel3569
    @bataschanel3569 3 роки тому

    Farming and adventure

  • @christopherjacinto3399
    @christopherjacinto3399 8 років тому +2

    I have to say, this and many other inspiring videos has motivated me to launch the Organic growing page on my website. It shows true meaning of farming. lets help make farming great again! #TheRefreshEarthProject #organicfarming

  • @urbancowboyinct2161
    @urbancowboyinct2161 7 років тому +2

    wonderful video!

  • @TheOrganicGuy
    @TheOrganicGuy 4 роки тому

    This IS so lovely!

  • @stephanebucierka8325
    @stephanebucierka8325 5 років тому

    That is the good exemple to proved than the agriculture don't need of the chimical industrie to produice food

  • @MAnnielow
    @MAnnielow 8 років тому +3

    May I suggest you look up Korean Natural Farming whic might interest you, God Bless

  • @kentotsgomez6896
    @kentotsgomez6896 5 років тому +1

    Oo waw kaayo

  • @kochstevens3210
    @kochstevens3210 3 роки тому

    bravo..keep up the good work..as most people r slow..they will come to c by 2090 what your doing is spot on & will all jump on the band wagon of "logical" farming (but hopefully earlier)

  • @UsmanFaraz854
    @UsmanFaraz854 11 місяців тому

    Nice and good skills with camera 😊😊😊

  • @margieyurag8020
    @margieyurag8020 6 років тому

    Inspiring... so nice😍

  • @heysha5215
    @heysha5215 3 роки тому

    Other farmers should take notes

  • @l25213
    @l25213 8 років тому +1

    You are so lucky to be with nature .

  • @sjsasii
    @sjsasii 7 років тому

    This is the way I'm always hoping!! 👍🏼 great job

  • @mustolourien5823
    @mustolourien5823 5 років тому

    Respect and some envy too just a little

  • @SunilParashars
    @SunilParashars 9 років тому +22

    Eight Monsanto employees disliked this...

    • @dannyv84oz
      @dannyv84oz 8 років тому

      Hahaha, that company is the bane of farming communities

  • @CROPSCHOOL
    @CROPSCHOOL 2 роки тому

    Outstanding!

  • @mixailroutsi8737
    @mixailroutsi8737 8 років тому

    Just beautiful

  • @mothergoose6087
    @mothergoose6087 6 років тому

    Just why can't we have it all? Best of all worlds, I think we are always going to have to complie with nature and not cut it out but embellish instead. Find new and much better methods of doing that. Our food comes from nature, not to be so paranoid that nature could be best for us all. We may be stumbling around in the dark without what God put in place for us all, animals and plants.

  • @spicymf4946
    @spicymf4946 8 років тому +4

    I love how this guy is trying to change the meaning to the word humanity but why aren't the baby chicks kept with their mothers🐔🐣

    • @dixielandgurl
      @dixielandgurl 7 років тому

      those are brooders, they come usually from a hatchery

    • @michaellandolfa4508
      @michaellandolfa4508 7 років тому

      Quack Quack because chicks have different needs then a full grown chicken duh

    • @seraphhis1004
      @seraphhis1004 7 років тому

      Amy! At the Disco if you put chicks with hens, the hens that aren't the mother will peck at the chicks, could possibly kill some chicks.

  • @almawalker1432
    @almawalker1432 3 роки тому

    Beautiful, that’s how farming should be. We are so lucky here in the UK prince Charles devoted his life to organic farming which we can avail. And do our own little way by planting vegetables and grow some organic fruit as well.

  • @bahleemorganicshealthcarep4455
    @bahleemorganicshealthcarep4455 3 роки тому

    Organic is future....

  • @profitablefarmer109k
    @profitablefarmer109k 3 роки тому

    wow beautiful growing farming steps

  • @lloydmcknight
    @lloydmcknight 5 років тому

    'YOU LIVE OUTSIDE' NATURE/MOTHER NURTURE'

  • @VijayRam3739
    @VijayRam3739 7 років тому

    Nice work,, nice words and of course nice message to the people... Thanks

  • @Aankartur
    @Aankartur 5 років тому

    Hello sir, do you need vaccin to handle your chicken from starter until layer? . Thank you

  • @TheDHEL13
    @TheDHEL13 8 років тому

    He utilizes unique methods, love it!

  • @TiangTani
    @TiangTani Рік тому

    Great faimily interesting hobbies to make themselves more comfortable and calm

  • @shrmnamnsc4132
    @shrmnamnsc4132 5 років тому

    Loving it. ❤️

  • @garryfitzpatrick1975
    @garryfitzpatrick1975 7 років тому

    I'd love to know which book written by Wendell Berry was the inspiration for this Farm if anyone knows?

  • @d.a.deguzman5272
    @d.a.deguzman5272 5 років тому

    Handsome farmer

  • @BearWindAppleyard
    @BearWindAppleyard 9 років тому +1

    Word!

  • @lebozation1
    @lebozation1 7 років тому

    Support Organic Chicken Farmer at www.gofundme.com/african-poultry-farm-dream-2um7xr7g

  • @assetplus5402
    @assetplus5402 9 років тому

    Very nice farm

  • @rd2246
    @rd2246 7 років тому

    Wake up people take your health in your own hands don't let these corporate food factory fool you support your local farmers for yourself

  • @Felipe-dk9og
    @Felipe-dk9og 8 років тому

    ...e pelo visto a exploração sobre os animal continua...

  • @ACK333
    @ACK333 2 роки тому

    Can the team do documentary movie..?

  • @foysalsheikh6237
    @foysalsheikh6237 6 років тому

    Where is it ? Very nice farm . I would like to there ? If they hire me (: I am from Bangladesh (:

  • @CabbageSkorobamboo
    @CabbageSkorobamboo 7 років тому

    thank you for inspiring the people about farming sir ^_^ someday 3x

  • @mdmosharaf7128
    @mdmosharaf7128 8 років тому

    very nice

  • @noormuzahid9008
    @noormuzahid9008 7 років тому

    these are the types of people that god loves the most!

  • @emperoy8
    @emperoy8 8 років тому +1

    How many hectare is your farm?

  • @henryrights8428
    @henryrights8428 9 років тому +2

    He's got some wise ideas. =] Peace and respect to the wise men!

  • @franzeleefrancis
    @franzeleefrancis 7 років тому

    i envy this.

  • @pavlovkralevsky5620
    @pavlovkralevsky5620 4 роки тому

    What was the Wendell Berry book please?

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 8 років тому

    I genuinely appreciate everything the Straight family is doing and the values espoused in the film. However, given their interest in sustainability, I was surprised to see 4 kids and 1 on the way. That's a population growth rate of 150% in 1 generation. How is that sustainable?

    • @juniorashih223
      @juniorashih223 8 років тому

      lol. Not everybody is lucky to have children. He is happy he can have children, hopefully more will follow

  • @MaaRkoRi
    @MaaRkoRi 8 років тому

    Sigue así, felicidades! 👍

  • @sushrut87p
    @sushrut87p 8 років тому

    which inspirational book was that?