David Hershberger is an organic dairy farmer from Fredericksburg, OH. He joins us to talk about his unconventional road into organic farming, what new practices he's been able to implement over the years and the lessons learned along the way.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by SoilBiotics and Byron Seeds.

Edwin Blosser is the owner of Midwest Bio Systems which makes Aeromaster composting equipment as well as provides education and reccomendations to farmers. Edwin joins us to discuss his learning curve into regenerative farming, what he's learned through that process and some of his key observations that hold farms back.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by SoilBiotics and Byron Seeds.

Dr Theron Hutton is the founder of Mulberry Clinic in Spring Hill, TN. He joins us to talk about learning how conventional medicine works and how that has shaped building a practice with a focus on his patients and lifestyle changes that could be most beneficial to their health.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by SoilBiotics and Byron Seeds.

Justin Rhodes, permaculturalist, author and social media presence joins to talk about his journey into agriculture, turning that lifestyle into a vlog and paths to earn extra income as a farmer.

(Episode Note- Our SD card filled up part way through our conversation with Justin so there is a pause about half way through before we resumed recording)

Justin can be found on YouTube as well at his companies website, Abundant Permaculture.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by SoilBiotics and Byron Seeds.

Ryan Koory, Vice President of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics discussed:

-Soybean Harvet and Trade Update

-Corn Harvest and Pricing

Sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics

Emilie Toups is the owner of Toups & Co Organics which uses grassfed beef tallow as a base for many of their skincare products. She joins us to talk about why tallow, how the food we eat impacts our skin and starting a business based around these philosphies.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics.

Joel Salatin is the owner of Polyface Farm in Virginia and known around the world for his advocacy of local, sustainable and regenerative agriculture. He joins us to talk about his path into farming, outlook on agriculture and advice to current and future farmers.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics.

Rory Feek is musician and songwriter as well as a homesteader in Columbia, TN. He sits down with us to tell his story of why he got into growing his own food as well as why he decided to host the Homestead Festival on his farm.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics

George McClelland of McClelland Dairy and Jolynn McClelland of Robert McClelland Dairy, both in Petaluma, CA, join us to talk about how they got started in the dairy business, the opportunity to go organic, how they graze 1000 cows and the hardships of farming in California.

Back to the Roots is sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics.

Ryan Koory, Vice President of Economics at Mercaris, joins to give the latest updates from the organic marketplace.

Topics discussed:

-2022 Early Planting Trends

-Organic Soybean and Corn markets

-Organic Grain Imports

Sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics