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A Bold Return to Giving a Damn One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food

Will Harris

"If I could have one wish it is that every eater in America would read this book." —Ruth Reichl Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered – chemicals, antibiotic...

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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

It was briefly mentioned as another book that explores historical patterns, specifically focusing on how different generations influence history.

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They also wrote a book called Generations. It's about 550 pages of Anglo-American history and it shows how each generation affects it.

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It was briefly mentioned as another book that explores historical patterns, specifically focusing on how different generations influence history.

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They also wrote a book called Generations. It's about 550 pages of Anglo-American history and it shows how each generation affects it.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

It was described as a thick, goodsized book that Tony kept on his desk and recommended for understanding generational cycles and history.

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There's a book called Generations. Have you read it?

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It was described as a thick, goodsized book that Tony kept on his desk and recommended for understanding generational cycles and history.

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There's a book called Generations. Have you read it?

I asked him about it. He told me about how it's amazing. It shows how history is somewhat predictable and why the cycles are generated by different generations, how we react the way we're, we grew up.

StarTalk Radio

The book was released in the fall of 2023 and it explores the link between food, health, and climate change. It's about the author's 25 years of turning his farm from a very industrial, monocultural cattle production operation to a very perpetual sort of farming operation that feeds us and does so in a manner that is humane to the animals and improves, not degrades the landscape. It's about a new mindset of agriculture 2.0 or maybe 3.0.

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You're the author of Bold Return to Giving a Damn.

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The book was released in the fall of 2023 and it explores the link between food, health, and climate change. It's about the author's 25 years of turning his farm from a very industrial, monocultural cattle production operation to a very perpetual sort of farming operation that feeds us and does so in a manner that is humane to the animals and improves, not degrades the landscape. It's about a new mindset of agriculture 2.0 or maybe 3.0.

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You're the author of Bold Return to Giving a Damn.

That's a great title. That's awesome. And that just came out in the fall of 2023. That explores the link between and among food, health, and climate change.

So the book is about my 25 years of returning this farm from a very industrial, monocultural cattle production.

Operation to a very, what I believe is a very perpetual sort of farming operation that feeds us and does so in a manner that is humane to the animals and improves, not degrades the landscape.

So guys, we got to call it quits there. But oh my gosh, I'm delighted to learn from you, Will. Thank you for providing us with authentic food. And that you exist in this world. This is an important cog in a wheel that is being built and slowly being turned. And maybe one day we'll look back on this show and say, oh, he was a pioneer. Now everybody does it. That's kind of what maybe is the arc of progress. I'm very grateful to you all for having me on as your guest. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Well, you can check out Will's book, A Bold Return to Giving a Damn from an authentic farmer. So Gary, Chuck, thanks for being my co-host. Pleasure, Neil. This has been StarTalk Special Edition. All about the future of farming and how to make it sustainable in this world, in this universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson here as always bidding you to keep looking up.

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