Episode #205 - Allen Williams

This episode was originally recorded in 2018, but the topics are still relevant today.

Allen is a 6th generation family farmer and founding partner of Grass Fed Insights, LLC, Understanding Ag, LLC, and the Soil Health Academy. He is also the Chief Ranching Officer for Joyce Farms.

Dr. Williams earned a master’s and PhD in livestock genetics and physiology, and after spending 15 years as a tenured professor fully entrenched in conventional agriculture, Allen decided to leave academia. He realized that all the current research and methods were little more than a band-aid over the gushing wound that is our agriculture system. Dr. Williams now devotes his career to promoting a better way.

In this “recycled” episode, Dr. Williams explains the connection between soil health and livestock and debunks myths around regenerative agriculture. Listen in as we chat about: 

• Allen’s back story and what led him to his current career path

• How losing small-scale ag is devastating rural America

• The state of soil today

• Improving water holding capacity

• The history of ruminants in America

• What rewilding actually looks like

• How regenerative ag can help birds

• Regenerative ag at-scale