The State Of Farming In America

I’m joined by Allen Williams on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy where we take an in-depth look at the struggles modern farmers face. They’re stuck in a difficult cycle when it comes to trying to make a living, and considering what is truly right for their land.

To make matters worse, Allen says they are up against huge amounts of peer-pressure from their neighbors on the best way to farm. Financial burdens often beat altruism, but Allen is on a mission to change that.

He educates farmers on regenerative practices and how to be stable, and even successful, all while improving their land for future yields, reversing climate change, and supporting healthier generations.

Allen is a founding partner of Understanding Ag, LLC and the Soil Health Academy, and is a partner in Joyce Farms, Inc. He has consulted with more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers in the US and other countries, on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres. Allen and his partners pioneered many of the early regenerative agriculture principles and practices and now teach those to farmers globally. He is a “recovering academic,” having served 15 years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University and Mississippi State University teaching genetics and physiology. Allen has been featured in the Carbon Nation film series, Soil Carbon Cowboys, on the Dr. Oz show, ABC Food Forecast News, and in Kiss The Ground, A Regenerative Secret, The Farmer’s Footprint film series, and the Sacred Cow film series.