How White Oak Pastures Produces the Best Lamb in Georgia - Vendors
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2023
- White Oak Pastures has been run by the Harris family for six generations, with a focus on sustainable farming. They were the first farmers to start the experiment of sheep grazing under solar panels, which keeps the soil healthy and allows the farm to run on solar energy. White Oak raises the lambs using regenerative farming and butchers them to sell to restaurants in the area.
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Credits:
Producer: Carla Francescutti
Directors: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Carla Francescutti
Production Coordinator: Nick Mazzocchi
Editor: Howie Burbidge
Drone Footage Courtesy of: Jay Henry, White Oak Pastures
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Supervising Producer, Operations: Stefania Orrù
Supervising Producer, Development: Gabriella Lewis
Audience Engagement: Avery Dalal
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Solar = Energy Independence!
Livestock-managed solar farms are a two-for-one.
Local food = healthy nutrition, and strong economy.
Awesome! 👍
Solar is NO Energy independence....Free ether energy is....
I could listen to farmer Harris talk all day.
That is a very interesting and good use of the land and also the lamb, it's a win win and there's practically no downside maybe other than the time it took to navigate the lambs as the panels can be considered as obstacles
This is a model farm in my opinion. From top to bottom, everything these folks do is RIGHT. That means no shortcuts and no compromise
Funny enough a local restaurant down the street proudly puts their products on their menu and believe it far and above the best quality meat you can get in the state, this entire production makes me so proud to born in raised in the peach state!
What’s the name of the restaurant?
These people are so passionate. You can see it in their eyes! I love it and what they’re doing. Such a good idea going forward for sustainability
Lamb is Australia’s #1 favourite source of meat and the rest of the world is missing out! The latest trends in oz is selling boneless lamb roast and leg which simplifies the cutting process. Marinate with rosemary and garlic and you’ll be seen as a king of men 👑
Yeti, thanks for sponsoring this. This is important stuff to share and keep alive.
will seems like a very knowledgeable and respectful man. need more like him in charge of these operations. and chef terry turned ingredients into beauty. what a great relationship
That Chef in the Last Minutes of the Video is just brilliant
I lived in Atlanta for 15 years and all the best restaurants served meat from White Oak Pastures. I made a lot of bulk orders from them and, while expensive, it was always worth it.
It’s great to learn how things work together to create a great meal, and it’s shows how great of a relationship everyone in the community.
The regenerative agriculture and farming is in my honest opinion the best way to respect the animals and the soil that we all eat form them.
That lamb heart and chanterelle mushroom dish looked amazing!
This video is so incredibly uplifting. I could listen to farmer Harris talk all day..
It's good to know there are at least SOME good people and businesses left in this world. Seems like everyone is ready to sell poison for profit these days
This is some of the most interesting Eater content I've seen in ages!!!
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At the top, I think it's worth saying that sustainable/regenerative farming efforts should be a core narrative for Eater moving forward - we need more content like this. It's about helping consumers better understand the relationship between food and environment. And I'd love to see a series...
Separate from that, though, is something even rarer. I've not seen extensively from American cooks (perhaps through naivety) the concept of nose-to-tail dining.
I'm sure it's more prevalent in some parts of the US (read - those with immigrant influence); but as an outsider, it feels that American meat cookery is very often confined to BBQ (read - brisket and ribs).
Watching such considered and composed cookery of cuts like heart, kidney and neck is so pleasing.
These are cuts that offer truly characterful flavours, and which can take them also. When did you last see filet mignon avec za'atar?
Effortless cookery of offal is not something I see enough in the UK, but especially from my friends on the other side of the 'pond'.
Chefs like Fergus Henderson (St Johns, London) have driven a rediscovery of this cookery. And, most importantly, put off-cuts back on the menus of the UK's best restaurants.
It's splendid!
I would urge the many 'foodies' that watched this video to become ambassadors of nose-to-tail dining.
I'm no farmer, no chef, and certainly no critic. But I'm someone that's enjoyed the influence of those that share the vision of White Oak Pastures (others are available).
More of this, please!
We have huge demand for solar power farms in South Africa and most of them are being built in our semi-desert regions... which happens to be our primary sheep-farming regions. So sheep farmers really love allowing solar parks to be built in their pastures.
It's amazing how their website is complete garbage. Terrible writers. Yet their video content is really great. I'd shut down the blog and just keep the youtube team
There's for sure a huge demand for nose-to-tail cooking in the US right now; it just greatly depends on where you're located.
Lamb is one of most underrated meats in the world. And it is amazing if its cooked perfectly.
Key phrase, "If cooked perfectly" 😄
@@doccholo905well I don't think one anyone likes a raw or overcooked lamb lol 😂
Totally Agree, but if you go to middle east countries they eat more Lambs than cows , there is lots of delicius stew , kebab ,... that they make with lamb and i prefer lamb over cow to be honest .
Venison has to be cooked perfectly most lamb is best served medium rare, but a slow roasted leg or shoulder is pretty hard to stuff up
Lamb is consumed all over the world, you know there are other countries Mr. US & A ?
As a Shepard, it makes me glad to see chefs perfecting the work we do with the sheep.
The old owner is wise. Respect.
These are really smart people who can tweak a farm operation to something rather unusual which benefits the farmer, the livestock, the utilities. Who would have thought grazing sheep on a solar farm?
When I was growing up, my parents bought whole or half beef. We always had tongue, kidney, hearts, whatever. Same with the chickens we raised. We used the feet, gizzards, heart.
I'm fascinated with the regenerative farming/ranching method.......and farms like White Oak Pastures.
More farms need to do this for our land
For those that don’t know. Will Harris and his daughter were recently on Joe Rogan. He was also on a solo episode last November. One of the best ways to fall asleep or learn about regenerative agriculture 😂
This is great, more stuff like this! Had no idea stuff like this was going on. And I love the older gentleman’s accent
This video is so incredibly uplifting
I love what Will Harris has done. Hope to see more follow his example.
Good local farm ethics I love and respect.
sheep + solar combo was cool
looks so so so good 🔥
brilliant, love it!
Everything is so unusual. Well done to you with a good business idea to improve your work.
I am American but grew up in the med (Italy, Greece, Turkey) and we in the US are so missing out on the fact we do not eat enough lamb or even goat. We need to move away from beef … it is so boring compared to lamb & goat and even mutton. I am all on on the gameyness of mutton.
We have deer, elk, moose, goats, sheep and lots of wild birds. If you hunt your not missing out on much.
If anything we should move away from pork.
@@FacitOmniaVoluntas. Why move away from pork rather than beef, which is what I assume you are saying
@@thomasdecarlo8543 Because pork is much unhealthier and pigs are animals that are much less suited for an ethical meat industry. I agree with you, Lamb is an amazing meat, but beef and poultry are still much better options than pork.
@@FacitOmniaVoluntas. you need to go back and do your homework on pork being “much unhealthier” than beef. Perhaps of you are not in US your pork is different than US raised pork. There is also more to think about than only ethical practices. There is sustainability and how much pollution each produces, etc. , etc. Many other multiple factors to consider in the big picture. You also need to look at how chickens are raised, both eggs and for meat, which is no more ethical than pork.
Awesome video
Will harris Ep- #1893 on the Joe Rogan Podcast was a great listen, very knowledgeable man.
Was stoked to see this good job!! 👌
Part 2 on JRE coming soon!
Lamb needs to be a common meat staple in USA now!!!
This is a Win Win for All.
This is common Practice here in Germany. I see it alot near my Village.
Awesome story
Love their accents😍
This is the future
God I love lamb and this makes me want it even more... :)
that roast lamb leg tho beautiful
hey put some brushes on the field. theyll love it
i need to hear "abattoir" from the man so bad. iykyk
Canoli better get 5 stars for performance review.
I live in New Zealand, we grow tons of grass fed beef, but we eat a lot of lamb
Well now I have no excuse to not go to the Deer and the Dove. I've been trying to convince my family to go since the James Beard awards. So now I'll just go myself.
BTW, that is the smallest Big Green Egg I've ever seen.
Fun fact: Pastures raised beef farms are the only provable piece of land in the world that’s actually sustainable
Now Im hungry 😅
White Oak is probably the best meat you can get in the U.S. (outside of tiny operations). didnt know about the solar aspect, which must be relatively new (still not visible on google maps satellite view)
This guy seems so legit
seems like a certified member of the kkk
Brilliant operation! It would be even better if they used less plastic.
I own goats used for packing camping gear into the Backcountry - Man,,, I sure want to eat everything I just saw on this video..!!!!!!!
Just imaging throwing those lamb ribs over a charcoal fire
raw
Only reason why no one really eats lamb is the PRICE, a little lamb rack is sooo much money it’s so good but the price eh
Very true. If demand increased, production would likely follow. Laws of scarcity will effect price positively toward the consumers benefit.
I live in New Zealand tomorrow I'm eating a leg of lamb I purchased for $12.00 a kilo about $7.00 usd or $3.20 per lb.
All I can think of watching this is the lack of guards on that table saw. What happens when you get woozy or faint forward?
Come to New Zealand we are known for our Lamb
Damn that's a solar fkin farm ..
Where is that weird meat restaurant at?
No GM or any of those chemicals in American meat. Excellent 👌
Lamb is the most delicious meat 🐑🐑
👍👌💯🎯
Lamb and mutton are eaten less in the US because they have a strong taste. The American consumer has been trained over recent decades by the grain fed industrial meat producers that meat should be all but flavorless (grain fed/finished meat is essentially flavorless and you can verify this by getting the same meat that is 100% pastured and tasting the difference for yourself). Sheep will not eat grain at all so it isn't possible to produce non "gamey" lamb or mutton.
In the last decade or so some US lamb producers have hit on a technique that does produce milder flavored lamb. They slaughter the lambs just as they start to wean. You can see this in the supermarket where US produced lamb will be half the size of Australian or New Zealand lamb.
I understand if you cannot afford pastured meat. It is a lot more expensive than the industrially raised stuff but try to buy the best quality meat you can.
I bet most American doesn't even want to try the lamb heart and kidneys.
I want that kidney dish in my face
Is the hard hat really necessary to walk sheep around?
It's the solar farm insurance that dictates a hard hat.
If you want to be on site you have to play by the rules.
@@jimurrata6785 I'm sure this is true, but its also incredibly stupid. Its on par with saying at the next chess grand masters event they'll need to wear mouth guards in case a piece flies up into their face.
Don't tell the lambs what happens to them later
hey l wanna buy lamb meat please give me the address
If you’ve never eaten lamb, you are missing out. I love steak, but lamb is my favorite. It’s better than steak.
That’s how it should be done
I have been buying white oak pastures beef products for years and I refuse to buy or consume any other beef. Once youve had a taste, everything else is bland and disgusting. Im so glad they partner with kroger and publix to bring us affordable, high quality grass fed ground beef. Having enjoyed dozens of your steaks and various cuts, i can say hands down that this beats any japanese a5 wagyu in terms of flavor.
God lord were the shearers drunk when they did that! I've never seen anything like it lol!
LOL! It does look silly but Katahdins are a hair sheep, so they naturally shed their coat. They aren’t sheared at all. I’ve worked with Katahdins (I’m from the state that they were created in)- their coats are a little bristly and shorter, like a Labrador retriever. Sweet animals. :)
@@VelvetCorgi Yeah I saw that afterwards lol. I'm from New Zealand and have seen a lot of sheep in my day, but nothing like that.
Love lamb, I always always get my food from local farms and grow my own veggies. This how Our land should be and our farms just keep it nature man. It’s taste 1000 time better 👊🏽
The chef sounds like Post Malone.
I’ve always found it amazing that Americans are so scared by lamb leg, shoulder etc or anything that isn’t the rack of ribs. In the UK and Europe we actually eat the whole animal not just a small part. Easter is nothing without a leg of lamb with roast potatoes and mint sauce.
Australians love their lamb, but its expensive.
@@adzoutnabout8666 It's not cheap here in the US, either. Americans like their steaks big. A lamb steak looks like a beef steak, to some people it's too small.
Huh, why did the title change to not mentioning solar?
But why would the helmet be necessary. Its solar panels not a construction site
Cows could also graze under the panels the analogy of a bull in a China shop comes to mind the bull doesn't break any plates .
Sell the head to Indonesia, we eat the head. So tasty
1:23 there is no stigma except in the backwards south.
Wow, what a prejudiced person you are.
No it isn’t dude no one in the north is cool with lambs running all over the place. It’s suburban and urban coastal people who have zero interaction with animals outside of scarfing down Walmart sausage links and antibiotic laden chicken
I have never had lamb
Don’t get any from the grocery store
I would start by experimenting with lamb kebobs and Greek gyros. Both are very affordable and delicious.
Lamb is delicious!
I’m sorry
So the footprint of 480 acres....how much power would this provide? Woul the whole planet have to be covered if we were to replaced petroleum fuels for good?
As a Italian American hearing a dog named cannoli is hilarious because it makes no sense its plural his name should be cannolo
God I love green propaganda. If you’re for this type of farming then you should naturally be for mining. The disconnect between green energy and mining is as wide as the ocean. Either it’s grown or mined, let’s do it the cleanedt and most sustainablyt as possibly. That means in North and South America. Everywhere else, who knows? Let’s support North/South American Mining and make sure we can provide our essential materials from our own lands! 😊
The background music is annoying, brilliant video aside from that.
It's always greasy to me.
Why is that dope wearing a hard hat and high viz in a open field ergh.
No.1
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Lamb is where I draw the line as a carnivore. Eating other creatures' babies is immoral.
Lamb tastes so foul, but maybe that is usually from bad quality at muslim restaurants.
Sustainable, maybe. Affordable, decidedly not.
The best lamb are raised eating unnatural grass. Let’s give it a decade or two and see how that’s going to end up. No wonder there’s so much lamb in the grocery stores now.
This guy’s been doing this since the 80’s and is a graduate of UGA’s agriculture school so maybe withhold judgement since he probably knows more than you ever will about this
Pre-radiated kebab, top kek
😂😂
Weird Meat says it all
Yum
Except lambs, goats, cows, and horses are not native to the North American continent. Only the bison is, if the landscapes were reverted back to the pre-colonial status quo, then there would be herds of over millions of bison grazing the prairie with native grasses and flora.
Show this to vegans, how much soy could have been planted here? ZERO INDEED.
Man that field looks like crap with all the solar crap all over it
Believe it or not farms aren’t about aesthetics
Cadmium and lead is not the flavor profile I'm looking for.
And how does the lead and cadmium get into the field?
As if they would eat the panels..
water@@arminkaiser8933
All while you type this from either a smart phone or a computer that is filled with lithium and cobalt... But go ahead and complain about solar panels.
I don't eat off of my phone@@VanillaGorilla7
Pretty dystopian imo
Yeah I love looking at cattle feed lots and industrial chicken barns, so natural and wholesome
Seems kinda cool actually. And I quite dislike solar panels, but it seems like a nice compromise, no land wasted.
Way better than where we are, and are headed.
Something can be dystopian from an aesthetic point of view, no one claimed that it's worse than the afformentioned methods.
@@Elyoslayer you see this as a great injustice? Edit: aesthetically?
Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell!!! 🎶🫠
Absolute worst use of land (solar fields), right up there with golf courses...if the power isn't being used immediately, it's a waste. Storage and transpo are the problem, not generation