Regenerative Farming at Work! Pigs and Chickens Helping to Restore the Native Ecosystem!

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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

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  • @mindlessjulian1666
    @mindlessjulian1666 Год назад +1639

    It makes me happy seeing livestock in nature instead of big, windowless buildings.

    • @Ardour_of_A_Leopard
      @Ardour_of_A_Leopard Год назад +30

      Even if the factory has windows it's still a dreaded factory. Avoid at all costs.

    • @baddadfarmjokes
      @baddadfarmjokes Год назад +26

      And we eat those animals that are tortured.. picture the soul they have left.. if any.. so sad.. I’m not against eating meat. I’m against unfair treatment..

    • @mindlessjulian1666
      @mindlessjulian1666 Год назад +31

      @@baddadfarmjokes I absolutely agree. We evolved as omnivores, it's natural to for us to eat meat. What isn't natural is for animals to be kept in horrible conditions.

    • @julianmccallum8812
      @julianmccallum8812 Год назад +1

      Your username is mean

    • @DadSkool
      @DadSkool Год назад +1

      Cool

  • @KevinJD2030
    @KevinJD2030 Год назад +929

    This is indeed the best way to preserve and maintain a Forrest. These animals do turn over the soil which in turn allows the oak leaves to compost faster. Which in turn will feed the chickens and pigs in the form of insects. Their manure which in turn will fertilize the soil which will attract more insects, which go on and restore the soil and most importantly the top soil. Which in turn will cause biodiversity. It leaves you beautiful Forrest as a end result.

    • @Jenni_H
      @Jenni_H Год назад +16

      Exactly and the natural manure helps the soil.

    • @nancyhowell4505
      @nancyhowell4505 Год назад +3

      @ Kevin *biodiversity? 🙂

    • @KevinJD2030
      @KevinJD2030 Год назад +3

      @@nancyhowell4505 i have noticed it today my Dutch autocorrection did that😅😂😂 I've changed it😁

    • @Colombiana__
      @Colombiana__ Год назад +2

      Amazing❤

    • @shahidchaudhary52
      @shahidchaudhary52 Год назад +2

      Yea ..it all starts with shit....😊

  • @roisinhart
    @roisinhart Год назад +609

    I never actually knew you could just let your livestock roam through a forest on your land. Sounds like the coolest way to farm. I love forests.

    • @stilllearning1160
      @stilllearning1160 Год назад +73

      I believe it has to be done judiciously. You can't just let the animals have unlimited access year round. Careful rotational grazing leaves behind manure etc. which fertilises the soil where upon grasses can grow which help with erosion nourish the soil and provide a biosphere that in turn feeds the trees and helps to retain moisture.

    • @Alex-sv7vt
      @Alex-sv7vt Год назад +37

      And they have a fence, livestock dogs, and predator lights to protect the animals.

    • @imeanok3243
      @imeanok3243 Год назад +4

      They most definitely don’t. Especially with the pigs, male pigs will hit female pigs when they’re pregnant until they have a miscarriage so they go back into heat and or kill all the piglets. They wouldn’t have any pigs if they just let them roam.
      Chickens have so many predators it’s insane. They definitely have some kind of cupe

    • @leahheapp
      @leahheapp Год назад +18

      @@imeanok3243 if you scan through their videos they explain how they keep them like this. They have quite a few security measures in place to help the animals survive and stay protected fairly well whilst they’re are constantly free roaming

    • @woodlandxwarrior
      @woodlandxwarrior Год назад +7

      I have 30 chickens and 4 ducks at one point on 5 acres in front of a national reserve. All negibors had 5 acres minimum and sometimes much more but were all backed by these same reserves in a culdsac type setup. I let them free roam. Turned my 10x12 shed into a roost and they came out when then wanted and returned when they wanted. Best fertilizer and I barely needed to feed them because they scavenged everything from the land itself. They are fine to free roam but wildlife can be determential to them if they don't roost properly or have some sort of protection. They are very hardy animals and don't need much care in the right enviorment but one swipe can kill a whole flock if you're not paying attention. Had what we call the chicken holocaust. Had 30 and woke up to 29 beheaded chickens from what we believe to be fisher cats. Can happen and will happen in time but that's apart of them having freedom is being susceptible to wildlife.

  • @MiamiStJames
    @MiamiStJames Год назад +1

    I raised pigs in northern Maine for years using this system and every word you say is true!

  • @christiansmith5554
    @christiansmith5554 Год назад +300

    The grass sure is greener on the other side and not in a bad way

    • @bend3rbot
      @bend3rbot Год назад +15

      Yeah, but it's broad leafed European grasses of chicken tolerant type, not restored nature of a range of plants. I think what she sees is productive treed chicken land, to support her 1000 meat-birds, and to her, that's progress change, but it ain't habitat. I think she's selective in her focus and appreciation for balance.

    • @charlieguy6872
      @charlieguy6872 Год назад +6

      ​@Uncle Iroh land takes years and years to fully heal and the first things that come back are the strongest things. The grass is okay its just not very diverse

    • @butchmikey
      @butchmikey Год назад

      @@bend3rbot shes shown in other videos that the greenery is local fawna. you can barely see the greenery in this video for a few seconds so i don’t trust you have any ability to identify it.

  • @hollis3853
    @hollis3853 Год назад

    AWESOME JOB.... So kool... And positive karma in working the rural America. Love seeing this. Inspiring...

  • @vegacardullo1917
    @vegacardullo1917 Год назад +1

    God bless you! I pray there will be more farmers using these methods ❤

  • @juleyyv
    @juleyyv Год назад +18

    I love seeing how you take care of your animals! They are not locked up in small cages, instead they have plenty of space.

  • @juliebarsky6761
    @juliebarsky6761 Год назад +49

    I hope more farms will adopt your practices

  • @davidhardison3050
    @davidhardison3050 Год назад +28

    That's a good job. Grandpa tell me that's how they used to clear their land. It's nice to see somebody go back to the old ways.

  • @timothybullock785
    @timothybullock785 Год назад

    Don't listen to people who don't know what they are talking about. You are a genius. Keep up the good work

  • @melindawilliams6624
    @melindawilliams6624 Год назад +116

    Fantastic job. If they don't know, they don't know.💜

    • @mikepierce1724
      @mikepierce1724 Год назад

      Idiot it's fine how it is how did trees get so big before people ?

  • @tarron3237
    @tarron3237 Год назад

    Each year thousands of square miles of rain forest are being destroyed - yet people complain about.. this??
    Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
    To see these animals in the open, leading a happy life, compared to those in cages and stables, is beautiful.
    Thank you for treating them with respect

  • @zerox9440
    @zerox9440 Год назад +7

    Wow I thought you would have to walk across the entire farm just to get from the green to the gray, but to see that much definition between your line of work and the rest of the world is Amazing!

  • @vinjagvijya
    @vinjagvijya Год назад +7

    Fantastic Work mama - very pleased to see something that will benefit, the community. Finally a deserving video after many years

  • @robertbrown374
    @robertbrown374 Год назад +42

    This is really great. The people that complain about you damaging the forest are the same people that eat avocados that are flowing in using jet fuel and subsistents labor. They actually don't know anything they're talking about. You should tell him to just stop eating so that we won't have to use so much farmland and we'll save the environment.

    • @mikepierce1724
      @mikepierce1724 Год назад

      You ruin it then leave it lmao leave animals in there see it stupid . Drive over lawn for year then leave it grass grows wow !!!!? Dumb

    • @Probity100
      @Probity100 Год назад +5

      100% they complain the most yet don’t understand anything about farming

    • @jhoover8734
      @jhoover8734 Год назад +3

      Sad thing is that there are some that would prefer people to disappear rather than damage or even change the environment.

    • @jujutu5084
      @jujutu5084 Год назад

      Some complaints are really alternative feedback. I have no knowledge, but from another that does, it helps to realize that there's allot to learn and share based on where you live and how the climate can work for or against the damage incurred.

    • @1millionpumpkins542
      @1millionpumpkins542 Год назад

      People don't realize that nature stocked the land with wild animals in great number. Since those are depleted, restoration requires us to add them back into the equation with adaptive grazing of domesticated animals.

  • @3pipper
    @3pipper Год назад

    It is about BALANCE… Controlling the demand on the land , opposed to saturation / over populating the land… thank you for demonstrating good BALANCE production of your live stock and how it benefits the land and the live stock…EXCELLENT!!!

  • @viclaney6575
    @viclaney6575 Год назад +4

    Most of us have enough sense to know your use of chickens to fertilize and aerate the soil along with culling from it many of the parasites can only convert that broken into that lush and green. Although I hate the chickens and pigs' being slaughtered, at least theit lives are fun and exciting before coming to abrupt end. Blessings.

    • @janinebelleestrada7096
      @janinebelleestrada7096 Год назад +1

      Plus the animals feed people too and free range animals tend to have a hint of earthiness and slight taste of sweet honey in their meat and I dont know why

    • @Jesuslovesyou8525
      @Jesuslovesyou8525 Год назад

      Please eat meat once a week, your body is more valuable than theirs in the end

  • @smoothieshealth2778
    @smoothieshealth2778 Год назад

    It bothers me that people just comment and judge off the cuff without researching first or getting an understanding as why or how these things work. I appreciate what you and your family are doing. I'm binging your videos now. 👍🏾

  • @TonyValdezCeballos
    @TonyValdezCeballos Год назад +1

    I would like to see more comparisons between what the forest used to look and how it looks now and if it's something that can be scaled without the need of modern feeds or antibiotics.

  • @sportshall8292
    @sportshall8292 Год назад

    Hello Dear. You Are Doing A Outstanding Job . Excellent . Keep Up The Good Work . God Bless You.👍♥️

  • @lawrencemidwinter9416
    @lawrencemidwinter9416 Год назад

    Wow did not now thatcwas possible. The renew forest looks wonderful. Great job keep it up.

  • @susansnyder6373
    @susansnyder6373 Год назад

    That’s great was able to see the way you raise the livestock at our stay at your farm. We were able to see the successful way you preserve the forest.

  • @WildPrimal23
    @WildPrimal23 Год назад

    Absolutely incredible. Thank you guys for what you do for the world. You help natural ecosystems as well as provide amazing natural foods to your communities.

  • @DABEATBAKERZ
    @DABEATBAKERZ Год назад +1

    Don’t listen to us internet commentators keep up the good work

  • @evb.4476
    @evb.4476 Год назад +1

    I hope they are helping the land!

  • @joannasarcamedes8191
    @joannasarcamedes8191 Год назад

    That is a courageous undertaking and the best way. I admire how your family prioritize the environment and feeding the livestock at the same time.

  • @michaellindsey1863
    @michaellindsey1863 Год назад

    Just like the land you're working on conserving your beautiful❤❤❤

  • @glowilk5377
    @glowilk5377 Год назад

    Algorithm turned up your channel. It’s very informative to your lifestyle. I’m glad you’re here on RUclips. Thank you..

  • @ambabamba7271
    @ambabamba7271 Год назад

    Love this! Those chickens are beautiful!😍

  • @mitchellmagden8283
    @mitchellmagden8283 Год назад

    You guys are doing an amazing job keep up the good work

  • @whatisgoingonineedtoknow.
    @whatisgoingonineedtoknow. Год назад

    Thank you for teaching and showing it can be done.

  • @brownbrown8668
    @brownbrown8668 Год назад

    Wow I absolutely love your farming techniques. Your hair is dope!

  • @jefaljone
    @jefaljone Год назад

    I love what you guys do! I have so much respect for farmers! 😍

  • @bethsadowski4381
    @bethsadowski4381 Год назад

    This is awesome. I’ve never seen anything like this and you should be really proud of yourself. I’ve always felt bad for animals, but you give them a good life.

  • @bwabwa8810
    @bwabwa8810 Год назад

    This is amazing. I love people like you who are willing to try something that seems strange but is completely amazing. I need to be more like you.

  • @f.chrisliuzzo7889
    @f.chrisliuzzo7889 Год назад

    Everything you do is beautiful and I wish more people were like you….

  • @Emma-fe6yt
    @Emma-fe6yt Год назад +2

    Oh my gosh, I just found you and this is incredible. I need to know more!!

  • @chowmane143
    @chowmane143 Год назад

    Thank you for what you are doing! providing food and restorative work. My community is being filled with new construction and you know what that means….our wildlife is going away. Our owls, our beautiful red tailed hawks, our livestock (we were filled with farms). GONE! Thank you mankind for destroying what was left 🙄😡.

  • @Davey1022
    @Davey1022 Год назад

    It is awesome how you have figured this all out .

  • @louiswinslow3785
    @louiswinslow3785 Год назад

    IM FEELING YOUR WORK AND YOUR WORK IS SEEN..ALL GOOD WORK NO DAMAGE DONE

  • @deathdrummer1019
    @deathdrummer1019 Год назад

    I love your way of life.. wish other farmers would take notes

  • @hyacinthbucket3281
    @hyacinthbucket3281 Год назад

    LOVE what you are doing!!

  • @milicadamjanovich7158
    @milicadamjanovich7158 Год назад

    How smart you are. Thank you

  • @DaveThompson_thedave
    @DaveThompson_thedave Год назад

    It is so awesome to see this happening! Keep up the good work. 😊

  • @jnf2211
    @jnf2211 Год назад

    Love it! Keep spreading the message! Livestock help the earth, not damage it!

  • @clavgirl
    @clavgirl Год назад

    That reveal at the end!! Gorgeous

  • @kreativuntermdach7351
    @kreativuntermdach7351 Год назад +5

    That looks green, but if you do it for too long, no new growth is happening. At some point you need to let younger trees take seed and grow, which wont happen with that much pigs and chickens. Best example for damaged, overused forests are the oak-forests of the mediterraneans which are used just this way, but they have no underbrush and all the trees are old and dieing. Remember to give it time to rejuvenate, too.

    • @Specogecko
      @Specogecko Год назад +1

      Yea this is just converting forest into open habitat, this isn’t restoring a forest ecosystem. Just converting it into another kind of ecosystem.
      Nonetheless it’s still good farming practice compared to most types of farming.

    • @catherineloucks8944
      @catherineloucks8944 Год назад +2

      I'm trying to see if thats stilt grass...if so that forest is doomed for over a generation. Green doesn't equal a healthy forest.

  • @redblueyellowlight_brigh91956
    @redblueyellowlight_brigh91956 Год назад

    This is such a great video. Thank you for sharing!

  • @Kyopse
    @Kyopse Год назад

    Wow that’s a lush forest alright. Great job friends! God bless!❤

  • @victoriastang
    @victoriastang Год назад

    That's just so amazing! Truly. Just wow.

  • @dr.tichaona660
    @dr.tichaona660 Год назад

    You are amazing. Don't listen to some ignorant haters

  • @mzkitta6316
    @mzkitta6316 Год назад

    You make all of this look so easy

  • @zubsies
    @zubsies Год назад

    There's a right way, and a million wrong ways to do something. People with the right knowledge can do wonderful things, like you are

  • @jessicazimmerman1121
    @jessicazimmerman1121 Год назад

    The end was a reveal!!!! I applaud you ❤

  • @alexpacura9810
    @alexpacura9810 Год назад

    This my dream wife. Your husband must be proud of you!

  • @aimeehazelton2067
    @aimeehazelton2067 Год назад

    BRILLIANT!! Just fantastically brilliant

  • @lilykst3530
    @lilykst3530 Год назад

    I think y'all are doing a great job! Ignore the haters

  • @07Janina07
    @07Janina07 Год назад

    This right here should be the standard in the food industry.

  • @gracereynolds7503
    @gracereynolds7503 Год назад +4

    Looks like monoculture grass. How does this restore the forest ecosystem? Are you planning on integrating native plants? I'm not asking rhetorically I am legitimately curious. It seems like a promising idea, but I have some concerns.

  • @brookeskipper5573
    @brookeskipper5573 Год назад

    True meaning of "grass is greener on the other side" that's amazing.

  • @beverleyarnold7204
    @beverleyarnold7204 Год назад +1

    Well done you 🌹

  • @candyboo2008
    @candyboo2008 Год назад

    It looks beautiful out there good work sister

  • @cheftetoalvarez
    @cheftetoalvarez Год назад

    Wow I love everything that you’re doing

  • @davidh9897
    @davidh9897 Год назад

    Cool, great job, hope others learn from your experience. 🙏

  • @selwyncameron5869
    @selwyncameron5869 Год назад

    THANKS for Information ❤❤❤❤
    Continued
    SUCCESS
    EMPRESS!!!
    JAH
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    BLESS UP
    QUEEN 🇯🇲

  • @miriammcgee
    @miriammcgee Год назад

    Allan Savory taught these ideas. Its amazing. Can save the planet if animal agricultural shifted to this globally.

  • @nikkigamble2285
    @nikkigamble2285 Год назад +1

    I'd love to learn more about this method.❤❤❤❤❤

  • @annas9612
    @annas9612 Год назад +1

    I think you guys are amazing 👏 💖

  • @skatir9
    @skatir9 Год назад

    I am impressed with the result!

  • @thevision4734
    @thevision4734 Год назад

    I first learned of this through polyface forms in Virginia. I've recently been looking at buying about 500 acres in Canada because it has a lake on it and five rivers, but I would like to try this type of farming. Do you ever allow volunteers to come and volunteer or work with you guys for a couple of months or a year? I've seen how the system of bringing in pigs to move the Earth quite a bit, helps heal the Earth and reinvigorates the Earth with worms, followed by chickens which eat some of the insects, and then cows. But once it's healed it looks like you bringing cows which eat down the grass, followed by pigs followed by chickens and at the end of it you have a rich soil that's literally black from how healthy there soil is. And, when you dig you find dozens of if not hundreds of worms with every shovel.

  • @TheRUKIA14
    @TheRUKIA14 Год назад

    Wow! You're team doing an awesome job! I love it. oh well those Karens should learn from this :)

  • @rachelneri4911
    @rachelneri4911 Год назад

    You are very inspiring

  • @Zigazaga420
    @Zigazaga420 Год назад

    Changed my mind wow that’s beautiful land now

  • @KooYang
    @KooYang Год назад

    i hate it when people who doesnt even live that life style put their opinion on your lifestyle. keep doing what you do sister! Power to you!

  • @finkleheimerish
    @finkleheimerish Год назад

    I had KFC on a free range country once. Best chicken ever. You are doing a great job.

  • @xXBoredomeXx
    @xXBoredomeXx Год назад +101

    Love it. Old school conservationalist here

    • @Tzreoaor
      @Tzreoaor Год назад +1

      Tell us about your made up degree. I’m an actual ecologist and this is not restoring an ecosystem. An insanely dense ratio of animal to land does nothing but hurt. Both of those animals are beyond destructive as well

    • @dingo5842
      @dingo5842 Год назад

      @@Tzreoaor "Hey everybody! Mr. Coolz is an "actual ecologist!". 😂😂😂

    • @Tzreoaor
      @Tzreoaor Год назад +1

      @@dingo5842 If you knew anything at all about ecology you would understand what I said. You do know people actually have careers?

    • @AdamRosenberg_fatfrog
      @AdamRosenberg_fatfrog Год назад

      ​@@Tzreoaor I don't have a degree, but I do know that historically, large herds of ruminants existed all over the place that would come through and "hurt" fertility into the land. This does not really exist most places humans dwell in numbers. Furthermore current science supports the idea that land and soil restoration requires those large herds of ruminant animals to regenerate the soil. The current science also suggests that applying rotational practices to mimic the patterns of migrating herds has proven to be similarly effective in regenerative practices. But, again, I don't have a degree. Now, I do understand that utilizing modern recommended agricultural practices involving large herds of animals is ultimately destructive. However. there is a balance to be observed when it comes to these things.

  • @Specogecko
    @Specogecko Год назад +1

    Well this is better than most other farming methods, this does damage understory vegetation, including young saplings. Essentially this will convert forest into open habitat; a meadow or grassland. This most likely will not restore the forest ecosystem, unless done differently.

  • @philognosis6409
    @philognosis6409 Год назад +26

    If you have a grass understory which happens with little undergrowth you will eventually get a field. That's not really restoring a forest. I am not saying that it is a bad idea, however.

    • @KevinJD2030
      @KevinJD2030 Год назад +4

      Yes you are correct that this can destroy a Forrest but it really depends on how you manage the livestock in your Forrest if you let pieces of te Forrest rest to give young trees a chance than you can actually restore it. It's not perse better to let the oak leaves pile up. The best is that they get crumbled by animals so the leaves can be composted

    • @oodlesofpoodles8353
      @oodlesofpoodles8353 Год назад +1

      If you let the livestock continually use that one piece of land, then yes you’re right. I’m guessing by the electric fence she rotates their grazing area so that doesn’t happen..

    • @philognosis6409
      @philognosis6409 Год назад

      @@oodlesofpoodles8353 I mean browsers that eat the next generation of woody vegetation. The understory was to clear for the replacement rate of trees. That can persist for a long time however before being irreversible.

    • @oodlesofpoodles8353
      @oodlesofpoodles8353 Год назад

      @@philognosis6409 it would be extremely difficult to have it eaten down to the point of being irreversible.. even if a forest is burned the vegetation always comes back.

  • @shawnmorgan7001
    @shawnmorgan7001 Год назад

    thank you so much for showing people it can be dun ..

  • @lanalovesjesus6133
    @lanalovesjesus6133 Год назад

    Wow, can’t argue with those results

  • @sarajanesmith3892
    @sarajanesmith3892 Год назад +3

    Fantastic Job!

  • @3006gage
    @3006gage Год назад

    I love it keep up the great work

  • @hidinginsight1879
    @hidinginsight1879 Год назад

    Yaaaaaas! Here on Big Island Hawaii, my chickens and the seasonal wild boars make my orchard super-healthy!

    • @clittle1559
      @clittle1559 Год назад

      sounds like potentially awsome videos.

  • @Xsh755
    @Xsh755 Год назад

    Forest farming is the new black here. It sounds way better than the deserts of monsoon culture that we are so used to❤🎉😊

  • @storm_delany894
    @storm_delany894 Год назад

    Amazing! How it should be done 👍

  • @gatortater1853
    @gatortater1853 Год назад +2

    How did you go about land acquirement? Savings? Land grants? This way of farming is my goal someday.

  • @time2see192
    @time2see192 Год назад

    Wow, that's incredible!!! Animals are SO GOOD for our environment, when raised in smaller community farms, as opposed to corporate farming. They was NOT how it was intended. But soon it will ALL be outlawed, for "climates sake." 🤦‍♀️

  • @johnsensserwadda9699
    @johnsensserwadda9699 Год назад

    Love your system..wud love to do the same one day.

  • @ryobiman
    @ryobiman Год назад +4

    How do you keep the fleas & ticks out of your hair?

  • @geeperjane
    @geeperjane Год назад +10

    The appalachian forest should not be grassy. You are damaging the native understory and removing insect/bug/snake/salamander homes. Dead leaves with slower decomposition is a good thing. Shrubs and saplings are a good thing. Grass should be rare in this particular type of forest.

  • @arjr74
    @arjr74 Год назад

    I love how you constantly shut all these haters up😂😂😂😂❤

  • @daviddauterman325
    @daviddauterman325 Год назад

    *That Message scores a strong 10!*

  • @johnnyb5048
    @johnnyb5048 Год назад

    Amazing forest system I'll never have that in chicago

  • @OnlyLoveIsWelcome
    @OnlyLoveIsWelcome Год назад

    Very smart! 😃 This next comment is unrelated to anything at all but I love your locs❤

  • @delana2842
    @delana2842 Год назад

    Girl, you are my shero! ❤

  • @conway329
    @conway329 Год назад

    Love your hair❤

  • @berniceglover5811
    @berniceglover5811 Год назад

    Thanks so muchhhhh God bless you

  • @anamaetorres6456
    @anamaetorres6456 Год назад +1

    I just absolutely love this

  • @serenarodriguez9803
    @serenarodriguez9803 Год назад +6

    Wow, I need to know exactly how you do that!