About this episode

AJ Richards discusses his experience with the Secretary of Agriculture and insights on the food system and public land grazing.

AJ Richards is back, and this time he's taking us inside the room with the Secretary of Agriculture. He's not a lobbyist. Nobody's paying him to be there. He's a homesteader from Cody, Wyoming who got invited because he was loud about our failing food system, and he's telling us what's really going on with public land grazing, the regenerative agriculture executive order, and why country of origin labeling isn't as simple as everyone thinks. AJ lives on seven and a half acres in Cody, Wyoming, but his family's roots go back to 1916, when they homesteaded the Arizona Strip as part of the Bundy Ranchers. He's also the founder of From The Farm, a platform built to connect consumers directly with producers. Since last fall, he's been part of a small group the Secretary of Agriculture personally invited to Washington to represent Western ranchers who felt unheard. In this episode, he and I get into what's actually moving in DC right now, why some of the loudest online criticism misses the point entirely, and why he believes prayer and discernment matter as much as policy. What You'll Learn Why yelling at the Secretary of Agriculture over country of origin labeling might be aimed at…

People in this episode

Guest: AJ Richards

Topics covered

• agriculture
• food system
• public land grazing
• regenerative agriculture
• country of origin labeling
• homesteading
• policy

Keywords

• homesteader
• Secretary of Agriculture
• food system
• public land grazing
• regenerative agriculture
• country of origin labeling
• Cody Wyoming
• Bundy Ranchers
• From The Farm

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: From The Farm, USDA, Department of Interior

Places: Cody, Wyoming, Arizona Strip, Washington

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