A Bold Return to Giving a Damn

One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food

De: Will Harris

Narrado por: Will Harris

"If I could have one wish it is that every eater in America would read this book." —Ruth Reichl

From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate

Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered – chemicals, antibiotics, steroids, and more. His ancestors had built a highly profitable, conventionally-run machine, but over time he found himself disgusted with the excess, cruelty, and smalltown devastation this system entailed. So he bet the farm on forging a different way of doing things. One that works with nature not against it, and bridges the quickly widening delta between consumers and their food. Armed with tenacity, conviction and an outsized tolerance for risk, Harris called his approach “radical traditional” and it made him the pioneer of regenerative agriculture long before the phrase existed.

At once an intimate, multi-generational memoir and a microcosm of American agriculture at large, A BOLD RETURN TO GIVING A DAMN offers a pathway back to producing food the right way. At a time when food supply chains are straining, climate-induced catastrophes are playing havoc with harvests, and concern around who owns America’s farmland are more prescient than ever, Will Harris urges us to consider where the food we eat really comes from, and to re-connect to the places and people who raise what we eat each day. With keen storytelling, a good dose of irreverence, and an unflinching willingness to speak truth to power, Harris shows us why it’s never been more important to know your farmer than now.

Featured in Food and Country directed by Laura Gabbert and Ruth Reichl

Incredibly important message

I believe I have fallen in love with Mr. Will Harris. His passion, grit, honesty, and tenacity are inspiring and rare. I hope I do justice to the 38 acres of land I steward and the heartbeats that live here.

Absolutely must read!

This message should be shared to every American & human being on this beautiful planet. Not only is Will Harris’s message about our food origins profound, it is necessary to understand before it’s too late. I recommend this to everyone who cares about Earth & cares to do the work needed to make our food healthy again.

welcoming and educational

Shines a light on the struggles and efforts of achieving success along side nature and community.

I couldn't stop listening

I completely loved it and Will is a very good and easy to listen to speaker

Enlightening

Enjoyed the listen! Appreciate Will writing and dictating. Recommend reading if you want a better understanding where your food comes from