The Regenaissance Podcast

This live farm tour back in August 2025 was at J&L Green Farm in Virginia, where Jordan Green walks us through the operational heart of the farm. From on-farm poultry processing and cold storage to multi-species shelter design and silvopasture development, the conversation is delves into why certain farming infrastructures and layouts exist, how animals are rotated, on-farm problems with certain infrastructure, and how design iterations have helped him reduce labor, improved animal welfare, and increased land productivity.

Key Topics
  • On-farm poultry processing layout and cold-chain control
  • Multi-species shelter systems and labor efficiency
  • Pasture poultry genetics, heat stress, and shelter design
  • Multi-species grazing: pigs, cattle, poultry, and soil health
  • Silvopasture development and long-term land productivity
Why You Should Listen
  • Hear how a regenerative farm works in practice.
  • Learn how J&L Green Farm designs systems to reduce labor and scale.
  • Understand real-world multi-species grazing.
  • Hear lessons learned through trial and error.
  • Gain a clear view of resilient land management.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 – Arrival at J&L Green Farm and overview of the hub property
 00:09:30 – Poultry processing setup, layout logic, and food safety flow
 00:18:45 – Ice, chill-down, freezer capacity, and cold storage strategy
 00:28:15 – Farm store setup, permits, and limited-hours retail model
 00:37:45 – Customer ordering, fulfillment, shipping, and efficiency tradeoffs
 00:47:00 – Brooder containers, chick cycles, and feed formulation
 00:56:30 – Poultry genetics, growth rates, and pasture vs conventional models
 01:06:00 – Mobile multi-species shelter system design and iteration process
 01:15:30 – Heat management, airflow, labor efficiency, and daily moves
 01:25:00 – Grazing rotation with poultry, cattle, and pigs on shared ground
 01:34:30 – Silvopasture development, pigs as land-management tools
 01:44:00 – Soil health outcomes, resilience, mistakes learned, and long-term vision

What is The Regenaissance Podcast?

Hosted by @Regenaisanceman with the mission of reconnecting us back to where our food is grown & exposing everything that is wrong with our broken food system. We are more disconnected from our food than we ever have been. I sit down with ranchers and farmers to give them a voice and hear their stories, helping paint a picture of what it really looks like to support humanity with food. I also will be talking to others involved in the agriculture space as there is a lot that goes into it all. My hope is that from hearing this podcast you will begin to question what you eat and where from.