The Biggest Little Farm: John & Molly Chester | Rich Roll Podcast

absolutely f////ake video...
you can make it..if,,ANYBODY,,,sponsor this,,,,

I got a question how do y'all breed Emma without a boar??

I’m currently writing a children’s book on farm animals and now I’m adding some produce as well as recommending for my readers, to watch your movie! I love it sooo much!🥰♥️

Amazing! Tellement intéressant et important! Thank you! We really need more of all this!

I believe the farm worked so well because God's system was used. There's a reason for all the plants and animals.

At 55 years old, with a deep desire to contribute to this way of life and live it, is there a roadmap, realizing there’s only so much physical strength I’ll be able to sustain…I would like to die trying what you’re doing in some small way.

Here’s a quote for you. “Worrying is praying for what you don’t want”.

The bottom line is that all is not lost, and with effort and inspiration we can regenerate the whole planet's ecosystems and provide a more sustainable society. You must be blind to not realise that this is the attitude humans should take. Let's hope the younger generations are inspired by this brilliant film/documentary. Great job! You deserve a Nobel in environmentalism.

This is literally every household in a Romanian village nowadays. They kept the exact way of farming for hundreds of years.

I am poor. When The Biggest Little Farm movie came out, I paid full price dragging my friends every single week just to see that movie. 10 weeks in a row I went and watch that movie and I love it. I went out and bought the DVD.
I taught myself organic gardening and the whole thing with the worms and the compost and integrated pest management and I must tell you I freaking love that movie!!! If the photograph of Todd looking straight at the camera with those amazing blue eyes was produced on a t-shirt (100% cotton), I would probably buy five!! I love the movie I love the way the movie was put together I loved the nature shots and there was just enough drama and adventure to throw everybody in the theater thank you so much to TODD for being the catalyst *RIP

these people arent as smart as they think they are

Wow! What a wonderful documentary ❤️ where can I watch the movie please ? Love from South Africa 🇿🇦❤️

Wild deer, elk and other animals natural to the environment could provide the ruminant function on a "vegan" farm that isn't raising traditional farm animals for slaughter. Or the traditional farm animals could live as guests on a vegan farm, still performing the function of eating grass and making manure, just with a different end of life. Anyone have this experience?

Interesting film. Don't be fooled.. farming is not as romantic as this film makes it out to be.
They had major financial backing to do this. Probably dropped two hundred thousand in the first 10 minutes of this film.
The saddest part of this is that it was edited in a way that makes the viewer think these two were doing so much on their own.
Make another film highlighting all the workers who made this possible.

This is wonderful - what beautiful people and what an amazing invitation to live regeneratively and have a new relationship again with nature. The talk about this being an issue of national security reminded me of Paul Stamets' argument that saving old growth forests is a matter of national security, given their role in hosting mycelial networks and species of fungus with the potential to transform our food, medicine and even things like packaging, engineering, ecosystem cleanup.... I hope you'll have Paul on one day.

In your talk with Zach Bush he commented that farmers "till for the aesthetics". I'd say it's more like they till because, having turned it into dirt, it has to be unnaturally aerated in order to absorb water and make space for roots to grow (of short rooted annuals). And it could all stop with cover cropping and diverse plant systems that include deep rooted perennials.

So boring

So boring

So boring😊

Concerning the destruction of the soil, the great dust bowl is a prime example. Ken Burns did an excellent documentary on it.

I would like to ask, in regard to the child (as in farm) you'd do anything for, what was the startup cost of this reality?

I've watched the documentary over a year ago, and have never stopped thinking about it. It has inspired me so much. This is what I want to do. I don't have a green-thumb (quite the opposite actually). I want to learn so bad though. I'm going to buy myself a house with land and I want to build a miniature of that. If there is any tips anyone can give, please, drop it here. I'll look for books.

Fantastic video! I missed it when it first came around, it’s so good to see it now in 2023. I suppose the biggest bone of contention here is the whole question of animals death in farming. I remember an interview with Wendell Berry the famous, writer, poet, and teacher from Kentucky. Obviously, a very enlightened guy who also has been a farmer for many years. At the time I was seeing the video I was pretty virulently vegan, and he made comments about the necessity of killing animals, if you’re a farmer. And I didn’t like it. However, after watching this video, I understand more. It’s easy for me as a rural suburban dude to opine judgment upon farmers for the death of cows, pests, and rodents. However, I see now my lack of vision and understanding that the Earth is constantly about death and life. It’s the only way. One just has to make a decision on what sort of death one understands/supports. And that it’s just the way things are in nature.

Ammonium Nitrate? Doesn’t nitrogen come from green or “fresh” plants in a composing situation? Isn’t that enough for vital soil, as a source? Why is the ammonium crystal (coming from animal poop and urine I imagine) necessary?

Together is the nicest place to be! Today I decided is going to be different 😎😊

All animals die. And all are eaten by macrobes or microbes. Evolution is a beautiful and ugly thing, if you insist on thinking in such childish ways about reality. The food chain that delivered us all, is not going away because some simple-minded, ignorant children throw tantrums, that we exist because we ate animals. It's all beautiful, and sad, and happy and magical. And what other species' diets would such children wish to change to their detriment.

The earth does not care about us. The next mass extinction is coming, and this earth will remain indifferent to it. The reason to "save the planet" is for self-interest. I love the life on this planet and our species and intelligent, rational, wisdom including conservation. We need not think like simpletons, and apologize for our existence. But I would agree that many people have little reverence for the sanctity of life and the conservation of this brief moment of time we have on earth.

Absolutely fantastic interview. This is how all farms should be. That would change the world...Looks like you will need to teach farming.

Somehow I missed this when it first came out, but I'm THRILLED to see this podcast after watching movie on airplane (the irony!) Their open approach to learning and sharing makes me miss my grandparents so much. They had a 40 acre "old Macdonald's farm, which reminds me so much of this project❤

I'm a vegan and think it's naive for vegans to expect total veganism for everyone. I don't like the idea of any animal being sold for slaughter, but I am totally on board with John and Molly and give them an enormous amount of credit for having a regenerative farm. At least their animals are cared for and healthy. As much as vegans would love to see the world become vegan, let's have a reality check...it's not going to happen. So, instead of questioning Rich's 'lack of' concern or pointing fingers at John and Molly, maybe, collectively, 'we' should be praising and raising them up for all of the hard work and dedication they have put into making a farm that is sustainable in every way. We need more people like them, we need to encourage better farming practices. Vegans, please put your energy into getting factory farming to stop and support farmers like these two incredible people! The world needs them. (I know this podcast was 3 years ago, but it's still important and still a hot topic). Thanks Rich, for another superb podcast.

and really one of the best podcasters i have seen and heard.knows just when to interject but always adding something valuable to the conversation..a true listener that is not encomberd by his own self awareness or celebrity..very nice take.

the GLOBAL REGIME/NEW WORLD ORDER actually counted on human STUPIDITY to be able to pull this off, the invention of the TV/IDIOT BOX, was the PERFECT PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPON TO BRING THE MASS'S INTO A STATE OF COMPLETE DELUSIONAL OBEDIENCE-Time to WAKE UP, Know the Lie you are living. 100% CORAL BED DEATH RATE IN FLORIDAS WATERS - GEOENGINEERING IS DESTROYING OUR ENTIRE ECO-SYSTEMS - CHECK YOUR SOIL FOR HEAVY METALS/TOXINS

Just watched their documentary.......enlightening, and hopeful.

So Very Enjoyable, and Inspirational... Thank You....

mercy for the animals! <3

So good!

I watched this film the minute it came out online and I remember thinking, "Yay!! They really GOT IT!!" I'm an environmental educator and majored in communications, hoping to reach people with film and TV. I did produce some for PBS but not with the emotional connection that makes Biggest Little Farm so very powerful. I am so grateful for John and Molly sticking with it and seeing this through. I know from personal experience how hard it can be.

Here in the Uk The National Trust, who have been given land and money are getting rid of farmers to rewild land, There will soon be no room to grown any food! They need stopping!

Thanks for this video and please study:Ernesto Sirolli and Bruce Lipton and Stephen Ritzi,thanks

Please give this to Mo Dewji .

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Awesome podcast! Loved the interactions between the 3 of you and the insights about regeneration. I have been retired for 6 months and am now 68. For the last 5 and a 1/2 years I have been turning my weed choked 3/4 acre backyard into a farm in San Diego County. I whole heartedly concur with your approach and felt a connection with the 3 of you. I hope you will take what I am about to say in the spirit of love in which it is given. Your awe of Nature and all of its unfathomable complexity will, I hope, turn into a realization that there must be a Creator as there is no way anything like the big bang and evolution could come up with this amazing gift we have been given no matter how many billion years it was given. (I don't believe in that part obviously) The interdependence of ecological systems that would have to come together quickly all at the same time would be impossible. The systems of individual organisms having to evolve at the same time creates the same issue. Something to think about. (By the way, when the Climate Change crowd vilifies carbon, please remember that they are talking exclusively about CO2 which is very necessary and something we could actually use a lot more of.) Thank you for all you are doing to improve global health!

What a beautiful ode to courage, vision, perseverance and harmony.

Amazing ❤🎉 love it so much😂

Thank you. I wish I was young enough, knowledgeable enough, and energetic enough to do what they did. I think I could do a small organic plot for my own consumption.

For me, (a pescatarian) I do not object to people eating meat. My objection is how the animals are treated while they lived. As long as their animals are treated well while they live, then I think those who consume those animals are going to have more health benefits from them being raised on this farm.

Such inspiration. I agree with and support them so much. ❤❤❤

This way of living was the life in Hungary way back then, not anymore unfortunately! We are killing ourselves…

Who is watching in 2025?

Thank you.