WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.574 TYNER POND FARM FOUNDED AND OWNED BY CHRIS BAGGOTT AND HIS WIFE AMY DELIVERS PASTURE RAISED MEATS TO HOOSIERS HUNGRY FOR A 2 00:00:07.574 --> 00:00:14.481 HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE, FARMS LAND IN HANCOCK COUNTY RECENTLY EARNED AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, IT'S NOW CERTIFIED ORGANIC. 3 00:00:14.481 --> 00:00:20.653 BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER KYLIE VELETA HAS MORE. >> THAT'S RIGHT, GERRY, THANK YOU. THE LAND WAS PREVIOUSLY 4 00:00:20.653 --> 00:00:32.399 USED TO GROW CROPS, AND IT TOOK TYNER POND TEN YEARS TO CONVERT IT TO ORGANIC FARMS FOR PIGS AND CHICKENS, BELIEVED TO BE BETTER 5 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:39.472 FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDE HEALTHIER FOODS, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A MUCH BIGGER STORY HERE. JOINING ME TO TELL US MORE 6 00:00:39.472 --> 00:00:51.151 IS AMY BAGGOTT, CO-OWNER. WE ARE A STATE-WIDE SHOW, FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF TYNER POND FARM, YOU DELIVER FOOD. THE KEY 7 00:00:51.151 --> 00:01:01.227 DIFFERENTIATOR, YOUR PASTURE RACE -- RAISED. >> ALL OF OUR ANIMALS LIVE ON PASTURE 365 DAYS A YEAR, EAT 8 00:01:01.227 --> 00:01:09.836 WHAT THEY SHOULD BE EATING, THE CHICKENS EAT GRASS, THE PIGS EAT GRASS, AND THE COWS AS WELL. >> YOUR LAND RECENTLY HAS BEEN 9 00:01:09.836 --> 00:01:15.842 CERTIFIED ORGANIC, WHICH WAS A HUGE LONG VERY COMPLICATED EXPENSIVE PROCESS, THE LIST COULD GO ON. BUT IT IS ACTUALLY 10 00:01:15.842 --> 00:01:22.549 PART OF A MUCH BIGGER MOVEMENT AT THE FARM CALLED HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT. TELL US WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 11 00:01:22.549 --> 00:01:28.354 >> THAT MEANS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON, MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR 12 00:01:28.354 --> 00:01:35.762 PRODUCTION HOLISTICALLY, WITH THE CENTER CORE OF EVERYTHING BEING OUR SOIL HEALTH. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE HAD 13 00:01:35.762 --> 00:01:42.635 ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED LAND, BECAUSE IT MATTERS SO MUCH FOR OUR SOIL TO BE HEALTHY BECAUSE THEN EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS INTO 14 00:01:42.635 --> 00:01:53.279 PLACE AFTER THAT. >> THIS IS NOT A TYNER POND MOVEMENT, THIS IS A BIG MOVEMENT IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. BASED OFF 15 00:01:53.279 --> 00:02:00.653 THE SAVORY INSTITUTE, ESTABLISHING 100 HUBS IN THE WORLD TO MOVE ALONG THIS HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT. TELL US HOW 16 00:02:00.653 --> 00:02:07.126 TYNER POND IS HELPING TO BLAZE THAT TRAIL. >> WE RECENTLY HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO BECOME AN 17 00:02:07.126 --> 00:02:13.199 INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCER HUB THROUGH SAVORY, WHICH WILL BE A 18-MONTH PROCESS THAT WE'VE STARTED. WHAT THAT MEANS WE'LL 18 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:18.671 LEARN THESE HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT FOR PRODUCTION AND FOR ORGANIZATION THAT WILL PUT INTO PLACE, AND THEN PEOPLE FROM ALL 19 00:02:18.671 --> 00:02:25.445 AROUND THE WORLD WILL COME TO LEARN FROM US AT TYNER POND FARM IN INDIANA. >> YOU MENTIONED THAT FOR 20 00:02:25.445 --> 00:02:33.386 FARMERS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN FARMING THIS WAY, IT IS A BIG CHANGE, AND IT'S A HARD CHANGE TO MAKE. SO, INDIANA, A LOT OF OLD 21 00:02:33.386 --> 00:02:41.828 FARMING INSTITUTIONS HERE, HOW DO YOU GET FARMERS TO BUY IN TO A MOVEMENT THAT IS BRAND-NEW? >> IT'S DIFFICULT, TOO. THEY'RE 22 00:02:41.828 --> 00:02:46.933 IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. IF THEY'VE BEEN FARMING CONVENTIONALLY FOR A LONG TIME, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SWITCH 23 00:02:46.933 --> 00:02:56.676 OUT OF THAT. THERE ARE MOVEMENTS THAT YOU CAN DO AND STEPS THAT YOU CAN TAKE. YOU CAN START DOING COVER CROPS, NO TILL CROP 24 00:02:56.676 --> 00:03:04.551 RAISING, YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR INPUTS CHEMICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF 25 00:03:04.551 --> 00:03:10.423 EFFORT TO CHANGE. >> AND BABY STEPS. >> BABY STEPS. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HUB, AND 26 00:03:10.423 --> 00:03:13.726 THIS WOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. >> CORRECT. >> YOU'VE TRAVELED THE WORLD TO 27 00:03:13.726 --> 00:03:18.965 EXPLORE SOME OF THESE IDEAS, TELL US WHAT KINDS OF THINGS YOU'VE SEEN AND WHERE YOU'VE SEEN THEM AND HOW IT COULD 28 00:03:18.965 --> 00:03:34.714 HAPPEN IN INDIANA. >> SURE, WE WERE IN ZIMBABWE. WE WERE WITH THE SAVORY INSTITUTE, YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY ARE VERY 29 00:03:34.714 --> 00:03:44.757 DIFFERENT CLIMATES, THE SAME RESULTS WERE FOUND USING ANIMALS ON PASTURE TO HEAL YOUR SOIL AND CREATE THIS PASTURE LAND, HAVE 30 00:03:44.757 --> 00:03:49.629 NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ALL PLAYS A PART AND IS IMPORTANT. >> YOUR LAND IS NOW CERTIFIED ORGANIC IN HANCOCK COUNTY. 31 00:03:49.629 --> 00:03:54.100 >> CORRECT. >> WHAT IS NEXT TO GET YOUR PRODUCTS, THE MEAT ORGANIC, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? 32 00:03:54.100 --> 00:04:00.873 >> SO THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD. IT WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE WE'RE 33 00:04:00.873 --> 00:04:09.482 THERE. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LIMIT ALL INORGANIC THINGS COMING INTO OUR FARM, LIKE HAY OR STRAW, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY USING. AS 34 00:04:09.482 --> 00:04:15.288 WE MOVE TOWARD HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A MUCH BETTER GRIP ON THAT AND NOT HAVE TO IMPORT SO MANY 35 00:04:15.288 --> 00:04:21.694 HAY OR STRAW FROM OTHER FARMS. IT WILL BE A LOT EASIER TO GET THAT DISTINCTION. >> OKAY. SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT 36 00:04:21.694 --> 00:04:29.268 ABOUT CHANGE IN THIS SEGMENT. BUT YOU ARE THE SAME TYNER POND THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS. >> OUR PRODUCT HAS NOT CHANGED. 37 00:04:29.268 --> 00:04:44.517 IF ANYTHING, IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE NUTRITIOUS, WE'LL FOCUS MORE ON OUR SOIL. LIKE YOUR GUT BY -- IT IS BETTER FOR 38 00:04:44.517 --> 00:04:52.659 YOU. SAME GREAT PRODUCT. >> SAME DELIVERY, 70 MILE RADIUS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY. >> YES. 39 00:04:52.659 --> 00:04:56.129 >> THANKS FOR TELLING US ABOUT THIS CHANGE. KEEP US POSTED ON THE PROGRESS.