025: Holistic Resource Management— The Key to Completing the Regenerative Puzzle with Tyler Dawley

Essential Ingredients Podcast

“The more small steps you take, the more impact you have on the future because you choose the future you want to live in three times a day every time you eat." —Tyler Dawley

Renewable resources are finite and need to be managed carefully in order to ensure their long-term sustainability. Therefore, we need something that is beyond sustainable— we need something regenerative.

Holistic resource management is the key to unlocking the many potential benefits of regenerative agriculture— a farming system that uses natural processes to restore disturbed land and improve the environment. It also helps farmers and landowners take control of their land organically while providing food security for generations to come.

Big Bluff is a family-owned ranch that implements regenerative agriculture techniques. Led by Tyler Dawley, a 4th generation rancher, Big Bluff Ranch is one of the largest producers of pasture-raised chicken on the West Coast. They pride themselves on producing “good chicken” that brings health not only to the land but also to their customers. Their chickens are organic, free-range, and are not treated with antibiotics.

In this episode, Tyler takes us back to how Big Bluff Ranch started, the challenges they faced, and how they are actively living the vision they had for the ranch since it was bought over 6 decades ago. Justine and Tyler also talk about what holistic resource management is and why it is considered a key component of regenerative agriculture, why it is important to not get tied too much on labels, recreating the farmer-consumer relationship through digital media, and how our food choices define our future.

Meet Tyler:

Tyler Dawley is the CEO of Big Bluff Ranch, a family-owned regenerative ranch that specializes in pasture poultry. Tyler belongs to the 4th generation of ranchers since his Grampa bought the ranch in 1960. The Dawley family has kept a conscious commitment to sustainability and that is the legacy they want to leave to future family members and to the world. Today, Big Bluff Ranch has grown to be one of the largest producers of pasture-raised chicken on the West Coast.

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Episode Highlights:

01:34 Holistic Resource Management

08:52 Regenerative Helps Build Sustainable Business

14:26 Learning About the Market Game

18:20 Recreating the Farmer-Consumer Relationship

21:01 Regenerative and Land Stewardship

25:36 We Choose the Future