The United States had 131,000 dairy farms in 1992. Today, we have just 23,600. San Diego County alone went from more than 100 dairies to one.
Kevin Muno just made it two.
He is a first generation producer, a former college baseball player with no agricultural background, and he built the only certified raw milk dairy in Southern California from scratch. This conversation covers how he did it, what the regulatory path actually looked like, and why he thinks the future of dairy is bioregional rather than national.
We also get into where the food influencer conversation has gone wrong, the grain vs. grass-finished debate, and who should be leading the MAHA discussion.
Show Notes
Find Kevin:
Perennial Pastures Ranch: perennialpasturesranch.com
Instagram: @perennialpasturesranch
X: @regenranching
Mentioned in this episode:
The Paleo Diet by Dr. Loren Cordain
Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard
Allan Savory and holistic management
Johan Zietsman, ultra high density grazing
Raw Milk Institute (RAWMI)
Dr. Weston A. Price
Happy Hens Egg Farm, Ramona, CA
Regenified
Sponsored by RanchVision, the software ranchers use to boost profits and make better decisions: ranchvision.io
Special thanks to Josh Woolwine for creating our intro. Follow Josh at www.instagram.com/hjwoolwine.
