Adventure Made Podcast
The Adventure Made Podcast is a weekly show capturing the stories and passions of outdoor enthusiasts around camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, backpacking, bush crafting, conservation, and much more.
Host Seth Spears interviews seasoned experts about their most memorable wilderness adventures, favorite gear, professional recommendations, and why spending time in nature is so important for the health of individuals and society.
Rewild Gear was founded by 4 brothers with a passion for the outdoors. We design and build high quality, minimalistic outdoor equipment to help people spend more time in the wilderness so they can reconnect with nature, family, and friends.
Our mission is to protect our public lands and endangered species through conservation, the rejuvenation of depleted soil through regenerative agriculture, and the cleaning up of waterways are common goals we feel everyone should share.
We were made for adventure, and this show will inspire you to get outdoors and reconnect with the wild side burning in all of us!
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Adventure Made Podcast
Ep 18: Duke Phillips on Sustainable Ranching & Livestock
Duke Phillips is a third-generation rancher living in Wyoming. He is the CEO of Ranchlands, an agricultural-based business that operates large-scale cattle and bison ranches in the American West that are dedicated to conservation and sustainability. They partner with conservation-minded owners to implement ambitious and complementary programs, including hospitality, hunting and fishing, a leather shop, strategic advisory services, and ecotourism.
Duke's journey has led to creating a set of core beliefs that balance ranching, conservation, and economics. He leads the strategic vision and business development oversight of Ranchlands' ventures and managed properties.
Quotes:
- "Regenerative agriculture should include humans too. You want to be having a good time, be happy with what you're doing, and have a healthy community and healthy family while you're doing it."
- "Nature is powerful as hell."
Topics Discussed:
- How Duke got started in ranching
- The origins of Ranchlands
- Business diversification and land conservation
- Combatting draughts and building contingency plans
- Yellow Stone the show
- Misconceptions about ranchers
- Understanding bison, the national mammal
- The differences between managing Bison and Cattle
- How education has become a core piece of the business
- Duke's thoughts on what conservation needs today
- How to live symbiotically with nature
- The importance of questioning a company's motives before supporting them
- The dichotomy of urban sprawl and what to do about it
- How nature has impacted Duke
- A Rancher's essential gear
- Being alone and not having Amazon Prime
- Brewing beer from home
- The ecological benefit of rewilding & how it affects land
- What it's like being a cowboy
- The importance of keeping family as a priority
Resources Mentioned:
- Ranchlands
- Ranchlands Mercantile
- The Nature Conservancy
- Smith Sunglasses
- Swarovski Optik
- Filson
- REI
- Show: Yellowstone
- Musician: Steve Earl
- Book: Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
- Book: Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
- Book: The Teachings Of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
- Book: Dune
- Book: Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
- Podcast: Mountain & Prairie
The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!
