Look INSIDE a Mennonite Farm - Growing Food Without Electricity

Today I visit a regenerative old order Mennonite farm in East Tennessee. This means they live using no modern technology or electricity! This is a rare chance to see a way of life and farming normally not allowed on video. Even though this way of life is foreign to ours (English people) I think you'll find a lot of similarities between this family farm's story and your own. There's a lot to be learned from Amish and Mennonite communities and you'll learn a ton of farming and gardening techniques you can apply to your own property.

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Chapters:
0:00 Mennonite Farm Story
10:59 Perennial Garden
13:00 Field Tour
19:08 No-Till Rice
21:00 Field Tour Continued
24:10 The Greenhouse
26:49 Plastics Controversy
29:11 How They Start No Till Beds
30:35 Pole Bean Trellis Hack
32:49 Aflatoxin Resistant Peanuts
34:09 No-Till Potatoes
36:21 Regenerative Animals
41:12 Field Tour Continued
42:26 Orchard Tour

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[tinkeringinthailand]

Here in Thailand there are so many bugs to deal with compared to more temperate climates. In my first year of growing here, where I tilled the soil and added some 5-5-5 fertiliser, most of what I planted got eaten or sucked dry. The following year I grew with the no dig method (which I was first introduced to by Charles Dowding), and although I still had pest issues, things got much better. I'm now in my 6th year of no dig and I barely have any major issues with pests, where I need to use Neem/peppermint oil. I've have attracted so many beneficial insects and pollinators in my garden. As I keep telling my wife "nature has been doing it's thing for way longer than humans, so follow nature's way". Great video, love it.

[mpedals]

living in a small Missouri town, and have amish farms touching me all around me, i love my life and their life and the way we are trying to care for our little section of the are growing ancient grains, and everything they need for every creature on their land. Lots of bartering and helping each other, great video, tks for sharing, that is one giant farm, , , , gorgeous

[spoolsandbobbins]

Steven, this has got to be one of your best videos yet. We are so amazed by your hard work, sensitivity to people and God’s creation and just how you steward all the gifts Gods has given you.
Your generosity in making these videos for us to learn from and your wisdom and knowledge of how to do it all is just wild!
God’s abundant blessings be yours. And thank you!
Homesteading family in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦

[Strix]

My husband and I live in rural southwest Ohio and are devoted organic gardeners. Our neighbors who live on the farm directly behind us are also Old Order Mennonites. They have recently started using regenerative farming techniques as well. Less tilling, less pests and disease, higher yield. We have a great relationship with this family, swapping produce from our land and enjoy seeing what they grow each year. Most of their produce is sold regionally or at local produce auctions. They have a lot of kids and the entire family pitches in from planting to harvest. My husband also installed a martin house pole in our garden last year, though we haven’t had any takers yet. Wonderful, informative video, Steven!

[Jnnmac]

I recently went to a Mennonite greenhouse in middle tn near where I live to buy pepper starts. I asked the Mennonite woman what she recommended to get a good yield, and she replied that she just feeds hers miracle grow. This is when I realized we pay a premium for the beautiful Mennonite produce at their stands, thinking they are organically grown. Sadly their produce is fed with miracle grow and sprinkled with sevin dust and sprayed with chemicals. More incentive to grow for myself. I'm glad to see this family is showing their community a healthier way, hopefully it will spread in the Mennonite communities elsewhere

[JanineMJoi]

This was THE most informative, educational vid we have watched in a year. Thank you So much! Please thank the farmer too.

[pinam]

Great vid! I'm in Flint Michigan, I have a small orchard and vineyard over 3 city lots. All no till, got 3 trucks of wood chips 4 years ago, still learning, but my stone fruits are growing ridiculously well. Learned air layer propagation and, so far, 50% success. Also 17 varieties of berries. No till is awesome!🥰

[robertelliott]

This is how ALL OUR FOOD SHOULD BE PRODUCED.

[MennoniteFarmhouse]

I’m a Mennonite farmers wife & Pennsylvania Dutch. I loved this video. I have my own channel on cooking and growing my own food to preserve. We don’t use chemicals in our garden.

[courtneyheron]

Fabulous video. Thank you for sharing about this super cool Mennonite Farm. Your knowledge bank sure is growing! Well done!

[devinsullivan]

All I can say is that regenerative and organic healthy farming practices clearly can be done at scale, and easily feed our entire country. Forget feed the world. We can feed our country the healthiest food possible if WE decide to.

[qkranarchist]

Since I come from immigrants and lived abroad among indigenous and tribal system cultures who also emigrated around the world, immigrants are just as equally able to show how to live a sustainable life. I'm now a new homesteader and have to do it alone because most of my large, extended family has passed on. I'm deeply grateful for the many immigrants, Amish AND Mennonites who are sharing their ways. We need to build community and appreciate the many people who can teach us; since in like my family we lost all our farming and trades skills in one & a half generations. Just gone and we knew so much.

[KyleSweigard]

Absolutely one of your most informative videos! Keep up the great work!!!

[JanineMJoi]

I have been trying to understand no til for a long time. You explained it so well for me. Thank you. I didnt understand HOW.

[DonaldCarpenter-yr]

Great video!! Even old school traditionalists are learning from nature...the most wise teacher ever.

[DonnaMM]

This is fascinating! This is the first of your videos that I have seen. This farm is beautiful, thank you and thanks to the farmer for allowing you to bring it to us.

[reneespring]

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[rosenurse]

Great presentation! Growing our own food is the way to go!

[rhiannaramirez]

I was shocked to learn that they were even using chemicals to begin with. I know many people believe Amish or Mennonite grown food is all organic, that they don’t believe in using chemicals, so I was surprised to hear this. Also, the use of plastics. I wish more farmers would move away from that, and it really makes you think more about modern day food consumption and distribution. If everyone would grow their own food, and support more local small farms, perhaps there wouldn’t even be a need to do it on the larger scale that these farms do in order to earn a profit. So much is centered around profit, and the dollar.

[Paul-ge]

I would love to live in Tennessee and look at those real clouds with no lines in the sky. Amazing I wish and I pray every day that engineering will come to an end. Thank God a few states in America have done so.