Rebel or Just Paying Attention? Farmer Scott Park Questions Everything

One Bite is Everything · Sep 17, 2026 · 47m

What happens when a farmer stops doing things the way they've always been done and starts asking whether there's a better way?

Scott Park began farming in California in 1974 with a degree in political theory, almost no agricultural training, and plenty to learn. More than five decades later, he's built a large-scale farming operation by questioning conventional wisdom, experimenting, paying attention, and learning to work with nature rather than against it.

His new book, Growing Rogue: The Adventures of Changing How I Farm, draws on 53 years of meticulous daily records and a lifetime of…