What are the Famous Four Questions?
At the end of almost every Grazing Grass Podcast episode, I ask each guest the same four questions about their grazing journey:
- What is your favorite grazing or ranching resource?
- What is your favorite tool for grazing or ranching?
- What is your best piece of advice for a new or beginning grazier?
- Where can people go to learn more from you?
Over time, those simple questions have turned into a powerful library of books, tools, ideas, and mindset shifts from real graziers who are regenerating land in the real world.
This page is the front door to that library.
How access works
The Famous Four Vault is organized by episode, and some of the content is reserved for members.
- Visitors (no account yet)
You can see the guests, browse the overall vault, and get a feel for what’s inside. The detailed Famous Four answers themselves are reserved for members. - Free Members
When you create a free Grazing Grass account, you’ll get access to the
Famous Four Starter Pack PDF – a curated collection of the most commonly recommended books, tools, and beginner advice from the early episodes – plus email updates when new episodes and resources are released.
Free members can browse the vault by guest, state, country, or species, but the full Famous Four answers remain locked. - Grazing Grass Insiders
Insiders get full access to the entire Famous Four Vault. You can open any Famous Four post and read every answer, plus explore curated collections like the most recommended books, favorite tools from the field, and patterns in the advice graziers give to beginners. (This is a work in progress)
If you’re not a member yet, you can start with a free account. When you’re ready to dig deeper, you can upgrade to Insider and unlock all of the answers.
How to use the Vault
The goal of this vault is to help you move from “overwhelmed by options” to “I know what to try next.”
Here are a few ways to use it:
- Start with guests who farm or ranch like you do.
Look for operations similar in climate, scale, or species, and see which resources and tools they lean on. - Watch for patterns.
When the same book, podcast, grazing school, or simple tool shows up over and over, that’s a good signal it is worth your time. - Collect ideas you want to try.
As you read answers, jot down one or two things you want to experiment with on your place – a book to read, a tool to add, or a mindset shift to adopt. - Use the filters and sidebar.
Browse by guest, state, country, or species to find graziers who look a little more like you and your operation.
The Famous Four Starter Pack (for members)
The Famous Four Starter Pack is a PDF designed to give you a quick on-ramp instead of dropping you into a firehose.
Inside you’ll find:
- A short list of books that guests recommend again and again
- The most frequently mentioned basic tools and gear
- Beginner advice that graziers wish they had heard sooner
- A simple worksheet to capture what you want to try next on your place
The Starter Pack is available to logged-in members (free and Insider). If you don’t see a download link yet, you’ll need to create a free account and sign in.
Why the Famous Four matter
It’s easy to get lost in grazing information, YouTube videos, and social media advice. The Famous Four Questions are one way to cut through the noise.
By asking the same four questions across many different guests, clear themes show up:
- Certain books and tools keep rising to the top
- Common mistakes graziers warn others about
- Simple actions that moved the needle in real operations
My hope is that this vault helps you see those patterns and gives you confidence about what to try next on your own land.
Ready to explore?
Below, you’ll find the Famous Four listings organized by episode.
- If you’re visiting, you can browse what’s here and see how rich the library is.
- If you’re a free member, you can download the Starter Pack and explore the vault structure.
- If you’re an Insider, you can open any post and read the full Famous Four answers.
Keep on grazing. 🌱
