Jacob Pressey
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Jacob Pressey owns and operates Humboldt Regeneration Brewery & Farm, a nano-brewery and regenerative beer-farm business located on the North Coast of California. He graduated with a BS in Environmental Science with a focus on Soil Science and Alternative Agriculture and a Minor in Botany with a focus on Mycology from Humboldt State University in 2010. He has been brewing in the craft beer industry since 2002, and founded Humboldt Regeneration in 2012. In 2015 they were announced by the California Craft Brewers Association for being the first craft brewery to brew a 100% CA-grown and malted beer since prohibition! All of the ingredients were grown 1.5 miles from the brewery, then processed and brewed on-site.
Jacob's mission is to promote sustainable agriculture and re-localization using beer as a talking point. This mission is pursued through dedication to making high-quality craft beer made with local ingredients, practicing and demonstrating regenerative farming techniques, participating as a guest speaker for local agricultural organizations and our local university... and in 2022 he taught actors how to use historic farming tools and even appeared on-film demonstrating his skills!
During Jacob's path to becoming a regenerative beer-farmer he became interested in vintage farming tools and machinery, which included harvesting multiple acres of grain by-hand with a scythe for years until eventually acquiring an antique combine. These skills are what caught the attention of the Rebel Moon production team and he was brought in as a special skills advisor for Rebel Moon! He trained about 30 background actors and 15 lead cast members on how to properly harvest grain using a scythe, as well as other harvesting tools like winnowing baskets and hand-threshers. Director Zack Snyder appreciated Jacob's scything skills so much that he was asked to perform on-screen, including a solo ultra-high-definition slow-mo shot in the second film!!!
Jacob's mission is to promote sustainable agriculture and re-localization using beer as a talking point. This mission is pursued through dedication to making high-quality craft beer made with local ingredients, practicing and demonstrating regenerative farming techniques, participating as a guest speaker for local agricultural organizations and our local university... and in 2022 he taught actors how to use historic farming tools and even appeared on-film demonstrating his skills!
During Jacob's path to becoming a regenerative beer-farmer he became interested in vintage farming tools and machinery, which included harvesting multiple acres of grain by-hand with a scythe for years until eventually acquiring an antique combine. These skills are what caught the attention of the Rebel Moon production team and he was brought in as a special skills advisor for Rebel Moon! He trained about 30 background actors and 15 lead cast members on how to properly harvest grain using a scythe, as well as other harvesting tools like winnowing baskets and hand-threshers. Director Zack Snyder appreciated Jacob's scything skills so much that he was asked to perform on-screen, including a solo ultra-high-definition slow-mo shot in the second film!!!