Katelyn Duban is the host of the Rural Woman Podcast and founder of WildroseFarmer.com. Katelyn is a great advocate for mental health in agriculture and is always open to talk about it on her podcast and social media. We talk to Katelyn about her journey through podcasting, advocacy, and farming. Katelyn has been a wonderful supporter of this show and we are so excited to finally have her on. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out some exciting things coming up for ag mental health!
Ed Vallee of Empire Weather Consulting joins us for a pre-weekend weather update. With the hottest months of the year upon us, Ed talks to us about what this means for crops and more. Ed also touches on the predicts for this year's harvest season weather.
Jeremy Robinson of Republic Foods sits in with us to talk about their new Missouri plant. We also discuss e-commerce, the future of beef processing and more.
Dr. Allen Williams, a Partner at Understanding Ag, LLC, joined me to discuss recovering from academia, grazing for soil health, and monitoring soil and range health.
We have more tech talk for you on this Tuesday episode! Michael Lavin of Germin8 Ventures joins us to talk about the venture capital firm, the global food system and more.
Great episode this week with Sam Goldberg. Sam is the producer of Silo the Film. Silo centers around a grain entrapment in rural America. However, it does more than bring awareness to farm safety. There are so many aspects of rural America caught in this film: family dynamics, stress on the farm, rural economy, cohesiveness in a rural community, et. al. We talk about Sam's background and how he came to be the driving force behind Silo. We then spend some time discussing the relationships that he formed while making this film and how he was so captivated by the people in Rural America. At the end of the show, we did something different and did a "post interview' with Sam after I had the opportunity to watch the film. I wanted to discuss in greater detail some of the family dynamics captured in the film. So thankful for my connection with Sam and I'm very excited to see where he goes with Silo and other projects. Find Sam and Silo online at https://www.silothefilm.com/
We are talking to Zach Johnson to round out our week! You may know Zach as the Millennial Farmer on social media. Zach chats with us about his experience as a Minnesota farmer and how started his agriculture advocacy efforts.
