Andrea Paquette is the founder of Stigma Free Society, A Canadian non profit based out of Vancouver. We chat about Andrea’s history and how her journey with mental health lead her to found SFS. We also chat about SFS and Andrea’s newest project, the Rural Mental Wellness toolkit. We chat about the needs of the rural and agriculture communities across North America and how they need better mental health resources. This is the reason Rural Mental Wellness was born. I had a great time chatting with Andrea. You can find SFS online all across social media and at https://stigmafreesociety.com/
Our 30 under 30 feature this week is Tony Lopes! Tony works in the dairy alongside his family. Although it's a fourth-generation operation, Tony is instilling new technologies and methods.
Dr. Jayson Lusk of Purdue University was a keynote speaker at WPX. Luckily, we were able to sit down and chat productivity with him! Tune in as we talk about industry advancements, competition, and all things productivity.
Chibuike Emmanuel of AgServer joins us for a special edition of our technology segment! AgServer is a finalist for the Cisco Global Challenge. Be sure to go vote after listening!
Michael Formica, Assistant Vice President and General Counsel at NPPC, sat down with us at WPX to discuss Proposition 12. Tune in to hear more about what Prop 12 would do to the industry and what NPPC is doing to take action.
Tommy Grisafi joins us for this #MarketMonday episode! Along with Tommy, we discuss the EPA news and its impact on the market, new crop corn, the home market, and more.
Austin Troyer is a first generation rancher in Ohio. He and his wife have gotten their start by finding undervalued land and putting the work in to make it usable. We talk about the process of obtaining these leases as well as getting them ready for livestock and finding the right class of livestock to take advantage of the topography and forage.
I feel like diversity is a word that gets thrown around a lot without really getting down to its core meaning. Diversity should come in all forms. We should be willing to surround ourselves with people who think a little bit differently than us so we are not living in an echo chamber. Within agriculture, there is so much nuance and subtle differneces in the way we practice and how we operate in our individual lives that it should be celebrated... not used as a point of contention. I chat also about diversifying our own lives. This episode was influenced by a couple of Instagram posts from a couple of great gals... Kylie Epperson (@thegratefulfarmwife) and Kathryn Mentzer (@everydayillinoisfarmfamily)
Greg Christiansen of Grandview Livestock in Eastern Kansas joined me to discuss the benefits and challenges of incorporating goats and sheep into a commercial cattle operation. We talk about how goats are good for land than trends toward brush as well as the opportunities that exist to incorporate goats into land that is currently only being grazed by cattle.
