Queen Bee Sessions

The Queen Bee Sessions are monthly-ish conversations with Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC), a collaboration between four Wisconsin agricultural organizations who are seeking to connect more women landowners and farmers with conservation resources and funding. The podcast is hosted by WiWiC Communications Specialist Kriss Marion. In July, Kriss chatted with Heidi Hankley, a prairie property...

The Queen Bee Sessions are monthly(ish) conversations with Wisconsin Women in Conservation, a collaboration between four Wisconsin agricultural organization seeking to connect more women landowners and farmers with conservation resource and funding. This podcast is hosted by WiWiC Communications Specialist Kriss Marion. In July, Kriss talks with Patti Schevers of Our Thunder Moon, a fourth generat...

In May 2023, we're talking with Lauren Langworthy of Blue Ox Farm in Wheeler.  Lauren calls herself a grass farmer and explores her farm history from organic veggies to grazing diverse livestock. She's also the director of Special Projects with Wisconsin Farmers Union and discusses the importance of mentorship and support in the farm community.    The Queen Bee Sessions feature Wisconsin women far...

This month we're talking with Joy Miller of Keewaydin Farms in Viola, Wisconsin, and the Executive Director of Driftless Curiosity, a land-based non-profit that seeks to foster the public's connection to conservation and land.    Miller helps run the farm's CSA and hosts 30 experiential events on the farm each season. Follow her Driftless Curiosity Journal on instagram and Facebook. Read the Journ...

The Queen Bee Sessions feature Wisconsin women farmers, landowners and conservationists who are making strides to protect soil, water, and wildlife in our fair state. The Sessions are hosted by Wisconsin Women in Conservation communications lead Kriss Marion, who practices managed grazing with sheep and hosts farmstay guests at Circle M Market Farm in SW Wisconsin. She kicks off Women's History Mo...

The Queen Bee Sessions are monthly conversations with Wisconsin Women in Conservation, a collaboration between four Wisconsin agricultural organizations seeking to connect more women landowners and farmers with conservation resources. The host is Kriss Marion of Circle M Market Farm, who is the WiWiC Communications Lead and a small-scale sheep grazier in Lafayette County. Her conversation with Kir...

The Queen Bee Sessions are monthly conversations with Wisconsin Women in Conservation, a collaboration between four Wisconsin agricultural organizations seeking to connect more women landowners and farmers with conservation resources. The host is Kriss Marion of Circle M Market Farm, who is the WiWiC Communications Lead and a small-scale sheep grazier in Lafayette County. On Labor Day, Marion inte...

In the June 2022 Queen Bee Session, host Kriss Marion visits with Harriet Behar of Sweet Springs Farm, a 160-acre veggie, herb, egg and honey operation in Gays Mills. 26 acres of the property are restored prairie installed by Behar and her husband, an much is in woods and streams as well. Behar has been an organic educator for 40 years, through UW Madison and Marbleseed. She is an organic inspecto...

In the May 2022 Queen Bee Session, host Kriss Marion visits with her neighbor Marci Hess, a native habitat steward in rural Lafayette County, on the edge of the Driftless Region. Marci believes the Driftless should be declared the 8th wonder of the world, for all the unique geology and diverse habitat. She talks about "chunking out" the hills and ravines of her property - taking on different secti...

Queen Bee host Kriss Marion has an early-spring conversation with Jennifer Nelson of Humble Pie Farm in Plum City, on the banks of Plum Creek. That's right - Jennifer's greenhouse nursery operation is just miles from the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder and it's just as lovely and aspirational a landscape as you'd imagine from reading the books. A former elementary teacher and farm market manage...

We kick off the series in Women's History Month by visiting with a true conservation trailblazer - August Ball of Cream City Conservation and Consulting (C4). Ms. Ball and the business are located in Milwaukee but have a far wider reach, influencing organizations across the Midwest and globally. For more information about the work of C4, visit creamcityconservtion.org . For more information on Wis...