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Send us Fan Mail Some weeks/months/seasons don’t go according to plan. In this shorter, more personal episode of Barn & Soul , Kendall shares what it feels like to fall behind, feel overwhelmed, and still show up—because on a farm, the work doesn’t pause. Through quiet moments with the animals at Dalby Farm, this episode explores the difference between pressure and presence, and why farming ha...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Episode 36 -  Why Humans Need Animals (More Than We Admit). If animals are no longer required for survival, why are we still so deeply drawn to them? In this episode of Barn & Soul, we explore the historical, psychological, and emotional reasons hu...

Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to care for animals? In this episode of Barn & Soul, we explore the quiet but powerful difference between loving animals and being responsible for their lives every single day. From daily routines and financial realities to emotional bonds and unseen sacrifices, this conversation takes an honest look at what animal care truly involves. This is not a ju...

Send us Fan Mail Bitter Cold Survival: What Farm Animals Actually Need in a New England Storm What do farm animals actually need during a bitter New England cold snap? After weeks of snow, ice, and forecasts hinting at more, this episode is a practical winter survival guide for animal care during extreme weather. We’re talking about what truly keeps animals safe in storms, what people often get wr...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul — Episode 33 The Ones Who Stay: Why Some People Don’t Leave Farming, and Why Some Start Why would anyone choose farming, especially now? In this episode of Barn & Soul , Kendall takes a grounded, first-hand  AND data-informed look at one of the most enduring questions in agriculture: why some people stay in farming despite the odds, why others leave, and why...

Send us Fan Mail Why do some animals, places, and species inspire fierce protection… while others quietly disappear? In this episode of Barn & Soul , Kendall explores the real psychology behind conservation - not just the statistics and extinction charts, but the emotional bonds that actually move people to care, act, and protect. Drawing from conservation psychology, environmental research, a...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Episode 31 - Still Here at 165: Scituate, Stewardship, and the Future of Dalby Dalby Farm turns 165 years old in 2026. Founded in 1861, this family farm has weathered generations of change in Scituate, Massachusetts. In this re entry episode, Kendall r...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 30 - Back From the Brink: Species We Thought Were Gone but.. Weren’t? What if extinction is not always the end of the story? In this episode of Barn & Soul, Kendall explores some of the most extraordinary conservation rediscoveries of the la...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 29 - Good News, Earth! Environmental Wins You Might Have Missed in 2025 This week on Barn & Soul, we’re doing something rare. Instead of doom and dread, we’re highlighting the real environmental progress that happened this year. These are st...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 28 - Heritage Breeds Are Time Machines And We’re Letting Them Disappear In this episode of Barn & Soul, Kendall dives into the extraordinary and often overlooked world of heritage livestock. These animals are more than old-fashioned breeds o...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 27- Maybe You Shouldn’t Be a Farmer (and that's okay!)  Farming looks peaceful from the outside… but behind every pretty moment is a reality most people never see. In this deeply human episode, Kendall explores the side of farm life that ra...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 26: The Quiet Season — What Winter Really Does to a Farm Winter looks still from the outside, but on a farm it becomes one of the most active and revealing seasons of the entire year. In this cozy, educational episode, we explore the hidden work...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. There’s something timeless about a child’s first encounter with a farm animal. That wide-eyed look, the tentative reach, or the giggle when a curious goat or duck gets close. On the surface, these moments feel like simple fun, but research shows they ca...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 24: “ The Cost of Care: A Personal Reckoning with  Animals, Land and Life ” In this episode, I don’t stick to the usual form. I’m speaking honestly about the heartbreak and discouragement I feel watching the way humans treat animals, land, and t...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 23-  Women, Wives, and the Working Farm This week, we’re shining a light on the women who built, ran, and quietly revolutionized small farms across America — from the 1800s to today. From home demonstration agents and “farmerettes” to modern con...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 22- Beyond the Fence: The Ethical Weight of Keeping Animals What does it really mean to care for animals in captivity — even with love and good intentions? In this thoughtful episode of Barn & Soul, we explore the emotional, ethical, and practical...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast: Episode 21 -  Barnyard Superstitions: Luck, Omens, and Old Wives’ Tales Hey friends, it’s Kendall! 🐓✨ Today we’re diving into the wonderfully weird world of barnyard superstitions — the little magical, spooky, and sometimes hilarious ways humans have read meaning into farm life for centuries. From sacred chickens deciding battles in ancient Rome, to bl...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Barn & Soul - Episode 20 Farm Instincts: What Animals Know Before We Do (And How We Forgot) Animals notice things long before we do - whether it’s a storm rolling in, an illness on the horizon, or even a natural disaster. In this episode, we explore the incredible sensory abilities of farm animals and how humans, over time, have lost many of the instincts we once relied on....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Barn & Soul , where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. In this episode, we take you on a reflective journey through the history of our hometown- Scituate, Massachusetts - the place Dalby Farm has called home since the 1860s. From its Wampanoag roots and Revolutionary War resilience to lighthouse legends, f...

Send us Fan Mail 🐔✨ The Sacred Chicken: Myths, Magic, and Mystery | Barn & Soul Podcast- Ep. 18 When you think of chickens, you might picture eggs, feathers, or a backyard coop.. but across history and cultures, chickens have meant so much more. In this episode of Barn & Soul , we'll take you on a global journey through the mythology, symbolism, and spiritual significance of the wor...

Send us Fan Mail Barn & Soul – Episode 17 🎙️ The Invisible Work of Farm Animals: More Than Meat, Milk, and Eggs When most people think about farm animals, they picture food—eggs, meat, milk. But that’s never been the whole story. In this episode, we explore the unseen, often uncelebrated roles that animals have played in our survival and our stories. From providing warmth through wool, to powe...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Barn & Soul – Episode 16: The Future of Farming: How Technology and Tradition Can Coexist In this episode of Barn & Soul , we explore the exciting and essential intersection of modern farming technology and time-honored traditions . Can precision agriculture, drones, AI, and gene editing truly work with heirloom seeds, rare livestock breeds, and hands-on animal care? Joi...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.   Welcome back to Barn & Soul! I’m Kendall, and today we’re tackling a big question: Who decides which animals get to survive? Here at Dalby Farm in Scituate, MA, we care for rare and endangered livestock—animals most people have never even heard of. And t...

Send us Fan Mail They once dotted every rural road—now, small farms are vanishing from our landscapes and our lives. What happened? In this episode of Barn & Soul , we journey through the history of America’s small farms—from the golden age of agriculture to the rise of industrial farming—and take a closer look at how towns like Scituate, MA, were shaped by (and now struggle to hold on to) the...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Some survivors don’t wear capes—they wear hooves, horns, and silver-tipped fur. In this episode of Barn & Soul , we uncover the untold stories of rare livestock breeds that defied extinction. From wild pigs marooned on Ossabaw Island to the hardy goats of...