Barnyard Language

Arlene and Caite are on a much needed break for the month of August, so in the meantime we're rerunning some of our favorite episodes. This interview with Sarah Hart-Unger of the Best Laid Plans and Best of Both Worlds podcasts first aired November 29th, 2021 and is packed with tips about planning your schedule, what to do when there's too much to do, and balancing life at home with a career. As a...

We're on our August break, so we're re-airing some of our favorite episodes. This interview with Greg and Travis Padget was one of our very first shows, but is still one of our most popular episodes. They joined us to talk about building their family through adoption, helping their kids process childhood trauma and bond with them and each other, and doing all of this while both working full time a...

We're on vacation for the month, so we're bringing back some of our early episodes.

Rachel Conway runs Francis Creek Ranch in Northern California with her parents and young son. She's here to tell us about farming as a single parent, raising goat kids and her own kid, balancing a town job with farming and being an Airbnb host, and living with two bird enthusiasts. You can submit your cussing and discussing at barnyardlanguage@gmail.com or at www.speakpipe.com/barnyardlanguage . T...

Today we're talking to Jenny Holtermann AKA Almond Girl Jenny, about her farm and family. Jenny and her husband are both 4th generation farmers, raising almonds and children near Bakersfield, California. The Holmans grow and direct market almonds and Jenny also works for a local water conservation group.

This week we're talking to Nicole Toebes, founder of Canadian brand Mudeas Workwear. Nicole started her company to make real workwear designed for women, made in Canada.

This week we talked to Amber Bristow of Cranberry Chats about raising the 6th generation of cranberry growers on her family farm in Wisconsin. Amber also cohosts the Forward Farming Podcast with dairy farmer Becca Hilby. Turns out growing cranberries is nothing like what any of us think, and it's actually super interesting. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook or leave us a Cussing and Discus...

Danielle Wainwright and her husband Fred run Clover Valley Farm in Southampton Township, NJ, where they raise two young boys, American Wagyu beef, laying hens, and run a custom animal feed and nutrition consulting business. Danielle also talked to us about the difficulties and tricks for dealing with multiple food allergies while farming and raising young children.

This week we talked to Mary and Angela about their online community and the podcast they host. We're sharing a special double episode where we interviewed them about their wedding planning business, ranching, nano brewery, and more, then they asked us some questions about all the things we get up to.

Today we're talking with Claire Smith who is a township counselor in Arlene's area. Claire is also an organic dairy farmer, and mother of (almost) four small children. She tells us about the importance of running for office, ranks the hotness of various politicians, and explains why she's proud to be a bastard. 18wtevw4j1uYzthTgg2g

Today we're connecting with Katie Haynes, the 2022 North Carolina Miss Agriculture Advocacy Ambassador and founder of the non-profit Smiling While Sending Hope. Katie is also an avid photographer and disability advocate.

Katarina Edge came on to talk to us about her experience with infertility treatments in rural areas. Treatments are generally expensive, invasive, and involve a LOT of driving.

Today we're talking to Lydia Kyle about the Hermit Peak/Calf Canyon fire in New Mexico.

Today we're talking to Kristi Grieve about starting direct marketing, setting ourselves apart, and why buck goats are the grossest thing in the world.

Today we're talking to Karin Velez of the Just Grow Something podcast. Karin is telling us about gardening with children, starting her own farm, and growing her podcast.

Join us for a virtual baby shower for our friend Sarah Zastrow of the Throwing Wrenches, Mending Fences Podcast. Sarah is due any day now with her first kid, so we took the chance to tell her what to do, with all sorts of good, bad, and conflicting advice. If you want more Barnyard Language in your life please follow us on social media and join our private group on Facebook. The show is free to li...

Katie Dotterer is a Pennsylvania dairy farmer turned agvocate and Spanish language teaching entrepreneur. Because 80% of the American farm labor force speaks Spanish as their first language, farmers are learning that to be able to communicate effectively with their employees it's becoming increasingly useful to learn Spanish. Katie's courses focus on vocabulary and situations that are most likely...

Cody and Thomas Nicholson Stratton are raising their son to be the seventh generation on their regenerative grass-fed beef, dairy, lamb, wool, and egg operation in northern California. Balancing all these operations with off-farm work and managing a multi-generational farm as well as running very active social media accounts is clearly a labor of love and laughter for these three guys.

Sara farms with her husband Peter and their seven children in Michigan. Their lives were all immensely changed after Peter suffered a serious spinal injury during a farm accident in 2019.

This week we're talking to Courtney Wyckoff, retired professional dancer, certified corrective exercise specialist, and founder of the exercise program MommaStrong. www.mommastrong.com

Jason Medows is a pharmacist, farmer, father, and host of the Ag State of Mind podcast, which is focused on rural mental health care.

Today we're talking with Lesley Kelly of High Heels and Canola Fields about her work with the Do More Ag Foundation and the What the Farm Podcast.

Our guest today is Elaine Froese, a Canadian farmer, author, and farm coach. Elaine talks to us about succession planning, what to do if nobody wants your farm, what to do if everybody wants your farm, and what to do if you're dodging all your family members.

We connected with Shaun on Twitter, after seeing his post about his grandfather losing his share of the family farm while a POW during WW2. Shaun tells us about going back to the farm after two generations away, more about his family history, and how their family is making it work to farm with three kids and two off farm jobs.

Today we're talking to two farmers and mothers, who also both happen to be mechanical engineers.