FarmHouse

This week on the FarmHouse, a podcast by Lancaster Farming, we're talking to Danielle Wainwright, owner of  Clover Valley Farm  in Vincentown, New Jersey. Wainwright and her husband raise Angus and Wagyu beef and chicken, and also run The Point Market where they sell directly to consumers. One of the challenges of selling local beef in New Jersey, Wainwright said, is that there are no USDA-inspect...

This week's episode of Lancaster Farming's podcast, FarmHouse, is extra special. Our latest episode features a roundtable discussion about the reality dating show " Farmer Wants a Wife ." Each week, members of our Lancaster Farming news team watch the show and provide commentary about each episode both on  our website  and on our  TikTok page . Our "Farmer Wants a Wife" coverage team came together...

This week on the FarmHouse, a podcast by Lancaster Farming, we're taking a road trip to speak with attendees of the 2024 Women in Agriculture Conference in Stevensville, Maryland. Hosts Stephanie Speicher and Candice Wierzbowski joined women from across the Mid-Atlantic as they gathered to discuss current agricultural issues and bond over what it means to work in a field that is often male-dominat...

This week we're keeping it in the FarmHouse and talking with Taylor Pool who, on top of being a farmer, works on the sales team here at Lancaster Farming. Pool is part owner-operator at  Fantasyland Holsteins  in Berks County, Pennsylvania. She farms with her mom, dad and sister. In addition to the dairy herd, the Pools also have a herd of Wagyu beef cattle. "We chose Wagyu for diversity," Pool sa...

This week on the FarmHouse, a podcast by Lancaster Farming, we're talking to Krystal Snyder, a Penn State Extension educator who specializes in horticulture and floriculture. Snyder works at the  Penn State trial gardens  in Manheim, Pennsylvania, where she and her team trial thousands of plant varieties every year to see how they'll perform in the Mid-Atlantic region. This year's trial plants are...

This week on the FarmHouse, we're talking to Becky Collins Brooks, a farmer and cheesemaker in the Catskills region of New York. Collins Brooks and her husband own Hilltop Farm, a Wagyu beef operation and micro dairy. She uses milk from her herd to make her own cheeses. Additionally, Collins Brooks helped organize the  Meeting of the Milkmaids , a gathering of female cheesemakers. The herds at Hil...

Emma de Long, owner of a women-run farm in Chester County, is the guest on this week's FarmHouse podcast. De Long talks about creating a culture at  Kneehigh Farm  where she and her employees can be themselves. "I really enjoy the dynamic of farming with women," she said. "We're able to get mad and cry and be frustrated, but also laugh. And I just feel like there's more space for the emotions that...

This week on Lancaster Farming's new podcast, FarmHouse, we're talking to Lolly Lesher, a dairy farmer from Berks County, Pennsylvania. Lesher and her family run Way-Har Farms, along with Way-Har Farm Market. "Not only do we do the on-farm work with the cattle and the land and the water and those resources, but we also sell our products to consumers every day in our farm market," Lesher said. The...

On this week's episode of Lancaster Farming's new podcast, FarmHouse, we're talking to Lisa Boltz, an animal science teacher and FFA adviser in the Shippensburg Area School District. In 2023, Boltz was honored with a National Association of Agricultural Educators Ideas Unlimited Award for her innovative wool processing lab, in which students learn about the process of using wool to create fibers a...

On this week's episode of Lancaster Farming's new podcast, FarmHouse, we dive into the history and excitement of the  Pennsylvania Farm Show , with a focus on the contributions of women. No one knows the Farm Show better than Mary Klaus, a historian and journalist dedicated to  documenting the show . Klaus has written two books about the event, "Hold Your Horses: The Pennsylvania Farm Show at 100"...

On episode two of Lancaster Farming's new podcast about women in agriculture, we're hanging out with Erica Lavdanski, an organic produce farmer in Berks County, Pennsylvania. She co-owns  B & H Organic Produce , a certified organic farm in Morgantown that has been operating since 2008. Lavdanski's farming pursuits began in her teenage years and led her to a job with organic farmer Paul Hartz. Desp...

Welcome to the FarmHouse — a new podcast by Lancaster Farming that highlights women in agriculture. Lancaster Farming's digital production editor, Candice Wierzbowski, and social media editor, Stephanie Speicher, are co-hosting the show, welcoming women across the agricultural industry to talk about the work they're doing on farms, in classrooms, and in the halls of our capitol buildings. For our...

FarmHouse is a place where the hard-working women in agriculture share their stories and find common ground. Podcast hosts Candice Wierzbowski and Stephanie Speicher talk with women across the agricultural spectrum. These are the women who are out there every day doing the work in barns and fields, in classrooms, and even in the halls of our capitol buildings. Hear the stories from the women makin...