Jewish Farmer Network

Jews in the Field

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"Jews in the Field" celebrates the diverse stories of modern Jewish farmers, highlighting how their Jewish and farming identities intersect and diverge. Each episode will feature candid conversations with farmers in our network, exploring their experiences, challenges, and the ways their unique constellation of identities influences their work. Through these stories, we aim to cultivate a deeper understanding of Jewish life in agriculture and the vibrant community that grows from it. Many Jewish farmers are the only Jew in their given farming community or the only farmer in their given Jewish...

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Episodes

"Farming Is the Most Jewish Thing You Can Do" with Alex Rosenberg-Rigutto 17.03.2026 50:20

In this episode, Shani sits down with farmer, educator, and herbalist Alex Rosenberg-Rigutto. Alex manages an educational farm and co-owns Northwoods Farmstead and Skill Center in Hersey, Michigan with her husband Rick, where they are slowly regenerating ten acres of previously neglected land while building a small garlic and potato operation. Alex shares the unlikely path that led her to farming—...

Farming, Ritual, and Place with Marlo Stein 17.03.2026 41:40

In this episode, we speak with Marlo Stein, a queer Jewish farmer based in Hardwick, Massachusetts, where she runs Round Table Farm—a cut flower and small dairy operation on a historic fifth-generation farm near the Quabbin Reservoir. Marlo shares her journey from growing up in suburban Newton to building a life in agriculture, reflecting on how years of farming across the country shaped both her...

Raising Kosher Chickens on Pasture with Zalman Friedman 13.03.2026 1:00:36

In this episode, we speak with Zalman (Robbie) Friedman, founder of Robariah Farms in Western Massachusetts, about his journey from the suburbs of Dallas to becoming a regenerative poultry farmer and certified shochet. Zalman shares how the Adamah Fellowship shaped his path, why chickens became the focus of his farm, and how he built a small-scale system for producing local, pasture-raised kosher...