The Rural Woman Podcast

On this episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Megz Reynolds. Megz grew up in Calgary, AB and had a 10 year career in the Canadian film industry before trading film sets for tractor cabs and moving to a grain farm in SW Saskatchewan. Megz jumped right into farming, starting an apprenticeship as a heavy duty mechanic at a local equipment dealership as well as learning to run all of the equ...

On this episode of Maybe You Can Relate, I’ll be speaking about setting goals for 2022. I have had the great privilege to sit down with some amazingly brilliant female entrepreneurs over the last couple of months where we’ve been able to chat all things goal setting and I am excited to share what I have learned with you To hear the full episode, head on over to Patreon.com and join the Patreon Com...

Leanna Maksymiuk along with her family own Lone Sequoia Ranch just outside of Lumby BC. As a first generation rancher, she wasn’t even sure she wanted sheep but accidentally fell in love with her daughters 4H ewe and that was it! Her flock of Navajo-Churro sheep make up the majority of the sheep she cares for, and growing sought after wool is a top priority. After selling out of her own wool clip...

Jan and Erin Johnson, the mother-daughter duo, have been working together on a winding entrepreneurial journey for over 20 years. They are the founders of Trailblazher Co. – a lifestyle and business hub for enterprising, rural women AND Trailblazher Magazine - quarterly print publication that celebrates and showcases the lifestyles and businesses of resilient, gutsy rural women across North Americ...

On this episode of Maybe You Can Relate, I’ll be sharing some behind the scenes footage of what it looks like to be a recovering mean girl on the internet. To hear the full episode, head on over to Patreon.com and join the Patreon Community in supporting the stories of Women in Agriculture to be shared through The Rural Woman Podcast.  For full show notes including links in today's show, head...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Naima Dhore. Naima is a first-generation farmer, activist and educator committed to look after mother earth and community building. She is the Program Director at Somali American Farmers Association and owner of Naima's Farm LLC, where she supports the next generation of Somali American farmers. Naima is passionate about organic farmin...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Karri Munn-Venn. Karri is the co-owner and head shepherd at Fermes Leystone Farms located on unceded Algonquin territory in west Québec. She shares this piece of paradise with her fabulous husband Trefor, two teenage sons, 10-year-old daughter, and city-dog Kaz. Off-farm, Karri works as a climate policy analyst with a national not-for-...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast our friend Annabel Morgan is putting Katelyn in the guest seat. We asked you to submit your questions that you wanted Annabel to ask Katelyn. Find out more about the life and times of Katelyn on the farm, the breeding plans for Kitty & Babs, plus happily answering an important question left by an ‘anonymous’ fan. You’re not going to want to mis...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast we’re catching up with my dear friend, Annabel Morgan. Annabel and her family produce pasture raised commercial  beef and replacement heifers on their 5th generation ranch in beautiful Gallatin County, Montana.  Today Annabel shares with us the unexpected news their family received in early 2021 that not only put plans on hold, but life i...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Deborah Niemann. Deborah is a homesteader and self-sufficiency expert. In 2002, she relocated her family from the suburbs of Chicago to a 32-acre parcel on a creek in the middle of nowhere. Together, they built their own home and began growing most of their own food. Sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, and turkeys supply meat, eggs, a...

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll hear from a familiar farmer, Kelsey Jorissen Olesen. Kelsey was on the podcast previously talking all about her farm Green Willow Homestead. You can head back to Episode 7 of The Rural Woman Podcast to hear her farming story. Kelsey is back to share with us the updates to her online course Cultivating Capital. An online course about online and...

On this episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Rhonda Kesslering ( @rhonda_kesslering ). Rhonda grew up on a multigenerational grain farm in South Central Saskatchewan. The youngest of three kids, she was raised by entrepreneurial parents who together grew registered seed and built a seed cleaning plant. The loss of Rhonda’s father in 2010 from his battle with Kidney Cancer brought the fa...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Jillian Byers. Jillian along with her family own and operate Blue Ridge Farms located in Blue Ridge, Alberta approximately 1.5 hours northwest of Edmonton, Alberta. They started their operation in 2011 with 7 heifers, a dog and two cats and now are raising 400 head of cattle, pasture raised poultry, and free range pastured pork. Jillia...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Dr. Natasha Kutryk, DVM. Dr. Kutryk grew up on a farm in north-eastern Alberta. The youngest of four children, she was always highly competitive with her older siblings, and it was no surprise when she started her post-secondary career at the University of Alberta in the College of Agriculture. Natasha obtained her Doctor of Veterinary...

On this episode of Maybe You Can Relate, I’ll be speaking about a situation that happened recently online that caused quite a stir up in Agriculture. Recently, a fellow female producer sent out a Tweet questioning why agriculture still pushing the ‘Farm Wife’ narrative which I'll dive into. To hear the full episode, head on over to Patreon.com and join the Patreon Community. For full show notes in...

Hey folks, I’m taking a break from releasing new episodes of The Rural Woman Podcast during Harvest 2021, but not to worry – we’ll be rereleasing some of your favourite interviews in the meantime to keep you company. Welcome to this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast. Today’s episode is a little different as you’ll be hearing me be interviewed by my dear friend Annabel Morgan. You may remem...

Hey folks, I’m taking a break from releasing new episodes of The Rural Woman Podcast during Harvest 2021, but not to worry – we’ll be rereleasing some of your favourite interviews in the meantime to keep you company. On this week’s Replay episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll get to meet my fellow Albertan Kristin Graves from Fifth Gen Gardens. Kristin’s family farm started in 1918 when her g...

Hey folks, I’m taking a break from releasing new episodes of The Rural Woman Podcast during Harvest 2021, but not to worry – we’ll be rereleasing some of your favourite interviews in the meantime to keep you company. On this week’s Replay episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Scarlett Salamone. A chronically ill former inner city special education teacher gone calf loving, goat toting, c...

Hey folks, I’m taking a break from releasing new episodes of The Rural Woman Podcast during Harvest 2021, but not to worry – we’ll be rereleasing some of your favourite interviews in the meantime to keep you company. On this week’s REPLAY episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll get to meet Kristen Primrose from Primrose Lane Farm where they raise highland cattle organic produce and have started...

Hey folks, I’m taking a break from releasing new episodes of The Rural Woman Podcast during Harvest 2021, but not to worry – we’ll be rereleasing some of your favourite interviews in the meantime to keep you company. On this week’s REPLAY episode of The Rural Woman Podcast you’ll hear from Nicole Masters who is an internationally-recognized Agroecologist dedicated to helping land managers regenera...

Hey folks, I’m taking a break from releasing new episodes of The Rural Woman Podcast during Harvest 2021, but not to worry - we’ll be rereleasing some of your favourite interviews in the meantime to keep you company.   This week there’s a brand new episode of my Patreon Exclusive Podcast - Maybe you can relate. It’s the one where we stop saying we’re busy. Patrons at tier ten or higher over on Pat...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Sarah Cross. Sarah was born and raised in sunny SoCal and never imagined she would be living on a 36 acre, semi-off grid homestead in rural Indiana.  Sarah, along with her husband, have made a conscientious shift from a consumer-driven city to an intentional life in the country with a focus on homesteading and self-sufficiency.  Cannin...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Stacy Bronec. Stacy grew up in a small town in Wyoming, and fully planned to become a "city girl" after college. She envisioned a life of high heels, a high-rise apartment, and take-out on every corner. Today, she finds herself wearing boots, in a ranch-style home, with take-out over 50 miles away. In 2012, she "accidentally" fell in l...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Arneisha Smallwood. Arneisha is the Founder of Agriculture is Life™, a t-shirt brand committed to highlighting women of colour in food, agriculture, and related fields. In 2020, she released the first season of the Agriculture is Life Podcast, to further amplify the voices of women of colour. As a result, the podcast is continuously gr...

Here's your sneak peek at my new Patreon Exclusive podcast Maybe You Can Relate. Available to the Patrons of The Rural Woman Podcast at tier TEN + over on Patreon. To hear the full episode and to financially support The Rural Woman Podcast, head on over to Patreon.com/TheRuralWomanPodcast . https://wildrosefarmer.com/newpodcast/