The Rural Woman Podcast

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Rachel Jarman. In 2017 Rachel and her husband started their own mixed operation, Bank Barn Meats, where they now direct market hand raised pork,chicken, lamb and beef.   May of 2019 . As a Rural Rehabilitation Coordinator her job is to  help  farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers find equipment and technologies that make th...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Jessika Greendeer. Jessika is a Ho-Chunk Nation tribal member from Baraboo, WI and a member of the Deer Clan. She is currently the Seed Keeper and Farm Manager at Dream of Wild Health. Prior to her time DWH. Jessika has worked as the Agricultural Division Manager for her nation and has previously served as a garden mentor within her Na...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, Abigail Sickler. Abby, is a proud 5th generation farmer, growing both her family and their dreams on the same ground that her family before her did. As a lifelong Salem County resident, agriculture has always been a foundation in Abby’s life. Even when life was pulling her in different directions, she knew it was a part of her that she could never...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Colleen Sullivan. Colleen is a cappuccino loving city girl turned rural woman wanna be.  In 2018 her family moved from their urban neighborhood to her husband’s hometown to take over the management of his family farming business.  She has ditched sipping cappuccinos at urban coffee shops for learning to birth, vaccinate and care for la...

On this special episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you'll hear a conversation between myself and fellow podcaster Bev Ross, cohost of Drink & Farm + host of The Joy Farmer Podcast. We're discussing our most recent joint venture, Positively Farming Media .  Positively Farming Media is a hub for creators in the food and agriculture space to connect and collaborate for growth. Our Podcast Mastermind...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast you’ll meet Laryssa Kwoczak. Laryssa began keeping bees as a hobby in Philadelphia 10 years ago. She caught "bee fever" almost immediately and just a few years later moved across the country to take a job at an apiary in Hawaii. For the next 5 years, she worked for a commercial apiary caring for bees and educating visitors at their beekeeping museu...

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet meet Elaine Vandiver. In her own words, Elaine became a farmer by happenstance. After moving out to a 10-acre parcel of land with her husband near Walla Wall, Washington in 2013 looking for a fresh start Elaine accidentally turned their old homestead’ with 2 llama into an alpaca and cut flower farmer. She left her stable government job in...

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet meet Colah B. Tawkin. A mom, comedian, Host of the renowned podcast Black in the Garden, and lifelong nature-lover, Colah draws on the strength of her ancestors and her awe-inspiring range of life experiences as she becomes the ultimate “plantrepreneur.” In a world where all the garden fairies and most of the gnomes are white, the Black in...

On this bonus episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Jennifer Web. Jen is Local Line’s Customer Success Manager, leading their success and support teams. She loves chatting with local producers in both Canada and the US and helping them grow their businesses. She works closely with Local Line customers, including Melissa Ballard from Bluegrass Beef from episode 103, to make sure they have...

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Melissa Ballard. Melissa lives and farms in the beautiful Bluegrass State of Kentucky, along with her husband, Josh, who is also a veterinarian.  If you had told Melissa 20 years ago that she would be raising and selling grass fed beef for a living, she would have laughed. But life is funny that way, and Melissa now truly believes her pass...

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Becca Matthews. Becca, along with her husband, own and operate Hidden Hollow sheep dairy in southern Idaho. After two years of milking sheep for soap, lotion, cheese and butter for her family, Becca decided she wanted to expand. They are now remodeling the dairy so they can process their milk on site and make cheese to sell to the public. ...

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Ashley Clark. Ashley, her husband Ben, and their son Wilder strive to live simply and fully on their 68 acre maple farm, Sacred Roots Maple located in upstate New York. Sacred Roots Maple was established by the Clark’s in 2016 but their roots go much deeper than that. The sap collected to make their maple syrup comes directly from land tha...

Today, on my 100th episode - I want to share with you some of the biggest lessons and takeaways I’ve learned in the last two years - as well as answer an important question I received from the Patrons of the Podcast. For full show notes including links in today's show, head on over to WildRoseFarmer.com https://wildrosefarmer.com/100   Get Patron-Only Extended Content & Bonus Episodes | Listen Her...

On today's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you'll meet Mickey Willenbring. Mickey is a Lakota-Puerto Rican combat veteran, mother, activist, and champion of Indigenous food sovereignty. She retired from a life in the US Army to become a rancher focusing on sustainable livestock production in Scio, Oregon. There she raises heritage breeds of sheep, goats, cattle, and poultry, while balancing th...

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast you'll meet Abra Morawiec. Abra is one half of the team at Feisty Acres located in the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Abra and her partner Chris grow and care for pasture raised game birds and specialty poultry. We chat about the different unique birds they raise as well as discuss the topic of food sovereignty and how the pandemic brought to...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Megan Throckmorton Harris. This wife, mama, and farmers market manager has had passion for agriculture for as long as she can remember. From planting gardens with her Granny, to working cattle on her uncle's farm, to where she is today on her beautiful farm in North Carolina, Megan has never been afraid to get my hands dirty. Today we...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Marcia Cripps. Marcia is agronomist, licensed Pest Control Advisor and has recently moved back to her home state of Michigan to work with potato growers. We chat about Marcia’s journey into the field of agronomy and how she hopes to inspire and connect others, specifically women, to the industry. For show notes including links mentione...

We’re celebrating The Rural Woman Podcast’s second anniversary with a Patron-Only episode with my dear friend Billi J. Miller. Billi was one of my very first interviews all the way back on  episode 3  of the podcast. Billi is an author, photographer, speaker and writer from east-central Alberta, Canada. Previously a city-living, 9-5 Government worker, Billi moved to the country to marry the man of...

Stephanie Schiffgens is a mother, a wife, a shepherd, a farmer who runs Appletree Farm, a small diversified farm in the Willamette Valley, in Oregon. Stephanie is a first generation farmer in the US but is no stranger to agriculture as she grew up on a large scale produce farm in the South West of France. Stephanie shares with us how she spends days  tending to her small flock of Gotland sheep, gr...

Bev Ross, Joy Farmer and co-host of the Drink and Farm podcast, moved her family from the desert suburbs of Phoenix, AZ to rural Ohio. There she's raising a variety of animals from donkeys to ducks and is growing fresh food to feed her family. Today we talk all about Bev’s journey to finding joy in farming and she shared her words of wisdom and gardening advice. For show notes including links ment...

On this episode of The Rural Woman Podcast you'll meet Siri Lorece. Siri is a vocalist, musician, urban grower, podcast host and registered yoga teacher. She spends her time cultivating her start-up urban family farm, Creative Arts Farm in Los Angeles, CA. Their farm mission is Sowing Seeds of Wellness through sustainability & self-care awareness. Siri and her family lives in a partially off-grid...

We're wrapping up our #CdnAgDay series on The Rural Woman Podcast with a wife, mother and rancher from Nokomis SK. Krystal Nordick and her husband Troy raise commercial Targhee ewes and a Angus based cow herd. On today’s show Krystal shares with us why they chose to focus their energy on raising sheep in what is predominantly cattle country. We also discuss how the opportunity to start working wit...

#CdnAgDay Farm to Table Dinners at The Old Red Barn with Melissa Schur Today we’ll be speaking with 4th generation dairy producer, Melissa Schur. Melissa lives on and grew up on Glen Park Holsteins Dairy Farm located in Leduc County Alberta. Melissa shares with us how they have transformed an old red barn into The Old Red Barn which is an event venue where they host special events and farm to tabl...

On this week’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet Kylie Bartman. Kylie and her husband Scott are first generation farmers who both grew up in rural Alberta but not on farms.  Their farm Lazuli Farms started in 2017 with two pigs, 25 chickens and a goal to grow their own healthy nutritious food while showing their kids where food comes from. For show notes including links mentioned in...

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast you'll meet Cathy R. Payne, Ed. D. Cathy retired from a thirty-three year teaching career in 2010. At age fifty-seven, she started a sustainable farm, Broad River Pastures, in Elberton, Georgia with her husband, Jon. The farm specialized in nutrient-dense food and heritage breeds of livestock. In her third year of farming, she discovered the Guinea...