Greg Johnson loves to chase down tornadoes! Talking with people who are directly affected by a tornado and showing up to help them find hope in all the destruction brings a human aspect to these storms! Greg says the ” original storm chasers” are farmers. We watch and learn the weather like no one else!
Sara Shymko is the Executive Director of Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan and is passionate about creating opportunities for young people to have meaningful experiences with food, farmers and agriculture. She was raised on a mixed farm near Jasmin, Saskatchewan and still returns to the farm to help out as often as possible. Sara is a graduate from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Economics.
Elaine Froese, CSP, CAFA, certified coach, is the author of four books dedicated to helping farming families: Building Your Farm Legacy: Tools to Empower Family, Farming’s In-Law Factor, Planting the Seed of Hope, and Do the Tough Things Right: How to Prevent Communication
Foodshed.io is an amazing idea that hooks local farmers up with businesses like restaurants and grocery stores. When foodshed.io is up and running in your area an app will take all the guess work out of logistics like coordinating a refrigerated truck that might be already passing by your farm that day.
This also allows grocery stores to offer fresher more local produce at a reasonable price.
For more podcasts that bridge the gap between consumers and farmers go to sharkfarmer.com and look up “What the Farm” under the podcast section.
Andrew Carter started a company called Smallhold and is changing the way consumers look at buying mushrooms. Now, in grocery stores and restaurants around the Bronx, New York, you can walk in and see his self- contained growing units that he calls “small farms.” The idea is that stores and restaurants can grow their own mushrooms right on site. It is catching the consumers attention and cutting down on packaging and transportation/shipping costs. Andrew says this is just the beginning, that his growing concept can be used for other produce and hopes to expand across the country. Check out his website at www.Smallhold.com
To hear this podcast and other What the Farm Podcasts go to https://sharkfarmer.com/whatthefarm
Michele challenges people to meet at the intersection of farm and food, head and heart. She brings clarity and common sense to nutrition, health and agriculture. Her energy permeates a room. Her experience ignites ideas. Her audience engagement moves your meeting to a new level.
She became a vegetarian. Then a butcher. Then an omnivore. Listen to her story here.
Can a city be designed to feed itself? Henry Gordon-Smith is on the cutting edged of vertical farming.
Listen as Julie chats about how easy it is, especially as a first time mom, to fall prey to fear tactics used in media