In this episode, guest host Adrienne Held has a chat with Kris Klokkenga, an organic producer in Illinois who has also farmed in the African country of Ghana.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Margie Weiss, a dairy and crop farmer from Frankenmuth, Michigan. She and her family welcome visitors to their centennial farm with tours, baking classes, and a fun harvest experience that includes a corn maze.

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My guest today is recent Daily Point of Light Award recipient Bill Gross. He grew up on a North Dakota farm and went on to found the non-profit organization Farm Rescue, which provides planting, harvesting, haying, and livestock feeding services at no cost to farm and ranch families who have been affected by a major illness, injury, or natural disaster.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Kathy Fahy. She is a farmer from northeast Iowa and a crusader for mental health. Thanks to her efforts, hundreds of farmers in her county have received information on local resources, and she's just getting started.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with father and daughter Jeremy and Kiley Heim. They are third- and fourth-generation dairy farmers from Algoma, in eastern Wisconsin, near Lake Michigan. The Heim family works together to focus on cow health and sustainability.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Billi J Miller. She is a farm wife, mom, photographer, and author living on a century cattle and grain farm on the prairies of Alberta, Canada. Her photos and books tell the story of agriculture from unique perspectives, documenting voices that have often gone unrecorded.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Blake Kerns. He grew up on a corn and soybean farm in northeast Iowa, and started his own sweet corn business on two acres when he was a teenager. Today he is growing row crops plus sweet corn and green beans, which he supplies to local farm stands and grocery stores across the Midwest and beyond.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Wendy Johnson. She grew up on her family's farm near Charles City in northeast Iowa, and after 18 years away, came back to farm with her dad. Wendy is reviving the farm through conservation and diversification, and best of all, she describes herself as a happy farmer.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Jaclyn Wilson, a rancher in the Sandhills of northwest Nebraska. She is invested in conservation, active in producer groups, and involved as an ambassador for American beef production around the world.

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In this episode, Lisa Foust Prater has a chat with Alex Rodgers. He is an ag educator, coach, and FFA advisor at Southeast Warren Community School District in South-Central Iowa. At a recent FFA banquet, his students introduced him in the most fitting way: a single dad of 152 kids.

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