We're on our August break, so we're re-airing some of our favorite episodes. This interview with Greg and Travis Padget was one of our very first shows, but is still one of our most popular episodes. They joined us to talk about building their family through adoption, helping their kids process childhood trauma and bond with them and each other, and doing all of this while both working full time and farming.

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We're on vacation for the month, so we're bringing back some of our early episodes.

Rachel Conway runs Francis Creek Ranch in Northern California with her parents and young son. She's here to tell us about farming as a single parent, raising goat kids and her own kid, balancing a town job with farming and being an Airbnb host, and living with two bird enthusiasts.

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Today we're talking to Jenny Holtermann AKA Almond Girl Jenny, about her farm and family. Jenny and her husband are both 4th generation farmers, raising almonds and children near Bakersfield, California. The Holmans grow and direct market almonds and Jenny also works for a local water conservation group.

This week we're talking to Nicole Toebes, founder of Canadian brand Mudeas Workwear. Nicole started her company to make real workwear designed for women, made in Canada.

This week we talked to Amber Bristow of Cranberry Chats about raising the 6th generation of cranberry growers on her family farm in Wisconsin. Amber also cohosts the Forward Farming Podcast with dairy farmer Becca Hilby. Turns out growing cranberries is nothing like what any of us think, and it's actually super interesting.

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Danielle Wainwright and her husband Fred run Clover Valley Farm in Southampton Township, NJ, where they raise two young boys, American Wagyu beef, laying hens, and run a custom animal feed and nutrition consulting business. Danielle also talked to us about the difficulties and tricks for dealing with multiple food allergies while farming and raising young children.

This week we talked to Mary and Angela about their online community and the podcast they host. We're sharing a special double episode where we interviewed them about their wedding planning business, ranching, nano brewery, and more, then they asked us some questions about all the things we get up to.

Today we're talking with Claire Smith who is a township counselor in Arlene's area. Claire is also an organic dairy farmer, and mother of (almost) four small children. She tells us about the importance of running for office, ranks the hotness of various politicians, and explains why she's proud to be a bastard.

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Today we're connecting with Katie Haynes, the 2022 North Carolina Miss Agriculture Advocacy Ambassador and founder of the non-profit Smiling While Sending Hope. Katie is also an avid photographer and disability advocate.