Today’s guest is someone I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know both on and off the screen. I filmed with her for the first episode of FarmHER Season 6 and now I call her a friend — Megan Shanley Warren.

Megan is the CEO and co-owner of Shanley Farms, a specialty fruit farm on California’s Central Coast that started as the retirement project of her late father, Jim Shanley. Megan worked closely with her dad to develop Shanley Farms as a brand of unique, quality produce — highlighted by Morro Bay avocados, passion fruit and Citrusburst finger limes — and after his recent unexpected passing, she’s taken over the operation.

We talk a lot about their favorite crop, finger limes (which I first tried when filming her TV episode, and now I’m hooked!) as well as what it’s been like running the farm with her husband and three boys. Megan also opens up about losing her parents, motherhood, money, media and the lessons she hopes her kids carry forward from farm life.

This one is a little bit of a tearjerker at times, but we have a lot of fun too! I asked all my burning questions about Farmer Wants A Wife — Megan’s brother-in-law Matt is one of the bachelor’s in Season 3! — and what it was like having the farm taken over by a reality TV crew and a handful of bachelorettes. We also share some funny behind-the-scenes stories from filming FarmHER, talk thrifting finds, and discuss our guilty pleasures.

It’s stories like Megan’s that remind me why Dirt Diaries exists—to celebrate the women shaping agriculture while getting to connect with and know them in a real way, beyond their careers or roles on the farm/ranch. Even if you watched her episode of FarmHER on TV, this episode offers so much more insight into Megan Shanley Warren, and ! know you’ll love her just as much as I do! 

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