Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world

Recording date: December 16, 2025

Episode twenty-two of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features farmer, writer, and foodie Sandra Miller of Painted Hand Farm as we discuss:

You will love this bold and honest farmer!

About Sandra:

Born and raised in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, Sandra struck out for California straight out of high school. Formally educated in geology and anthropology, she also rolled up her sleeves and dug her hands into what was to become the birth of the farm-to-table, support your local farmers movement. Along the way, she did some time digitalizing offshore oil rigs and networking and securing international companies' communication systems through emerging technologies. Eventually she broke out of her cubicle and cast off her cables to follow her passion for great meals by digging in the dirt, raising and writing about food, and inspiring others to follow in her boot tracks.

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Recording date: December 16, 2025

Episode twenty-two of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features farmer, writer, and foodie Sandra Miller of Painted Hand Farm as we discuss:

You will love this bold and honest farmer!

About Sandra:

Born and raised in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, Sandra struck out for California straight out of high school. Formally educated in geology and anthropology, she also rolled up her sleeves and dug her hands into what was to become the birth of the farm-to-table, support your local farmers movement. Along the way, she did some time digitalizing offshore oil rigs and networking and securing international companies' communication systems through emerging technologies. Eventually she broke out of her cubicle and cast off her cables to follow her passion for great meals by digging in the dirt, raising and writing about food, and inspiring others to follow in her boot tracks.

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Recording date: December 8, 2025

Episode twenty-one of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features farmer, composter, and podcaster Jayne Merner of Earth Care Farm, Golden Root Gardening, and “The Composter” podcast as we discuss:

You will love this entrepreneurial and progressive farmer-composter!

About Jayne:

Jayne Merner began operating a CSA at age nineteen, growing produce and flowers for her community. Farmer’s market customers remarked at the high quality of the produce grown and asked Merner to garden at their homes. This flowed into a side business tending gardens off the farm. In 2015, Jayne took over the family compost operation when her father retired. She is currently in the process of developing the first commercial composting operation in Connecticut.  

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Recording date: December 8, 2025

Episode twenty-one of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features farmer, composter, and podcaster Jayne Merner of Earth Care Farm, Golden Root Gardening, and “The Composter” podcast as we discuss:

You will love this entrepreneurial and progressive farmer-composter!

About Jayne:

Jayne Merner began operating a CSA at age nineteen, growing produce and flowers for her community. Farmer’s market customers remarked at the high quality of the produce grown and asked Merner to garden at their homes. This flowed into a side business tending gardens off the farm. In 2015, Jayne took over the family compost operation when her father retired. She is currently in the process of developing the first commercial composting operation in Connecticut.  

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Podcast (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVBn53rrIsTwS4ag6hH4DHnxG_Lxqt7x

Recording date: December 5, 2025

Episode twenty of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features fifth-generation rancher Rachel Lohof Larsen of Grounded Life Soil Consulting as we discuss:

You will love this bold and grounded rancher!

About Rachel:

A fifth-generation Montana rancher, Rachel has spent more than twenty years studying landscapes of the Mountain West on horseback while wiping her nose on her sleeve. Riding the range has provided her with an unparalleled relationship with the land.

As a result, she started Grounded Life Soil Consulting LLC to share her on-the-land experience of keen observation skills and deep ecological literacy to connect her clients to their living landscape. When Rachel isn’t working with clients, you can find her riding among the vast sagebrush steppes keeping cattle on the move to adaptively graze.

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Recording date: December 5, 2025

Episode twenty of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features fifth-generation rancher Rachel Lohof Larsen of Grounded Life Soil Consulting as we discuss:

You will love this bold and grounded rancher!

About Rachel:

A fifth-generation Montana rancher, Rachel has spent more than twenty years studying landscapes of the Mountain West on horseback while wiping her nose on her sleeve. Riding the range has provided her with an unparalleled relationship with the land.

As a result, she started Grounded Life Soil Consulting LLC to share her on-the-land experience of keen observation skills and deep ecological literacy to connect her clients to their living landscape. When Rachel isn’t working with clients, you can find her riding among the vast sagebrush steppes keeping cattle on the move to adaptively graze.

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Episode nineteen of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features Zeke Miller of Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. as we discuss:

You will love this fun and  playful customer experience expert!

About Zeke:

Zeke grew up on a family farm in New York and currently works in Customer Experience for Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. He remains connected to his agricultural roots by growing heritage grains, guest writing for agricultural periodicals, and passing on the stories of the equipment and people who farm our land.

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Podcast (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVBn53rrIsTwS4ag6hH4DHnxG_Lxqt7x

Episode nineteen of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women (and others!) from around the world features Zeke Miller of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company as we discuss:

You will love this fun and playful customer experience expert!

About Zeke:

Zeke grew up on a family farm in New York and currently works in Customer Experience for Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. He remains connected to his agricultural roots by growing heritage grains, guest writing for agricultural periodicals, and passing on the stories of the equipment and people who farm our land.

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Episode eighteen of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features Elizabeth Collins of Graceful Acres Farm Stay at Otter Creek Farm as we discuss:

You will love this curious and purposeful farmer!

About Elizabeth:

Elizabeth is passionate about animals, food and farming. After years of searching for local, “clean”, healthy food and working with struggling farmers, she decided to grow her own food and create the life she envisioned: a simple, grateful life surrounded by abundance.

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Episode eighteen of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world features Elizabeth Collins of Graceful Acres Farm Stay at Otter Creek Farm as we discuss:

You will love this curious and purposeful farmer!

About Elizabeth:

Elizabeth is passionate about animals, food and farming. After years of searching for local, “clean”, healthy food and working with struggling farmers, she decided to grow her own food and create the life she envisioned: a simple, grateful life surrounded by abundance.

Connect with Elizabeth at: 

Connect with K at: 

Podcast (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVBn53rrIsTwS4ag6hH4DHnxG_Lxqt7x