Elaine Froese has coached over 1000 families helping decrease their anxiety over the uncertainty of their future. She has authored 5 books and written a Grainews column for 30 years.

Froese Family Farms, a certified seed farm near Boissevain in Southwestern Manitoba is her home base, where she farms with her husband, son, and daughter in law.

Faith Today magazine calls her “Canada’s Farm Whisperer”.

CBC radio calls her the “Dr. Phil for farmers. “

Penny ,Ruby, and Read call her “Gramma.”

Elaine understands the culture of agriculture and is gifted at helping folks see great outcomes and workable paths for their family farms. Her team of 5 next-gen coaches work with farms and ranches all over Canada and the US. Elaine’s monthly membership site is a live group coaching experience 3 times a month for over 55 farm families.

Her mission is to help families find harmony through understanding.

In today’s episode, Elaine and I chat about all things farm transition planning, including the reasons why this can be such a difficult conversation to start and continue for farm families.  We talk about why communication is so important and some of the steps Elaine and her team take in helping families navigate difficult situations and move towards a place of harmony.  

Elaine shares her thoughts on where farmers should be during each decade of their life on the farm in terms of ownership and transition to the next generation. 

Elaine shares stories, her passion and her wisdom in this amazing episode.  To hear more from Elaine, listen to her podcast, The Farm Family Harmony Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

To contact Elaine, 

Website: https://elainefroese.com/

Facebook biz page: https://www.facebook.com/farmfamilycoach

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmfamilycoach

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farmfamilycoach/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/farmfamilycoach/videos

Twitter: https://twitter.com/elainefroese

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farmfamilycoach

Farm Family Harmony Podcast: https://elainefroese.com/farm-family-harmony-podcast/

Email: [email protected]

204-534-7466

www.elainefroese.com

@elainefroese

Links mentioned in this episode:

Shop for Elaine’s books at: https://elainefroese.com/shop/

The Economics of Family Living by FCSAmerica staff published May 21, 2021 : https://www.fcsamerica.com/resources/learning-center/2021/the-economics-of-family-living

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