Welcome back to the start of Season 3 of the Head Shepherd Podcast!

Our first guest this week is Jana Hocken. Jana is a Lean consultant with more than 17 years’ experience working for Toyota and in Lean consulting.

Since 2013, she has also been involved in supporting her husband’s 1000-head dairy farm in New Zealand, introducing Lean thinking to the business. She developed and rolled out the successful LeanFarm training program across New Zealand in 2017.
 
For more information on Lean farming principles, follow the link below:
www.leanfarm.nz/.

Find out more about Jana's book at the following link:
www.theleandairyfarm.com/.

A big thank you to our sponsors, Allflex Livestock Intelligence
https://www.allflex.global/nz/.

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