The Food Peddler's Podcast: Presented by FarmTableWest

Sonja runs a permaculture farm that includes about everything you need to eat in one place. She is now a dairy, beef, pork, lamb, poultry, eggs, produce, and grass farmer. In this episode we chat about how diversity in farming gives you a greater result than the sum of its parts and how Certified Organic isn't always all its cracked up to be. The best way to know what you're eating is to know who's growing it!

Crossfit Cody has been doing some awesome community building in and out of the gym for years now. Retro Prom Parties, Spin Cody Events AND the National Crossfit Games just to name a few. In this episode we interview Mindy McFadden about how crossfit works, getting involved in the community and building an amazingly supportive culture around working out! (P.S. sorry about the echo-y audio. You can probably tell we recorded in a gym!)

You might be surprised to hear about a Farm To Table food truck in Cody, Wyoming, but Glen Troyer's makin' it happen! In this episode, Glen tells us about his long history in the kitchen and where his passion for cooking came from. His latest project is focused on telling the story of Wyoming farms & ranches through the most American meal on Earth...a burger.   

http://www.wyoburgers.com

https://www.facebook.com/Wyoming-Natural-Burger

The tables have turned in this episode (pun intended) as yours truly is interviewed by Rodger Wasson for his podcast Farm To Table Talk. Rodger was blown away by what we're growing in the mountain West as he usually interviews people from the east or west coasts. The black soil of our farms shocked him in the best way possible. We talk about the challenges of making farm to table happen here in Wyoming, but also the unique benefits of working with farms at different elevations like Cody, Powell, Lovell and Worland. Should be a fun listen where the shoe's on the other foot!

In this episode Kenny and I chat about how he came to Cody, Wyoming, how he and his wife became candy makers, and the importance of community building outside of your business. Kenny has tons of experience doing events in the community that bring people together and make it fun to live here. These events benefit the town as a whole more than just Cowtown Candy. They make this place the special and unique place that it is. 

In this episode Jack tells us what it was like to live through the changes America has seen in farming. Jack was born on a small diversified farm on the Kansas/Missouri border, eventually worked in industrial beef production, hosted a farm radio show all over the west and is now the Farm To Table Liaison at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, WY.  We're ecstatic to connect with Jack about this topic and will definitely have him on again to talk about connecting farmers in Wyoming. 

The University of Wyoming has a very exciting project they're launching this year that involves growing First Grains in Wyoming. These grains are fairly rare these days due to their difficulty to grow and low yields. UW is launching a brand for these Wyoming Grown Grains called Neolithic and hope to build the brand over the next few years to develop a product that small to mid size farms can grow all over the state. Caitlin is one of the catalysts on this project and tells us all about these wheats and the project as a whole. To learn more visit  http://www.uwagec.org/neolithicbrand/ or contact Caitlin at  307-347-3431  or  [email protected] .