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Sept. 5, 2024
Kate Sabino Learns From Experience
It was in the middle of high school that I really started to carve out an interest for myself in and seek experiences in
agricultural production of some fruit and veg, some small livestock. I remember having a conversation w…
Aug. 27, 2024
Carrie & Brent Wasser Balance Relationships
I remember…doing some chores one day with the pigs and thinking, “I don't need anything other than this. Everything is whole and complete as I do this work here with these animals. –Carrie You start with lambing and move th…
Aug. 20, 2024
Sarah & Kenny Jensen Stay Upright
We might not see the payoff of the things that we're doing here…but the legacy we're leaving for someone to walk in behind us, that's really important. —Sarah For me, especially having a job for so many years where there wer…
Aug. 3, 2024
Emily Virzi & Rose Thackeray Pivot From Italy to Vermont to Union Brook
“I think a lot of people seek out farm and food jobs because they're looking for something profound and they don't even know what it's going to be until they get there.”—Rose “Every year on the farm is so different. It reall…
June 22, 2024
Hannah & John Doyle Front Load Hardship
“Raising animals is heavy. Even when it goes really well, it's heavy. And when you have losses, like we have had in the last couple of years, it changes the math -- even the finances of it. Okay, yeah, we lost money because …
April 29, 2024
Robert Friedman Raises Poultry Intentionally
I came into farming really, as I got into it, being like--I'm a grower. That's where I want to grow my expertise; how to be a better caretaker for these animals, how to be more efficient with my time, with the land that we'r…
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Jenn Colby
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Jenn Colby has spent over 25 years helping livestock farmers find success and quality of life through non-profit, academic, Extension, and community roles. She writes, farms, consults, and hosts the Choosing to Farm podcast from her home base of Howling Wolf Farm in Vermont.
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