Choosing to Farm: New Generation Stories
This podcast celebrates the diversity of paths into livestock agriculture, acknowledging that there are unlimited ways to achieve success. Through candid accounts of lessons learned and mistakes made, we explore common themes of what has worked and what hasn't in farming and ranching, as well as the unique origin story of each guest. Our focus is not on prescribing a formula for success, but on sharing real stories of triumphs and challenges, providing a platform for livestock farmers and ra…
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June 30, 2025
Austin Rose Regenerates a Beautiful Landscape
"New Mexico in general is very agricultural, especially where we are here in Northern New Mexico. And so mostly unless you're in the city, most communities are acequia-based irrigation. It's a beautiful thing that since living here, I've just become so grateful to have. There's a lot of cultural significance to it in history and these systems are maintained every year or a few times throughout the year by the community. The community gets together and has cleaning days and work days, and everybo
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May 2, 2025
Capilla Ambar Connects Coffee, Butterflies and Worldwide Visitors
" I'm so grateful with people that really like our place. Because you can find a freedom here so nowadays that you are in not [doing] desk work or a job or something. That's harder sometimes. You need someplace to get away. I think that's what people love [about] here. [This is a little bit of a getaway.]" Capilla Ambar Facebook Page Thanks to On Pasture for their unwavering support for our mission to share resources and stories helping farmers and ranchers be more successful. More educational
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April 2, 2025
Nadia Milleron Does Not Conform
Nadia Milleron is an independent mother, farmer, attorney, and successful advocate who will fight for you. In 2019, Nadia’s daughter was a passenger on a Boeing 737 MAX that crashed in Ethiopia killing all on board. After 2 deadly crashes, instead of taking Boeing’s and the FAA’s word that nothing was wrong and a crash would not happen again, Nadia got involved to hold all involved groups accountable. Nadia went to Washington and helped lead the unanimous passage of the national bi-partisan Airc
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March 26, 2025
Gwyneth Harris and Neal McNaughten Chase New Grass
NewGrass Farmstead raises registered and commercial Clun Forest and Coopworth sheep, for breeding stock, meat, wool, and pasture improvement. We sell raw milk seasonally, and a variety of meats. Sheepskins, hand-dyed yarns, and lamb, mutton, beef, pork, and chicken are available for pre-order or in our self-serve farmstand. Livestock on the farm include thesheep, working border collies (with the occasional litter of pups available), working draft horses, cattle, pigs, and poultry. Our focus is o
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Feb. 28, 2025
Baylee Drown Finds What Makes Her Heart Sing
Baylee Rose Drown, is a queer woman farmer, educator and community builder. Baylee believes in good food for all people. For Baylee, this starts with caring for soil and extends into seeking justice in our land and food system. Sliding scale CSA, working with meal centers and acknowledging colonial land theft (our land is the home of Nehantic people) are all part working of towards an equitable food system. Baylee was raised on her families' Holstein dairy farm in Michigan. She earned a Bachelo
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Feb. 10, 2025
Cal Hardage Has Lots of Irons in the Fire
My hope is that these journeys we share cause the person to take that next step. Whether that next step is buying a roll of poly braid and moving your cows twice if that's oh I need to try and do this for grass fed and go direct to consumer. Wherever you are, I'm hoping the journey helps you take that next step. And for that to happen, I can hear the same thing hundreds of times. But for some reason, that hundredth and first time, it's like, why didn't I think of that? Cal’s passion for agricul
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Feb. 1, 2025
Season 4 Rolls Out!
Hi folks! It's JennThanks for joining us and welcome to Season 4! I can’t believe that we’ve been sharing farmer and rancher origin stories for four years.This year we have conversations coming to you from Arizona, Hawaii, Mass…
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