"There's just a massive disconnect."
But Nicole Derting of Post 5 Cattle Co. wants to reconnect local communities with locally-grown food, and with how she runs her ranch and sells her beef, she's putting her money where her mouth is.
In this episode, Nicole explains so miuch about how beef is raised here in WA, and shares so much wisdom about the state of the food system, and why she's so passionate about bringing change.
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Although she always wanted to be a farmer, it was the pandemic that finally pushed Jessica Jager and her husband to start Your Friends Farm near Spokane.
Hear about their amazing journey, and the care they put into every bit of food they produce.
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Gerrit Van Weerdhuizen has a passion for educating students about farming, and has mentored countless people interested in growing food and supporting the food system.
Known to his students as "Mr. Van," he's also a beef farmer himself, and we visited his farm near Everson, WA to hear his insights into food, farming and education.
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Rex Ogden is the 4th generation to farm a hilly piece of land near Castle Rock, Washington.
As he sees family farms disappearing from his part of the state, he shares his perspective on what it will take to protect them
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An unbelievable farming accident nearly killed Ron Tebow when he was 19, and it changed his life forever, in more ways than one.
Hear him tell his incredible story, and explain how he became a farmer poet later in life.
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If you've ever eaten beef from Whole Foods, it may have come from Austin Olma's ranch.
Hear directly from this real-life cowboy about the challenges he faces every day as we visit his ranch in Tonasket, WA.
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Growing local beef and crops not far from Seattle, Andrew Albert knows he's part of a dying breed.
But he doesn't think it should be that way.
Hear directly from this 3rd-generation farmer about the long list of pressures pushing more and more family farms out of business, and find out the real reason he keeps farming in spite of the stress.
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This organic dairy farmer is betting everything on the future of local food, as he and his family work to launch their own creamery and market near Seattle.
Meet Ryan Mensonides of Mount Rainier Creamery & Market and Providence Farms and hear his passion for local food and family farming, as well as the huge challenges he's faced to make his dream a reality.
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We go inside a real local butcher shop to hear about the challenges Boston Alvord faces as he continues a centuries-old tradition of preparing meat for local customers' tables.
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Sadly, there's a huge bottleneck keeping a lot of locally-grown beef from reaching dinner tables in WA.
Small beef farmer Marie Hegarty explains why, and shares what's so important to her about raising small-scale grassfed beef near Custer, WA at Fair Cow's Path Farm.
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