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Episode 44: Up-Rooting the Traditional Classroom: Building a Farm-Based Hybrid Homeschool with Wild Wonders
What happens when a public school teacher realizes the educational system no longer aligns with her core values or the future she envisions for her own children? For Lindsey Vose, it meant choosing a radical pivot:...
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Episode 43: Small Acreage, Big Impact: Wellness and Education for Everyone at WEE Farm
Dr. Bonnie Laabs, an inner-city science teacher, turned her PhD research on trauma and brain development into a thriving nonprofit. In this episode we discuss how she transitioned from a traditional classroom to...
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Episode 42: The Immersive Apprenticeship: Training the Next Generation of Farmers at Deck Family Farm
Christine Deck’s journey into agriculture is deeply rooted in a desire to rewrite her family’s history. After watching generations of farmers forced out by the "get big or get out" era, she and her husband founded...
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Episode 41: Healing the Land: A Scientist's Living Classroom at Prairie Winds Nature Farm
Dr. Charlotte Wolfe didn’t just set out to build a farm; she set out to restore an ecosystem. After decades as an environmental scientist, she took 85 acres of industrial corn and soybean land in Indiana and began the...
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Episode 40: From Consultation to Confidence: Teaching the Skill that Feeds a Lifetime with Earth’s Garden
When Dr. Camille Lewis looks at a garden, she doesn't just see plants—she sees a classroom, a community lifeline, and a bridge to a more resilient future. Based in Tallahassee, Florida, Camille founded Earth’s...
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Episode 39: Creating a Natural Space for Healing: The Lands at Hillside Farms
When Abby Collins started working at The Lands at Hillside Farms at fifteen years old, she was serving ice cream. Today, she’s helping lead a 438-acre community anchor that proves a farm can be so much more than just...
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Episode 38: Rooted in the School Day: Building a School Farm Model at The Madison Farm
When Jenni Adams helped start The Madison Farm, it was about bringing the farm into the rhythm of everyday school life.
Set on a school campus in Tennessee, this nonprofit farm is woven into the student...
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Episode 37: Simple Beginnings to Big Impact: Building Farm Education at Pineland Farms
When Cathryn Anderson first arrived at Pineland Farms, there wasn’t an education department.
Just a handful of field trips… a lot of possibility… and a place that felt like it could become something more.
Fifteen...
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Episode 36: From Vacant Lot to Community Impact: Heru Urban Farming's Story of Resilience and Purpose
When Tyrean “Heru” Lewis looked around his neighborhood, he didn’t see access to fresh food—so he took action.
With no formal plan, he began growing in his backyard… then on a vacant lot… and slowly, something much...
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Episode 35: Starting Without a Plan: Growing a Farm Education Program from Scratch at Shipshape Farm
Shipshape Farm in Traveler's Rest, South Carolina didn’t start with a business plan—it started with a need.
In the middle of a season that felt uncertain, Whitney Poitevint and her family made a big shift: from city...
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Episode 34: Nourishing Land and People: The Mission Behind Piney Woods Farm
At its core, Piney Woods Farm is about nourishment—in every sense of the word.
From building healthy soil to providing fresh food for families, this La Grange, Georgia-based nonprofit is focused on creating impact...
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Episode 33: From Farm Kid to Founder: Building Pine Row Preschool
Amber Bruckner is the founder of Pine Row Preschool, a small farm-based preschool in Michigan where young children learn through animals, nature, and everyday farm life. At Pine Row, gathering eggs, feeding animals,...
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