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Episode 51: More Than a Farm: How Mary’s Land Farm Built a Whole Village of Experiences
What happens when a family farm keeps following one opportunity into the next?
At Mary’s Land Farm in Ellicott City, Maryland, what began with raising food for the family has grown into a regenerative working farm...
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Episode 50: The Skills We’ve Lost and Why We Want Them Back: Green Door Folk School
Kristina Schnepf spent 30 years climbing the corporate ladder before a very different kind of work called her name. One day, she watched a construction crew building something outside her office window…and something...
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Episode 49: Cultivating Hope: Empowering the Next Generation Through Farm Education at Holly Hill Farm
When Wendy Prentiss noticed her students were feeling overwhelmed by climate anxiety and their future, she realized what was taught in schools did not provide practical solutions. So, she decided to act.
Leaving...
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Episode 48: What if School Worked More Like Life? Inside Infinity Academy’s Farm-Based Approach to Education
What happens when you stop asking "How do we fit kids into a system?" and start asking "What does a child actually need to truly thrive?" 🌱✨
In this heart-opening episode, I am joined by sisters Gillian Berard (a...
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Episode 47: Choosing the Farm Education Path That Fits the Life You Want
One year. 46 episodes. Incredible guests that I am so grateful to have shared their stories on this podcast.
In honor of our first year of the podcast, I'm talking about a question that's followed me through 30 years...
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Episode 46: Fairways to Farm Fields: Transforming a Sprawling Golf Course into a Living Lab at Timberview Farmstead
When Sarah Siburt stepped away from a 23-year career in public education to become the Executive Director of Timberview Farmstead, she didn't just take on a new job, she stepped onto a 150-acre canvas of pure...
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Episode 45: The Shared Pasture: Cultivating Community Ownership and Teaching Regenerative Systems at Codman Community Farms
When Tana DeSandres looks out at a farm, she doesn't just see agricultural land, she sees an evolving classroom driven by curiosity, empathy, and natural cycles. After spending over three years coordinating the...
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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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