On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Jessica Mose. Jessica is the owner and maker behind Prairie Soap Shack - An all-natural skincare e-commerce business where she creates modern and eco-friendly products with wildcrafted and homegrown plants. A former nurse and now certified herbalist, Jessica is inspired by nature and the nostalgia of her roots when creating in her business. Connecting to the land is her family's way of life as Jessica and her husband, Adam, have a family generational grain farm as well as grow their own garden and forage for wild plants with their ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Kendall Ballantine. At the age of 27, Kendall ditched the power suits of her corporate career, as Director of Operations in grocery supply chain, for a life in gumboots on the farm when she opened her business Central Park Farms. Fast forward eight years later, Central Park Farms employs a small team and is a growing direct-to-consumer producer of beef, pork, and chicken supplying the Metro Vancouver market. Through her business, Marketing For Farmers, Kendall provides mentorship and education to farmers and ranchers throughout No ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Elise Ferguson. Elise is a professional web developer, movie theatre manager, master gardener, homesteader, mom, candy store owner, beginning farmer, and a person with too many irons in the fire in southwestern Minnesota. For full show notes, including links mentioned in the show, head over to wildrosefarmer.com/173 . . . THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSIONS [17:35] Young Farmers Loan [40:10] All About Rural Retail Roundtable Podcast [44:25 ] Rapid Fire . . . Let's get Social Follow The Rural Woman Podcast on Social Media InstagramFacebook Sig ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Kate Kavanaugh. Kate Kavanaugh is an entrepreneur, farmer, butcher, nutrition therapist, and host of the Mind, Body, and Soil Podcast. She saw firsthand the power of meat to heal her own body, and in seeking out farmers and ranchers raising meat, she found the power of meat to heal land, too. In 2013, she opened Western Daughters Butcher Shop in Denver, Colorado, with her now-husband, Josh Curtiss, where they source grass-fed and pasture-raised whole animals from local regenerative farmers and ranchers. Kate is now the host of the ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Jenna Brown. Jenna earned her B.S. in Biology and Soil Science from the University of Wyoming. After college, she saw herself working in the energy industry and living the big city life with all of her friends enjoying fancy bars and Colorado Avalanche hockey games. However, that all changed in 2020 when she lost her energy industry job and moved to a small town in the middle of nowhere Montana with her two fur babies to pursue a career in agriculture. Not growing up in agriculture, Jenna has completely immersed herself in the wor ..read more

*The content shared in this episode includes cannabis education and is intended for an adult audience. On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Serena Donovan. Serena Donovan is a proud wife, mother, and grandmother living and working on their family grain farm near Mossleigh, Alberta. Although Serena grew up rurally, she did not have a direct connection with Agriculture until later in life. Looking for ways to diversify their operation, in 2019, Serena began building her indoor cannabis facility, bringing farming indoors all year long. In February 2020, Because You Cann ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Alli Caraveo. Alli Caraveo is a stay-at-home mom, first-generation rancher, entrepreneur and Equine Gestaltist™. She pursued her lifelong love for animals by getting her Veterinary Technology degree in 2012. During that time, she was building a family and a ranch with her future husband.  Currently, Alli and her family are enjoying the slow life of Central Montana while enjoying a life they have always dreamed of. She has opened up a retreat center and an Equine Gestalt Coaching business where she and her horses help others w ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Diane McKenzie. Diane McKenzie is a farmer from Warner, Alberta. She grew up in southern Alberta on a mixed-family farm and currently farms with her family - growing grain, feed, forage and Hereford cattle seed stock. Diane's research interest is rural women and their participation in the intergenerational transfer of the family farm. By actively farming with her families, she brings an insider view to asking questions about the inequities women and girls who farm are limited by. For full show notes, including links mentioned in t ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Lindsay Hamilton. Lindsay Hamilton from Homegrown Small Town owns and operates 3 successful businesses, 2 of which are in the farming sector. A 5th generation farmer with a passion for growing, soil and education. When not helping to oversee the operations and over 100 employees, she enjoys spending her time on her one-acre garden with her husband and 2 kids, making maple syrup and quilting (Yes, she is only 35 despite her hobbies suggesting otherwise). She is a true believer that there is no such thing as NOT having a green thumb ..read more

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman Podcast™, you'll meet Sarah Riedner. For full show notes, including links mentioned in the show, head over to wildrosefarmer.com/166 Sarah Riedner still considers herself a newbie farmer. She and her husband are both first-generation farmers and started officially farming in 2017, although they had been doing urban farming in the backyards of Calgary prior to that. Her farm, Happiness By The Acre, is located just outside of Didsbury, AB on 153 acres of prairie grazing land and riparian areas. Sarah primarily considers herself the "crazy chicken lady ..read more