A Farm Kid's Guide To Agriculture

Dec 04 2019 43 ep. 36 mins 28

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A Farm Kid’s Guide to Agriculture: The Podcast, is a dual effort by sisters Claire Weinzierl and Gracie Weinzierl. Gracie’s the one behind the blog and holds a full-time job as an ag communicator. Claire is a recent college graduate and launching her career in agriculture communications. Both classify themselves as farm kids and are eager to build their careers in the ag industry. This podcast is an outlet for their thoughts on current issues – both inside and outside of the ag industry – but ultimately, we’re working to build a guidebook to agriculture. How do seemingly normal things impact agriculture? How does agriculture differ across geographical regions? Why does it matter? Check back every Wednesday for answers to these questions and more!

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043 - #CareerGoals

Dec 04 2019 40 mins

Did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up at age 7? Age 14? Age 18? Age 20? In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss what they thought they would do for a career back when they were in elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and even grad school and how it compares to their current jobs. They then cover Gracie's new fame as the beginning farmer featured

042 - Another One Bites the Dust

Nov 20 2019 28 mins

It seems like everybody comes from a small town, but what happens to our hometowns when we grow up and move away? In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss The implications of the grocery store closing in a nearby community and loss of the town’s identity, What’s in store for Small Town USA, And, because we’re on the subject of food, our favorite Thanksgiving food traditio

041 - You Are What You Eat

Nov 06 2019 41 mins

In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss meal kits, grocery pickup, and other conveniences when it comes to grocery shopping and meal preparation. Claire recently started receiving meal kits and leaves her honest review and explains what you should expect when subscribing to one. They end the episode discussing the future of food and what expectations younger eaters have when it

040 - All of Our Goat Puns Are Baaaad

Oct 23 2019 32 mins

We're back for another episode of A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture: The Podcast with ag teacher, former roommate, and goat enthusiast Kenyon Jodlowski. Claire and Kenyon have been best friends since way back in high school and Kenyon is now making his mark as an ag teacher in Central Illinois. In this episode, we talk about Kenyon's beginnings as a goat farmer, what made him decid

039 - Tourists in Our Own Industry

Oct 09 2019 24 mins

In the spirit of fall fun, Gracie and Claire discuss their recent agri-tourism adventure in Southern Illinois and how it's not necessarily just for the non-ag crowd. And for those rainy days when you can't head out to the farm for some fall fun, Claire gives several podcast and video streaming recommendations from her recent True Crime genre kick. Find more episodes of A Farm Kid'

038 - Let's Talk About Climate Change

Sep 25 2019 31 mins

Climate change has been a hot topic in the news lately, but we feel that agriculture is missing a great opportunity to join the conversation. Farmers are great caretakers of the land and have made great strides in improving farming practices to be more efficient and environmentally friendly. In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss the great things agriculture is doing to contrib

037 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

Sep 11 2019 25 mins

The annual release of Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks seems to be the unofficial beginning of the fall season, but are they really all they're cracked up to be? In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss the best place to get a PSL, the brilliance of the marketing team behind the original launch (seriously, your product has a hashtag and practically launches a new season every ye

036 - Flexing Those Ag Comm Muscles

Aug 07 2019 39 mins

In this episode, Claire and Gracie bring their cousin, Evan Rich, on to introduce himself and tell us a little more about his role in the agriculture industry. Evan's a District Sales Manager/Field Service Representative for one of the brands under the Bayer umbrella and was also an ag communications major, like Claire and Gracie. He and Claire also hold opposing views of whether t

035 - Rural Routes vs Urban Street Parking

Jul 24 2019 27 mins

Rural America often has an "us vs. them" mentality, but is it right to blame our urban consumer counterparts without experiencing life in the city? And flip that the other way around - is it right to blame our rural and farming counterparts without experiencing life in Small Town USA? Claire and Gracie have both had the opportunity to live in a variety of communities - rural/small

034 - Family Reunions

Jul 10 2019 26 mins

We're back! And we brought our cousin Evan on for this episode to discuss family reunions, which are pretty much a summer tradition here in the Midwest. Here are a few questions we ponder during this episode: Why is it there is ALWAYS fried chicken at family reunions? Why haven't we figured out how to breed a chicken with more legs? Legs are the best piece! Fruit in desserts: Yay