043 - #CareerGoals
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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.
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042 - Another One Bites the Dust
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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
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041 - You Are What You Eat
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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 comes to grocery shopping and convenience.
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040 - All of Our Goat Puns Are Baaaad
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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 decide to become an ag teacher, and what life's been like as a beginning ag teacher.
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039 - Tourists in Our Own Industry
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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.
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038 - Let's Talk About Climate Change
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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. In this episode, Claire and Gracie discuss the great things agriculture is doing to contribute towards a solution to factors that may influence climate change. Agriculture has a great story to share and it's time we tell it.
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037 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
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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 year), and whether apple cider has officially been dethroned as the Official Beverage of Fall™. Find more at FarmKidBlog.com.
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036 - Flexing Those Ag Comm Muscles
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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 the Oxford comma should be used, which is a taboo topic in our family.
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035 - Rural Routes vs Urban Street Parking
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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? Is it right to blame our rural and farming counterparts without experiencing life in Small Town USA?
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034 - Family Reunions
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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.
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This week, we talk with Kristen Faucon, Issues Manager at GROWMARK (and fellow cat mom), about ag policy and what an issues manager actually does.
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