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Gracie Weinzierl Pierson

A Farm Kid's Guide to Agriculture

Episode 041 – You Are What You Eat

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…

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Episode 040 – All of Our Goat Puns Are Baaaad

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…

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Follow the Field Update #17

Happy Harvest! That’s right, it’s go time. Harvest is underway on our farm and everywhere around us this week. It’s a bit later than normal because of the late planting…

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Follow the Field Update #16

Hello, winter! (Just kidding – but it kind of feels like late November today instead of mid-October). At this time last year, we were done with harvest. On average, we’ve…

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Episode 039 – Tourists in Our Own Industry

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…

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Follow the Field Update #15

It finally feels like fall! The leaves are turning, the weather is getting cooler, and even though we haven’t started harvest yet, I’m excited about the season change. We’re about…

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Follow the Field Update #14

Happy Friday! Well, Friday evening. Better late than never, right? Some visual differences in the fields this week, but still a ways off from harvest. 09/27/19 Update: Cover Crop Soybeans…

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Episode 038 – Let’s Talk About Climate Change

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…

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Follow the Field Update #12

Happy Friday! Nothing too exciting to report this week. Still a few weeks to go before harvest, but the good news is that we’re now in “second summer” in Illinois…