The Agri-Tourist, My Journey Back to Agriculture
Agritourism involves travel, entertainment, adventure and agriculture, but, at its core, agritourism is really about connecting and educating. Join me to learn from experienced agritourism farmers and entrepreneurs, and help me build my future farm strategy.
Episodes
71 episodes
It's Time to Pause...& 3 Favorites!
This is a special episode for many reasons. We hit 70 episodes last week!! I can’t believe how fast 70 episodes went by - 70 weeks of my life and yours!!! This episode will be highlighting - very briefly - the top 3 most...
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Episode 71
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41:54
Amy Crone is Expanding Food Access with Technology
We have all heard about the impending cuts that will be impacting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - also known as SNAP. SNAP is a food program that provides assistance to more than 40 million people across America and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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39:47
20 Years Worth of Agri-Adventures with Tim Werbe
Today’s conversation is with an old friend, someone who’s been with me since my days in corporate america, has known my kids since they were really young, and someone who has been an active agritourist with me along my journey. His formal...
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Episode 69
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1:09:48
Bypassing Traditional Food Systems to Make Food Accessible
Luis Angel Mendez’s journey at Red Tomato began 21 years ago. In 2001 Angel met Michael Rozyne, Founder, and Kate Larson, former Operations manager.. Michael and Kate were searching for two things, warehouse space, and a warehouse manager! &nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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42:57
When Farmers Win, We ALL Win with Dana DiPrima
Dana DiPrima is supporting hardworking small & mid-sized American farmers with small actions that have a big impact. She believes, and I wholeheartedly agree with her, that when farmers win, we ALL win. I found Dana’s podcast,...
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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1:13:09
A Blue Point Oyster Farm in the Great South Bay
About 3 years ago, Mike & Ray founded Toasted Oysters… a venture that started over some research and a couple of backyard drinks. And one that is also a part of the Farmer Veteran Coalition. I have to admit, Until we spoke, I di...
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Season 2
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Episode 66
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1:06:57
Emily Stone Disrupts the Chocolate Economy, Impacting Over 10,000+ Cacao Farmers Globally
I can’t resist a great conversation about chocolate and cacao farming. I had the pleasure of interviewing someone I met at the beginning of her cacao journey, a real powerhouse and innovator at the time whom I met on my first chocolate trip to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 65
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1:01:07
The Original Farm Trails & Gravenstein Apple Thrive Together
Farm Trails was founded in the 1970’s to connect the public to local farmers, ranchers, producers and purveyors in Sonoma County CA and is still aligned with the same mission and going strong in 2025. Over five decades ago, a group...
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Season 2
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Episode 64
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1:07:58
A Costa Rica Adventure Debrief with Abby
One of my best trips ever….exploring Costa Rica…with my youngest daughter Abby…for her 18th birthday and High School graduation! This past April, Abby and I embarked on an adventure to Costa Rica….packed with ‘fake’ volcanic eruptions, as...
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Season 2
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Episode 63
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1:07:28
Farms of the Brave with Matt & Kara Rutter
I had the opportunity to interview 2 extremely dedicated and super insipring people who are veterans, farmers, educators, PHd students, and mentors for so many veterans who are considering a career in farming. This is career #2 for both o...
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Season 2
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Episode 62
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52:58
Wine on the Porch Part 2: A Mini Podcast Series with Maryland 'Farm' Women
On Agri-Tourist Episode #4 we hosted Shelby Watson-Hampton, author of Grace, Grit & Lipstick and co-owner of Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards in Maryland. I was heading...
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Season 2
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Episode 61
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1:03:56
Wine on the Porch Part 1: A Mini Podcast Series with Maryland 'Farm' Women
On the Agri-Tourist Episode #4 we hosted Shelby Watson-Hampton, author of Grace, Grit & Lipstick and co-owner of Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards. I was heading down to a wedding in SC and my 1st stop was Maryland. I always say that I ...
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Season 2
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Episode 60
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38:48
Providing Meaningful Access to Healthy Food with Shalom Farms
Shalom Farms is a nonprofit working together to build healthy communities by growing and sharing healthy food. The food they grow is distributed through their network of programs and partnerships in communities where access to healthy food is l...
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Episode 59
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1:03:35
Was Meryl Streep the Real Inspiration for Eco-Certified Apples?
We did not grow apples at my farm. So during apple season we would purchase apples to have available for our customers. Finding organic apples was impossible so after some research we found Eco Certified apples from Fishkill Farms -...
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Episode 58
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1:14:18
A Land Access Story: Finding Secure Farmland with Molly Comstock
Molly Comstock is now overseeing Many Forks Farm. Many from the Berkshires know her as the owner of Colfax Farm. Molly’s passion and tenacity for farming and to be a farmer definitely comes through in her story. And her story has a signif...
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Season 2
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Episode 57
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1:02:44
Creating Sustainable Hunger Relief Right from Your PORCH
My conversation with Jim Sanders, farmer from Wildflower Lane Farm in NC, was far reaching. HIs idea around having food advocacy groups who are purchasing produce from retailers and wholesalers shift those funds to pay local farmers to gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 56
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51:33
A Farm Conversation that Led to a Place at the Table
Jim Sanders, farmer from Wildflower Lane Farm in NC, had an idea about growing vegetables and finding a distribution partner for those vegetables. In my podcast interview with Jim (
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Season 2
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Episode 55
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42:12
A Creative Farming Model to Grow Food for Local Kids in North Carolina
Jim Sanders, an environmentalist and farmer, is the owner of Wildflower Lane Farm in North Carolina. Jim has some great stories about how he came into farming and his fun and not so fun experiences with trying to build a farming business....
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Season 2
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Episode 54
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1:12:13
The Journey Comes Full Circle with Jen & Marisa (Part 2)
So this is my 53rd episode…the 1st episode of Season 2 of the Agri-Tourist Podcast! This episode is Part 2 of my interview with Marisa about coming full circle. I have learned so much during the course of this ye...
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Season 2
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Episode 53
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48:06
The Journey Comes Full Circle with Jen & Marisa (Part 1)
So this is my 52nd episode…Part 1! One whole year of podcast episodes…and I have to say that I learned so much during the course of this year…and not just about farming and agriculture. I learned so much about life, about love, about pas...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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48:55
Veteran Farmers, Serving Our Country Twice, by Defending it and Feeding it
When I became aware of The Farmer Veteran Coalition, I just had to learn more. The Mission of Farmer Veteran Coalition is Mobilizing Veterans to Feed America. They are cultivating a new generation of farmers and food le...
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Episode 51
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42:53
Everybody Has the Right to High Quality Produce at Full Well Farm
Meg and Laura founded Full Well Farm located in Adams, MA in 2018. Meg was brought up on the farmland they are now farming on. When chatting with Meg about their background, there seemed to be an initial resistance to farming and becoming...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:04:59
Johnson Gains Ground, Growing Food & Community to Create More Food Security in MA
The USDA defines food security as having "access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members" and very low food insecurity is classified as " where one or more household members experience reduced food inta...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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59:55
It's All About 'Morals Over Money' at The Farmyard
She is a passionate farm entrepreneur from Maryland…driven to preserve her farmland and build a thriving Farmyard business. Renee Wilson was born to a teacher and dairy farmer, she was a 4H member and then earned an education in TV prod...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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34:34
Heart & Soil Makes Healthy Food Accessible To All
Kristen Tool and I have something very important in common….we want to connect ALL people to real, healthy, nutritious food….sometimes that food is harvested right from the farm and other times it is made into nutritious soups. Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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58:35