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Author: IMPAC

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You know where you buy your food, but do you know who grows it? We chat with farmers, chefs, industry experts, and other influential figures to learn more about food, farming, farmers, and modern agriculture.
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Host Chef Vivian Howard speaks candidly with Michele Payn. Michele connects the people and science of food and farming as principal of Cause Matters Corp. She is known for being a community catalyst, a passionate advocate for global agriculture - and antagonizing people into action. Michele has worked with farmers in more than 25 countries, raised over $5 million in sponsorships for the National FFA Foundation and founded the weekly online Twitter conversations, AgChat and Food Chat. She is the author of two books, No More Food Fights! and Food Truths from Farm to Table, an Amazon #1 best seller.
Part two of the conversation with Chef Vivian Howard, co-creator and star of the award winning PBS show, A Chef's Life, and founder of the Female Farming Project, Audra Mulkern. Audra shares her experiences of touring the U.S. and meeting women who have traded corporate life for farming.
In this episode of IMPAC’s podcast—Your Food, Your Farmer—IMPAC partner Vivian Howard interviews writer and photographer Audra Mulkern, who shares her knowledge about the history of women in agriculture and how women have impacted the industry as a whole. Residing in a small farming community near Seattle in Duval, Audra is passionate about her documentarian work, writing and photographing for “The Female Farmer Project”—a multi-platform documentary project about the rise of women in agriculture across the globe. With the aim to change the way we view farming and the food on our plates, her work to highlight these women and share their stories has received wide recognition world-wide, having been featured in Huffington Post, Modern Farmer, as well as in several magazines and other publications. Hear more about what Audra has to say about women in agriculture by listening to part one of the podcast.
In this episode of IMPAC’s podcast—Your Food, Your Farmer—IMPAC’s Executive Director, Danny Kushmer, interviews with Agribusiness Development Manager for the Hillsborough County Economic Development Department, Simon Bollin, to discuss economic development and veteran recruitment in agriculture today. Currently working for the fourth largest populated county in Florida, Simon serves as the liaison between farmers and agribusinesses in Hillsborough County and county government on legislative and regulatory issues, and he also helps promote, develop and expand new or existing agribusiness in the county. He also helps manage several programs (in partnership with the University of Florida, Farm Credit and Mosaic) to assist veterans with obtaining a job in agriculture, from providing education opportunities to presenting financial aid options, and more. Listen to this Your Food, Your Farmer podcast today to hear Simon’s full perspective on these two important points in agriculture.
IMPAC partner, Chef Vivian Howard chats with Michelle Miller (a.k.a. The Farm Babe™) about some of the most common misconceptions consumers have about modern farming and agriculture. Writer, speaker, farm owner and myth buster, Michelle has found her passion in educating consumers about how their food is truly produced, informing them of all the popular misconceptions in food labeling and marketing today. Michelle is dedicated to providing real, unbiased facts from real farmers and leading industry experts to show how modern agriculture practices are actually much safer and healthier —for both consumers and livestock—than commonly perceived by the public. Listen to this Your Food, Your Farmer podcast today to hear The Farm Babe share her experience about modern agriculture and debunk today’s most common farming myths regarding GMOs, pesticides, organic versus non-organic produce, and more.
In IMPAC’s newest episode of the Your Food, Your Farmer podcast, Danny Kushmer (IMPAC’s Executive Director) interviews Christian Spinosa (General Manager of Beef and Citrus Operations for Dudley Putnam Inc.) to share his experience with raising cattle and processing citrus for his business. For Christian, a special appreciation for agriculture was just part of his upbringing, and now, he’s recently been awarded the Excellence in Agriculture Award from The American Farm Bureau Federation of Young Farmers & Ranchers. In this episode, Danny interviews Christian to discuss his experience in harvesting, and how’s he’s helped manage Dudley Putnam Inc.’s to become a successful operation in Bartow, Florida.
In the flagship episode of IMPAC’s podcast—Your Food, Your Farmer—I spend some time chatting with Lori Taylor, otherwise known as The Produce Mom®. What started as a small blogging project as the marketing manager at a produce wholesale company, Lori Taylor has turned The Produce Mom® into the go-to source for families looking for ways to eat more fruits and vegetables while giving them a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes work in agriculture. The Produce Mom’s® educational resources have even be supported by the USDA Team Nutrition program, as well as the State Department of Education. In this episode, Lori and I talk about her journey in becoming an advocate for healthy eating, tips families can use to eat more produce and how we can continue to be smarter about our health.
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