Weekly Impact by Lay of The Land is Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder's deep dive into the timeless lessons from Cleveland's most inspiring founders, CEOs, and leaders, alongside timely updates on community developments throughout Northeast Ohio. Join us each week as we uncover the insights and stories that shape our region's professional landscape.
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Dive into the most relevant topics of sustainable and organic farming through interviews with farmers and ag professionals, as well as audio from MOSES Conference workshops and field days. Organic Specialist Chuck Anderas hosts this podcast.
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8-12-24 Andor Creative, Exit Planning Institute
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In this conversation, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss various topics including leadership development, the importance of having an exit plan for businesses, and the value of financial modeling. They highlight the need for leaders to continuously develop their skills as their businesses grow and evolve. They also emphasize the significance of p…
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8-5-24 Joshua Edwards, Digital-C, Community Flywheel, EPI
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In this conversation, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss the importance of good infrastructure and solving the digital divide. They highlight the work of Joshua Edmonds, who is working on providing affordable internet access through his company Canopy. They also touch on the history of internet connectivity and the need for access to healthcare a…
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7-29-2024 Bob Malley, Cleveland Innovation Summit
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In this conversation, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss the story of Bob Malley and Malley's Chocolates, a successful family business. They highlight the importance of succession planning and the respect for the work that went before. They also discuss the concept of 'Malley moments' and how the emotional impact of a product can create a lasting…
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7-22-24 Craig Hassall (Playhouse Square) IoVs and Innovation Summit
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In this episode, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss their recent interviews with non-traditional entrepreneurs and their impact on the Cleveland community. They highlight the importance of changing the negative perception of Cleveland and embracing its rich history and authenticity. They also discuss the cyclical nature of cities and the need for…
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7-15-2024 Lost & Found in Cleveland, Encore Venture labs
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In this episode, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss the entrepreneurial journey of Keith Gurchuk and Marissa Guterman, who made a film called 'Lost and Found in Cleveland'. They talk about the importance of purpose over paycheck and the difference between working for a paycheck and seeking purpose in work. They also highlight the level of hustle …
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7-8-24 Forward Hospitality and Creative Infrastructure
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In this episode, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss the recent podcast episode with Mitchell Vargo from Forward Hospitality Group. They highlight the importance of having an intentional operating system for business success and the benefits of implementing EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System). They also talk about the creative infrastructure in…
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7-1-24 Genome Oncology , Q3, learning to record version
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In this conversation, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss three main topics: the Lay of the Land podcast with Ian Mauer of Genome Oncology, their sessions for the week, and the start of Q3. They highlight Ian's description of Genome Oncology as a clinical decision support system and his approach to learning and evolving. They also discuss the role…
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6-24-24 Umberto Fedeli, EO, and Entrepreneurial Restauranting
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In this conversation, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss various topics related to business building and entrepreneurship and the lessons learned from Umberto Fedeli. They talk about the importance of being a student of the game and continuously learning, as well as the significance of having a clear purpose and being in the right place doing the…
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6-17-24 Vytalize, E&Y Winners, Impact Moments
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In this conversation, Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss three main topics: the podcast episode with Matt Shapiro from Vitalize, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards, and their session days. They highlight key takeaways from each topic, including the stages of business development, the importance of clear communication, and the need …
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6-10-24 Atomic Industries, Landi Industries, Burk Enterprises, Color3
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Jim Haviland and Kris Snyder discuss Lay of the Land episode #169 with Aaron Slodov, including Aaron's Manifesto, his mission to exascale American manufacturing, and the importance of skilled labor. They talk about Jeremiah Landi who helps startups turn ideas into products and his multi-faceted background. Finally, they mention Introductions of Val…
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6-3-24: Oko, North Coast Ventures, EO CLE
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This episode reviews the Lay of the Land podcast with Darren A. Small and his company, Oko, AI and workflow automation. Also discussed event by North Coast Ventures is also discussed, mentioning portfolio companies like Society Brands. The episode concludes with a conversation about EO, a business owner's network. This week's Lay of the Land episod…
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Systems Approach to Organic Farming with Rodrigo Cala
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Rodrigo Cala and MOSES hosted a field day on August 18, 2021 at Cala Farm Origenes in Turtle Lake, WI. MOSES Organic Specialist Rodrigo Cala shared the systems approach he uses on his organic farm, focusing on sheep production with rotational grazing, a perennial system for raising chickens, and much more. Rodrigo realized in the last couple years …
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Climate Change: Keynote Conversation from the 2021 Growing Stronger Collaborative Conference
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Jim Goodman (National Family Farm Coalition), Erin Schneider (Hilltop Community Farm, Wisconsin), and Lea Zeise (Intertribal Agriculture Council) share their unique perspectives on farming and climate in a conversation that explores some of the solutions to one of the greatest challenges we face as a species: climate change. In this conversation, w…
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Climate Change: Resilient Soils with Dr. Jessica Gutknecht and Dr. Lauren Snyder
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Continuing our climate change series, this episode is a workshop from the 2020 MOSES Conference with Dr. Lauren Snyder and Dr. Jessica Gutknecht. According to the NOAA, "the Midwest set a record for the wettest year in history (1895-2019) for the second straight year" in 2019. The need to build healthy soils that can withstand weather extremes is c…
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Climate Change: Build Resilience with Soil Biology with Dr. Kris Nichols
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This is episode one of a series on climate change. Whether you have drought or flooding this year, your weather is probably strange. This series of recordings of MOSES conference from the last few years share some strategies in adapting to climate change. The first in the series is a talk from the 2017 MOSES Conference called Build Resilience with …
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In this episode, host Chuck Anderas talks to Ken Meter about his new book, Building Community Food Webs. Ken shares some of the best examples of how communities have built relationship-based food systems, and shares his thoughts on why the current food system is extractive, how communities can use co-learning to find creative solutions, how democra…
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From the 2019 MOSES Organic Farming Conference, Ken Meter and Megan Goldenberg dive deep into food systems history and data, and give examples of successful community-based food systems work from around the United States. Ken Meter is one of most experienced food-system analysts in United States, and his work integrates market analysis, systems thi…
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Introducing Bootless: the new season of In Her Boots with Tiffany LaShae
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This is the trailer to the new season of the In Her Boots podcast. This season is the first with new host Tiffany LaShae. Tiffany—a Black woman farmer, researcher, educator, and activist—interviews women of color in agriculture from around the Midwest about their experiences. Make sure to search for “In Her Boots” in your podcast app and hit subscr…
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Rodale Farming Systems Trial: Watershed Impact Trial
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Dr. Melinda Daniels of the Stroud Water Research Center and Dr. Kirsten Pearson of the Rodale Institute discuss their incredible collaborative research evaluating the impact of several management systems on an entire watershed. They have years of data on how the watershed was managed conventionally; this multi-year effort will give a clear idea of …
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Rodale Farming Systems Trial: No-Till Vegetables
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Farmer Kat Becker of Cattail Organics in Athens, WI, and Sam Malriat, the Director of the Organic Consulting Program at the Rodale Institute, talk with Chuck about the strategies they have tried, studied, and seen work on farms throughout the country. As Sam puts it, “In organic systems, models are state by state, county by county… There’s not one …
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Rodale Farming Systems Trial: Carbon Sequestration
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Listen in on the conversation with Dr. Andrew Smith, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientist of the Rodale Institute, and Dr. Francesca Cotrufo, Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences and Senior Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Lab at Colorado State University. We go in-depth on the practices and the…
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Food-Grade Grain: On-Farm Milling with Artisan Grain Collaborative
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In the last of our Food-Grade Grain series with Artisan Grain Collaborative, Amy Halloran talks to two Illinois farmers: Andy Hazzard and Jeff Hake. Andy shares her experience milling the grain she grows, as well as milling for other farmers; Jeff Hake explains some of the challenges of trying to find the right equipment. Hazzard Free Farm Funks Gr…
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Food-Grade Grain: Diversifying Crop Rotations with Artisan Grain Collaborative
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Grain advocate, educator, and author Amy Halloran is back to guest host the second of our series in partnership with the Artisan Grain Collaborative. Amy talks with Jason Federer & Michael O'Donnell about how they are navigating their farm’s simultaneous transitions to organic production as well as food-grade marketing. Artisan Grain Collaborative …
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Food-Grade Grain: Behind the Seeds with Artisan Grain Collaborative
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This is the first episode in our series with Artisan Grain Collaborative on food-grade grains. The collaborative includes farmers, millers, distillers, bakers, and other people across the value chain who are creating opportunities to grow grains for people, not livestock or fuel. Today, grain advocate, educator, and author Amy Halloran explores see…
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Queering Farm Ownership: Inside a Worker-Owned Cooperative Farm with Hannah Breckbill of Humble Hands Harvest
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Continuing our partnership with the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, Kelly Maynard and Chuck talk with Hannah Breckbill of Humble Hands Harvest in Decorah, Iowa. We talk through all the aspects of how and why someone would want to transition their farm from a sole proprietorship to a worker-owned cooperative, and some of the benefit…
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Mary O'Herin is an acupuncturist and massage therapist with experience on small-scale organic vegetable and fruit farms. She has a good understanding of the hard work, dedication, and solitude that goes into being a farmer. Mary shares some movement and body-care techniques with us, as well as tips for how to facilitate lasting change. One of the a…
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In partnership with Kelly Maynard from the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, we explore the seven principles of cooperatives with Angela Dawson and Kheph Rakhu from 40 Acre Cooperative. This is part 2 of 2, where we explore principles 5-7: education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for community. What is 40 A…
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In partnership with Kelly Maynard from the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, we explore the seven principles of cooperatives with Angela Dawson and Kheph Rakhu from 40 Acre Cooperative. This is part 1 of 2 episodes where we explore principles 1-4: open and voluntary membership, democratic member control, members’ economic participati…
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After our three-part series on pollinator habitat on organic farms, we had a meeting with the guests to dive a bit deeper into the ins and outs. Listen in on the conversation between Sarah Foltz Jordan and Karen Jokela from the Xerces Society, Joan Olson from Prairie Drifter Farm, Kaitlyn O’Connor from Prairie Moon Nursery, and hear their answers t…
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Practical On-Farm Pollinator Habitat
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On-farm pollinator habitat has many benefits, but deciding how and where to add that habitat can be daunting. Recorded at the 2020 MOSES Conference, Sarah Foltz Jordan of the Xerces Society and Joan Olson of Prairie Drifter Farm help you determine which habitat projects—insectary strips, pollinator-friendly cover crops, native wildflower meadows, h…
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Growing Wellness: Responding to Someone with Thoughts of Suicide
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Chris Frakes discusses steps to take if you encounter someone who is struggling with thoughts of suicide. It is important to note that this is not a full suicide awareness and intervention training. However, it provides the basic steps for effective listening, providing support, and connecting someone in crisis to other appropriate resources so the…
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Kaitlyn O’Connor of Prairie Moon Nursery walks us through the principles of selecting seed mixes for native plantings for pollinator habitat and ecological restoration, then goes over some specific recommendations. Prairie Moon Nursery provides over 700 species of native plants for gardening and restoration. This is part 2 of a 3-part series on pol…
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Establishing Pollinator Habitat on Organic Farms
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Karin Jokela, Xerces Society Wildlife Biologist, talks about pollinator conservation and how these practices mesh with organic standards. Get some tools for assessing habitat, and learn about some of the NRCS programs that offer both financial and technical assistance to help you get started. This is part 1 of a 3-part series on pollinator habitat …
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Growing Wellness: How to Care for Your Mental Health
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This is the audio from the monthly meeting of the farmer-led mental health group, Growing Wellness. This month's guest is Monica Kramer McConkey, a licensed professional counselor, Rural Mental Health Specialist, and consultant with Eyes on the Horizon Consulting. In this session, Monica discusses building personal resilience in 4 areas (Social, Bi…
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Fighting Food Apartheid with a Farmers Market & More
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April Jones and her community were shocked when their two neighborhood grocery stores suddenly closed without warning. She recalled hearing Leah Penniman say, “If you’re looking for someone to save you, I’m here to tell you they’re not coming, and you’re going to have to save yourself.” So, April and a farmer friend founded the Pinehurst Farmers Ma…
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Growing Wellness: Empowered Decision-Making
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In our first Growing Wellness farmer-led mental health support group, guest speaker Lori Cox offers advice to help farmers create plans for resilience, set goals, and make difficult decisions. This season has been a turbulent one for many producers, and farmers will have to continue to work with uncertainty due to climate change and COVID into the …
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Naima Penniman, Program Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks with Chuck about the Black and Indigenous roots of regenerative agriculture, how Soul Fire provides fresh produce to low-income communities of color, the importance of land, the need for reparations, and agricultural policies that could start to right the injustices faced by Black, Indigenou…
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Local Food Is Essential & Update on COVID Farm Safety
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Ariel Pressman with the Real Organic Project explains the Local Food Is Essential campaign. This is a collaborative marketing campaign to promote local foods. Ariel shares the goals of the campaign and how farmers can use it to help their businesses. Then Annalisa Hultberg of the University of Minnesota Extension is back to give us an update on COV…
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Paul Dietmann from Compeer Financial and Jon Jovaag, a farmer near Austin, MN, help us do the numbers on transitioning to organic grain production. We talk through how to think through cash flow versus profitability during the transition years, what crops to use in your rotation, and why you’d want to do it in the first place. UPDATE: The Virtual F…
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Do the Numbers, Part 2: Dairy Graziers on the Economics of Dairy Grazing
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Organic dairy graziers Thelma Heidel-Baker and Ricky Baker join Chuck to talk about what they've done to have a financially viable 60-cow dairy. This episode builds on part 1 with Dr. Jon Winsten from 6/4. UPDATE: Part 3 was a Virtual Field Day with Thelma, Ricky, and Jon where we talked about the economics of grazing as well as production, conserv…
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Do the Numbers: The Economics of Dairy Grazing
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You can’t control the price of milk, but you can control how much it costs you to produce it. Dr. Jon Winsten from Winrock International outlines three key metrics to look at when considering a dairy farm’s financial viability: feed efficiency, labor efficiency, and capital efficiency. This is part 1 of 3 grazing training installments this month. I…
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This is part 2 on cooperatives with Kelly Maynard from the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. In part 1, we talked about the importance of group work, goals of co-ops, and questions to ask before getting started. This week, we get into the role of feasibility studies, grants and loans to get started, what kinds of businesses are best …
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Kelly Maynard is a Cooperative Development Specialist at the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. Kelly spoke at the 2020 MOSES Organic Farming Conference about how to start a cooperative. We share clips from her workshop presentation and connect with Kelly to dig a little deeper into the world of cooperatives. Look for Part 2 next week…
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Rebuilding a Just Food System after COVID-19
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COVID-19 is stressing the food system in unprecedented ways. Farmers and local food advocates have a unique opportunity to build new and more just food systems. Today’s guest is Dan Cornelius. Dan is a farmer, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, and is the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s Technical Assistance Specialist for the Great Lakes…
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Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack are flower farmers in St. Louis. Most of their 10,000 followers on Instagram are local customers. (Look for @urbanbuds.) They’ve invested a lot in learning how to do social media well. Their insights are even more important now that in-person connections at farmers markets and on our farms have been put on pause. Plu…
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Best Of: Farmer Chat—Market Farming in a Pandemic
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Farmers Katie Bishop and Rebecca Henderson, guests on Episode 1: Market Farming in a Pandemic, return for this chat to answer farmers' questions about online platforms for selling produce, managing inventory, handling CSA demand, connecting with customers, worker safety, and aggregating product with other farms. UPDATE: In this episode, Rebecca Hen…
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Beef & #DairyTogether during the Pandemic
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Why are conventional dairy farmers dumping milk? How are the closures of the meat processing plants impacting livestock farmers? Chuck checks in with Bobbi Wilson from Wisconsin Farmers Union and organic dairy farmer Kevin Mahalko to talk about the issues and how to build more resilient dairy and livestock farms. --- Send in a voice message: https:…
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Join us for Zoom meetings to chat with our guests about the topics featured in our podcast episodes. UPDATE: May 21, 2020 Our Post-Podcast Farmer Chats are on hiatus for the rest of the farming season. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moses-podcast/message
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Farm Commons on Sick Leave for Farmers or Farm Workers
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Our friends at Farm Commons have a great podcast series to help farmers manage legal issues that could arise during the pandemic. We're posting a crossover episode here to introduce our audience to Farm Commons' resources. In this episode, they discuss key legal considerations of sick leave policies for farms that may have sick employees and/or emp…
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How does the coronavirus impact produce safety? How much do you have to worry about surfaces? How do you keep yourself, your workers, and your customers safe? The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a lot of questions for market farmers. Produce safety expert Annalisa Hultberg from the University of Minnesota Extension has science-based answers to help y…
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