This week’s guest is Jenn Colby. Jenn left academic science to be a farmer, entrepreneur, and she beautifully models how to live her life on her own terms.

In this conversation we discuss farming, ways to reimagine science outside of the lab, people who are beginning to crowd fund their science, and the journey away from academia.

This episode’s key takeaways are:

1. Every day on the farm is a big science experiment.

2. The skill of observing our natural environment is becoming a lost art.

3. In the places we cannot control, we learn so many unexpected things by just observing and constantly testing.

4. If we are not paying attention, we are not learning.

5. Trans-disciplinary science helps us think outside of the box.

6. Generalists thrive in a specialized world.

7. In waiting to be the expert, we censor ourselves into silence.

8. So much joy can be found in doing science on your own terms.

9. There are amazing examples of people crowd funding their science.

10.  Work does not have to be hard.

Episode Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwfarmvt/

Podcast: https://linktr.ee/choosetofarm

Website: https://www.howlingwolffarm.com/

White Oak Pastures Research study: https://whiteoakpastures.com/pages/environmental-sustainability

Recommended Books:

Range: Why generalists triumph in a specialized world by David Epstein

Success Principles by Jack Canfield

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