Jen Livsey plans and manages grazing on her family’s commercial cow/calf ranch, the Flying Diamond in eastern Colorado. Jen has an MS in Ranch Management from the King Ranch Institute and is the owner of EastCo, a pasture and livestock insuranc

Trey Patterson - Tradition, Innovation & Excellence at the Padlock Ranch in Wyoming

Jan 19th, 2021 50m 22s

Trey Patterson is a thoughtful steward at the Padlock Ranch in northern Sheridan County, Wyoming and southern Big Horn County, Montana. Trey and his team are committed to achieving balance among five elements of purpose in order to put the Padl

Stacy Davies - Rural-Urban Interdependence and Finding New Ground in the Great Basin

Dec 15th, 2020 46m 51s

Stacy Davies is a thoughtful steward committed to using natural systems or what he calls “biologically driven management” at the Roaring Springs Ranch in Oregon. Stacy credits his time under Doc and Connie Hatfield as well as a Holistic Managem

Hans Herkert - Rice Fields for Wildlife in California's Central Valley

Dec 1st, 2020 29m 35s

Hans Herkert, a first-generation rice farmer in California’s Central Valley, and I talk quite a bit about the ways rice fields serve vital ecological functions – including raising salmon and providing temporary shorebird habitat during migratio

Richard Taylor - Increasing species diversity and water into the aquifer in Texas Hill Country

Nov 19th, 2020 42m

After a successful career in computers and technology, Richard Taylor and his partner Suzie Paris spent many years searching for the perfect place to begin their next adventure. In 2001 they purchased 832 acres in Texas Hill Country and named i

Nancy Peterson - Defending Against Drought in the Nebraska Sandhills

Nov 12th, 2020 40m 50s

Nancy Peterson and her husband, Rex, bought Plum Thicket Farms in the Nebraska Sandhills in 1998 after moving from the Colorado Mountains where Nancy had a cow/calf veterinary practice. Over the years they have built the herd to 300 cows, and h

James Morin - 20 Years in Finance to First-Generation Farmer

Nov 5th, 2020 44m 14s

If you're a desk jockey that daydreams about starting a farm, you'll want to pay particular attention to this week's episode with James A. Morin, MBA, a first-generation farmer in Canada.James is an interesting guy who is fully committed to th

Luke Perman - Living his values socially, economically & ecologically

Oct 29th, 2020 39m 54s

Luke Perman is a thoughtful steward of his land, the cattle, and the wildlife at Rock Hills Ranch in South Dakota. A fifth-generation rancher, Luke is focused on long-term sustainability and you can tell his values are reflected in the business

Bob Howard - Akaushi cattle, biomimicry, and carbon sequestration in the Great Basin

Oct 23rd, 2020 41m 17s

Bob Howard is a 3rd generation rancher in Idaho. His family’s operation is based out of Hammett in the winter while summers are spent in the mountains from Midvale to McCall. Bob leads Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef, a cooperative created by ra

Dan Brick - Committed to Soil Health, Water Quality & Carbon Neutral Milk Production

Oct 16th, 2020 38m 49s

Dan Brick is a fifth-generation farmer in Greenleaf, Wisconsin who earnestly takes his role as steward and caretaker of Wisconsin’s natural resources and water ways. After a series of significant runoff events influenced Dan to increase the pac

Gene Goven - Shifting the Paradigm in North Dakota's Prairie Pothole Country

Oct 9th, 2020 40m

Gene Goven is a farmer and rancher in North Dakota’s Prairie Pothole Country. He has owned and managed shortgrass prairie and cropland for more than 50 years. In the 1980’s he attended an intensive holistic management course taught by Allan Sav

Bruce Rominger - Five Generations of Thoughtful Stewardship in California's Central Valley

Oct 2nd, 2020 31m 57s

Bruce Rominger is a farmer who, along with his brother Rick, owns and operates Rominger Brothers Farms, a diverse and large-scale operation in California's Sacramento Valley. The Rominger’s family established the farm back in the 1930s, and now

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Introduction to True Stewards

Sep 23rd, 2020 52s

Hi and welcome to the True Stewards podcast. I'm your host, Jackson Moller, and I invite you to listen in on casual conversations with farmers, ranchers, and conservation partners to better understand how they steward roughly 1 billion acres -

Introduction to True Stewards

Sep 11th, 2020 1m 13s

Family farms and ranches represent one of the best hopes for conservation, as these working lands add up to roughly a billion acres—or about half the land in the Lower 48 states.The True Stewards Podcast welcomes you into meaningful conversat

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