Hey Women's Work listeners, Ashley here with a podcast recommendation for you – it's my newest series, Mustang, and it explores the complicated world of wild horses. Here's a sneak preview.

Reimagining Our Meat System

Mar 23rd, 2022 24m 51s

The meat supply chain in this country is broken. Four big companies control more than 80% of the meat packing industry. In the final episode of Women’s Work we’ll meet a rancher entrepreneur who is reimagining our meat system – and building an

Cows Not Condos

Mar 16th, 2022 18m 13s

As more land in rural communities across the West gets gobbled up for housing and development, meet a rancher who’s working to protect open space for agriculture … and she’s teamed up with a surprising ally.

Whose Land?

Mar 9th, 2022 25m 47s

Beth Robinette is trying to be a “less shitty white person.” For her, that’s meant learning about the history of her family’s ranch in eastern Washington and the people from whom the land was taken. It’s also meant exploring the LandBack moveme

Keep Them Dogies Rollin’

Mar 2nd, 2022 20m 21s

When wolves cost the Elzingas thousands of dollars in lost cattle, the family changed everything about how they ranch. Mount up and head into the Idaho backcountry with them to find out how they’re keeping the wolves at bay and improving the he

Food Sovereignty

Feb 23rd, 2022 19m 28s

Kelsey Scott’s ancestors had no problem feeding themselves before white settlers arrived on the great plains. Now, she’s restoring food sovereignty to her people – the Cheyenne River Sioux – by raising grass fed beef on the reservation and sell

Flooding Fields for Waterfowl

Feb 16th, 2022 22m 42s

Rachel Beaubien says she doesn’t know much about birds but she loves the fact that every year, thousands of them land in her irrigated hay fields to rest and refuel on their long migrations. Ranchers in her part of eastern Oregon may be providi

Waiting for Babette

Feb 9th, 2022 28m 45s

Waking up in the middle of the night and missing German class are part of the job when you’re a 14 year old sheep rancher. Meet Maloi Lannan of Red Clover Lambs in Montana and find out what the next generation of regenerative ranchers is doing

Working Cows, Rethinking Beef

Feb 2nd, 2022 4m 6s

Hey, I’m Ashley. I used to be a vegetarian. Then I moved rural, started meeting ranchers and herding cows on horseback - and wondering: could we raise beef better? That question launched me on a journey, across the west. Turns out, women are le

Bonus: The Modern West

Feb 1st, 2022 33m 9s

If you liked the deep look in Women's Work at the way women are reimagining how we raise meat in this country, we've got something else you might like: the new season of The Modern West, a podcast from Wyoming Public Media hosted by Melodie Edw

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