Shining Bright | The FarmHer Podcast

For the first time ever, the FarmHerd is LIVE from the Iowa State Fair! Join Carly, Lexi, and Marji as they meet a variety of people and talk ag at the fair. These episodes guests include the first-ever female governor from the state of Iowa, Kim Reynolds and Nationwide's very own Krista Soda.

This FarmHer/RanchHer owns two businesses and is still in her twenties. Karoline Rose has hustle and heart! Listen to the conversation with FarmHer as Karoline explains what it's like to live in the big sky state and how she has successfully built her career.

This week on Shining Bright, we’ll be talking to a FarmHer who journeyed around the world to find her family and her farm. Meet Anya Irons, a flower farmer with Ioerger Family Farms in Illinois. Anya explains how she traveled across the ocean to build a business and a family right in the heartland of America.

The FarmHerd talks about our favorite summer festivities, fairs! Amy Tlach calls in from the barn as she gives an update on her girls getting ready for the fair and the FarmHer gals share their summer fair memories. Marji gives an insight on her steer show experience, Lexi talks about her refinishing project that was almost a nightmare, and Carly shares her favorite part of county fairs.

Jan Jones didn't think she wanted to be involved in agriculture until she found herself missing the farm. Jan talks to Marji and Lexi about peanuts, from the variety to exactly what she was doing during the interview. This episode is just flat nuts!

The FarmHerd may be short of sleep but they're not short of excitement as they discuss the I am FarmHer event. Listen as they laugh about funny stories, share their takeaways from the amazing speakers, and get the latest details from FarmHer.

This week on Shining Bright, we'll be talking to a FarmHer from the dairy world. Meet Laura Daniels, FarmHer, agvocate and President and founding member of the Dairy Girl Network. We’ll learn how shines her light on women in the milking parlor and beyond.

Join the conversation as host Marji Guyler-Alaniz, along with co-hosts Lexi Marek and Hannah Borg, talk to a FarmHer from New Hampshire. Along with her business partner, the ladies launched a brewery, surrounded by a farm. We’ll meet Nicole Carrier, one of the women behind a totally unique operation on the East coast.

On this episode, you'll hear from a few FarmHers who not only found their way back to the farm but have transformed it. Host Marji and co-host Lexi meet Amy and Beth Marcoot and Audie Wall, the sister-friend trio behind the GREAT Gouda at Illinois’ Marcoot Jersey Creamery.

Tune in to Shining Bright for a FarmHERD kick off to Dairy Month. Listen to host Marji Guyler-Alaniz as she gathers up a few friends to talk about building a community, running a business and ICE CREAM! Stacey Noe and Carly Cummings join the conversation as Stacey shares her thought process behind opening her recent business, Double Dipped, located in Huxley, Iowa. 

Get ready for the discussion with Marji and Lexi about branding...and not the type you do to your cattle! They’ll walk you through their top 10 tips for building a solid brand for your business. This conversation includes everything from mistakes made, decisions done correctly, and how we've built FarmHer.

Get ready for some Wisconsin fun! Marji talks to a few FarmHers that she has met on the road. These ladies have done things their way and are winning. Meet Lisa Kivrist and Kriss Marion, both farmers, entrepreneurs, political activists, and all around fun people.

On Episode 27, Marji talked to a FarmHer with a different perspective. Meet Hillary Haddigan, Chief of Mission Effectiveness for Heifer International. Hear how she has spent her life working to educate and lift up FarmHers around the world and why Heifer International continues to support people not only across the world but right here in the United States as well.

This week on Shining Bright, we’ll be talking Beef! In Celebration of Beef Month in May, host Marji and co-host Lexi will talk with Elin Parker Ganshchow, a RanchHer and Entrepreneur raising grass fed cattle at the base of the Sangre De Cristo mountains in Colorado. The conversation goes from cattle production to how to make the best roast beef ever.

Host Marji Guyler-Alaniz talks to a few women who are part of a team that came together to help raise awareness about mental illness in agriculture. Kim Keller and Lesley Kelley are working hard to break the stigma and provide resources for their community and they are the founders of 'Do More Ag'. Learn more about the organization and why mental health is important to discuss with everyone, especially agriculturalists.