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Episode 78: Addressing Disability Accommodations in a Farm Employee Manual
In this episode, Eva and Chloe discuss why and how to set up a disability accommodation policy if your farm employee manual. We get into why and how to use your employee manual to communicate about…
Episode 77: Accommodating Employee Disabilities on the Farm and Ranch
In this episode, Eva and Bonita share important considerations for accommodating employee disabilities on the farm and ranch. You'll learn what a disability is in the eyes of the law, how to engage…
Episode 76: Facing Food Safety Regulation with Farmer Lindsay
Lindsay Klaunig (she/her) is the farmer and owner of Trouvaille Farm in Athens, Ohio. She raises grass-fed beef and goats on pasture, heirloom crops on the ridge tops, and makes artisan chocolate and…
Episode 75: Safe Collaboration Between Farm Businesses with Farmer Iriel
Iriel Edwards (she/her) is a seed farmer and owner of Dancing Radicle Farm in Alexandria, Louisiana. Her passions for seeding justice in our food system and dismantling private property feed her…
Episode 74: Collective Land Access with Farmer Sagan
Sagan Gray (they/them) is a co-owner of Bramblenook Farm, a small vegetable production farm located in Scituate, Rhode Island on the unceded lands of the Narragansett, Pokanoket, and Wampanoag…
Episode 73: Could the Zoning Code put a Damper on Your Botanical Production Plans?
Did you know that when a farmer starts drying herbs for tea or turning elderberries into syrup, a farm is potentially subject to different zoning or land use rules? In this podcast, Eva and Rachel…
Episode 72: How to Create Legally Resilient Labels for your Botanical Products
What makes for a good label on your teas and tinctures? In terms of risk management, a good botanical product label is one that satisfies the FDA. In this episode, Eva and Chloe walk you through the…
Episode 71: Navigating Botanical Product Regulation and Enforcement
Do you make and sell botanical products like tinctures and teas from herbs you grow on your farm? Understanding who regulates your product and the rules they enforce with your production, labeling,…
Episode 70: Revisiting Paying Wages as Salary on the Farm and Ranch
In honor of Open Farm Employment Law Week beginning on Monday September 18th, we are re-releasing our podcast episode on Why Some Farms Pay Wages as Salary.Why the return? Because overtime pay rules…
Episode 69: Protecting Your Long-Term Lease
This episode is a great listen for people with, or pursuing a lease that will last for five or more years. A lot can change over time, and ensuring that your lease is valid even if the land changes…
Episode 68: Managing Recreational Liability on the Farm
It's summertime and recreation is on the mind! The top 3 recreational uses we are seeing farmer landowners share with others are (1) nature recreation, like letting CSA members onto the farm for…
Episode 67: The Truth About Crop and Livestock Insurance Premiums
Given the typical profit-driven nature of insurance, many farmers and ranchers approach crop and livestock insurance with caution. But is the caution necessary? In this episode we explore what sets…
Episode 66: Leasing Farmland to Your Farm Business
Have you heard that it's good practice to lease your farmland to your farm or ranch business? Have you wondered why this is and what this would look like? Tune in because we've got answers for you!…
Episode 65: Farmers Respond to Discrimination in Insurance
Federally-subsidized crop and livestock insurance is an important risk management tool available to farmers and ranchers nationwide. However, some farmers may encounter barriers to purchasing a…
Episode 64: Decoding Your Food Safety Liability Coverage
Food safety liability is basically the risk of someone getting sick from the food you’ve produced. This is a risk that often lurks in producers' minds because even when doing everything possible to…
Episode 63: Income Protection for Foraging Farmers
While federal crop insurance programs generally do not provide coverage for wild-crafted products that farmers might sell alongside their cultivated crops, farmer-foragers still have options to…
Episode 62: Disabling Dangers on the Farm with Insurance Options
Injuries to farm and ranch owners while at work are common. Accidents can happen with PTO tractor attachments, trailers that get unhitched, gates that malfunction on you, the list goes on. These…
Episode 61: Farm Transitions with Farmer Martha
Martha McFarland (she/her) operates Hawkeye Buffalo & Cattle Ranch on her family’s farm in northeast Iowa. Her father started the ranch, but today Martha owns the business and operates it on land…
Episode 60: Navigating Farmland Access with Farmer Michelle
Stable long-term farmland access is essential for growing a sustainable agricultural business, but finding it is one of the biggest challenges facing farmers and ranchers today. Contributing factors…
Episode 59: Creating a Cooperative with Farmer Katie Nixon
Katie Nixon (she/her) is a farmer and local food systems champion who has been working with and for agricultural producers for over 13 years in the Kansas City region. She is a co-owner of Green Gate…
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