Episodes 50
Avg. Duration 30m
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Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode May 2025

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We explore real legal issues faced on farms every day, providing key knowledge and tangible solutions to help you grow a thriving agricultural business.

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Episode 78: Addressing Disability Accommodations in a Farm Employee Manual

May 22, 2025 23m

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

Mar 26, 2025 12m

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

May 08, 2024 50m

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

Apr 19, 2024 50m

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

Mar 22, 2024 22m Transcript

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?

Mar 15, 2024 15m Transcript

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

Mar 14, 2024 20m

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

Mar 11, 2024 30m Transcript

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

Sep 14, 2023 24m

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

Aug 22, 2023 21m Transcript

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

Aug 04, 2023 27m

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

Jul 07, 2023 14m Transcript

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

Jun 15, 2023 23m

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

Jun 08, 2023 19m Transcript

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

May 31, 2023 27m

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

May 08, 2023 15m Transcript

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

May 02, 2023 27m

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

Apr 21, 2023 22m Transcript

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

Apr 18, 2023 23m Transcript

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

Apr 03, 2023 39m Transcript

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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