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The Common Ground North Dakota Podcast brings together a farmer and a chef to explore where food really begins. Through honest conversations, they uncover the shared values, challenges, and connections between growing food and cooking it.
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The Blue Jacket: How FFA Shapes the Next Generation of Leaders (opens the original)
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Pull up a chair for a conversation close to Billie's heart. Billie and Heather sit down with Laiken DeMorrett, Executive Director of the North Dakota FFA Foundation, to dig into everything the National FFA Organization offers students across the state and beyond. From the iconic blue jacket and the Blue Jackets Bright Futures program to supervised agricultural experience grants, the Washington Leadership Conference and the upcoming 100th anniversary of FFA in 2029, this episode is packed with re
Giving Back to Agriculture: Service and Leadership with Stephanie Cook (opens the original)
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What does it look like to show up for agriculture beyond the field? Billie and Heather sit down with Stephanie Cook, farmer, FFA booster president, 4-H leader and fellow North Dakota Soybean Growers Association board member, to talk about the power of service and leadership in ag communities. From trade missions to Vietnam and Thailand to raising the next generation of farmers through FFA and 4-H, Stephanie and Billie make the case for why now is the time to get involved. Whether you are a farme
Connecting the Community through Local Food with Jenna Neiters (opens the original)
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If you've ever wondered how to find local food near you, start a farmers market in your community, or get fresh North Dakota produce into your kids' school lunches, this episode is your roadmap. Heather and Billie sit down with Jenna Neiters, Local Foods Marketing Specialist with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture, to explore all the ways local food is bringing communities together across the state. From CSAs and community orchards to farm to school programs and the new Pride of Dakota F
Combines, Field Meals and Family: Billie Talks Harvest (opens the original)
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It's harvest season and Billie is pulling back the curtain on what it really looks like to be in the thick of it. In this episode, Heather sits down one on one with Billie Lentz of Lentz Farms to walk through everything from how a combine actually works, to the stress of rain delays, to the field meals that keep the whole crew going. Billie shares what two years of farming has taught her, how family makes harvest possible, and why this season is truly the payoff for a whole year of hard work. Wh
From the Ranch to the Lunchroom: The Whole Plate Project (opens the original)
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What happens when a rancher asks why her neighbor's kids aren't eating local beef at school? In Hettinger, North Dakota, it sparked a movement. Heather and Billie sit down with Kat Weinert, rancher, photographer and founder of the Whole Plate Project, a grassroots initiative getting locally raised beef into school lunches and snack programs. Kat shares how five phone calls and a whole lot of passion turned into a full program, what she learned about USDA inspection along the way, and how any com
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