Humble Ground
At Humble Ground, we believe every meal has a story—told by the farmers and ranchers who bring it to life. Our mission is to give these stories a platform, celebrating the essential role they play in feeding the nation.
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Where Welch's Grape Juice Begins (opens the original)
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Where does the grape juice in your refrigerator actually start? At Farm Progress Show, we sat down with Washington grape producer Carter Kilian to talk about what it takes to grow grapes for Welch’s. Carter takes us inside grape production in Washington—from managing the vineyard and raising a quality crop to harvest and ultimately seeing those grapes become a product recognized in households across the country. It’s another reminder that behind the brands and products we see every day are farme
Why Agriculture Needs More Real Stories (opens the original)
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We caught up with Logan and Bobby Lee from the Talk Dirt Podcast at Farm Progress in Boone, Iowa, for a conversation about farming, storytelling and where agriculture is headed. We talk about farming back home in Tennessee, the growing role of social media in agriculture, how podcasts are helping connect people inside and outside the industry, and some of the dream guests we'd love to sit down with someday. We also look ahead at what's next—for farming, ag media and the stories we hope to keep t
Don't Forget Where We Came From - Jory Hunerdosse (opens the original)
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Sometimes the best podcast conversations are the ones you never planned.A few weeks after meeting Jory while filming another project in southern Iowa, we found ourselves back at his farm, sitting down to talk about a lifetime in agriculture.Jory grew up riding alongside his dad on an Allis-Chalmers, farming ground shaped by the rivers and rolling hills of southern Iowa. He came home from Iowa State in the early 1980s—just in time to experience one of the hardest periods American agriculture has
What It Takes to Market 425,000 Pigs Every Year (opens the original)
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What does it take to raise and market roughly 425,000 pigs every year? On this episode of Humble Ground, we sit down with the team behind the Swine Division at J-Six Enterprises to hear how the operation got its start, how it has grown, and what it takes to produce hundreds of millions of pounds of finished pork. We talk about the people, facilities, logistics and decision-making behind an operation of this scale — along with the challenges of raising livestock, managing growth and getting that
I Didn't Want This to Fail (opens the original)
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Josh grew up on a family dairy in northeast Kansas, started milking cows in fifth grade, and eventually left home to manage thousands of cows in western Kansas.But when it came time to decide what was next, family pulled him home.We talk about why he came back to keep the family dairy going, what it takes to milk 300+ cows three times a day, raising kids on the farm, the future of dairy and why the next generation has to *want* to come back — not feel like they have to.And somehow along the way,
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