Discover Ag is a top-ranked podcast that deep dives the latest news in the world of food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist. Enjoy insightful commentary and real-time breakdowns of the latest trending topics and hot headlines straight from a millennial dairy farmer and cattle rancher. Not a boring podcast for farmers, Discover Ag is your go-to news source on all things Americana - think RFK Jrs MAHA Movement, NFL's obsession with Uncrustables, or Yellowstone's Red Carpet Premier. Expect to be wildly entertained and informed as you go beyond the headlines to discover what's new in the world of food, agriculture, and Western culture.
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Discover Mike Rowe & Alex Clark Take on Big Food, Airbnb Pays Farmers & Glyphosate Gets a Second Look
Épisode 279
jeudi 15 octobre 2026 • Durée 50:11
Ep 280 | Yoga mats in bread, bliss points, and mystery additives — how much of the big food story actually holds up?
In this episode, Natalie and Tara weigh in on Mike Rowe and Alex Clark's recent podcast on big food, whether a closer look at glyphosate will change anything, and why Airbnb is offering farmers up to $10,000 to welcome guests onto their farms. With Daylight Saving Time ending, they share its true origins and how farmers really feel about the time change.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 Mike Rowe and Alex Clark's conversation on big food 🪩 The real history behind Daylight Saving Time 🪩 A new partnership to review the safety of glyphosate 🪩 How Airbnb is investing in agrotourism
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro 01:01 Mike Rowe & Alex Clark on Big Food 21:20 Daylight Saving Time: Who It's Really For? 30:53 Disco Debrief: EPA, HHS & Glyphosate 39:45 Airbnb's Farm to Stay Grants for Farmers
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
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Discover PETA's Recent Fail, The AI Dairy Farm People Think Is Real & Why the Farm-to-Table Movement is Failing
Épisode 279
jeudi 8 octobre 2026 • Durée 50:14
Ep 279 | PETA crashed Fashion Week again, and this time it cost someone their job.
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara unpack the runway stunt that went viral, why they don't agree with PETA or the internet, and the issue PETA should actually be protesting. They also expose a fake dairy farm fooling so many on social media, why the farm-to-table movement keeps missing the mark, and the Montana nonprofit turning ranchers' donated livestock into protein for food banks and schools.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 PETA's wool protest at New York Fashion Week 🪩 The truth behind many farm-to-table menus 🪩 An AI dairy account that should scare all of ag 🪩 The first nonprofit USDA-inspected meat processing plant
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro 00:54 PETA Crashes New York Fashion Week 16:14 Farm-to-Table Done Wrong (& Right) 27:45 The Fake AI Dairy Account 38:33 The Producer Partnership: Ranchers Feeding Montana
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
Discover Why You've Been Eating Foreign Beef All Along, How Wolves Are Hurting Ranchers & The New World Screwworm Win
Épisode 278
jeudi 1 octobre 2026 • Durée 55:54
Ep 278 | The U.S. is importing more beef and everyone is enraged... But plot twist: it's the beef you've been eating all along.
This week on Discover Ag, Tara sits down with journalist Keely Brazil Covello of America UNWON to break down everything going on with beef — the renewed push to label where beef comes from, what consumers don't understand about the industry, and why prices haven't gone down (and maybe they shouldn't).
They also discuss the New World Screwworm win the headlines skipped and how a UC Davis study proved ranchers right about wolves.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 The biggest issue facing agriculture right now 🪩 What ranchers need to rebuild America's cattle herd 🪩 Where the beef you've been eating has really come from 🪩 A very hopeful New World Screwworm update 🪩 The very real threat wolves pose to cattle and ranchers
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro 01:15 Meet Journalist Keely Brazil Covello 09:37 Trump's New Executive Orders for Ranchers 18:15 Beef Imports, Labeling & The Value of Beef 35:21 Disco Debrief: New World Screwworm Update 43:08 The Debate on Delisting the Gray Wolf
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
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Discover The Mom Convicted for Letting Son Walk Alone, A Bill That Would Majorly Change Food Laws & Dolly Parton's New Song
Épisode 277
jeudi 24 septembre 2026 • Durée 48:55
Ep 277 | A five-year-old walked half a mile in his neighborhood to collect goose feathers. Now, his mom is on a child abuse registry for the next seven years.
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara unpack the story that has the entire internet talking. Was it child abuse or good parenting?
They also share Dolly Parton's first posthumous song, a new bill that could change your state's food laws, and the controversy around a viral reel of chickens eating food scraps (chicken included).
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 A viral reel of chickens being fed chicken scraps 🪩 Dolly Parton's first posthumous song (and what she has planned for 2046) 🪩 The fight over who gets the final say on dyes, PFAS and your food 🪩 The mom convicted for letting her 5-year-old walk alone
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro 00:45 Chickens Eating Chicken & Food Waste 15:30 Dolly Parton's First Posthumous Song 26:18 The FRESH and Affordable Foods Act 35:51 Virginia Mom Convicted for Her Son's Solo Walk
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
Discover Lab-Grown Dairy Milk, Why You Could Be Sued for Seeds & 100-Year Old Farming
Épisode 276
jeudi 17 septembre 2026 • Durée 50:30
Ep 276 | Somebody looked at cow's milk and decided we didn't need cows to make it. Welcome to the dairy aisle in 2026.
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara unpack how milk gets made without a cow (and ask who's actually asking for it), how much farming changed in one man's lifetime, and the real story behind the US Open's $23 cocktail. Plus, why farmers are getting sued over their own seeds and how a new bill is trying to change that.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 How dairy proteins are being produced without cows 🪩 A reel of a 96-year-old farmer that has everyone emotional 🪩 The California farm behind the US Open's viral cocktail 🪩 The bill that could change who owns seeds
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro (01:28) Dairy Proteins Made Without Cows (15:09) A 96-Year-Old Farmer and Harvest Season (27:51) The US Open Honey Deuce (39:15) Why Farmers Can Be Sued for Seeds (44:03) The Fair Seeds for Farmers Act
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
Discover The First Women's Workwear Brand: 20 Years of Red Ants Pants
Épisode 275
jeudi 10 septembre 2026 • Durée 57:01
Ep 275 | Nobody was making work pants for women — until a 25-year-old with no business experience moved to a town of 900 people and made them herself.
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie sits down with founder Sarah Calhoun to look back on 20 years of Red Ants Pants. From starting the brand in a small rural town to launching a music festival in a cow pasture, you'll learn how she's built the company to fit every woman and keep giving back to them.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 How the first women's workwear brand started 🪩 The benefits of starting a business in a small town 🪩 How the Red Ants Pants Music Festival grew over 15 years 🪩 The real cost of being a size-inclusive clothing brand 🪩 How the Red Ants Pants Foundation gives back to rural women
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro (03:44) The Origin Story (09:38) Early Years & The Old Saddle Shop (14:10) Building a Brand in Rural Montana (19:10) Starting the Red Ants Pants Music Festival (25:41) The Red Ants Pants Foundation (34:32) The Pants: What Makes Them Different (44:42) Burnout, Building a Team & Knowing Your Limits (48:23) 20 Years Later & What's Next
Ep 274 | 1,000 years. That's how long it takes to build just one inch of Class One topsoil. Once it's gone, there's no getting it back.
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara break down Cal Poly's divisive proposal to develop its own farmland, why people are questioning who really grows the food at their farmers market, and how a sweet corn reel could have you reconsidering the standards we put on farmers.
Plus, Brantley Gilbert's Dirty Money doc has them wondering: what happens if farmers go on strike — or the next generation can't afford to farm?
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 Cal Poly's hotel proposal (and how students are fighting back) 🪩 The black market of farmers markets 🪩 What a sweet corn field says about consumer demand 🪩 Brantley Gilbert's new documentary on American farmers
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro (00:45) Cal Poly's Farmland Fight (11:11) Black Market Farmers Markets (15:00) Sweet Corn From Field to Can (29:01) Disco Debrief: Product of the USA & Imported Beef (33:57) Brantley Gilbert's Farming Documentary
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
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Discover Why Over 40% of U.S. Farmland Is Changing Hands, Fake AI Food Advice & The Year's Best Women in Ag
Épisode 273
jeudi 27 août 2026 • Durée 56:12
Ep 273 | What happens when an entire generation of American farmers retires?
What happens when an entire generation of American farmers retires? This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara discuss the largest generational transfer of farmland we've ever seen: Who inherits the land and why aren't families talking about it?
Plus, Tara just got back from a women in farming panel at Brooke Rollins' family farm and Farm Progress announced this year's Women in the Field finalists.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 The fake AI account you might be getting advice from 🪩 150 million acres of farmland is about to change hands 🪩 The 78-year-old woman who ran for the state legislature — and won 🪩 Women in the Field: Producer of the Year nominees 🪩 The mixed feelings around women-only awards in ag
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro (00:54) The AI Amish Man Giving Food Advice (16:22) Inside a Women in Farming Panel (33:12) The Largest Generational Transfer of Farmland (46:27) Women in the Field: Producer of the Year Award
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
📲 CONNECT WITH US ONLINE
Discover Why Farmers Can't Just Stop Using Pesticides: The Risk Nobody Talks About
Épisode 271
jeudi 13 août 2026 • Durée 38:17
Ep 271 | Pesticides are necessary to feed 8 billion people: true or false?
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara discuss the viral reel making this startling claim — and why the answer is more complicated than most people realize. They unpack the risk of using pesticides, the very real consequences of not spraying, and the technology that could change food production as we know it.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 Why pesticides aren't going anywhere (yet) 🪩 The truth about pesticide-free Europe 🪩 The price of a food supply without pesticides 🪩 What happened when Sri Lanka went fully organic 🪩 Why the real problem could be commodity crops 🪩 The new technology already changing pesticide use
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro (01:01) The Viral Pesticide Claim (09:16) The Risk of Using (& Not Using) Pesticides (14:17) Global Pesticide Use & How Much Farmers Spray (21:56) Commodity Crops, Subsidies & Biofuels (27:14) Farming for Food vs. Farming for Profit (31:27) Pros and Cons of Pesticides (32:50) Drones & Precision Spraying
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
📲 CONNECT WITH US ONLINE
Discover Why Italian Pasta Is Actually American, A Music Festival in a Cow Pasture & America's Oldest Farm
Épisode 270
jeudi 6 août 2026 • Durée 48:17
Ep 270 | People swear the bread and pasta are different in Italy — but ask a wheat farmer and the story gets complicated.
This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara look at where Italy's wheat really comes from, celebrate the oldest farmed land in America, and break down what's next as borders reopen after the New World Screwworm outbreak. Natalie also reports back from the Red Ants Pants Music Festival — the artists, the apparel, and the foundation it all funds.
What We Discovered This Week 🤠
🪩 What the "Made in Italy" label really means 🪩 A woman-founded music festival in a Montana cow pasture 🪩 USDA's plan to reopen southern cattle ports 🪩 The oldest continuously farmed land in the United States
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro (00:30) Italy's Wheat & The "Made in Italy" Label (14:26) Red Ants Pants Music Festival, Foundation and Workwear (35:55) Disco Debrief: Southern Cattle Ports Reopening (39:57) America's Oldest Continuously Farmed Land
🪩 WELCOME TO DISCOVER AG
A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
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A top-ranked podcast where agriculture meets pop culture. Hosted by https://instagram.com/nataliekovarik/?hl=en — western tastemaker & millennial cattle rancher — and https://instagram.com/taravanderdussen/?hl=en — sustainability expert & millennial dairy farmer. Every week, we dive into the top headlines in food, agriculture, and Western culture with a pop culture twist.
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