Pivot Points – Details, episodes & analysis

Pivot Points is back, and our second season is packed with deep conversations exploring some of the big questions - and obstacles - that came up in earlier episodes. This season, many of the pivots we hear about revolve around the pursuits of accessing land, transitioning farm businesses to new owners, and redefining farming partnerships. Episode release schedule: September 16: Carly and Ethan Zierke of Sweet Season Farm and Barb Kraus of Canoe Creek Produce on The Impact of Farm Incubation and Land Access Support (sponsored by SILT) September 23: Cassie Wyss and Michael Noltner of Crossroads Community Farm on Choosing the Life You Want September 30: Monica Ponce and Demetrius Milling of Love is Love Cooperative Farm on Lessons Learned in Collaborative Farming (sponsored by the Conservation Fund) October 7: Richie Buser and Jordan Lyon of Buser's Produce on Passing on the Family Farm…To Another Family (sponsored by Practical Farmers of Iowa) October 14: Carmen and Maja Black and Susan Jutz of Sundog Farm / Local Harvest CSA on Maintaining the Community of a CSA Through a Farm Ownership Transition (sponsored by Renewing the Countryside) October 21: Season 2 Reflections with your hosts, Dan and Sarah And if you haven't yet, be sure to check out our two-part series on farmer civic engagement which we released earlier this year. Pivot Points is co-hosted by Dan Fillius with Iowa State University Outreach and Extension and Sarah Janes Ugoretz with University of Wisconsin-Madison.