Ep 233 John Garcia: You’re In the Farming Now!

A truly interesting couple on the Mas Vacas Tour 2021, Part 2 (or is it 3 now?) was James and Debbie Farr of Farr Cross Ranch. They sat down with us (okay, so the people stood, but some of the cows were prone) in the hot, breezy, lush and green fields of Terrell, Texas… WAIT. Lush green fields? Texas? We’re expected to believe THAT one?!?! Yep – and we have visuals to prove it. James and Debbie live in an area just east of Texas that is fortunate enough to be in ...

12 Aug 202142min

Everything is made up of an interesting combination of ingredients, whether it be flora, fauna or food. Melissa Guerra, the Kitchen Wrangler and cultural foodie extraordinaire, can look at a delicious meal and not only see the food, she sees the history behind it. The Culinary Institute of America graduate and James Beard Award finalist is a powerhouse personality with a keen brain that thrives on finding the delicious connections between people, history and food. She shar...

4 Aug 202151min

Huge spiral springs, metal arms, long tendril-like wires, and bright yellow cogs with fingers were only a few of the things in the Pioneer Equipment booth at Horse Progress Days. It may seem like we were under attack by the Mechanical Spiders from Mars, but Doug Scheetz, Marketing Director extraordinaire, walked us through the danger unscathed. Okay, so it was really just the interesting new equipment available in the horse-drawn farm implement universe, but it looked like something sca...

27 Juli 202118min

There are some who think that the decline of modern culture (not a statement, people – just a theory argued by some) is due to the fact that sitting down at the table for dinner isn’t common anymore. We sit on the sofa in front of the TV, ingesting something we’ve microwaved quickly, instead of sitting at the table with our family, eating something that took time to put together. And there’s some meat to that argument (ha). Didn’t food used to taste better at the table? Toda...

20 Juli 202126min

Are we happy with more? Not always (unless it’s more dirt, in which case there’s a direct translation for some of us dirt hoarders). Today we bring you an interview from one of our newly-favorite events. Daniel Wengerd, General Coordinator for Horse Progress Days 2021, sits down and talks with us about the planning behind an undertaking like this, and how a team of “Plain People” (you’ll find out what that means if you listen) worked together to create something that is incredibly...

14 Juli 202143min

Independence is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? We usually associate that with being alone or apart, but it can also be something a little different, especially in the economic community. This week we celebrate July 4th here in the U.S., the anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence, way back in 1776. That little piece of paper means a lot to a great number of people, and it fundamentally changed our way of life on this continent. One of the historic precur...

7 Juli 20219min

Why am I here? What day is it? What planet are we on, anyway? Those questions and more… Today’s podcast comes to you from a hotel room in Ashtabula, Ohio. After a crazy month (or two or…) of travel, we’re asking those existential questions of the hotel room ceiling. It’s hard to keep track of all of those things when the world is spinning faster and faster, it seems, and most especially when a road seems more like a fast way to get somewhere and less like an enjo...

29 Juni 202147min

I’m from California, so that means that I surf every day, eat granola and salad all the time, am a dyed-in-the-wool leftist, and drive a hybrid, right? Well, a few of those things might be true, but some are not. And in the same way people think about the “laid-back state” residents as only one type, we all have preconceived ideas about a place and its residents. Texas has the same image problem. The variety in Texas is amazing, whether that be people, music, lifestyle or j...

22 Juni 202145min