Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world
This podcast celebrates the stories of women farmers around the world who are engaged in food production, ornamentals, and agritourism. Join us for some honest farm talk--and lots of laughter--about the unique challenges faced by female farmers as they try to balance their farm and personal lives, support their mental health and well-being, and sustain healthy relationships on and off the farm. The first season’s guests include a cassava grower from Cameroon, an agroforester from North Carolina, a ”chicken midwife” from California, the Grass Whisperer, and many, many more. You won’t want to miss an episode! Your host, Kristen ”K” Castrataro, is a fifth-generation farm kid from Rhode Island. She has a rich agricultural background as a producer, Extension Agent, and farm consultant. She is driven by the conviction that the people feeding our bodies and souls should NOT be starving themselves. K is the founder of Pen Light for Farmers, a business that helps farmers (especially farm women) build a farm life and relationships that meet their deepest needs and values. You can find her at www.penlightfarmers.com.
Episodes
Recording date: July 9, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty-three features Jo Sheridan of Owl Farm as we discuss:
- Developing youth-directed pathways into agriculture
- Elevating agriculture by expanding the understanding of ‘farmer’
- Exploring the intersection of people, ecology, and agriculture
- Creating more efficient livestock-ba...
Recording date: August 7, 2026
We’re celebrating a birthday! Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world just turned a year old.
This special bonus episode features six of our podcast guests:
- Candace Clavin (Ep. 1.9)
- Elizabeth Collins (Eps. 1.17-18)
- Kathy Jentz (Ep. 2.16)
- Jess Evans (Ep. 2.29)
- Heather Meehan (Ep 2.3)
- Suzanne Beinlich (Ep. 2.32)
Join them (and some special participants) fo...
Recording date: August 7, 2026
We’re celebrating a birthday! Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world just turned a year old.
This special bonus episode brings together three of our podcast guests—Connie Hunter Baptiste (Episode 2.28), Suzanne Beinlich (Ep. 2.32), and Nicola Westlake (Ep. 2.36)—to discuss:
- How their understanding of the relationship between farming, nature, and p...
Recording date: July 9, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty-three features Jo Sheridan of Owl Farm as we discuss:
- Developing youth-directed pathways into agriculture
- Elevating agriculture by expanding the understanding of ‘farmer’
- Exploring the intersection of people, ecology, and agriculture
- Creating more efficient livestock-ba...
Recording date: July 8, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty-two features Suzanne Beinlich of Triple B Farms as we discuss:
- Deciding when to let love conquer all
- Involving kids on the farm
- Transferring decision-making from one generation to the next
- Building a family-based fall enterprise
- And much, much more…
You will love this ...
Recording date: July 8, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty-two features Suzanne Beinlich of Triple B Farms as we discuss:
- Deciding when to let love conquer all
- Involving kids on the farm
- Transferring decision-making from one generation to the next
- Building a family-based fall enterprise
- And much, much more…
You will love this ...
Recording date: July 7, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty-one features Venus Corriveau of Little Dipper Farm as we discuss:
- Transitioning from education into farming
- Embedding yourself and your farm business in the community
- Experimenting with different growing practices
- Growing crops, managing a venue, and caring for family
- And much, muc...
Recording date: July 7, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty-one features Venus Corriveau of Little Dipper Farm as we discuss:
- Transitioning from education into farming
- Embedding yourself and your farm business in the community
- Experimenting with different growing practices
- Growing crops, managing a venue, and caring for family
- And much, muc...
Recording date: July 2, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty features Jody Wilhelm of Rural Route Bulbs as we discuss:
- Developing a U-pick tulip business
- Navigating the “switch tax” between diverse farm tasks
- Experimenting with different growing practices for greater yield and soil microbiology
- Timing your farm life to accommodat...
Recording date: July 2, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode thirty features Jody Wilhelm of Rural Route Bulbs as we discuss:
- Developing a U-pick tulip business
- Navigating the “switch tax” between diverse farm tasks
- Experimenting with different growing practices for greater yield and soil microbiology
- Timing your farm life to accommodat...
Recording date: June 30, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-nine features “Conservation Cowgirl” Jess Evans as we discuss:
- Training colts and mustangs
- Roping, riding, and wrangling
- Developing a women-owned and -managed ranch and coop
- Building women’s competence and independence
- And much, much more…
You will l...
Recording date: June 30, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-nine features “Conservation Cowgirl” Jess Evans as we discuss:
- Training colts and mustangs
- Roping, riding, and wrangling
- Developing a women-owned and -managed ranch and coop
- Building women’s skills and competence across their farm lives
- And much, much more&hellip...
Recording date: June 30, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-eight features Air Force veteran and farmer Dr. Connie Hunter Baptiste of Hunter Family Farm Enterprise as we discuss:
- “Becoming the next best you”
- Planting longleaf pines and leaving a legacy that’s better than you found it
- Giving yourself permission to pivot in...
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-eight features Air Force veteran and farmer Dr. Connie Hunter Baptiste of Hunter Family Farm Enterprise as we discuss:
- “Becoming the next best you”
- Planting longleaf pines and leaving a legacy that’s better than you found it
- Giving yourself permission to pivot in your farm life
- Acknowledging ...
Recording date: June 9, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-seven features nurse-turned-flower farmer Teri Schols of Windmill Lane Flowers as we discuss:
- Adjusting your farm business to accommodate different stages of life
- Getting off the farm for work and play
- Pulling off your first wedding floral design job…for 200 people!
- Taking &...
Recording date: June 9, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-seven features nurse-turned-flower farmer Teri Schols of Windmill Lane Flowers as we discuss:
- Adjusting your farm business to accommodate different stages of life
- Getting off the farm for work and play
- Pulling off your first wedding floral design job…for 200 people!
- Taking &...
Recording date: June 2, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-six features nurse-turned-flower farmer Jenna Darnell of Farm2Flower and Root Cause Wellness as we discuss:
- The impact of growing practices on human health
- Empowering others to grow their own food
- Redefining your purpose and processes at different stages of your farm life
- Digging o...
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-six features nurse-turned-flower farmer Jenna Darnell of Farm2Flower and Root Cause Wellness as we discuss:
- The impact of growing practices on human health
- Empowering others to grow their own food
- Redefining your purpose and processes at different stages of your farm life
- Digging on dahlias and beneficials for...
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-five features goat farmer and cheesemaker Margie Weber of Rocky Oats Goat Creamery as we discuss:
- Turning an impulse buy into a farmstead artisanal goat creamery
- Allowing Nubian goat milk products to “stand on their own four feet”
- Turning a “happy mistake” into a signature goat cheese
- C...
Recording date: May 20, 2026
Welcome to the second season of Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world! Episode twenty-five features goat farmer and cheesemaker Margie Weber of Rocky Oats Goat Creamery as we discuss:
- Turning an impulse buy into a farmstead artisanal goat creamery
- Allowing Nubian goat milk products to “stand on their own four feet”
- Turning a “happy mistake” i...
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