American Family Farmer
Wendy Johnson talks sustainable farming at Joia Food Farm
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:40:22
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Synopsis
Wendy Johnson is a farmer from Charles City, Iowa. She was born and raised on a farm a few miles from where she lives today. She left the rural life when she was 18 for the big city thinking she'd never return, but 18 years later, she returned to her roots, living in her grandparents home and working the land that they once did. During those 18 years, she went to college, traveled the world, made Los Angeles her home, worked in the fashion industry, and most importantly discovered food.Wendy also works on her family farm with her dad, Erwin. Her dad is a 3rd generation farmer and grows conventional corn and soybeans. She works with him, learning how to manage a commodity crop farm, while she discovers alternative ways to be more environmentally and economically sustainable. She is using the small acreage that she rents from her family farm to incubate her ideas and try methods of production in hopes to expand.Wendy is on the cover of a book called "Women and the Land" by Barbara Hall and photographer Kathr