Carrying the Torch

Field Work

Documentary, Society & Culture

5 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Young farmers coming back to a family operation often have to tease out a place for themselves with hard work, creativity and an entrepreneurial zeal. For Trent Stout, that meant taking on the family seed business and migrating it from being a local corn and soybean dealer to be the go-to source for diverse cover crop seeds. Michael Vittetoe brought cattle to the farm as an integral part of a rotation that relies on cover crops. He might just fold the chickens into the system, too. Hosts Mitchell Hora and Zach Johnson hear how some of their peers are making conservation their part of the family business.

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0:00.0	Howdy-Duty Field Workers.
0:11.0	This is Zach Johnson.
0:13.0	Hey everyone, I'm Mitchell Hora.
0:15.0	Thanks to the Walton Family Foundation for helping to make this season possible.
0:19.0	Really appreciate that coming on.
0:21.1	That's a big deal.
0:22.0	So we've been talking for several episodes now
0:24.3	about this crazy conservation mojo going on
0:27.0	in Washington County where Mitchell is from.
0:29.8	And we've had a few episodes looking at the guys
0:31.7	who seem to have started this whole thing.
0:34.5	Be sure to check out those earlier episodes
0:36.4	because those farmers get mentioned a lot throughout the series and it will help you be able to check out those earlier episodes because those farmers get mentioned
0:37.9	a lot throughout the series and it will help you be able to follow along better.
0:41.3	So if you're taking notes, you have to like start from the beginning and take your notes
0:44.8	in order?
0:45.2	Yeah, make sure you got a trapper keeper so you can really organize it.
0:48.8	That's a good idea.
0:49.8	So today we're going to check in with some of the people that are keeping that conservation culture going.
0:56.3	A couple of the younger guys that are now utilizing what we've learned from the older generation,
1:01.3	a couple of buddies that I hang out with a lot that are really able to learn and now utilize social media
1:07.5	and utilize networks beyond Washington County and really implement new ideas.
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