What do building family businesses and investing in small towns have in common? Well, a lot, as it happens. We’re kicking off our first episode of the second part of season 6 with Nick Jorgensen, a fourth-generation rancher and the CEO of the multifaceted Jorgensen Land & Cattle Partnership. This episode is about what it looks like to build a family business in a small town that not only offers opportunities within the family but for the larger community as well, and how to keep adapting and...

We’re closing out Part 1 of Season 6 with an episode about something near and dear to our hearts, and oh-so-important in rural and ag communities: mental health. For Mental Health Awareness Month, Rebecca sits down with therapist Chris Swenson — owner of Rhino Wellness Center and host of the Rhino Resilience podcast — to reframe what strength really looks like in rural communities. (Yes, we know that May is technically Mental Health Awareness Month, but we recorded this episode in May, so it...

Some people are just wired to make things better–in their businesses, their communities, their small towns–even when it's hard, and nobody around them quite gets it. This episode is for those people. We get it. Today’s guest, Jordan DeGree, gets it. And he has created the Rural Ideas Network to connect you with other people who get it, too. Today’s episode is what support and connection can look like, and where you can find them. About Jordan: Jordan DeGree is an entrepreneur, social...