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Today's guest is Kathleen Allen who's coined a number of phrases around female leadership in agriculture. 

She's lives on a farm not to far from me, near Bowning on the NSW Southern Tablelands. 

Kathleen is part of a growing movement to NOT work so hard on the farm, to enable her to focus more on family - and to subsidise her farming lifestyle with a full time professional career. 

From the conversations I'm having everywhere - I'm seeing and hearing that making money from farming is hard, too hard in many cases - and more and more people are remaining on farm but are downsizing and releasing the pressure. 

She's a really good example of looking after yourself, leading in a way that makes sense to her way of life as a farm girl - she loves getting her nails done and sprays a spritzes herself with perfume every time she steps out the door. 

Company is hosted by Skye Manson and produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.

This is a pretty big deep dive into one of my favourite topics: podcasting in rural Australia. 

Kirsten Diprose and I have the same vocation. We make podcasts from rural Australia, focused on stories from rural Australia. 

The difference is that Kirsten was originally a city girl - who now lives on a sheep, cattle, cropping and even dairy farm with her husband and two boys - so she's not used to the nuances of rural life in the same way that I am. 

It's this curiosity that's sparked a whole new business for Kirsten: the Rural Podcasting Co and also a PHD looking deep into rural journalism, podcasting and conversations in our communities. 

To add - she's actually living her best life at the moment travelling around Australia in a caravan ...... and so naturally that's where we started our chat.

Company is produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.

Today's guest has always been a self confessed nerd - who had brains and the will to study but never really knew what she wanted to do. 

Zoe Lamont's life has been full of twists and turns - there is absolutely no clear trajectory in this story. 

But her life, her career has been FULL - and full of some huge mould breaking businesses and achievements. 

Now Zoe lives with her husband and two children on a farm between Wagga Wagga and Junee. 

Her main venture right now is Farm Door.

Which I actually had no idea about......the reason I've always wanted to speak with Zoe about her start up superannuation business, Verve Super, which was a superannuation company with a holistic approach full focused on women and female investments.

Company is a podcast produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.

Sometimes I think we are all guilty of posting about our businesses to social media and hoping for the best.....

Today guest Emma Williams, saw an opportunity in that...

After years of working in communications. marketing and branding - she had a hunch that she could help ag businesses market themselves in a way that brought about proper growth.

She started Acre Agency just under two years ago and has worked with more than 50 clients and recently grown her team to five.

Emma describes herself as a generalist - she and her business know the basics of many things - and so when it comes to telling the story of a business - she thinks she's got her finger on the pulse as to what will work and why. There is no cookie cutting here. 

And she know's her stuff; here she is.

Company is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.

This girl, woman, firecracker is Em Armstrong and let me tell you she's a REAL vibe.

She lives on a property between Carathool and Goolgowi and her business Saltbush Stretch is based in a gorgeous studio on the main street of Hay. 

I've had the pleasure of working with Em over the last year to devise and develop her podcast Saltbush Babes. It brings all of the urban funky energy to a podcast that's funny focused on the stories of rural chicks who take part in her pilates classes both in person and online. 

This is the story of small business in the bush. It's not easy for anyone- and sometimes there needs to be some unconventional thinking in order to make finances and cash flow work. 

Company is produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.