Beth Robinette of Lazy R Ranch
Building Community and Ranch Resilience
SHOW NOTES:
Episode Description:
In the first episode of Season 4, we’re learning about Lazy R Ranch from fourth generation rancher, Beth Robinette. Lazy R holistically raises grass fed beef and lamb on 80 acres outside of Spokane Washington for sales direct to consumer. Beth is passionate about the sustainability of the pastureland and aims to restore and maintain healthy soil, clean water, and ecological diversity. Joining Beth is Sarah Lemon with the WSDA Regional Markets Program and WA Meat Up. Sarah will speak more on the challenges facing meat producers as well as the support available through WSDA and other channels.
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Contributors:
The Farm Walks Podcast is collaboratively organized by Tilth Alliance and WSU Food Systems. This episode of the Farm Walks Podcast was funded by the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
Funder:
This episode was funded by the USDA National Institute of Agriculture AFRI Grant #2022-68006-37269 Complexity and tradeoffs in animal agriculture sustainability: building awareness and trust between producers and consumers.
Disclaimer:
This is an educational podcast so the information, resources, and businesses shared and referenced during this episode are included in the show notes below for the purposes of education and are specific to the conversation that took place during this episode. The Farm Walks Podcast is not a platform to promote individual businesses, products, etc. The funders and sponsors of each episode are explicitly stated both in the episode and in the show notes.
Production Team:
Podcast hosted by Farmer Nicole Witham @farmernicole
Behind the scenes logistics and general wrangling by Kate Smith, Sage Zahorodni, Rae Russell, Brahmi Pugh and Drew Corbin
Theme Music is, “Soil of Mississippi” by Abakis @abakismusic
Farm Walks website, logo, and pod art by Riled Up Goats @riledupgoats
Audio engineering and editing by Aaron Mason and Keith Bacon
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WSDA - Regional Markets Program: Local Meat and Poultry Assistance
WA Meat Up- a collaborative project of WSU and the WSDA to catalyze collaboration and entrepreneurship along the niche meat supply chain in WA State.
Additional Links
Lazy R Beef is also available in a LINC Box from LINC Foods
Check out Cowgirl Camp hosted at Lazy R
If you are interested in learning more about Holistic Management
Beth collaborates with the Salish School of Spokane
Reach out to Hunters of Color if you’re interested in hosting on your farm
See Beth’s quote in the NYT article Women Ranchers are Changing the American West
WSDA Regional Markets Program has resources and trainings.
Are you a Washington State farmer looking for land? Check out Washington Farmland Trust’s Farm-to-Farmer program.