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Sept. 29, 2022

Cracking the Nut with Aubrey Bettencourt: How Water, Endangered Species & Politics Impact the Almond Industry

Cracking the Nut with Aubrey Bettencourt: How Water, Endangered Species & Politics Impact the Almond Industry

Meet Aubrey Bettencourt. She's nuts. For almonds and almond farmers, shellers and hullers. She's not blind to water shortages, politics, pollinators or problems with endangered species. She makes short work of the complexities that swirl around the 3.2 billion pounds of almonds produced each year in the California almond groves. Dive in, but fasten your seatbelt and see if you can keep up. Aubrey Bettencourt is a 4th generation farmer, a water expert with very unique experience, a political operative, and a savvy analyst. She's a unicorn of sorts. For a bonus segment to this episode on shipping and the Farm Bill in just 15 minutes, drop me a note at farmgirl@talkfarmtome.com and I'll send it. It's so good. Episode mentions: Farmer Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, GA -- we talk about farmland and Bill Gates as the largest owner of US farmland. This episode relates to our conversation with Aubrey on the need for farmland, working it as efficiently as possible and Will Harris also breaks down the idea of complex and complicated systems in a way that relates to everything that Aubrey does. Join Aubrey and more than 65 farmer and non-farmer founders from across the country to move the needle on how much we know, understand and support our farmers in For Farmers, a community and movement. When you sign up here, you'll get more information and can take action as you see fit. ;)xo Dana, Farm GirlSound design by Asher Griffith at Cicada Radio in NOLA.

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One Bite is Everything

Meet Aubrey Bettencourt. She's nuts. For almonds and almond farmers, shellers and hullers. She's not blind to water shortages, politics, pollinators or problems with endangered species. She makes short work of the complexities that swirl around the 3.2 billion pounds of almonds produced each year in the California almond groves. Dive in, but fasten your seatbelt and see if you can keep up.

Aubrey Bettencourt is a 4th generation farmer, a water expert with very unique experience, a political operative, and a savvy analyst. She's a unicorn of sorts.

For a bonus segment to this episode on shipping and the Farm Bill in just 15 minutes, drop me a note at farmgirl@talkfarmtome.com and I'll send it. It's so good.

Episode mentions: Farmer Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, GA -- we talk about farmland and Bill Gates as the largest owner of US farmland. This episode relates to our conversation with Aubrey on the need for farmland, working it as efficiently as possible and Will Harris also breaks down the idea of complex and complicated systems in a way that relates to everything that Aubrey does.

Join Aubrey and more than 65 farmer and non-farmer founders from across the country to move the needle on how much we know, understand and support our farmers in window.fd('form', { formId: '633581fdd960dab4eb97ca7c', containerEl: '#fd-form-633581fdd960dab4eb97ca7c' }); " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">For Farmers, a community and movement. When you sign up here, you'll get more information and can take action as you see fit. ;)

xo Dana, Farm Girl

Sound design by Asher Griffith at Cicada Radio in NOLA.

One Bite is Everything is the podcast formerly known as Talk Farm to Me (2019 to 2024)
 

One Bite is Everything Resources

Rate the Show: https://www.onebiteiseverything.com/reviews/new/

Website: https://www.onebiteiseverything.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@onebiteiseverything
Glossary of useful Ag terms: https://www.forfarmersmovement.com/post/glossary-of-farm-terms


Connect with Host, Dana DiPrima

Email: dana@forfarmersmovement.com

Website: https://www.forfarmersmovement.com/

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xoxofarmgirl

On Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/forfarmersmovement

Blog: https://www.forfarmersmovement.com/blog


One Bite is Everything Production Credits

Production: Dana DiPrima and Sonia Dhillon

Sound Design & Original Music: Russell Chapa www.chapamusic.com