Nicole Scott on Growing Skills, Confidence, and Humility as a Beginning Farmer
On this episode of Regeneration Rising, we sit down with Nicole Scott, farm director of livestock operation and farm outreach at The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in Cold Spring, New York. Nicole shares her story about getting started in agriculture and the different experiences that shaped her journey from apprentice to farm director. She describes what it was like to build confidence to do farm work after studying agriculture in classrooms in college, how her perspective changed as she gained more responsibility on the farm, and how she motivates herself and her apprentices to continue careers in agriculture.
Music attribution:
A Folk Story by Alex Cristoforetti
Photo credit:
Mel Barlow
Shownotes
1:11 New Agrarian Program updates
2:30 introduce today’s guest
5:14 Nicole’s background
10:37 next steps after college
12:03 experience and takeaways as a first-time apprentice
18:10 the journey to New Zealand
23:13 pushing past mental boundaries
27:03 impacts of 2020
32:03 taking time to restructure apprenticeship program
37:00 from being an apprentice to managing an apprenticeship program
42:54 future steps
46:42 rapid question session
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