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The Farmer Behind Your Food: Hard Truths from the Front Lines
In this powerful episode, Marianne Smith Edge sits down with Kentucky farmer and ag economist Jesse Horn to uncover the realities behind today’s food system—from rising grocery prices to the hidden financial pressures facing American farmers.
What We Cover:
• Farming today is a high-risk, high-cost business.
• Why switching to fruits and vegetables isn’t as simple as it sounds
• What “regenerative agriculture” really means (and why farmers have been doing it for decades)
• How technology is helping farmers use less fertilizer and pesticides, not more.
• Higher grocery prices don’t mean…
The skinny
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