Episode #223 - Tara Vander Dussen

f you google “farmer,” you will most likely get images of an overall-clad man looking a little dirty and broken down. This, however, is not an accurate picture of the modern-day farmer, and Tara Vander Dussen is on a mission to correct that.

Tara is a 5th generation dairy farmer and proud dairy advocate. She began sharing her story after realizing how little the general public understood about farmers and farming. Using her media channels, Tara educates people on what farm life is really like and shows people that farmers are experts in their field and should be trusted to feed the world.

On this episode, my co-host James Connolly interviews Tara and their discussion covers a wide range of topics like:

• Tara’s background and why she wanted to tell her story in an authentic way

• The challenge of debunking the media narrative

• The Urban vs. rural disconnect

• Farmers are experts in their fields

• Misinformation about the dairy industry

• The power of multinational companies