Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Kirsten Diprose - Rural Podcasting Co (AUS)
Episode Summary
Welcome to a fascinating episode of Farm4Profit! This week, we sit down with Kirsten, an ag communicator, farmer, and former ABC journalist from Caramut, Victoria, Australia. She shares her journey from journalism to farming, her podcast "Ducks on the Pond" addressing rural women's challenges, and her venture, Rural Podcasting Co. Join us as we delve into Kirsten's experiences, Plus, a fun word association game and a peek into what's next for her. Tune in and get inspired by Kirsten's unique journey in the ag world!
Episode Notes
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- Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
- How’s the family - do they farm with family?
- Caramut, Victoria, Australia
- Ag communicator
- Farmer and former ABC journalist
- Podcast builder and coach: ruralpodcastingco
- Podcast: Ducks on the Pond
- Podcast for rural women Interviewed over 50 women
- Address unique challenges and opportunities faced by women living in rural areas
- Rural Podcasting Co
- Started this year (2023)
- Coaching - help start podcast
- Full Podcast Service - develop and produce podcast for individual/business
- Speaking - event host, next speaker, or podcast guest
- Services
- Consult: One 90 minute 1:1 session - review individuals content
- The Pod Launcher: strategy session, 1:1 coaching calls, templates, content reviews and feedback
- Rural Pod Connect: 30 minute monthly coaching session, group mentoring sessions, templates, content reviews and feedback
- Podcast Ignite: 90 minute session, coaching calls, templates, content reviews and feedback, voice coaching
- About Kirsten
- Journalist for 15 years
- For Australian broadcasting Corporation
- Still occasionally present programs
- Conversation Hour on ABC Radio Melbourne & the Newspaper round on ABC News
- 2013: moved to a farm
- 2014: Received the Quill for Reporting Disability (nominated again in 2016)
- 2021: appointed a Board Director of South West TAFE
- Currently deputy chair
- Lives on mixed grazing and cropping farm in south-west Victoria
- w/ husband & two boys
- Adventuring into incorporating a dairy into their farming business
- Harvested on Christmas this year
- How has social media changed her life?
- How would they start it over differently?
- Which is their favorite social media platform?
- If you were an animal, what do you think you would be?
- Right now, who inspires you?
- If you could make anything bigger on your body what would it be?
Word association - Take the word we share and say the first thing that comes to mind connecting it to agriculture
- Movie Hunter America
- Humorous Fence Rescue
- Neighborhood Smart States
- Tool Tire Coffee
- Catalog Exercise Tourist
- Sunrise Staircase Agronomy
- What’s next for them?
- What can our listeners do to help?
What do you enjoy most about what you do?