The Dairy Podcast Show - #46 - State-of-the-art farm environmental sustainability and communication

The environment is one of the three fundamental pillars of sustainability, followed by the social and economic areas. Regarding this topic, dairy farmers have been doing a great job of tracking sustainability, but it is necessary to make more progress – more importantly, it is necessary to show this progress to the world, thus giving our cows a greener image than ever before. In this episode, with Tara Vander Dussen, we discuss all the challenges and future perspectives for environmental sustainability along with her experience with it and the importance of sharing a sustainable message and engaging on social media.

What you'll learn: 

1. Environmental sustainability on dairy farms

2. The main challenges of environmental sustainability

3. Starting our communication skills and sending messages in the dairy industry

4. Encouraging students and gathering them to work on dairy

5. Social media dairy engagement

Meet the guest:

Tara Vander Dussen 

Experience

      ○ Current: Co-Host at Discover Ag Podcast

      ○ Past: Environmental consultant for dairy farms in NM

Background

       ○ Degree; Soil, Water and Environmental Science (the University of Arizona)

Hobbies: being outdoors, being at the lake, and UTVing.

Favorite quote: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone."

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn