Rachel Hester's guest appearances

Rachel Hester

Conversations on Careers and Professional Life

Emerson Choice Academy

Homesteaders of America

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After listening to this episode, you are going to be itching to add dairy sheep to your homestead!  Rachel gives an overview of all of the most commonly asked questions about getting started with dairy sheep: milk quality, sheep breeds, breeding, milking, feeding, and more!  Sheep are an incredible multi-purpose homestead animal that can thrive even on small acreage.  If you want to be part of the sheep movement in the homesteading world, this is a great episode to help you consider whether dairy sheep are a good fit for you! In this episode, we cover:  What makes sheep such a great multi-purpose homestead animal  Exploring the health benefits and taste of sheep milk  Description of dairy sheep breeds and which are best for beginners  Managing the breeding and lactation cycles of dairy sheep  Various approaches to the nutritional needs of dairy sheep   Thank you to our sponsor! McMurray Hatchery offers a wide selection of poultry breeds and supplies to assist you with raising your flock. Find what you need at McMurrayHatchery.com! View full show notes and transcript on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. ABOUT RACHEL Rachel Hester is the author of ‘The Guide to Homestead Dairy sheep’ due to be released by Sawdust Publishing in the fall of 2023. She lives in central Kentucky with her husband and son on 8 ½ acres. Using regenerative agriculture methods to reclaim denatured hayfields into a thriving farm while also supporting her husband’s occupation in Emergency Services has led her to some out of the box management styles for her livestock. In addition to dairy and heritage breed sheep, she has chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, honeybees, angora rabbits and a Jersey cow on her farm. She is a fiber artist and loves handspinning and knitting her sheep’s wool into garments for her family.  RESOURCES MENTIONED Sign up to receive updates from Sawdust Publishing and Whoopsy Daisy Farm about the release of Rachel’s forthcoming book, The Guide to Homestead Dairy Sheep Episode 20 of the HOA podcast with Janet Garman all about wool sheep CONNECT Rachel Hester of Whoopsy Daisy Farm | Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Homesteaders of America | Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Pinterest

After listening to this episode, you are going to be itching to add dairy sheep to your homestead!  Rachel gives an overview of all of the most commonly asked questions about getting started with dairy sheep: milk quality, sheep breeds, breeding, milking, feeding, and more!  Sheep are an incredible multi-purpose homestead animal that can thrive even on small acreage.  If you want to be part of the sheep movement in the homesteading world, this is a great episode to help you consider whether dairy sheep are a good fit for you! In this episode, we cover: <ul> <li>What makes sheep such a great multi-purpose homestead animal </li> <li>Exploring the health benefits and taste of sheep milk </li> <li>Description of dairy sheep breeds and which are best for beginners </li> <li>Managing the breeding and lactation cycles of dairy sheep </li> <li>Various approaches to the nutritional needs of dairy sheep </li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsor! McMurray Hatchery offers a wide selection of poultry breeds and supplies to assist you with raising your flock. Find what you need at <a href="http://mcmurrayhatchery.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McMurrayHatchery.com</a>! <a href="https://homesteadersofamerica.com/e21-all-about-dairy-sheep-an-incredible-multi-purpose-homestead-animal-rachel-hester-of-whoopsy-daisy-farm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View full show notes and transcript on the blog</a> + <a href="https://youtu.be/flxgMB4_OUs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">watch this episode on YouTube</a>. ABOUT RACHEL Rachel Hester is the author of ‘The Guide to Homestead Dairy sheep’ due to be released by Sawdust Publishing in the fall of 2023. She lives in central Kentucky with her husband and son on 8 ½ acres. Using regenerative agriculture methods to reclaim denatured hayfields into a thriving farm while also supporting her husband’s occupation in Emergency Services has led her to some out of the box management styles for her livestock. In addition to dairy and heritage breed sheep, she has chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, honeybees, angora rabbits and a Jersey cow on her farm. She is a fiber artist and loves handspinning and knitting her sheep’s wool into garments for her family.  RESOURCES MENTIONED Sign up to receive updates from <a href="https://sawdustpublishing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sawdust Publishing</a> and <a href="https://www.whoopsydaisyfarm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whoopsy Daisy Farm</a> about the release of Rachel’s forthcoming book, The Guide to Homestead Dairy Sheep <a href="https://homesteadersofamerica.com/e20-all-about-wool-sheep-choosing-a-breed-processing-fiber-natural-dyes-janet-garman-of-timber-creek-farm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 20 of the HOA podcast with Janet Garman all about wool sheep</a> CONNECT Rachel Hester of Whoopsy Daisy Farm | <a href="https://www.whoopsydaisyfarm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whoopsydaisyfarm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/whoopsydaisyfarm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://youtube.com/@whoopsydaisyfarm2820" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> Homesteaders of America | <a href="https://homesteadersofamerica.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/homesteadersofamerica/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/homesteadersofamerica" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/homesteadersofamerica" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/homesteadersusa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>

E21: All About Dairy Sheep (An Incredible Multi-Purpose Homestead Animal) | Rachel Hester of Whoopsy Daisy Farm

On this episode I speak with Rachel Hester, Foster MBA 2018. Rachel went to work for Nike in a finance manager role after graduating, and in a little less than a year moved into a role in sustainability Finance. Since we recorded this conversation during the summer of 2021, Rachel has moved on from Nike and joined VMWare to work on ESG strategy and finance. Rachel shares some excellent advice for students who are interested in pursuing a career in sustainability. I think there are three key takeaways from my conversation with Rachel:  Be vocal about your passion. If you want to work in sustainability especially at big company, sustainability might not be in your first role or title. But when you get that job, let anyone and everyone know what your interests are, and you can start that even while you are at Foster. Get sustainability experiences during your time in the program, internships, case competitions, applied projects, and things of that nature. Identifying your north star, developing a framework to guide the decisions you'll make during the program and stay focused on what your goal is.  This is one of the reasons we take all of our students through some design thinking exercises based on the book and curriculum of Designing Your Life which comes out of the d.school at Stanford during our orientation programming.  Some links to resources we mentioned:  My  conversation with Austin Morton about his sustainability career path Sustainable World Radio  Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Scientific Knowledge  Doughnut Economics (Book) DoughnutEconomics.org  Thinking In Systems (Book) SASB: Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Sustainable World Radio  The Formula Botanica Podcast  And a few more that we didn't:  MBA-Edge.com Sustainable Career Pathways http://edsjobslist.com/ http://www.greenjobsearch.org/ https://jobs.climatebase.org/ 

On this episode I speak with Rachel Hester, Foster MBA 2018. Rachel went to work for Nike in a finance manager role after graduating, and in a little less than a year moved into a role in sustainability Finance. Since we recorded this conversation during the summer of 2021, Rachel has moved on from Nike and joined VMWare to work on ESG strategy and finance. Rachel shares some excellent advice for students who are interested in pursuing a career in sustainability. I think there are three key takeaways from my conversation with Rachel: <ul> <li>Be vocal about your passion. If you want to work in sustainability especially at big company, sustainability might not be in your first role or title. But when you get that job, let anyone and everyone know what your interests are, and you can start that even while you are at Foster.</li> <li>Get sustainability experiences during your time in the program, internships, case competitions, applied projects, and things of that nature.</li> <li>Identifying your north star, developing a framework to guide the decisions you'll make during the program and stay focused on what your goal is.  This is one of the reasons we take all of our students through some design thinking exercises based on the book and curriculum of Designing Your Life which comes out of the d.school at Stanford during our orientation programming.</li> </ul> Some links to resources we mentioned: <ul> <li>My <a href="https://conversationsoncareers.com/2021/05/11/pursuing-an-mba-career-in-sustainability-with-austin-morton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> conversation with Austin Morton about his sustainability career path</a></li> <li><a href="https://sustainableworldradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable World Radio</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Braiding-Sweetgrass-Indigenous-Scientific-Knowledge/dp/1571313567" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Scientific Knowledge</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Doughnut-Economics-Seven-21st-Century-Economist/dp/1603586741" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Doughnut Economics (Book)</a> <a href="https://doughnuteconomics.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DoughnutEconomics.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Thinking In Systems (Book)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sasb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SASB: Sustainability Accounting Standards Board</a></li> <li><a href="https://sustainableworldradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable World Radio</a></li> <li><a href="https://foster.uw.edu/centers/buerk-ctr-entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship-competitions/venture-capital-investment-competition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Formula Botanica Podcast</a></li> </ul> And a few more that we didn't: <ul> <li><a href="http://mba-edge.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MBA-Edge.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://sustainablecareerpathways.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable Career Pathways</a></li> <li><a href="http://edsjobslist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://edsjobslist.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.greenjobsearch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greenjobsearch.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://jobs.climatebase.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jobs.climatebase.org/</a></li> </ul>