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Kylie Epperson interviews Faith Pierson, a seed seller and agronomy consultant farming in northeast Illinois with her husband and in-laws, about her path from seventh-generation dairy-farm roots in Wisconsin and college basketball to building a consulting business now working in five states. Faith shares why she started her own seed business to add service and value beyond the product, and discusses women in leadership within a historically male-dominated field, emphasizing intuition, relationship skills, and detail-oriented support. She reflects on early entrepreneurship challenges—high-achiever pressure, difficulty delegating, and losing a major customer before Christmas—while describing how setbacks created new opportunities. Faith explains her "crunchy agronomist" approach: using soil and farm-specific data to reduce unnecessary inputs, lower financial risk, and help farms stay viable, with a broader goal of strengthening rural prosperity.

00:00 Welcome to Boldly Grounded

00:41 Meet Faith Pearson

03:01 Farm Life and Illinois Move

04:52 Growing Up Dairy Farm

07:03 Basketball to Agriculture

09:16 Starting in Seed Sales

11:36 Women in Leadership

15:48 Entrepreneurship Challenges

18:23 Delegation And Growth

18:47 Losing A Major Client

20:29 Faith Through Setbacks

22:29 Identity Shifts And Alignment

23:56 Women Leading Agriculture

26:46 Rural Rising Community

28:15 What's Next For Faith

29:29 Crunchy Agronomist Approach

34:53 Changing Agriculture Vision

37:08 Where To Find Faith

39:09 Closing

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Kylie Epperson, a fourth-generation Midwestern farm wife and entrepreneur, shares how planting season pressures reveal real marriage dynamics in her 12-year marriage while raising three kids and juggling busy schedules. She explains that couples don't need equal effort but aligned expectations as seasonal demands shift who carries more at work or at home. She emphasizes that clear, respectful communication matters most when exhausted, helping partners respond rather than react. Kylie notes that support may look practical—handling responsibilities without adding pressure—rather than long talks or date nights. She encourages giving each other (and yourself) extra grace, remembering love remains even when both are running on low energy, and that hard seasons pass and can strengthen connection if both partners stay open, aligned, and present.

00:00 Farm Wives Club Invite

01:23 Podcast Intro

02:12 Planting Season Life

04:34 Marriage Under Pressure

08:01 Aligned Not Equal

11:19 Communication When Tired

15:11 Support Looks Different

17:05 Grace And Perspective

22:47 Hard Seasons Pass

25:02 Stay Present Closing

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Kylie Epperson hosts her husband Jordan for a candid catch-up during mid-April planting season, sharing how rain paused fieldwork and how pumping hog manure helps as a cheaper fertilizer option. They talk about their 10-year-old son suddenly becoming passionate about hunting and fishing, including a youth-season turkey success and a supply run to Bass Pro, plus Jordan's memorable past turkey hunt where he forgot his calls but still tagged a bird. The conversation shifts to gratitude for involved, local grandparents and how farming can offer kids the option to return to the family business if they choose, emphasizing the need for intentional couple communication amid busy family life. They also mention delays in moving to the farm, Jordan's growing construction work, and Kylie potentially helping more hands-on—possibly running a second planter. Kylie closes by inviting listeners to Farm Wives Club, highlighting a new venue near Boonville with outdoor space and a farm setting, and directs people to kylieepperson.com for tickets.

00:00 Welcome to Boldly Grounded

00:40 Catching Up in April

01:16 Planting Pause and Manure

02:53 Rhett's Turkey Season

03:34 Kylie's Hunting Husband Joke

06:07 Jordan's Kubota Turkey Story

09:48 Grandparents and Growing Up

11:54 Talking About the Future

13:30 Still Not Moved In Yet

15:49 Kylie Helps on the Farm

19:28 Farm Wives Club Tickets

22:22 Event Details and Wrap Up