Starting a Launching a Farm Based Preschool with Amber Bruckner + Bonus Segment with CEO Venessa Wood and Krysta Paffrath

Venessa Wood of Ag Talk, hosts Amber Bruckner, an entrepreneur who runs Pine Row Preschool and Childcare, an agriculture-based school on a 17-acre farm. Amber shares her journey from intending to go to vet school to discovering her passion for early childhood education. She emphasizes the need for farm-based education, recounting how she acquired the farm and the numerous challenges and successes she encountered along the way. Amber discusses her daily routine, which includes extensive outdoor activities for the children, interactions with animals, and fostering a connection to agriculture. Additionally, she aims to promote agricultural education at the preschool level. The podcast also features a bonus segment with AWC member and podcast manager, Krysta Paffrath, who reflects on the importance of following one's passions and integrating different aspects of one's identity, drawing on her recent experience of becoming a certified yoga instructor.