In this heartfelt episode, we sit down with Sarah Jones, founder of Florida Farm School, to explore how one woman’s vision turned a simple piece of land into a transformative learning environment for children. Born from a deep respect for nature and a desire to help kids reconnect with the world around them, Florida Farm School is a place where education, healing, and agriculture meet.

🌿 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• How the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic inspired Sarah to create an indoor petting store—and how that pivot laid the groundwork for something much bigger.

• Sarah’s journey from personal sacrifice to purpose, fueled by the healing power of nature and the unique, profound connection between children and animals.

• Why working with non-verbal and special needs children opened her eyes to the emotional and developmental strength farm experiences offer.

• How farm chores, feeding animals, and making butter build more than just skills—they build resilience, confidence, and teamwork.

• The role of agriculture as a healing industry—a place where love, loss, and responsibility create opportunities to grow emotionally and spiritually.

• A real look at sustainability and where food comes from, shared in age-appropriate, hands-on ways that make kids feel empowered and engaged.

• The importance of community in farming and in life, and why Sarah believes kids are naturally curious, compassionate, and ready to learn when given the chance.

🐐 Key Takeaway:

At Florida Farm School, nature is the teacher—and every child is given the space to grow, take risks, care for animals, and learn the real-life lessons that don’t come from textbooks. It’s a place of love, learning, and legacy.

🌾 Join Us as we dig into how Sarah Jones is planting seeds—both literally and figuratively—for a stronger, kinder, more connected generation.

In this inspiring episode, we chat with Tiffany Gallegos, a dedicated educator with 21 years in the classroom, who has taken her passion for agriculture and turned it into a hands-on learning journey for her students. What began as a classroom visit from Florida Ag Experience sparked a mission to connect kids with agriculture beyond the textbook.

Tiffany shares how she started an ag club as a passion project to bring experiential learning into her school. With no formal ag program in place, she saw agriculture as a perfect vehicle for integrating science, math, reading, and social studies—and wanted to make these kinds of resources available to other teachers, especially the free ones!

Through farm field trips, hatchling projects, and food-based lessons, Tiffany’s students have:

• Picked blueberries and made pancakes and muffins from scratch

• Toured a processing facility and pulled fresh potatoes from the soil

• Visited Dakin Dairy to learn about milk production

• Hatched their own chickens, bringing life science lessons full circle

Her creative, out-of-the-box approach proves you don’t need a formal ag program to make agriculture part of everyday learning. Tiffany encourages other educators to think beyond the mandated curriculum and explore the field—literally!

🔗 Tune in to learn how you, too, can plant the seeds of curiosity and growth in your students with accessible ag resources and real-world learning.

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In this entertaining episode, we meet Courtney and Jennifer, AKA Two Blonde Heifers - the dynamic duo behind the Florida Ag Experience, a Florida-based mobile classroom bringing dairy education directly to schools and fairs. Inspired by the Southwest Dairy Farmers in Texas, they launched their trailer three years ago to teach kids and consumers the truth about dairy—from “cow to counter.” Based at Dakin Dairy, Florida’s only dairy with on-site bottling and public tours, they combine hands-on learning with engaging presentations to promote agriculture literacy.

Florida dairy faces unique challenges—rising costs, extreme heat, misinformation, and shrinking farm numbers, with only about 40 dairy farms left in the state, most housing fewer than 50 cows. Despite these obstacles, the Heifers emphasize that community outreach, agrotourism, and product diversification (like creameries and cheese production) are key to survival. They also remind us how vital it is for consumers to understand their purchasing power: by supporting local producers, staying informed about ag policy, and choosing Florida dairy, people can help sustain these family farms.

With support from sponsors, the Florida Ag Experience offers free or reduced-cost visits to schools. Along the way, they sprinkle in fun facts—did you know it takes 345 squirts to fill a gallon of milk?—and reveal just how disconnected some people are from their food system. Common questions at fairs often include confusion about whether only female cows produce milk or mistaking milk for other bodily functions. Their mission is clear: reconnect people to where their food comes from—one classroom, one cow, and one story at a time.

📧 Want to bring the trailer to your school or event? Contact twoblondeheifers@gmail.com

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