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Farm Viability, Succession, and the Human Infrastructure of Agriculture
This thread examines the human conditions that determine whether farms and agricultural organizations can endure: succession, mental health, emotional discipline, mentorship, off-farm income, family business models, volunteer leadership, and the pressures that shape who stays in agriculture.
What this thread connects
This thematic path brings together conversations, durable analysis, and time-sensitive intelligence so the subject can be followed across the Future Herd archive rather than through a single episode or article.
Start with this conversation
Episode 15: Proximity and Participation in Agriculture's Next Generation with Jordyn Domio
Jordyn Domio, President of the Junior Farmers Association of Ontario, explores the unspoken conditions that shape agricultural participation. Her conversation challenges conventional narratives about youth recruitment by focusing on the subtle cultural dynamics that determine who gets invited into the sector.
Episodes in this thread
- Episode 15: Proximity and Participation in Agriculture's Next Generation with Jordyn Domio
- Episode 20: From Mistakes to Mentorship: Leadership in Agricultural Ecosystems with Jennifer MacTavish
- 25: Leaving Every Organisation Better Than You Found It
- 28: The Politics of Standing Up for Farmers with John Barlow
- 29: Throwing Out the Business Textbook to Save the Family Farm
Related knowledge and analysis
- Beyond Recruitment: Agriculture's Leadership Renewal Depends on Cultural Transformation
- The Power of Saying Yes: Navigating Professional Development in Agriculture
- Sleep and Emotional Discipline Are the Productivity Infrastructure High-Performing Agricultural Leaders Depend On
- Canada's Agricultural Potential Is Being Held Back by Regulatory Distance and Political Neglect
- Ontario's Aquaculture Industry Is Feeding the World From Freshwater Farms Most Canadians Have Never Seen