Marji met up with Carol Ann Sayle and her husband Larry at “Boggy Creek Farm” in Austin, Texas, where they run one of the oldest urban farms in the country. Decades ago this couple — an artist and real estate professional — combined their love of gardening and some good business sense to create their 15-acre urban farm. This FarmHer grows and raises a wide variety of crops and livestock to sell at her farm stand, where more than 25 chefs come daily to purchase fresh meat and produce for their restaurants.

"I was basically in the TV business and all of that for all those years.  We just kind of needed a fresh start in order to do something different." – Carol Ann Sayle

“We want to represent the best for people in Austin. I’m kind of standing in one of the best farms in Austin, buying some of the best vegetables you can in the city.” – Carol Ann Sayle

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Meet Renee Strickland who runs “Strickland Ranch and Exporting” in Myakka City, FL. Renee grew up in a ranching household and today, she and her husband export cattle around the world, including the middle east. She sometimes finds herself making groundbreaking deals with countries that have very volatile relations with the U.S. Government, which can make negotiations pretty tricky. For fun, Renee loads up her horses and heads to the polo fields at Sarasota Polo Club, where she competes in the game she loves.

"I'm in the middle of shipments to Pakistan, Panama, and possibly Peru so the stress certainly doesn't end." – Renee Strickland

"One day you are interacting with someone that speaks Russian and the next day they speak Spanish … and you might need Portuguese if you have to go to Brazil ... so you have to be able to adapt yourself to cultures." – Renee Strickland


“Pakistan has been the most challenging market to open. I’ve been blessed to open several markets. I sent the first U.S. cattle into Oman. I sent the first U.S. cattle into Ecuador after many, many years … and most recently, Pakistan. Maybe I am blazing some trails there, but it’s making it very easy for the other exporters to come in, which is great!” – Renee Strickland

Get the full schedule at rfdtv.com.

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