Turning a Passion for Horses into a Career with Sierra Seidner

12/16/22 • 48 min

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman PodcastTM, you'll meet Sierra Seidner.

At 26 years young, Sierra is the owner of Iron Horse Animal Health Products, a company that manufactures high-quality but affordable supplements and feed for horses and livestock like chickens, sheep, and cows. She graduated from Westminster College with a degree in Financial Economics in December of 2018, but after taking her first accounting job, knew that wasn’t the right career path for her. In July 2021, she had the opportunity to purchase Iron Horse, an established company that had been in business since 1967, from founder Dr. David Swaney and left her office job to pursue the more fitting and exciting lifestyle of being an entrepreneur. Along with running Iron Horse and going on the many trips that it requires, Sierra also enjoys training and racing standardbred harness racing horses.

For full show notes, including links mentioned in the show, head over to wildrosefarmer.com/161

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On this week's episode of The Rural Woman PodcastTM, you'll meet Sierra Seidner.

For full show notes, including links mentioned in the show, head over to wildrosefarmer.com/161

. . .

This week's episode is brought to you by

Liberty Overalls

AGvisorPRO

. . .

Let's get Social

Follow The Rural Woman Podcast on Social Media

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Join our private Facebook group, The Rural Woman Podcast Community

Connect with Katelyn on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest

. . . Support the Show

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Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts | Take the Listener Survey

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. . . Meet the Team

Audio Editor | MixBär.

Admin Team | Kim & Co Online

Patreon Executive Producers

Sarah R. | Happiness by The Acre

Karri MV. | Leystone Farms

. . . More with Katelyn

One on One Podcast Coaching | Learn More

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Starting a Homestead with Ashley Sutton

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman PodcastTM, you'll meet Ashley Sutton.

Ashley was born and raised on Long Island, NY, about an hour from New York City. It wasn’t until she moved to Colorado for graduate school that she started thinking about where our food comes from. Ashley met her husband in graduate school out west, and he introduced her to the world of agriculture! It wasn’t long before they decided they wanted to keep some animals of their own one day. In March 2020, Ashley and her husband started their homestead in Vermont.

For full show notes, including links mentioned in the show, head over to wildrosefarmer.com/160

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Links to this week's discussions:

[11:01] - All about the Guernsey cow breed and advice

[17:18] - How Ashley began canning and preserving

[28:05] - Advice for someone starting out in their own operation

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Next Episode

Blazing Trails for Women in Agriculture with Dr. Tammy Gray-Steele

On this week's episode of The Rural Woman PodcastTM, you'll meet Dr. Tammy Gray-Steele.

Dr. Tammy Gray-Steele is the first American agricultural specialist, agripreneur, educator, and women and children advocate. Born and raised on a farm, she received her secondary education in the rustic and rural community of Wewoka, Oklahoma.

Upon graduating high school, Dr. Steele left Oklahoma to pursue a dual educational and business career in New York City. Armed with the legal degree she obtained from New York University Law School and the requisite legal business experience she acquired on Manhattan's Wall Street, she returned home to her family farm and started to give back to the Oklahoma rural communities, all while in the process of working full-time in the Oklahoma Corporate legal arena, and devoting time to study for a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Horticulture and Childcare Development Certifications.

For full show notes, including links mentioned in the show, head over to wildrosefarmer.com/162

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Links to this week's discussions:

[13:35] Reactions in the rural community when the NWIAA was founded

[27:10] What's needed for the next-generation farming people

[31:10] Barriers that women in agriculture face on a day-to-day level in their operations

[35:20] Success that Dr. Tammy has seen with women in agriculture over the years

[44:55] Supporting and signing the petition

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