Eileen Breen spent some of her childhood in the states and in Malawi, Africa. Her love for horses started at a young age and while she pursued many career paths including as a stockbroker, she ultimately found her way back to the equine industry in equine assisted services. She started her journey in equine assisted services with the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association and currently teaches adaptive riding.Eileen previously served as the Director at Heartstrings and Hoofbeats and now currently serves as the Services Facilitator at CSU Spur’s Temple Grandin Equine Center. Her story is full of twists and turns but grounded in passion. We hope you enjoy this great listen!

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Grab a snack and a beverage! Mary Margaret and Gina sit down with some life updates, fun stories, and inquiries for the Western ranching world. We got the Q’s, some of y’all might have the A’s and we want to hear them!

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Dr. LuJean Waters is a proud 7th-generation rancher who is the owner/operator of Heartland Large Animal Services based out of Bartow, FL. She is also a professor at Warner University, teaching beef cattle production and animal sciences. When she is not busy with clients or class, she likes to spend her time showing registered Brahman cattle. She is also involved with the Florida Cattlemen’s Association at the county and state level and currently serves as a board member of the Florida Beef Council. This is one jam packed episode that you don’t want to miss!

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Reba Mazak is a fifth-generation Florida cattle rancher based out of Sumter County. In addition to ranching in Florida and Texas, she also owns a limerock mine, wedding venue, and hunting operation. She has served as President of Florida CattleWomen in 2004 and President of the American National CattleWomen in 2022. Reba is passionate about the beef industry and mentoring the youth of agriculture. Help us congratulate her for the well-deserved honor of being the 2025 Florida Woman of the Year in Agriculture!

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Ava Budde grew up in eastern Washington as a third-generation rancher. She was involved in 4-H and FFA, went to Northwest College for livestock judging, and is currently an agricultural communications major at the University of Wyoming. She previously served as the Washington State Beef Ambassador and is finishing her term as one of three members of the 2024-2025 Collegiate Beef Advocacy Program. She is passionate about advocating for the agriculture industry and we cannot wait to see what she’ll continue to do for our industry!

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Part 2 of Mrs. Liesa Priddy’s story is live! We talk about everything from the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), traveling, and all things personal.

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We’re baaaaaaack! Thank you for bearing with us as we took a short break.

This week’s episode consists of updates on what has been going on in our lives and also some updates regarding New World Screwworm. We hope you learned something from this episode and hope to see some of y’all at FCA Convention at Marco Island soon!

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COVID was definitely a hard and dark time for everyone, but a lot of good things came out of it, including Florida Farm Finder! Meet Jillian Childs, founder of Florida Farm Finder. Jillian founded Florida Farm Finder to build a community around Florida’s farm direct food. This community has allowed people to get produce and food directly from local producers and has highlighted both small and large producers! Not only that, it has allowed people to start their producing their own foods and goods and connecting them with their local UF IFAS Extension Agents for resources. We hope you are inspired by Jillian’s gumption just like we are!

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The wait is over! We hope you enjoyed Part 1 just as much as we did. We laughed, we cried, and we talked about some really important topics!  Part 2 of Girl Crew is finally here for y’all to enjoy!

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