Episode 190: Linda McCullough Decker
Greenhorns Radio
English - May 13, 2014 20:49 - 31 minutes - 29 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFood Arts Society & Culture greenhorns radio young farmers farming ranchers land rights conservation sustainability food radio interviews heritage radio network Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 189: Rory Beyer
This week’s featured farmer: Linda McCullough Decker
Linda McCullough Decker is currently serving as a trustee and board member of the Steve Trigg Ranch in eastern New Mexico. She is one of twenty-three heirs who, rather than choosing to inherit a portion of the ranch, created a perpetual trust to own and operate the ranch. Now one of the challenges is learning to work with all the other heirs to operate the ranch. The other challenge is to keep the ranch prospering in a prolonged drought. Her preparation for these tasks was childhood summer visits to her grandmother on the ranch, a college major in Renaissance history, a master’s degree in divinity, and ordination at age 73 as an Episcopal priest.