Kristin Demoranville

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It truly does make the difference. There's so much more to come and I'm so glad you're here on this journey with me. Now back to my conversation. So let's let's get back to the regular scheduled food talk and agricultural talk of the show.

It truly does make the difference. There's so much more to come and I'm so glad you're here on this journey with me. Now back to my conversation. So let's let's get back to the regular scheduled food talk and agricultural talk of the show.

I want to I want to talk about how your journey with ICS and educational content and how you've been working through the various different sectors in terms of your knowledge set and obviously your your prowess on LinkedIn for sure. I mean, you are an influencer, Mike, whether we like that word or not, you know, I guess.

I want to I want to talk about how your journey with ICS and educational content and how you've been working through the various different sectors in terms of your knowledge set and obviously your your prowess on LinkedIn for sure. I mean, you are an influencer, Mike, whether we like that word or not, you know, I guess.

And I know that you've been learning a lot, because I definitely jump up and down and say, hey, Mike, what about food and ag? I'm like, what this past year specifically, I think you definitely learned a lot about food and agriculture from me. But I also noticed that you've been paying attention more in the media. You've been commenting differently. You've been posting differently about it.

And I know that you've been learning a lot, because I definitely jump up and down and say, hey, Mike, what about food and ag? I'm like, what this past year specifically, I think you definitely learned a lot about food and agriculture from me. But I also noticed that you've been paying attention more in the media. You've been commenting differently. You've been posting differently about it.

What is it that you've really learned this last year about it, what your thoughts are around it?

What is it that you've really learned this last year about it, what your thoughts are around it?

Yes, I definitely hop up and down a lot. Right. Right. Not in a Tom Cruise way, but... No, not only... No, that's extreme. I'd probably throw my back out if I did that. No, I really appreciate you saying all that, Mike, because people are so far removed from their food. We don't think about it. We go to the store. We do our thing. It doesn't matter, right?

Yes, I definitely hop up and down a lot. Right. Right. Not in a Tom Cruise way, but... No, not only... No, that's extreme. I'd probably throw my back out if I did that. No, I really appreciate you saying all that, Mike, because people are so far removed from their food. We don't think about it. We go to the store. We do our thing. It doesn't matter, right?

The people that produce our food are incredible human beings, right? whether it's a farm or a rancher or any of that, they are dedicated definitely to it. And I I feel in some ways really passionate about making sure people understand that there are human beings behind everything that's happening with our food and that they are there in it for it. You know, it's not about making money.

The people that produce our food are incredible human beings, right? whether it's a farm or a rancher or any of that, they are dedicated definitely to it. And I I feel in some ways really passionate about making sure people understand that there are human beings behind everything that's happening with our food and that they are there in it for it. You know, it's not about making money.

It's about the doing of it. You know, the generational farming is still there. Even though I know they're saying that all farmers will be retired by like 2035. We'll see. We'll see. The trucking is an interesting one because we actually move our food more than people think we do. It goes from the farm to facility it needs to go to to change it into whatever it's going to be.

It's about the doing of it. You know, the generational farming is still there. Even though I know they're saying that all farmers will be retired by like 2035. We'll see. We'll see. The trucking is an interesting one because we actually move our food more than people think we do. It goes from the farm to facility it needs to go to to change it into whatever it's going to be.

And then it actually gets warehoused. cold storage or just storage. And then eventually it will get distributed. So it actually transfers quite a bit. So if we lost trucks, we're a real big trouble because we can't even move it away from the farm to get to where it needs to go to be what it needs to be to get to the spot that it stores and then waits for us to take it to the retailer.

And then it actually gets warehoused. cold storage or just storage. And then eventually it will get distributed. So it actually transfers quite a bit. So if we lost trucks, we're a real big trouble because we can't even move it away from the farm to get to where it needs to go to be what it needs to be to get to the spot that it stores and then waits for us to take it to the retailer.

It's incredible. And it's interesting because we were talking before we were just recording that there was the grocery store hack that just happened over in the East Coast. And it did affect the mid-Atlantic region as well. And they disclosed the attack or whatever happened, the cyber incident. Sorry, we should call it cyber incident because we don't know what it is.

It's incredible. And it's interesting because we were talking before we were just recording that there was the grocery store hack that just happened over in the East Coast. And it did affect the mid-Atlantic region as well. And they disclosed the attack or whatever happened, the cyber incident. Sorry, we should call it cyber incident because we don't know what it is.