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Vance Crowe

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
723 total appearances

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Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

It was like that, yeah. But this was for ocean-going ship. But because it was flat-bottomed, when you repositioned the ship, you got all the passengers off it because if you hit even a little wave โ€“ This thing was like a rubber ducky and things. So you'd like fly around, stuff would be flying around the ship. So I did that for about a year.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

It was like that, yeah. But this was for ocean-going ship. But because it was flat-bottomed, when you repositioned the ship, you got all the passengers off it because if you hit even a little wave โ€“ This thing was like a rubber ducky and things. So you'd like fly around, stuff would be flying around the ship. So I did that for about a year.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

It was like that, yeah. But this was for ocean-going ship. But because it was flat-bottomed, when you repositioned the ship, you got all the passengers off it because if you hit even a little wave โ€“ This thing was like a rubber ducky and things. So you'd like fly around, stuff would be flying around the ship. So I did that for about a year.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And then, uh, a buddy that I worked on the ship with said, Hey, you want to make some real money flipping houses. So this is before the housing crisis. So we bought a house and, and renovated it and sold it. And then I was like, you know, this isn't for me. So I, I ended up joining the U S peace corps and, uh, I moved to Kenya and

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And then, uh, a buddy that I worked on the ship with said, Hey, you want to make some real money flipping houses. So this is before the housing crisis. So we bought a house and, and renovated it and sold it. And then I was like, you know, this isn't for me. So I, I ended up joining the U S peace corps and, uh, I moved to Kenya and

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And then, uh, a buddy that I worked on the ship with said, Hey, you want to make some real money flipping houses. So this is before the housing crisis. So we bought a house and, and renovated it and sold it. And then I was like, you know, this isn't for me. So I, I ended up joining the U S peace corps and, uh, I moved to Kenya and

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

My mom's always fond of telling people that the Peace Corps tested my Spanish skills that I studied so hard in college. And then they're like, you know, I think we're going to send you to Kenya. Because I didn't study that hard. And then I did that for a while. And I ended up getting a terrible allergy. My dream was to be here in the Peace Corps. When I got told I was going to Kenya...

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

My mom's always fond of telling people that the Peace Corps tested my Spanish skills that I studied so hard in college. And then they're like, you know, I think we're going to send you to Kenya. Because I didn't study that hard. And then I did that for a while. And I ended up getting a terrible allergy. My dream was to be here in the Peace Corps. When I got told I was going to Kenya...

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

My mom's always fond of telling people that the Peace Corps tested my Spanish skills that I studied so hard in college. And then they're like, you know, I think we're going to send you to Kenya. Because I didn't study that hard. And then I did that for a while. And I ended up getting a terrible allergy. My dream was to be here in the Peace Corps. When I got told I was going to Kenya...

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

I was so dumb and so naive. I was like, oh, I wanted to go to a place that had real poverty. Because in my mind, Kenya was like the Switzerland of Africa. That's where people went on safari.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

I was so dumb and so naive. I was like, oh, I wanted to go to a place that had real poverty. Because in my mind, Kenya was like the Switzerland of Africa. That's where people went on safari.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

I was so dumb and so naive. I was like, oh, I wanted to go to a place that had real poverty. Because in my mind, Kenya was like the Switzerland of Africa. That's where people went on safari.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And then you get there and you're like, oh, these people are, you know, they have to pull a bucket of water out of a well. And that's if they're wealthy and they have dirt floors. Well, I was there for less than a year, actually quite a bit less than a year. And I ended up getting really sick. And it turned out I had an allergy. So broken out from head to toe in a complete rash.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And then you get there and you're like, oh, these people are, you know, they have to pull a bucket of water out of a well. And that's if they're wealthy and they have dirt floors. Well, I was there for less than a year, actually quite a bit less than a year. And I ended up getting really sick. And it turned out I had an allergy. So broken out from head to toe in a complete rash.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And then you get there and you're like, oh, these people are, you know, they have to pull a bucket of water out of a well. And that's if they're wealthy and they have dirt floors. Well, I was there for less than a year, actually quite a bit less than a year. And I ended up getting really sick. And it turned out I had an allergy. So broken out from head to toe in a complete rash.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And it turns out I'm a good Midwestern kid, totally allergic to poison ivy. And mangoes are in the same plant family as poison ivy. So they produce urashol in the peel of the skin. And so I was sitting there, terrible allergy, and I was like, man, this would be awful if I didn't have all these mangoes to eat. Because I didn't know.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And it turns out I'm a good Midwestern kid, totally allergic to poison ivy. And mangoes are in the same plant family as poison ivy. So they produce urashol in the peel of the skin. And so I was sitting there, terrible allergy, and I was like, man, this would be awful if I didn't have all these mangoes to eat. Because I didn't know.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

And it turns out I'm a good Midwestern kid, totally allergic to poison ivy. And mangoes are in the same plant family as poison ivy. So they produce urashol in the peel of the skin. And so I was sitting there, terrible allergy, and I was like, man, this would be awful if I didn't have all these mangoes to eat. Because I didn't know.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

So I came home early, ended up, the buddy that I bought a house with had bought an old wooden yacht that had a fire on it. So we took it up in Northern California and pulled it out of the water to fix it. And I took a job in public radio. So that's where I learned how to do radio and then decided I didn't want to be up in Mendocino anymore. And so I went to graduate school.

Farm4Profit Podcast
F4F - Vance Crowe - Agriculture Through Storytelling

So I came home early, ended up, the buddy that I bought a house with had bought an old wooden yacht that had a fire on it. So we took it up in Northern California and pulled it out of the water to fix it. And I took a job in public radio. So that's where I learned how to do radio and then decided I didn't want to be up in Mendocino anymore. And so I went to graduate school.