Cody Cody was operating in three states and had a house in Florida and an Idaho risking it all. What does this story have to say about agricultural work more broadly in America right now? There are no 80 and 100 acre farms that are profitable in Washington and Oregon right now there might be some left but they're getting larger at an accelerating clip. Food stability is huge Sean, just one war can like shift the entire world supply of wheat.
A rancher in the Pacific Northwest scammed two companies out of $244 million. In this episode we first served in February, KUOW’s Anna King — host of the Ghost Herd podcast — explains how Cody Easterday went from ranching royalty to prison.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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