Courtney Feigl: Longhorns, Local Food, and a Proposed 765 kV Line #128

I speak with Courtney Feigl of Green Pastures Cattle Co. about her family’s Texas Longhorn farm in Wisconsin, a proposed 765 kV transmission line raising questions for local landowners, and the community work she has helped build through Ranch and Root.

Courtney shares how she and her husband started their Longhorn herd in 2019 and how she moved from healthcare into farming, running a local farmers’ co-op and podcasting. We also talk about local food, direct-to-community beef, and why sharing farmers’ stories can help people understand agriculture.

The conversation returns to landowner outreach around the proposed line, Courtney’s reasons for choosing Texas Longhorns, building Ranch and Root during a period of beef surplus, marketing with an authentic voice, raising children around farming, and finding ways for people with different views to listen to one another.

Thanks for listening.

What we cover:

• The proposed 765 kV line and local organizing

• Raising Texas Longhorns in Wisconsin

• Leaving healthcare for farm life

• Building the Ranch and Root co-op

• Authentic marketing and farmer stories

• Raising children on the farm

Timestamps:

00:03 – The proposed power line

08:41 – Community organizing

11:21 – Green Pastures beginnings

17:02 – From healthcare to farming

19:48 – Telling farmers’ stories

22:33 – Why Texas Longhorns?

25:57 – Ranch and Root co-op

28:38 – Marketing and starting small

32:12 – Authenticity online

35:30 – Family farm life

Links & resources mentioned:

Green Pastures Cattle Co. — https://www.greenpasturescattleco.com/

Courtney on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/greenpasturescattle/

No 765 Line — https://no765line.org/

Ranch and Root Farmers’ Co-op — https://www.facebook.com/p/Ranch-and-Root-Sauk-61560544507312/

Ag’s Most Okayest Farm Girls — https://open.spotify.com/show/6gK7PVhq2WX7vl2GA073SH