Turn Rows & Truth: Soil Sisters Edition

This week on Feel Good Life, I sat down with two of my favorite people to talk about something that doesn't get nearly enough airtime in ag: support systems. Not just agronomists or accountants. I'm talking about real-life, in-the-trenches, call-you-when-it-hits-the-fan kind of support.

Kassi Tom Rowland and Stacie Jack Koger are not just farmers, mamas, and multi-tasking miracles—they're the founding members of a peer group that has changed the way I think about what community can look like in agriculture. What started as a handful of women with similar dirt-under-the-nails backgrounds has grown into something deeper than just a chat group. It's an advisory board, therapy session, business brainstorm, and safe space all rolled into one.

Let’s talk about it.

We need to stop acting like we have to do this all alone. Farming can be lonely—especially for women carrying generational expectations, raising families, running operations, and still somehow expected to smile through it all. The truth? We need each other.

The Soil Sisters didn’t require a fancy budget or a polished pitch deck. They just needed a table, some trust, and the guts to say, “What if we did this together?” What came out of it? Real talk about family farm dynamics. Honest feedback on farm management decisions. Vulnerable conversations around mental health. And a kind of learning you can't get from a webinar—the kind that only comes from walking someone else's fields and hearing their story.

We talked about the power of traveling together, showing up for one another, and the richness that comes when diverse operations sit at the same table. Some raise corn, some raise cotton. All raise hell when needed. And more importantly, they raise each other up.

If you're out there thinking, "I wish I had that," let me say this: you can. You don’t need permission. You just need a few folks willing to show up, share honestly, and hold space. Start small. Keep it real. And build the kind of trust that makes hard seasons just a little lighter.

Women have always been in agriculture—we're just finally getting loud about it. And as the Soil Sisters remind me, there's no better advisory board than one made of people who actually get it.

Here’s to peer support, messy truths, and building communities that can weather any storm.

Let’s keep telling the story.