Mike n Lindsey 11202025 Farm Generations

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Michael Parker and Lindsey Lusher Shute discussing Farm Generations Cooperative and their innovative software platform GrownBy.

November 20, 2025 Everything Co-op launches its spotlight on the 2025 Innovation Award recipients with Michael Parker and Lindsey Lusher Shute, co-founders of Farm Generations Cooperative. In this interview, Michael and Lindsey discuss how Farm Generations empowers its members through GrownBy, their farmer-owned software platform, and how the Innovation Award will help advance their mission. Lindsey Lusher Shute co-founded the National Young Farmers Coalition and served as its executive director for a decade. She is also an owner of Hearty Roots Farm, a diversified vegetable and livestock farm in New York’s Hudson Valley. During her tenure at Young Farmers, Lindsey built a national network of 150,000 farmers and advocates, advancing grassroots efforts around land access, conservation, credit, student debt, and farmer training. She has delivered keynote addresses at conferences nationwide. Michael Parker has built a diverse career spanning agriculture, food, entrepreneurship, and education. A first-generation farmer, he is currently developing a grassfed beef operation in Cooperstown, NY. Mike also works on land access and business services initiatives with the National Young…

People in this episode

Host: Vernon Oakes

Guests: Michael Parker, Lindsey Lusher Shute

Topics covered

• cooperatives
• agriculture
• innovation
• software
• farmer empowerment

Keywords

• Farm Generations
• GrownBy
• Innovation Award
• agriculture
• cooperatives
• farmer-owned

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Farm Generations Cooperative, National Young Farmers Coalition

Places: New York, Cooperstown, Hudson Valley

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