Ever met a celebrity shepherdess? I have. She’s Natalie Redding, Namaste Farms. We met at the O.H. Kruse Grain & Milling dealer appreciation day.

Here’s Natalie (center) with friends during the Buying Show at the event last week. We talked about what she does and I think you’ll find it very interesting and entertaining. Natalie not only shepherds an “ever growing flock of sheep, goats, chickens, alpacas, Turkeys, Peafowl, horses, cows, llamas, etc…,” but she’s very involved in social media and has her own program on BlogTalkRadio.

Natalie is a big believer in the power of social media and the value it brings to farmers telling their story. She says, “I think it’s our responsibility as farmers. Instead of complaining that there’s a huge base of people who don’t like what we do. I think a lot of them don’t know what we do. And that’s our fault.” So Natalie says farmers have the responsibility to be good human beings and give back to the community so people want to hear what they have to say.

Listen to this week’s ZimmCast here: ZimmCast with Natalie Redding

Other place to find Natalie include Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

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