Milking Trees - Kortney Chase - Farm To Table Talk

To be Milk does it have to come from a cow? Not any more as evidenced in Supermarkets and Coffee shops across the country and around the world. This episode of Farm To Table Talk feautres Kkortney Chase who shares her jouney from growing up on a pecan farm to creating “ecana milk, a Shelf-stable pecan milk product. The family’s three generation pecan farming business evolved from selling to processors to becoming one of the top pecan manufacturers globally . Kortney shares how she developed Pecana Milk during COVID-19 after making nut milk at home, eventuallyt transitioning from refrigerated to shelf-stable packaging with an 18 month shelf life and the challenges of entering the competitive non-daiory mik market, including placement in shtores and consumer education about the product’s location. From their beginning on the farm in New Mexico they have grown to istribution to over 5,000 where consumers continue to want to know where food comes from and understand ingredient transparency.pecanamilk.com

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The Farm To Table Talk podcast is a virtual table for conversations about ideas, insights, and journeys of chefs, farmers, policymakers, researchers, NGOs and the food-focused public about our food and how it is grown, prepared and shared throughout society. The host, Rodger Wasson is a food and agriculture veteran. Raised on his family’s farm in Central Illinois, he has worked for and with every size, type, and age of farmers and aspiring farmers. Whether new, old, big or small, they are all part of today’s food movement. The Farm to Table Talk podcasts are for those interested in journeys within the modern food system and the stories behind our every bite. Contact rodger@idea-farming with your thoughts, suggestions or questions.