Dirt Diaries Episode #3: Digging in with Megan Shanley Warren

FarmHER Megan Shanley Warren is the CEO and co-owner of Shanley Farms, a specialty fruit farm located on California’s Central Coast, which started as a retirement project by her late father, Jim Shanley. Megan worked closely with her dad to develop Shanley Farms as a brand of unique, quality produce, highlighted by Morro Bay avocados, passion fruit, and Citrusburst finger limes — and after his recent unexpected passing, she’s taken over the operation.

FarmHER Host Kirbe Schnoor (left) interviewing Megan Shanley Warren of Shanley Farms in an avocado grove for FarmHER Season 6 on RFD-TV. — *^{FarmHER Host Kirbe Schnoor (left) interviewing Megan Shanley Warren of Shanley Farms in an avocado grove during the filming of FarmHER Season 6 on RFD-TV.}*

We talk a lot about their favorite crop, finger limes (which I first tried when filming her TV episode, and now I’m hooked!) as well as what it’s been like running the farm with her husband and three boys. Megan also opens up about losing her parents, motherhood, money, media, and the lessons she hopes her kids carry forward from farm life.

This episode is a little bit of a tearjerker at times, but we have a lot of fun too! I asked all my burning questions about Farmer Wants A Wife — Megan’s brother-in-law Matt is one of the bachelors in Season 3! — and what it was like having the farm taken over by a reality TV crew and a handful of bachelorettes. We also share some funny behind-the-scenes stories from filming FarmHER, talk about everything from our best thrift finds to our guilty pleasures.

*^{Megan and her late father, Jim Shanley.}*

It’s stories like Megan’s that remind me why Dirt Diaries exists—to celebrate the women shaping agriculture while getting to connect with and know them in a genuine way, beyond their careers or roles on the farm or ranch. Even if you watched her episode of FarmHER on TV, this episode offers so much more insight into Megan Shanley Warren, and I know you’ll love her just as much as I do!

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