The Kindred Life Podcast Ep. 29: The No-Edit Life with Steven Bailey (part 2)

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Jun 14

My favorite person is BACK on the podcast this week, and once again, there is no plan for what to talk about, and there are NO EDITS! 🫢 Join me for another fun conversation with my fellow farmer and adventurer, inspiring entrepreneur and insanely talented chef - my husband, Steven Bailey.

For this episode, we sat down again here in the barn studio on Kindred Farm - this time with some good quality bourbon with a farm-fresh twist (listen to find out what it is!). In this completely freestyle convo, we share about our recent family-friendly dinner on the farm, adventures in cabbage-harvesting and kimchi-making, and why it’s so important to embrace failure if you want to have success at anything.

You’ll also hear some behind-the scenes in his life as a chef and life on a working farm.

A few of the topics we chat about in this episode:

How kimchi was harvested and made in a remote South Korean village where Steven’s mom grew up
Why it’s important for all of us to keep alive heirloom, heritage, hands-on experiences
The importance of taking the “long way around”
How to know when it’s okay to quit something
The synergy of a group of people working together to build something together
Why it’s important NOT to wait to start inviting people in and pursuing your dreams, whatever those may be

This episode will inspire you to DREAM but also take ACTION, right where you are. LISTEN IN!

We have SO much more to talk about, so you’ll definitely be hearing Steven again on the podcast in the near future!

Steven Bailey, a.k.a. The Korean Farmer, is a private chef, regenerative farmer, menu-creator, and farm-to-table consultant. Raised by a mother from the rice fields of South Korea and a father who grew up on a North Carolina tobacco farm, Chef Steven has been trained by his taste buds and unique Korean/Southern cultural heritage rooted in food and agriculture. As a private chef for his weekly clients and special occasion dinners, Steven crafts creative and inspiring food - from kimchi tacos to hand cut pappardelle, and everything in between. Steven attended Baylor University where he began cooking and baking and was probably the only guy in his fraternity to own a Kitchen Aid Mixer. Right out of college and living in Dallas, Steven started a missions travel company called 963 Missions and a fair-wage coffee company before founding Urban Acres, an organic produce co-op, market, and urban farm, in 2009. After selling Urban Acres in 2015, he moved his family to the rolling green hills of Santa Fe, Tennessee where they broke ground and began Kindred Farm.

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Here’s our bourbon drink for recording this episode…