This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Drew DiAllesandro, Illinois & Iowa Private Lands Coordinator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, joins Kaitie to rethink how we approach conservation interventions in the Midwest. The pair explores how moving beyond practice-by-practice implementation toward more strategic, landscape-scale solutions can generate greater ecological impact — from restoring wetlands, prairies, and oxbows to using science and data to target investments where they matter most. They also unpack what motivates landowners to participate, where today’s conservation delivery system creates friction, and how stronger partnerships can help translate proven practices into meaningful outcomes at scale. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Keegan Kult, Executive Director of the Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition, joins Kaitie to discuss water quality through the lens of water quantity. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, Vision Bank, for sponsoring this episode!

This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Tami Madsen, Executive Director of Central Iowa Water Works, joins Hannah to discuss water resiliency, cross-sector collaboration, and future planning. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, Vision Bank, for sponsoring this episode!

This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Kaylee Williams with Iowa Startup Week, joins Kaitie to discuss innovation, creativity, and building an ecosystem of happy disruptors. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, Vision Bank, for sponsoring this episode!

This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Rex Raimond, Director of Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS), joins Hannah to discuss missing middle infrastructure in food systems — or “the missing middle.” The pair unpacks TIFS’ strategy of creating new financial architecture for food systems, ultimately contributing to more resilient farms and communities. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

This week on The Happy Disruptors Podcast, Brian Bienkowski, Managing Editor of The New Lede, joins Kaitie to explore new media as a voice for conservation. The two cover the importance of access to information, the skill of staying curious, and the need for media literacy in the digital age. Listen in now! Remember to like and follow the Great Outdoors Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Thank you to our partners, Community State Bank, for sponsoring this episode!