Welcome to the UPL Australia #OpenAg podcast series. We hope these podcasts will inspire you and open your mind to new ideas and new ways of dealing with the current challenges faced by everyone in Australian agriculture after the recent drought and Covid 19 restrictions. Join our host Sam Edmund in conversation with Shanna Whan from Sober in the Country. Shanna is passionate about ensuring that farmers, people in rural business and those living in small or isolated towns have equal access to support services, if they're battling with problem like alcohol abuse, misuse and addiction. She's the creator, founder, and CEO of Sober in the Country, and organisation born out of Shanna's own very real battle with alcohol dependency. To connect with Shanna and Sober in the Country head to the website HERE. www.soberinthecountry.org UPL is a leader in global food systems and is now one of the top 5 agricultural solutions companies worldwide, with market access to 90 percent of the world's food basket and focused on ushering in growth and progress for the complete agricultural network including farmers, distributors, suppliers and innovation partners. Through our #OpenAg initiative we want to build an open agriculture network that feeds sustainable growth for all. No limits, No borders. We are creating a network that changes the way a whole industry thinks and works. Opening it all up, to new ideas, new ways, new answers. To find out more about UPL Australia head to our website HERE. This podcast was produced, engineered and edited by Jane Nield for UPL Australia.