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Rich Flavors and History of Midwestern Vineyards

  • May 24, 2023
  • Tagged as: fruit, grapes, Missouri, wine
When you think of the United States’ wine industry, you might immediately think of the West Coast’s Napa and Sonoma Valleys rather than Midwestern Vineyards. I know that likely inspired some eyerolls from some listeners,...

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Janice Person
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Homeless to hopeful: How urban farming is changing lives in an Iowa shelter

  • May 10, 2023
  • Tagged as: iowa, lettuce, urban farm, vegetables
Urban farming has so much potential but it can be hard to make a living doing it. With the economy today, every city and town seems to have more people experiencing homelessness. In Iowa, there...

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Janice Person
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Could Cricket Farming Be the Next Big Thing?

  • April 26, 2023
  • Tagged as: cricket, iowa, protein
Shelby Smith never expected to be a farmer, so it may be fitting that she started a cricket farm. That’s a the kind of farm people in the US never think of, in fact it...

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Janice Person
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How Our Family Holiday Food Traditions Have Shifted: A Conversation with My Mom

  • November 30, 2022
  • Tagged as: holidays
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Holidays bring together an amazing combination of foods & traditions, but how often do we step back and talk about how our families celebrated the holidays 25, 50, even 75 years ago? And how do…

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Janice Person
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Holiday Foods and Traditions: Stories from Listeners & Friends

  • November 16, 2022
  • Tagged as: holidays
We’re off the farm in this episode as we ask listeners and friends to share their favorite holiday foods and traditions. As we hear from five people tell us about the foods that must be...

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Life Beside a Cranberry Marsh: Smoothies, Ecology and a Cran-Baby (Updated)

  • November 2, 2022
  • Tagged as: cranberries, holidays, wisconsin
I cannot believe it has been two years since we ventured toward the cranberry marsh that cranberry farmer Amber Bristow works. With the central roll this uniquely American fruit plays for my family’s holidays (I...

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Janice Person
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Pumpkin Patch & the Passing of Time Means We Need An Update

  • October 19, 2022
  • Tagged as: holidays, iowa, pumpkin
Back in 2020, we talked with Shannon Latham who runs a pumpkin farm up in Northern Iowa. Well, now that 2022’s pumpkin season has rolled around, we headed back to the pumpkin patch to find...

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Molly Atkins
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Beekeeping and Building Leadership Skills at Sankofa Farms

  • October 5, 2022
  • Tagged as: honey, pollinators, sugar, vegetables
Have you ever considered beekeeping as a way to building leadership skills and tapping passions? Kamal Bell has been doing just that on his first generation farm in Cedar Grove, NC. As we sat down...

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Janice Person
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Foraging Pawpaws, Fruit Farming and Making Fruit Leather in Funk’s Grove

  • September 21, 2022
  • Tagged as: fruit, Illinois
Pawpaws are one of a handful of unique fruits and vegetables native to the United States, and yet they are not nearly as widely enjoyed as the holiday must have cranberries!  One of the reasons...

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Finding Environmental Common Ground: Dairy & Nature

  • September 7, 2022
  • Tagged as: dairy, Missouri

Common ground is a phrase that is said less frequently these days, and environmental common ground isn’t what everyone expects happens when environmental scientists and farmers sit down together. But maybe we should. The health…

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Janice Person
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Growing Dates: Coachella’s Longest Running Jam Session

  • August 24, 2022
  • Tagged as: california, fruit
Not many of us look at palm trees and immediately think of growing dates and yet, this episode may change that for you! Palm trees are usually on beaches, so seeing acres of them in...

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Janice Person
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Called to Live the Cheese Life, Interview with a Cheesemonger

  • August 10, 2022
  • Tagged as: arkansas, dairy
There are titles that go almost unnoticed, but being a cheesemonger definitely stands out! It took a long time but eventually, I met a cheesemonger. That cheesemonger, Jessica Keahey (founder of Sweet Freedom Cheese in...

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