Posted in Alaska American Countryside Best of

The Fertile Farmland of Palmer, Alaska

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/18Aug14-Palmer-Alaska-Farmers-Market.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you think of fertile farmland, you perhaps think of a location with deep rich soil in the Midwest. But…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

A Trip to St. Genevieve, Missouri

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/15Aug14-St-Genevieve-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all seen a log cabin. Such structures were the norm for many Americans early in the country’s history. But…

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Posted in Agriculture American Countryside California

Hot Zone Falconry

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/14Aug14-Hot-Zone-Falconry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Farmers might contract with someone to spray for weeds, fertilize the soil or harvest a crop.  Some farmers even contract for…

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Posted in Agriculture American Countryside California

The Problem with Birds for a Crop

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/13Aug14-Hot-Zone-Falconry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many challenges to growing a crop.  Poor weather, weeds, and disease are just a few.  We often don’t think…

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Posted in Agriculture American Countryside California

Artichokes

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/12Aug14-Artichokes-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people turn up their nose at brussels sprouts.  Where do artichokes fare in comparison?  We head to a valley where…

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Posted in Agriculture American Countryside California

A New Perspective on a Vegetable

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/11Aug14-Artichokes-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes it’s hard to get kids to eat their vegetables.  Now imagine the vegetable looks like a hand grenade and people…

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Preparing for the Iditarod

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/08Aug14-Iditarod-Headquarters-Reddington.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The Rights to a Famous Cowboy Song

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/07Aug14-Home-on-the-Range-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In the 1930s a cowboy song began to get quite a bit of air time on radio stations.  But suddenly…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Home on the Range

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/06Aug14-Home-on-the-Range-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The song, “Home of the Range,” turns 140 years old this year.  It might not sound like a big deal, but…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

A Poem Stuffed in a Book

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/05Aug14-Home-on-the-Range-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Brewster Higley didn’t think much about the poem he’d written.  In fact, he stuffed it in a book and hadn’t looked…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

A Man and His Cabin

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/04Aug14-Home-on-the-Range-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface, the story doesn’t seem too different from other settlers stories of the late 1800s.  A man from Indiana…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of New York

Over the Falls in a Barrel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/01Aug14-Niagra-Falls-NY-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Don Lokor is asked many questions about Niagara Falls.  He is considered the resident historian of the national landmark.  The…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of New York

A Visit to Niagra Falls

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/31Jul14-Niagra-Falls-NY-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Yellowstone was ever made the first national park, Niagara Falls became the nation’s first state park.  The thundering waters…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

A Farmer on the Big Screen

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/30Jul14-Farmland-Movie.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most farmers would not consider themselves movie stars.  This Minnesota hog farmer certainly doesn’t.  However, that hasn’t stopped him from…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Factors That Influence Vehichle Purchases

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/29Jul14-RAM-Truck-CEO-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What influences someone to buy a new car?  Is it great wealth, cool styles, or maybe a clunker that bit…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Automakers After the Great Recession

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/28Jul14-RAM-Truck-CEO-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s been dubbed the Great Recession…the economic downturn of that began in 2009.  One of the industries hardest hit were…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

A Hangar to Park a Plane

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/25Jul14-Frank-Phillips-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

The Phillips Home

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/24Jul14-Frank-Phillips-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

The Best Climate to Help Ease An Ailment

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23Jul14-Pikes-Peak-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we may rely on the latest advancements in science and medicine to help cure disease.  Of course, in the…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

James’ Peak

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22Jul14-Pikes-Peak-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps never heard of James’ Peak.  It more accurate to say you’ve heard of the mountain, but you simply…

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