Posted in Agriculture American Countryside Arizona food

Of Golden Eggs, Geese, and Backyard Farms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/25Jun13-Goose-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden eggs. While it would be hard to find such a…

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Posted in American Countryside food Indiana Podcast

Working to End Hunger

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/21Nov11-Lafayette-Food-Bank.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Food. We may not think much about it, until we go without a meal. I hope you’ll join me in…

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Posted in American Countryside food Ohio Podcast

More Than An Ice Cream Cone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Youngs-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When is an ice cream cone, more than just ice cream in a cone? We solve that riddle…..

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Posted in American Countryside Best of food Maine Podcast Vegetables

Aroostook County’s Potato Harvest

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Maine-Potato-Harvest-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)This week, many schools in this county are giving their students a couple of weeks of vacation.  It is a…

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Posted in American Countryside food Ohio Podcast

Robert Rothschild Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Robert-Rothschild.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It all began with a west coast couple that wanted to grow some raspberries in the Midwest. It became one…

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Posted in American Countryside food Ohio Podcast

Feeding People in a Different Way

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Ohio-Food-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you were dropped inside this building and had no idea what it was, it might take you awhile to…

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Posted in American Countryside food Ohio Podcast

An Old Mattress Warehouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Ohio-Food-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)What can you do with an old mattress warehouse? Use it to feed thousands of people in twenty counties. That’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of food Podcast Wisconsin

Lindberger Cheese

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Lindberger-Cheese-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s a story that radio can not do justice. Not because you need to see it, but because you need…

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Posted in American Countryside food Iowa Podcast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Canteen-Lunch-in-the-Alley.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If your restaurant sat in an alley underneath a parking garage, you would not have a prime location to attract…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of food Iowa Missouri Podcast

A Delicious Fruit

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Red-Delicious-Apples-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s one of the world’s most popular varieties of fruit and we have it because one farmer couldn’t get a…

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Posted in American Countryside food Illinois Podcast

Springfield, Illinois: The Cozy Dog

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Cozy-Dog.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Route 66 is full of pieces of Americana, and in Central Illinois you’ll find a drive-in over 65 years old,…

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Posted in American Countryside food Podcast

Pollinition with Bees

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/22Mar11-Tom-Turpin-Honey-Bees-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)Whether it’s flowers, fruits or vegetables, most rely on insects to pollinate and produce their bounty. Could their pollination be…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida food Podcast

A Florida Strawberry Festival

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the 1930’s, citizens of Plant City, Florida began a strawberry festival.  The annual event continues today. Although it’s mostly…

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A High Value Crop Grown Right in the Middle of Town

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine attempting to grow a high value crop in the middle of one of America’s largest cities.  That’s exactly what…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida food Podcast

The Secret to Growing Great Strawberries

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/08Mar11-Florida-Strawberries.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.4MB)What does it take to grow great strawberries? A good railroad of course. That’s one of the reasons many of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona food Podcast Vegetables

A Lettuce Tour Ticket

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)What’s the hottest ticket in the nation?  There might be some music stars and sporting events near the top of…

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Agriculture in Yuma, Arizona

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)This county enjoys the longest growing season in the country and it supplies most of the winter vegetables you’ll find…

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Posted in American Countryside food Hawaii Podcast

What’s Left of Hawaii’s Sugar Industry?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Kauai-Sugar-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Hawaii is the land of sugar and sugar cane. At least that is what we may believe. However things have…

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The History of Sugar in Hawaii

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Kauai-Sugar-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many of us remember the commercials that sang of C&H pure cane sugar–that’s the one. You may be surprised who…

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Posted in American Countryside food Podcast Wisconsin

70 Truckloads of Butter a Day

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Grassland-Dairy-Butter-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)We all know Santa’s elves must work year round to meet toy demand at year’s end, but who knew this…

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