http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Grassland-Dairy-Butter-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Folks in the heart of dairy country know that this fourth generation business touches the diets of almost every American…..

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Date-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)A new museum is opening that is perfect for you and a date. It’s a bad pun but a fun…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Blue-Owl-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)The flood of 1993 almost washed away this restaurant, but the levy saved the building and provided the inspiration behind…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Hawaii-Laua.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 937.8KB)When visiting the Hawaiian Islands, there’s no better experience than a traditional Hawaiian luau–except that’s not what you’ll get here….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Anchorage-Reindeer-Sausage.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)When we think of reindeer we may have visions of animals pulling Santa’s sled. However, if you head to downtown…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Prairie-Pure-Cheese-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 941.2KB)As a veterinarian, Brian Gerloff knows a lot about helping animals. However, his business model is also helping farmers and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Prairie-Pure-Cheese-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.4KB)When this veterinarian began his practice just outside of Chicago, he may never have imagined how the growing city would…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 943.3KB)If you have trouble finding the Lucky Nickel Ranch, just look up. Wherever you see the skydivers floating to the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.8KB)Some people might say you can’t make a living on a forty acre farm. Michael McKenzie is out to prove…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.0KB)California produce growers rely heavily on hand labor to tend their crops. For Michael McKenzie, that labor has come from…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Date-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.8KB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Date-Farming-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 950.6KB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Spencer-Citrus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade. Mark certainly has plenty of lemons, but he doesn’t have to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Spencer-Citrus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.3KB)You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it. This is a family-owned citrus packer that grows, packs, markets…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/11/Union-Station-Chocolate.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 1.9MB)For 90% of this agricultural product’s history, it was used as a drink. People certainly still drink it today, but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/11/Food-Fight.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)If you began a food fight in school you could be headed to detention. If a farmer or rancher starts…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/10/Root-Capital-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Willie Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggling to survive. What resulted was a vision turned…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/10/Root-Capital-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 947.3KB)American farmers know the financial difficulties that result from conditions that are often out of their control. Now imagine you…