http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/31Jan12-Dr-Beth-Walker-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The next 40 years are predicted to bring an ever increasing population both here and around the world.  Food needs…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/30Jan12-Dr-Beth-Walker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)It used to be that controversies in agriculture revolved around which color of tractor to buy or what kind of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/27Jan12-Dr-Beth-Walker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There are an increasing number of farmers in this nation who also have off-farm jobs.  However, the farm can be…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/26Dec11-Best-of-2011-Helen-Netherton.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.0KB)It’s a tradition the last week of each year we give you the “Best of the American Countryside.” And in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/21Dec11-Denver-Sleigh-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Santa needs his sleigh to make deliveries around the world and this man makes sure he’ll never run out of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/19Dec11-New-Madrid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Although California and Alaska are most often the epicenter of major earthquakes in the United States, it was the Midwest…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/16Dec11-Keiths-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)In Memphis, Missouri, there’s a café where great food has been served for about 65 years now. This is the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/20Nov11-Ha-Ha-Tonka-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s said that a man’s home is his castle. For Robert Snyder, his home was a castle. But this building,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/19Nov11-Ha-Ha-Tonka-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Everyone who ventures here seems to have the same two questions: How did this place get its name and why…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/16Nov11-Peter-Shinn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)In this nation, a veterinarian may be called upon to help a sick animal. The vets Peter Shinn helps train…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/15Nov11-Peter-Shinn-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)There are certainly plenty of battles and firefights that continue to be waged in Afghanistan. However, for this team, most…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Ethanol-Debate.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Is turning corn into ethanol causing food prices to rise and some people to starve around the globe? You may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Washington-State-Park-Petroglyph.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When the Civilian Conservation Corp was working here in the 1930s they began to notice some unusual carving in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Herman-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Why did one family move their piano making business from Philadelphia to a fledgling community in the Midwest? In may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Herman-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we might look at a travel guide for insights on where to take a vacation. Those who looked at…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Show-Me-Energy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.1KB)We may have heard of cellulosic ethanol production, but cellulosic plants can be used to provide a variety of energy…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Mammoth-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When farmers put hay bales in this spring, the reappeared three days later seven miles away. The underground waterway just…

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…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Genevieve-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)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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