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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/17Jan19-Goodyear-Arizona-FFA.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a school teaching agriculture in a place where few students have seen a farm animal.  It’s a unique setting…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/16Jan19-Jeffrey-Thimgan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called “KINEKS.”  It’s an acronym for positive personal characteristics each of us should possess and it’s the name of…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/22Aug18-Arizona-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You must admit, today’s story about how one couple met and fell in love is certainly unique.  Now add the…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/04May18-Tombstone-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a town named for what others thought would happen to its founder.  It may sound like a strange way…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/04Apr18-Biosphere-II-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You don’t often this of a science laboratory as a tourist attraction.  While it wasn’t built for that purpose, it…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/02Apr18-Biosphere-II-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some might call it a greenhouse, but it’s far more that plants under glass.  It’s a amazing facility doing cutting…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/25Jan18-Date-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops.  This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest…but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/24Jan18-Date-Farming-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)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/2017/08/28Aug17-Arizona-Pheasant-Grower.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people don’t go pheasant hunting in Phoenix, AZ.  But if you to come to Molly’s farm, you will perhaps…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Sep15-Good-Enough-Mine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Not many people set out to own a historic gold and silver mine.  That was the case for Andre, but…

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