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Cyrus McCormick

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Cyrus-McCormick.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.9KB)For centuries, crops were cut and threshed by hand. That all changed with a young farmer in Virginia. This is…

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Pearl Harbor Remembered

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Pearl-Harbor-Daniel-Martinez-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Although the events of December 7th, 1941 are nearly seven decades old, Americans do remember. They honor those who gave…

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Remembering Pearl Harbor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Pearl-Harbor-Daniel-Martinez.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Hawaii has long been a place where people come to enjoy sun, sand and surf. But it is also a…

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Days Americans Never Forget

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Pearl-Harbor-Herb-Weathermax.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Before there was a 9/11, there was December 7th. Both are days Americans will never forget. However, there are few…

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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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The History of Kauai, Hawaii

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Kauai-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)We’re back in Hawaii this week for a look at some of the islands history, but also for the December…

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Cowpens Battlefield

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Cowpens-National-Battlefield-2010-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine being captured during a war and then forced to fight against the army from which you came. What would…

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A Pasture for a Battleground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Cowpens-National-Battlefield-2010-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It was once known as just a giant pasture, but today it’s also the site of an important battle in…

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Grilling the Gobbler

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Turkey-Grilling-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Thanksgiving is the time most Americans talk turkey, but Sheerleen Clausen hopes to change that they’ll think of turkey every…

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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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Posted in American Countryside food Podcast Wisconsin

Butter from Wisconsin

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…..

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Fort Mose

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Fort-Mose-2010-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the marshlands on the northern edge of one of America’s oldest city, you’ll find an amazing story of the…

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Slaves Escaping to the South

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Fort-Mose-2010-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Long before there was an American Civil War waged over the issue of slavery, there was the struggle for slaves…

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Defending Animal Agriculture

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Animal-Agriculture-Alliance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When you hear of the Triple A you probably think of an automobile club, but in the world of agriculture…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Rock Star of the Soybean World

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Kip-Cullers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)He’s a rock star in the farming world, producing number one hits every single year and fans flock to hear…

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Taking Advantage of Fast Moving Grain Prices

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Fast-Moving-Markets.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Grain markets are experiencing a time of high volatility. That holds promise and caution for both consumers and producers. So…

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The Portage at Portage

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Fox-River-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It is still revered as one of the most difficult canal building projects ever undertaken–a project to tame a rapidly…

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Mistaking Wisconsin for China

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/12Nov10-Fox-River-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Wisconsin and China are nearly a half a world from each other on the globe. So, it?s hard to imagine…

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Your Face on the Side of a Semi

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Fred-Mares-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Each of the communities that we call home can claim outstanding individuals who go the extra mile when it comes…

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