Hear from folks who were on the ground in Central Iowa during the Derecho storm in August. Despite Iowa’s history of weather extremes, the state struggled to bring relief to those affected. This episode focuses on the 14 million acres of crops that were flattened and shares how Iowa farmers...

In this episode broadcast from Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, farm director Jack Algiere offers a tour of the greenhouse and answers questions big and small about his approach to farming. He talks about his holistic approach that starts with healthy, living soil, experimenting with new crops, working...

Eat Your Words is new this week as host Cathy Erway is on the line with Courtney White, author of Two Percent Solutions for the Planet. Two Percent Solutions for the Planet profiles fifty innovative practices that soak up carbon dioxide in soils, reduce energy use, sustainably intensify food production...

This week on We Dig Plants, Alice and Carmen are tipping their hats to the homesteaders that settled the country located west of the Mississippi River. Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public...

This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is in studio with Edie Mukiibi, Vice President of Slow Food International, and Richard McCarthy, Executive Director of Slow Food USA.Edie Mukiibi was born and raised in the rural parts of Mukono District in Central Uganda. He attended a nearby rural school...

It’s hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops. That's why Jimmy Carbone is dedicating an entire episode of Beer Sessions Radio to hops! He's joined by Laura Ten Eyck & Deitrich Gehring of Indian Ladder Farms/Helderberg Hop Farm, co-authors The Hop Grower's Handbook, Stuart Morris of...

The Farm Report is back for the new fall season! Host Erin Fairbanks is in studio with long time confidant and Heritage Radio Network Board Member, JoAnn "Flash" Fleming. This season on The Farm Report expect to hear more on the topic of numbers, which happens to by JoAnn's specialty...

It's hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops. The runaway craft beer market's convergence with the ever-expanding local foods movement is helping to spur a local-hops renaissance. The demand from craft brewers for local ingredients to make beer―such as hops and barley―is robust and growing. That's...

As the record drought in California - the worst in hundreds of years - continues to make headlines, food producers across the state are forced to adapt. For Sue Conley of Cowgirl Creamery, this means cutting down on certain styles of cheese. In this next installment of Cutting the Curd's...

Olivia Rathbone. This week on Sharp and Hot Emily and Anne are joined by Olivia Rathbone. Olivia manages the dynamic kitchen at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center. Life-long farmer and cook, she orchestrates innovative and delicious meals inspired by seasonal produce from OAEC's gardens and orchards. She is the editor...