This week on The Farm Report, host Erin Fairbanks is joined in the studio by Kate Greenberg, the Western Water Program Director for the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC). Kate organizes young farmers and ranchers across the West, advocates for supportive policy, and promotes land and water stewardship. Prior to...

Born in the Central Valley of California, Nikiko Masumoto spent her childhood slurping over-ripe peaches on the Masumoto Family Farm (an 80-acre organic farm in Del Rey, CA). She has never missed a summer harvest. In 2007 she graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Gender and Women’s Studies...

This week's featured farmer is Mike Sommer. Mike Sommer is an organic farmer in the Treasure Valley in Southwest Idaho. He is the production manager for his family’s farm, Purple Sage Farms, and directs the employees, plans crop production and manages sales. Mike works side by side with his father...

Water is one of the most important issues in the world right now. Access, supply, regulation, law... H20 is central in almost every agricultural conversation. Today on What Doesn't Kill You, Katy Keiffer is joined by Brooke Barton, senior director of Ceres' water program, directing the organization's research and engagement...

This week on The Farm Report, host Erin Fairbanks takes listeners along for a trip to Cain Vineyard & Winery in California. Cradled in a spectacular bowl overlooking the Napa Valley from the crest of the Spring Mountain District, Cain Vineyard & Winery is dedicated to the creation of three...

Learn about soil science, irrigation and deep root vines on a comprehensive episode of In the Drink. Joe Campanale is joined by Brian O'Donnell of Belle Pente Vineyards. Brian and his wife Jill founded Belle Pente in 1992 with the purchase of a 70-acre farm just east of Carlton in...

Water management is a serious issue - one that affects almost everything in the world of agriculture. How can you insure your crops against drought as a farmer? What happens when the rain won't fall? What are some new irrigation technologies that are helping keep crops healthy? Today's episode of...

Melanie Wagner, sommelier and author of Hello, Wine, joins Cathy Erway on this week's edition of Eat Your Words to demystify wine. Tune into this episode to hear about Melanie's transition from preschool teacher to wine expert. Why does Melanie hope to remove the pretension from the wine experience? Later...

Shizue Roche-Adachi is a junior at Yale University majoring in environmental studies with a concentration in food and agriculture. Shizue picked up radio this past fall in a class, quickly finding it to be the perfect medium to tell agricultural stories. This summer, audio recorder in hand, she's working as...

How is the Brooklyn Grange holding up during New York City's heat wave? This week, Erin Fairbanks chats with Ben Flanner about heat and humidity on the farm, and how farmers can protect plants and themselves. What plants can handle the heat? Tune in and learn more about blossom end...