Posts Tagged ‘crops’
Chemicals, creepy crawlies and crops: how safe is your food? Episode 52
Agronomist Kevin Hoyer joins the podcast to talk about his experience helping farmers diagnose and treat their plants and soil as well at traveling the world looking at food production in other countries. As a “doctor for crops,” he says “you can be thankful and trust that the product you buy are at the highest level of safety possible. America carries the highest standards found anywhere in the world.”
Read MoreWhat does it take to farm organically? Episode 49
USDA Certified Organic is more than a label. Our guest, Carolyn Olson, shares the attention to detail and expense necessary to produce an organic crop. She farms with her husband, Jonathan, in southwest Minnesota, and shared her farm story in Food Truths from Farm to Table about how conventional and organic agriculture can work together.
Read MoreHow are farm families stressed by food bullying?
In this episode, we approach farming from a different perspective and take a look at the impact of food bullying on mental health. Lesley Kelly, a farmer and mental health advocate, shines some insight into the pressures, decisions, and the unique calling of the farming lifestyle. She also discusses the rewarding, but difficult, role mothers…
Read MoreGenetics improve your groceries
Did you know that beef cattle have been bred to have less fat in the meat? And dairy cattle genetics allow for higher protein milk, while chickens and turkeys have larger breasts because of genetic selection? And messing with genes gave you seedless grapes and seedless watermelons? And there is rice genetically modified to provide…
Read MoreWater is the lifeblood of a sustainable family business
Three generations working side-by-side to bring in harvest. Identical twin daughters. Long days of staring at little red berries, followed by short nights. Energy, patience, stamina and passion are needed to bring in this tangy holiday tradition. Fall harvest in Massachusetts is a beautiful combination of crimson color on this cranberry farm and colorful…
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