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If you’d like more information about the subjects covered in the show, check the list below for details about recent
programs.
May 1: Kansas State University Extension puts out a radio feature called Agriculture Today and a recent episode included a segment about the trouble many Kansas farmers ran into
when they tried to grow hemp for the first time.
April 30: The final installment of a podcast series titled Lessons from the Delta (produced by the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University) was about the way Arkansas
rice farmers capitalize on their post-harvest time by hosting duck hunters in their rice fields.
April 29: A recent episode of the Food Talk podcast (from the nonprofit group, Food Tank) featured Emily Rees, president and CEO of CropLife International.
April 28: David Brown, a behavioral health state specialist for Iowa State University Extension, offers some tips for stress management during spring planting season. The USDA also has
related resources available online.
April 27: The Center for the Environment and Welfare is among the groups and individuals supporting a segment of the draft Farm Bill that would nullify California’s Prop 12. California
voters in 2018 approved the measure, which restricts the sale of pork and eggs in the state by producers that don’t meet strict production conditions for animal welfare.
April 24: Doris Mold moderated a recent webinar from Annie’s Project titled Winding Roads: The Leadership Journeys of Women Farmers. It was aimed at woman who are ag leaders now,
or aspire to be. You can view a recording here.
April 21-23: Williamsport, Indiana, organic farmer Rick Clark was part of a Heritage Foundation web event, Feeding America Safely: A Practical Path Forward on Pesticides. You can view
a recording here.
April 20: Ian Welsh, co-founder and chair of Innovation Forum, promoted the upcoming Future of Food and Beverage Forum USA on May 27-28 in Minneapolis. Early-bird pricing on
tickets is available through May 1. Welsh appeared in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action.
April 17: Audrey Comerford of Oregon State University Extension talks about the agritourism industry in a clip put out by the news service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
April 14-16: I interviewed Tom Ferree, CEO of Connected Nation, a nonprofit dedicated to the goal of full broadband connectivity nationwide. The organization is observing its 25th
anniversary this year. He also discussed a joint venture involving Connected Nation and network interconnection pioneer Hunter Newby to build and operate 125 Internet Exchange
Points across the country.
