American Family Farmer
383 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 13 hours ago - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsA weekly look at trends in Family Farming and Healthy Eating.
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Daniel Teague on the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives and Black Farmers Cooperatives
May 23, 2016 17:05 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBDaniel Teague is a farmer and works in Agribusiness Management with the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives. THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES is a non-profit agency that provides support for cooperative businesses, family farmers, and rural people, which enables them to improve their lives and communities; and to maintain and support training and educational programs to enhance the quality of life for rural residents. Building from a tradition, steeped in the Civil Rights Mov...
Marty Mesh talks FOG - Florida Organic Growers
May 23, 2016 17:03 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBMarty Mesha is Executive Director of Florida Organic Growers. Florida Organic GRowers is a nonprofit corporation that was established in farmhouse kitchens and barns in1987. FOG operates two programs: Education & Outreach and Quality Certification Services. The Organic Food Production Act of 1990 required that the USDA develop national standards for organic products, and FOG was heavily involved in the development of the regulations governing organics. FOG is also active in developing and ...
Ellen Moyer on the DARK Act
May 23, 2016 17:02 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBEllen Moyer is a writer, speaker, engineer, and environmental advocate whose mission is to help restore the environment and promote a healthier way for us to inhabit the Earth. Moyer is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and has authored two books. Her third, currently in progress, describes how our current environmental, health, and economic crises provide a grand opportunity for humans to evolve to the next level. Of the DARK Act, she says, 1cThe government 19s decision-makin...
Betty Grotophorst on Defending Farmland
May 23, 2016 17:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBBetty Grotophorst grew up on her family's 212 acre, multi - generational family farm in Honey Creek, Sauk County WI. Now retired, she's active on the Green County board, South West Badger RC&D as treasurer, and Badger Kennel club. She lives in the country, grows and preserves most of her food , enjoys experimenting growing heirloom flowers and vegetables in her garden. GREEN COUNTY DEFENDING OUR FARMLAND is a CAFO, which stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding. They are defending clean wate...
Kristina Ralph on Organic Farms and CSA'S
May 19, 2016 16:47 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBKristina Ralph and her husband Robert started Lazy Daze Acres CSA in 2015. She was brought up on the farmstead and is a fifth generation farmer. Robert was completely green to farming, but passionate about learning more about the farming lifestyle. They raise over 40 different varities of USDA certified organic vegetables, including heirlooms and herbs. They also raise organic beef.
Chandler Goule on Country of Origin Labeling
March 11, 2016 14:17 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBChandler Goule began his career with NFU in November 2009 as the vice president of government relations. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has delivered a major setback to American consumers and producers earlier this year when it ruled against the U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law, which requires muscle cuts of meat, and some fruits and vegetables, to be labeled with the country 19s name where it was produced. The good news is that the U.S. can both maintain the integrity of this l...
Chris Prchal on Knowing Your Local Farmer
March 11, 2016 14:14 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBChris Prchal owns Trogg's Hollow Family Farm, located in Elgin, and Poplar Grove IL. Their mission is to provide people from the Chicago and Rockford area who want to know their farmer and be part of a farm family/community and are searching for natural and chemical-free food with naturally grown and raised, quality food and the opportunity to participate in a welcoming farm environment.
Renee Randall on Organic Farming at Willow Ridge Farm
March 09, 2016 14:14 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBRenee Randall is a woman farmer. The earliest agriculturalists were women, and even now, in many parts of the world, women are the ones who plant, tend and harvest. She started out studying nutrition, and 1974, with three children in tow and help from her friends, she moved from the heart of Chicago and became Farmer Renee, farming organically for the past 41 years. Her children grew up on the farm and worked alongside her. They farmed with horses, plowed, made hay, milked cows, and then, wh...
Beth Osmond on Making A Living From Local Foods
March 09, 2016 14:13 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBBeth Osmond and and her husband Jody are a second career family, that left the Chicago consultant world following the bursting of the 1ctech bubble 1d in the early 2000s.They created Illinoi 19s first meat CSA serving the Chicago area. They are activist farmers who speak out about policy issues and they have been involved in advocacy work. They helped form the Board of Farmers Chicagoland CSA Coalition. Jody & Beth are both experienced teachers and speakers, as well as very involved in a var...
Wes King on The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
March 09, 2016 14:11 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBWes King has worked on sustainability and food policy issues for the past 8 years. He staffs NSAC 19s Marketing, Food Systems and Rural Development Committee. He spent the past 6 years at NSAC member organization, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, working on food access, farmers markets and working-lands conservation policy; and leading efforts to create a more risk and scale appropriate regulatory environment for farms and local food businesses. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is...
Joel Salatin on the Polyface Farm
March 09, 2016 13:43 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJoel Salatin is a third generation full-time family farmer in Virginia 19s Shenandoah Valley. The farm services more than 5,000 families, 10 retail outlets, and 50 restaurants through on-farm sales and metropolitan buying clubs with salad bar beef, pastured poultry, eggmobile eggs, pigaerator pork, forage-based rabbits, pastured turkey and forestry products using relationship marketing. He holds a BA degree in English and writes extensively in magazines such as STOCKMAN GRASS FARMER, ACRES US...
Kendra Kimbirauskas on the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project
March 09, 2016 13:18 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBKendra Kimbirauskas is CEO of the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project. SRAP empowers rural communities to protect themselves from the devastating health, environmental, and economic impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) or 1cfactory farms. 1d SRAP supports sustainable family farming 14not animal factories, which destroy family farms and rural communities. We help concerned citizens fight industrialized agriculture, and we provide proven tools and strategies for devel...
Jim Kleinschmit on the Rural Climate Network
March 09, 2016 13:16 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBJim Kleinschmit is a Senior Adviser on Climate and Energy for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, an international non-profit, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A main focus of his work has been the Rural Climate Network, which brings together national leaders, organizations and companies around rural climate education and solutions.
Tom Spaulding on the Angelic Organics Learning Center
March 09, 2016 12:45 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBTom Spaulding is the founding executive director of Angelic Organics Learning Center. He is inspired by farms as dynamic places of cultural, ecological, and economic revitalization. At the Learning Center, Tom focuses on strategic planning, building partnerships, and managing the staff, team and facilities. He keeps his hands in the dirt and his spirit renewed by managing the AOLC livestock and assisting with the fertility program at Angelic Organics farm.
Bill Niman: Eat Like it Matters continued
December 01, 2015 16:47 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBBILL NIMAN is pioneering rancher in the good meat movement. He has been called 1cThe Guru of Happy Cows, 1d by the Los Angeles Times, 1cThe Master of Meat, 1d by Wine Spectator magazine, 1cThe Steve Jobs of Meat, 1d by Men 19s Journal, and 1cFood Artisan of the Year, 1d by Bon Appetit magazine. He and his wife argue that dispersed, grass-fed, small-scale farms can and should become the basis for American food production, replacing the factory farms that harm animals and the environment.
Bill Niman: Eat Like it Matters
December 01, 2015 16:45 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBBILL NIMAN is pioneering rancher in the good meat movement. He has been called 1cThe Guru of Happy Cows, 1d by the Los Angeles Times, 1cThe Master of Meat, 1d by Wine Spectator magazine, 1cThe Steve Jobs of Meat, 1d by Men 19s Journal, and 1cFood Artisan of the Year, 1d by Bon Appetit magazine. He and his wife argue that dispersed, grass-fed, small-scale farms can and should become the basis for American food production, replacing the factory farms that harm animals and the environment.
Phil Lempert Continued
December 01, 2015 16:26 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBPhil Lempert is an expert analyst on consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape. He has identified and explained impending trends to consumers and some of the most prestigious companies worldwide. Here, he talks about Smarter Shopping, Better Eating, Healthier Living.
Phil Lempert on Smarter Shopping, Better Eating and Healthier Living
December 01, 2015 16:24 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBPhil Lempert is an expert analyst on consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape. He has identified and explained impending trends to consumers and some of the most prestigious companies worldwide. Here, he talks about Smarter Shopping, Better Eating, Healthier Living.
Roger Noonan on Safe And Accurate Food Labeling, continued
December 01, 2015 16:19 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBRoger Noonan is president of New England Farmers Union, and is an organic farmer in New Boston, NH. Most recently, Roger has been a national leader on food safety and speaks around the country on the Food Safety Modernization Act and other policy issues that affect family farmers.
Roger Noonan on Safe And Accurate Food Labeling
December 01, 2015 16:17 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBRoger Noonan is president of New England Farmers Union, and is an organic farmer in New Boston, NH. Most recently, Roger has been a national leader on food safety and speaks around the country on the Food Safety Modernization Act and other policy issues that affect family farmers.
Mark Schatzker on The Dorito Effect
October 15, 2015 17:06 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBMark Schatzker, an award-winning writer, radio columnist for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and frequent contributor to the Globe and Mail, Conde Nast Traveler, and Bloomberg Pursuits, talks about his book "The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor and Steak: One Man 19s Search for the World 19s Tastiest Piece of Beef."
Nicolette Hahn Niman on Defending Beef
October 15, 2015 17:03 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBNicolette Hahn Niman is a rancher, attorney, and writer who argues that cattle are not inherently bad for either the Earth or our own nutritional health in her book, "Defending Beef".
Roger Johnson on Beef Importation, continued
October 15, 2015 16:22 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBRoger Johnson, President of The National Farmers Union since 2009, talks about the disappointing decision of APHIS to allow importation of beef from areas with Foot and Mouth Disease.
Roger Johnson on Beef Importation
October 15, 2015 16:20 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBRoger Johnson, President of The National Farmers Union since 2009, talks about the disappointing decision of APHIS to allow importation of beef from areas with Foot and Mouth Disease.
Erin Brennerman on Antibiotic Stewardship
October 15, 2015 16:16 - 20 minutes - 19 MBErin Brennerman, a pig farmer from Washington, Iowa, talks about the serious public health threat of antibiotic resistance, and believes it is their responsibility to use antibiotics when needed as part of her farm 19s health program.
Stephanie Mercier on Bee Mortality
October 15, 2015 16:13 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBStephanie Mercier, Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser for the Farm Journal Foundation, talks about the rising problem of Colony Collapse Disorder, and why the declining amount of Bees should be important to family farmers.
Kerissa Chapman of the International Agri-Center
June 20, 2015 17:37 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBKerissa Chapman, AgVentures Education Coordinator at the International Agri-Center, encourages people to get involved and educated about farming.
Paul Shapiro on Costco and their egg suppliers
June 20, 2015 17:34 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBPaul Shapiro, the Vice President of Farm Animal Protection at the Human Society of the United States, talks about the recent events that have revealed the inhumane treatment of birds that supply eggs for Costco.
Cathy Merlo Interview, continued
June 20, 2015 17:33 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBCathy Merlo is the Western Editor for Dairy Today and has more than 25 years of experience as a writer, journalist and photographer, talks about Dairy Farming in Phoenix and California.
Cathy Merlo talks Dairy Farming in the US
June 20, 2015 17:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBCathy Merlo is the Western Editor for Dairy Today and has more than 25 years of experience as a writer, journalist and photographer, talks about Dairy Farming in Phoenix and California.
Joel Salatin of the Polyface Farm
June 20, 2015 17:28 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBJoel Salatin, a third generation full-time family farmer in Virginia 19s Shenandoah Valley, talks about the services that the Polyface Farm provides.
Joel Salatin of the Polyface Farm, continued
June 20, 2015 17:28 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBJoel Salatin, a third generation full-time family farmer in Virginia 19s Shenandoah Valley, talks about the services that the Polyface Farm provides.
Rachel Armstrong talks about Farm Commons
June 06, 2015 18:45 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBRachel Armstrong, founder of Farm Commons, which helps farmers with transactional legal issues, like leases, partnership agreements and employment matters.