John Govin describes his annual Lamb Barn and Baby Farm Animals spring time event on his Menomene, WI farm.

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John Govin welcomes thousands of visitors to cuddle new lambs and farm babies every spring.

New entrepreneur Tessa Ingham describes why she's purchased and re-imagined Wildflour Market natural foods store in Amery, WI

Woman entrepreneur makes Wildflour – a small town natural foods store – rebloom in time of COVID

Jan. 2021 growers and markets can attend 2021 WI Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Conference in person or virtually

Abt 2021 InPerson and Virtual Fresh Fruit and Veg Conf and Agritourism

WFU hosts series of online webinars to examine shortages of smaller-scale meat processing and many possible solutions

COVID exposes smaller-scale meat processing shortages – what to do

Medicinal herbalist Nancy Graden describes herbs you have at home to boost health and immune system in time of COVID-19

Medicinal herbalist Nancy Graden – boosting health and immunity in time of COVID-19

Internationally-recognized agricultural economist John Ikerd describes the urgent need for better agricultural policies that will help address climate change, restore soils and nutrition, and provide opportunities for smaller, family farms.

Ag economist John Ikerd – how better policies and smalls farms can move American farming to better food, soils, and economy

I’ve baked my sourdough hearth loaves in covered clay pots for years, and recommend that same strategy to the many baking students that travel to my Bull Brook Keep teaching kitchen. Why? because the covered vessels provide a blast of heat and moisture-saving enclosure that yields high rises, crisp crusts and tender crumb laced with […]

Clay Coyote CEO Morgan Baum on the beauty and function of clay cooking vessels

The new Jewelltown Roastery, Star Prairie, Wisconsin, roasts and brews a great cup of coffee, welcomes local performers to its space, and builds community through local food sourcing, great conversation and down-home music.

Jewelltown Roastery: brewing coffee, building community and raising music in farm country Wisconsin

While at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, WI, Chang Tianle, found/director of the Beijing Farmers Market describes the start, growth and competitive pressures for organic foods.

Founder/director describes growing demand and struggle for Beijing organic farmers market

Historians describe the Seed Savers Exchange web exhibit: The Rise of Heirloom Seeds

Historians describe Seed Savers Exchange’s web exhibit – The Rise of Heirloom Seeds

Founder/CEO Katie Sterns describes how MN-based You Betcha! Box boosts small food businesses, state pride and local philanthropy through subscription gourmet food boxes.

Podcast: How MN-based You Betcha! Box is boosting small business and down-home philanthropy via local gourmet foods

Jeremy McAdams describes his 10-year old, certified organic mushroom farm in Clayton, Wisconsin. He's dedicated not only to great taste and high quality, but environmental stewardship that embraces a community of farms.

Jeremy McAdams: describes his nearly invisible farm – making mushrooms bloom from logs of woods

Brooks Geenen’s black and white photos are dramatic and stark. His large-scale frames invite us to look at agricultural land – and how man’s shaped it – through his high-resolution lens. In this day and age of smartphone selfies and Instagram immediacy, Geenen uses large 5-inch by 5-inch exposures taken through old bellows-camera technology. His approach and  equipment requires a deep understanding light, photo exposure, depth of field, exposure, composition, image development, and a great deal of patience and planning. It is anything but point-and-shoot. I hope you enjoy this Deep Roots Radio chat with Geenen. His exhibit, called Continuum … Continue reading →

Brooks Geenen – describes his b&w photo exhibit documenting man’s impact on ag land

Deep Roots Radio chat with Upstream Tea's Anna Metcalfe. How her project promotes conversations and stories about our individual experiences, hopes and fears about our shared watersheds.

How Upstream Tea project brews city-country-upstream-downstream connections about our shared water

RockFilter Distillery founder and CEO Christian Myrah tells the story: how a Navy combat pilot returned to the organic family farm to create hyper-local, seed-to-glass whiskeys based on home-grown corn and grains, great water, and the resources and talents of local crafts people. He worked with musician/writer Dessa to release Time & Distance, a certified organic bourbon that's as smooth as silk.

About a Navy fighter pilot/organic farmer, a writer/singer/rapper, and a certified organic bourbon

Saturdays, 9:00-9:30AM Central, live interviews with guests who help connect the dots between what we eat and how it's grown. Sylvia Burgos Toftness - New York City girl turned 100% grass-fed beef farmer - chats with ranchers, farmers, scientists and educators, film makers, policymakers, marketers, chefs and authors - all describing the linkages between soil health and nutrition, agricultural practice and financial sustainability, animal welfare and environmental restoration, sustainable agriculture and community revitalization. Broadcast and streamed live at WPCA Radio 93.1 FM and on the Internet.

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