Ep 182 King Corn: The World's Only Corn Palace

The New York State Sheep & Wool Festival was just last month, and it’s Thanksgiving already. We’ve got a podcast for you from the wild and wooly, festive and colorful event. If you’re in a work truck or jeans ad with all of those good looking farm people tossing bales of hay around, you might get the impression that anyone who produces food or fiber in America is…well, pretty vanilla. And considering how many of our ag products are an amalgamation of cultures and people...

25 Marras 202227min

We’re (almost) all back from the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, aka “Rhinebeck,” to those in the fiber universe. It was (largely) a success, as our Livestream event went (mostly) as planned. You can watch the workshops, shows and other snippets for yourself on our YouTube channel if you missed the lively weekend, and see the fantastic Fall colors that were on display as a backdrop for the Camelid and sheep parades and cashmere goat judging (or was the cashmere goat jump...

4 Marras 202228min

This past weekend we attended the NY State Sheep and Wool Festival, also known as Rhinebeck...which of course is in Rhinebeck, New York. It has become an annual pilgrimage for Rick and I. We love coming back to the Hudson Valley this time of year, there's a brisk in the air, the fall colors are beautiful, and the sheep people are in town...not only the sheep people, but the goats, angora rabbits, llamas, musk oxen, and alpacas too. It's just wonderful! Today's guest is Mary...

19 Loka 202223min

This month is the traditional time to celebrate Halloween, so we have a creepy crawly podcast for you this time around. Maia Holmes from The Bug Zoo at Colorado State University sits down to talk turkey with us. Oops – that’s next month. Maia sits down with us to talk about all things insects, what the Bug Zoo does, and why these poor critters are completely undeserving of the reputation they have and the reaction they engender. She reminds us that it’s not just the be...

6 Loka 202244min

Today we’re bringing you a conversation from the exotic location of…San Diego! The American Sheep Industry Association’s annual meeting this year was held in our home city, and we managed to be at home to catch it. Today, we’re speaking with Scott Stuart, Managing Director for the National Livestock Producers Association. He discussed how this national nonprofit organization helps its members through one of the more prickly parts of agriculture – the financial side of the ...

22 Syys 202224min

We’re back from our trip to the San Juan Islands, which can comfortably be said to be one of the most beautiful places on the planet. It’s full of natural beauty and interesting creatures, so on the way over to geographical bliss, you’ll stand on the windswept deck of the Anacortes ferry, viewing and smelling glorious the forested stretches of Sitka spruce, western red cedar and shore pines which blanket the shoreline of the Salish Sea and the Olympic Peninsula. You’ll be amazed b...

7 Syys 202219min

Fall might seem to be the beginning of the end for some things - leaves, the start of move toward the final season of the year, and a dormant time. But for some, it is a time of beginnings; a new school year, and the move toward a new life. What do I want to do and where will I go? Like farmers, the decisions that a student makes might impact their path for the next 50 years. We have one of those with us today. Kyley Abrams is just starting her second year at Ca...

20 Elo 202229min

David Kline is one of the Plain People, but to us he is anything but boring. He’s a naturalist, writer, farmer and all-around interesting man. He joined us at the 2021 Horse Progress Days exhibition in Mt. Hope, Ohio. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A7UPDPK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://horseprogressdays.com PodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For InterviewsSuppor...

4 Elo 202232min