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Milking it: Mom and daughters thrive in the dairy industry | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Feb 27, 2011. Milking it: Mom and daughters thrive in the dairy industry. Kay Emerich and her daughters Amber and Natasha run a small dairy in Wheaton, Kan. (Kathleen Masterson/Harvest Public Media). Moo've over plastic: mother and daughter team start their own dairy and glass bottle milk delivery business. Kay Emrich is quite proud of her product. It's not just the white stuff you put on your cereal, the dairyer says. She started milking at about 7: one...

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Pesticide drift threatens organic farms | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Pesticide drift threatens organic farms. Click image to view slideshow. Organic farmers Joanna and Eric Reuter say their Missouri farm was contaminated with unwanted pesticides last year. (Kristofor Husted/Harvest Public Media). Jul 23, 2015. Reports for Harvest Public Media from KBIA in Columbia, Mo. I basically heard this loud noise, she said. It was coming north to south and I basically yelled what the ‘beep’ is that? They spotted a crop duster passin...

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Changes to farmworker housing rules worry farmers, advocates | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Changes to farmworker housing rules worry farmers, advocates. Click image to view slideshow. A worker plants peppers at Petrocco Farms near Brighton, Colorado. (Poncie Rutsch/KUNC). Jul 13, 2015. Is Harvest Public Media’s reporter based at KUNC in northern Colorado. Seeks to eliminate the ETA standards in favor of the OSHA guidelines. Walking through one of the farm’s trailers that houses a handful of men for the summer, Petrocco checks the bunk beds lin...

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The Local Food Challenge | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Public, private partners key to local food success. Local farmers try to tap bigger markets. Integrated local food system can grow the market. Signs point to more local food sales. Luther College leads in local food. The Local Food Challenge. Growing Food, Growing Market. The market for local food is skyrocketing.

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My Farm Roots: Rich with life | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Aug 12, 2014. My Farm Roots: Rich with life. Listen to this story. Click image to view slideshow. Farmer John Curtis traces his farming roots back to a stint running a model farm in the Peace Corps. (Rich Egger for Harvest Public Media). Farmers are used to waking up with the rooster’s crow. But having grown up a suburban kid, John Curtis was used to a more conventional alarm clock. I think people are really hungry for a connection to the land he said&#4...

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Tri States Radio Goes Digital – Eagle Publications

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Skip to Main Content. Tri States Radio Goes Digital. By NICK CURTIS, Eagle Staff Writer (former). If it’s been a few years since you last saw the inside of a radio station, you’re likely to feel a bit baffled when you first step into the new home of Tri States Public Radio. You look around, searching for those giant recording reels and shelves stacked high with cassette tapes and find none at all. There’s a reason, of course. The place has gone totally digital. Tri States Public Radio. When Tri States&#8...

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Paying farmers not to farm? Not exactly | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Paying farmers not to farm? Listen to this story. Click image to view slideshow. Laying hens flock to the oats Matt Russell tosses to them at Coyote Run Farm in Marion County, Iowa. In addition to eggs, the farm produces beef and vegetables and is home to horses, mules, a donkey, a dog and several cats. (Amy Mayer/Harvest Public Media). Mar 04, 2015. Is Harvest Public Medias reporter based at Iowa Public Radio in Ames, Iowa. Take Coyote Run Farm. Selling...

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Tri-States Audio Information Services - Western Illinois University

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Skip to Main Content. Tri-States Audio Information Services. Skip to Main Content. Tri States Public Radio. International Association of Audio Information Services. We are currently broadcasting:. Fostering equal access to printed materials for individuals in the tri-states who are blind, visually impaired, learning disabled, or physically disabled. Tri-States Audio Information Services. 504 University Services Building. Macomb, IL 61455.

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Agriculture finding its voice on social media | Harvest Public Media

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Skip to main content. SUPPORT US AND PLEDGE TODAY. Nov 04, 2011. Agriculture finding its voice on social media. Though there's not yet a social network for cows, many farmers and ranchers are using social media. (Photo by Eric Durban/Harvest Public Media). A 2011 American Farm Bureau Federation survey found that among the 98 percent of farmers and ranchers aged 18-35 who have access to the Internet, 76 percent of them use social media. Popular humorous Twitter hashtags like #occupycombine. The summit fea...