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Distillations Episode 132: Harvest
Series: Distillations - The Chemistry Podcast
From Chemical Heritage Foundation
Caption: here the world's seeds stay safe., Credit: Image courtesy of Mary Tefre/Svalbard Globale Seed Vault.
This episode explores two very different ways people hope to protect future harvests. First, follow us to the Doomsday Vault, which protects 700,00...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:12:06
Skeptic Check: Dubiology
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Dubiology, Credit: Seth Shostak
From earthquake-predicting cats to dangerous "pox parties" - instances of questionable biology and the history of American scientific literacy.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
Wade: Blow from bale of hay
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
From Helen Murphy-Robinson
Caption: Wade Wipperling
Wade Wipperling tells how a stack of unstable bales of hay fell on his head, breaking his neck.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:55
Victor: Bull Fatality
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
From Helen Murphy-Robinson
Caption: Victor Jensen
Victor Jensen, tells about finding his dear friend face down in the bedding of a pasture…”the bull had gotten him”.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:56
Chris: Tractor Rollover
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
From Helen Murphy-Robinson
Caption: Chris Furrer
Chris Furrer [FUR] describes a frightening incident rolling over his tractor on their dairy farm.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:47
Scott: Flywheel burn
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
From Helen Murphy-Robinson
Caption: Scott Furrer
Scott Furrer [FUR], dairy farmer, describes how his son Chris got his hand caught between a flywheel and shield, burning off the top of his fingers.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:39
Russell and Eric: ATV Rollover
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
From Helen Murphy-Robinson
Caption: Russell and Eric Zacharison
Russell Zacharison tells the story of how he got pinned down by his ATV for eight hours out in his pasture.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:14
Russell: ATV Fatality
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
From Helen Murphy-Robinson
Caption: Russell Zacharison
Russell Zacharison, wheat farmer, recounts discovering his brother Walter crushed by his ATV.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:08
Harold Wright: Five generations on once-tobacco land
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Harold Wright is the third generation farming on land his grandfather bought in the 1900's. His children and grandchildren farm with him. It was on...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Young Farmers Sustainable Agriculture Tool Lending Library
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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This is the story of the incredible project: sustainable agriculture tool lending library. Led by farmer couple George (self-declared rap listening...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Horse Collar Farm: many generations on one farm & new project of free-range poultry
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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This story is about Shannon Roberts. He lives in Western North Carolina and runs Horse Collar Farm. His family has farmed the same land for five ge...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:55
  • Purchases: 1
Purple Sweet Potatoes in North Carolina
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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A story of the two men who run Stokes County's Saura Pride Purple Sweet Potato LLC and how these sweet potatoes are saving tobacco farmers in the c...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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The Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative is based out of Moore County. The mission is to meet local food needs with local food and that happens, in ...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:05
  • Purchases: 1
New Town Farms, Poultry-processing facility
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Sammy Koenigsberg lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina and runs New Town Farms with the help of his family. Sammy built a poultry processing facility on...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Piedmont Local Foods: love & success between farmers, consumers, and the internet
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Piedmont Local Food is a regional food/farmer project involving multiple counties, connecting farmers directly to consumers with the internet. A st...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:29
  • Purchases: 1
OakMoon Farm & Creamery, Agritourism
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Cynthia Sharpe and Dwain Swing run OakMoon Farm & Creamery in Bakersville, North Carolina. They've increased the agri-tourism aspect of their farm,...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Kay Doby & her meat goats
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Kay Doby, is a fourth generation farmer raised on tobacco land. Once a contract poultry grower, she now raises meat goats in her empty chicken hous...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Pomegranates in North Carolina
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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John Shaw plans to be the first commercial pomegranate grower in North Carolina. He has over 300 pomegranate trees. He has also planted 250 apple t...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:55
Hmong Farmer Jefferson Herr, Year-round heated Greenhouse project
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Meet Jefferson Herr. With his family, Jefferson runs Herr Flower Farm in Vale, North Carolina. Flower farming has become very common in Hmong commu...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Goat Lady CSA
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Steve Tate runs the Goat Lady Dairy in Climax, North Carolina. Last year was the first year of the farm's CSA. Steve learned that he grew way too m...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Firefly Farm, Multi-purpose Barn
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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Elizabeth Gibbs and Scott Paquin run Firefly Farm in Burnsville, North Carolina. They're building a multi-purpose barn which will house hay for the...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:57
  • Purchases: 1
The American Prawn Cooperative
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
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The American Prawn Cooperative (APC) is "writing the book on the prawn industry." The APC is based in Greene County, North Carolina, and Greene Cou...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:33
  • Purchases: 1
Farmer Ben Haines, Project Portable Organic Feedmill
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From RAFI USA
Caption: Ben Haines & his cow
Meet Ben Haines, of Looking Back Farm, in eastern North Carolina. Ben and his father have been farming organically for more than twenty years. Most...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:40
  • Purchases: 1
National Ag Hall of Fame sets a new course
From Harvest Public Media Group
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Bob Dole, Abraham Lincoln, John Deere and … Willie Nelson have something new in common. Nelson, the famed country singer, is being inducted into th...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:40