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Episode 5: Growing Health: Plants as Food & Medicine

From: Grounded Hope

Caption: Trail Marker at United Plant Savers Sanctuary In Rutland, Ohio, Credit: Renee Wilde

Herbalism is seeing a huge rise in popularity, as more and more people turn to natural remedies to keep their bodies healthy. In this episode of Gr...

Farming and famine in Nigeria (2009 PRI/BBC The World)

From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy

A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is

Coming Home

From: Vaska Trajkovska
Series: Voices From The Plot

Every Friday, individuals who wish to connect with the land and garden communally are invited to attend PLOT 22's Garden Fridays. In this intimate...

The Packing Shed

From: Vaska Trajkovska

The story of a unique landmark off the eastern coast of England - a packing shed built in the 1890s for the cleaning, sorting, and packing of oysters.

Five Farms, Episode Five: Succession

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: David Pecusa, Third Mesa, Hopi Nation, Credit: Andrew Lewis

For each of the families of Five Farms, the question looms large: Who will take over the farm? Succession features the next generation --- the youn...

Bought by WCNY, WEKU, KFOK-LPFM, WRPI, KBGA 89.9 FM and more

Five Farms, Episode Four: Harvest

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Jeff and Annie Main, Capay, Cal., Credit: Alix Lowrey Blair

Autumn is harvest time. That means Iowa corn and soybeans; fruit dried in the California sun; greens, beans, and potatoes; slaughtered hogs and bee...

Bought by WFAE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, KUNM, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more

Five Farms, Episode Three: Stewardship

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Sherry Hager, Colrain, Mass., Credit: Steve Schapiro

Stewardship focuses on the daily choices farming families make to preserve their land, water, and air --- the fundamentals of farming. During mid-s...

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Five Farms, Episode Two: Nurturing

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Eddie Wise, Whitakers, N.C., Credit: Tom Rankin

Early summer is a time of long days on the family farm, perfect for nurturing crops and animals as they approach the peak of growing season. Nurtur...

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Five Farms, Episode One: Planting

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Craig Griffieon of Ankeny, Iowa, Credit: Elena Rue

Spring planting on the family farm is the time of the annual gamble --- on the alchemies of nature, on the health of livestock, on future fall harv...

Bought by WCNY, WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGNU Community Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more