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Cut/Back
From: Michelle Boyd
Series: Meet the Budget Cuts
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Stephanie and James worked together at the University of Illinois at Chicago before they both found out that they were going to be fired.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria's Glow
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: Gloria Lowe, Credit: Amanda Le Claire
How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Mark of a Blacksmith
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Scott: Flywheel burn
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
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: 01:39
Ron: Ladder fall from grain tank
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Ron McHargue with son Mike McHargue
Ron McHargue [mic-KAR-guh'] describes to son Mike his fall from a ladder on a metal grain tank

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria: Fall in Manure Pit
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Gloria Edwards with granddaughter Eryn
Gloria Edwards tells how her child fell into their dairy farm manure pit while playing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
Diana: Combine Amputation
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Diana Hansen and her daughter Tanya Mitchell
Diana Hansen, wheat farmer, recounts losing her arm, relearning to do everything and refusing to be a victim.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
Brett: Harobed Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Brett Schrom with his sister Neesha Schrom
Brett Schrom [sh'-RAHM], a hay grower/beef producer, describes to his sister Neesha how his harobed threw him off.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
Harold Wright: Five generations on once-tobacco land
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Young Farmers Sustainable Agriculture Tool Lending Library
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Horse Collar Farm: many generations on one farm & new project of free-range poultry
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
Purple Sweet Potatoes in North Carolina
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
New Town Farms, Poultry-processing facility
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Piedmont Local Foods: love & success between farmers, consumers, and the internet
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
OakMoon Farm & Creamery, Agritourism
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Transitioning 40 acres of tobacco land to organic vegetables
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Matthew Garrett's a 24-year-old farmer, pretty much single-handedly transitioning a 40 acre tobacco farm to organic produce. He's in the second yea...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
Kay Doby & her meat goats
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Pomegranates in North Carolina
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 05:55
Hmong Farmer Jefferson Herr, Year-round heated Greenhouse project
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Goat Lady CSA
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Firefly Farm, Multi-purpose Barn
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
The American Prawn Cooperative
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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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: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
Farmer Ben Haines, Project Portable Organic Feedmill
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
G Wani
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2