Ep 046 Dr. Purdy and the Case of the Conception Protection Projection Collection
We’re continuing the adventures in Colorado agriculture science with the USDA’s ARS, NAGP*. Confused? Don’t be. Dr. Phil Purdy, Physiologist extraordinaire, decodes any confusion that the acronyms ...
20 Jan 202035min
Ep 045 Dr. Blackburn and the USDA's ARS Germplasm Vault: The Love Child of Matthew McConaughey and Brinks
Eggs and sperm and seeds and hair They’ll take ‘em all, collect with care They might be used when earth goes south Or critters die from hoof and mouth Or climate change or scary bugs Cuz not all thing...
13 Jan 202040min
Ep 044 National Western Stock Show Pt 2: Go West, Young Man – But Stop in Denver, Please
It’s that time of year again – off to Colorado for the annual National Western Stock Show. Every January, the streets of downtown Denver ring with the shouts of cowboys and cowgirls, the jangle of ha...
6 Jan 202018min
Ep 043 National Western Stock Show Pt 1: Cowboys and Longhorns and IYAK - Oh, My!
I've got me a hankerin’ that may be irrational I'm wanting to go back again to the National Western that is, and we've been there now twice But two times it seems aren't enough to suffice. There's cow...
30 Des 201934min
Ep 042 The Goose: I feel the need, the need for speed...flying into the Danger Zone. Christmas, that is.
It’s almost that time of year. Chilly air, crackling fire, and the holiday roast goose is on the table. Well, maybe up until the Cratchit dinner in Dickens, but not so much anymore here in the U.S. ...
23 Des 201953min
Ep 041 Rankin the Nankins with Special Guest Elaine Shirley at Williamsburg. Tickets now!
We hope that our podcast you click in. As we talk of some cute little chickens. In Colonial times (Are you sick of these rhymes?) It’s Nankins this week that we’re pickin’. Join us this week, as w...
16 Des 201931min
Ep 040 Seawind Meadows Farm, Annalee May: Mercy, Mercy, Me...Highlands Shape Ecology
Well, it’s that time again - the 60’s and 70’s are back. Yes, bell bottoms have been in and out again six times now, but that’s not what we mean. We’re referring to the fact that people in this gene...
9 Des 201924min
Ep 039 Wing and a Prayer Farm: Dreaming in Black and White? Go Buy Valais. (The Metal Band Poster Sheep. Thank you, Slade.)
(To the tune of “My Prayer,” by The Platters) When the Summer has gone, and the weather is changing When the sunshine has gone, I head straight to my hearth And here at the hearth, I will sit. Whi...
2 Des 201938min
