Ep 062 Mary McConnell: There's something about Mary
The Six Degrees of Separation concept didn’t start with Kevin Bacon, believe it or not. We can thank Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in 1929 for that idea. But regardless of who started it, it’s v...
11 Maj 202045min
Ep 061 San Diego Seed Company: It's a Bug’s Life for These Adapted Locals
Yep, it’s A Bug’s Life, come alive. Collecting seeds is a long-term gig, but it has to be done if the colony (that’s us humans) wants to survive. And even if you’re not on a little island or surroun...
4 Maj 202056min
Ep 060 John Wilkes and The British Invasion – But It’s a Good Thing This Time
The whole planet is in the midst of an eruption of disease. Agricultural occurrences are no different than human epidemics, in terms of potential damage. The British Isles are on the list of place...
27 Apr 202044min
Ep 059 Jeri and the Wensleydales: A Grand Day In
We have to admit – sitting at home is much more tolerable with the cool weather and rain we’ve had in California this year so far. If California has a stay-at-home order in place, it’s much easier wi...
20 Apr 202036min
Ep 058 Spanglish and the Pineywoods - Beginning of Beef Cattle in America
We are constantly amazed at our agricultural system, and how fast and how far it seems to have come since the early days. And when people use the phrase “early days” with regard to agriculture in Ame...
12 Apr 202036min
Ep 057 Shasta Ranch: A Close Shave, with No Knit-o-Matic Necessary (thank you, Wallace & Gromit)
We are big fans of Wallace and Gromit, thank you, so we’d like to take this opportunity to say that “A Close Shave” is not going to be an issue here. Shaun (read, “Shorn”) can rest easy on this one, ...
6 Apr 202029min
Ep 056 Julie Gauthier, DVM: Honey, I Shrunk the Turkey...the Belstville Small White, that is
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address from November 1863 was a document that outlined Lincoln’s attempt to unify the country in a time of war. It might feel a little like that right now, during the ti...
30 Mars 202029min
Ep 055 Nicole Lemmo: The Mouths we feed -- it starts with a Seed
Food. It’s what’s for dinner. Unless it’s not. Well, that sounds self-evident, but as we know from history, food is the one thing we have a hard time living without, and when we say that, we mean it...
23 Mars 202031min
