Grassroots

What does our food eat? If that isn’t a tough enough question, I also asked Heidi Wayment, of IFA’s feed division, to tackle antibiotic use in animal production! She shed light on the fact that animal nutrition and wellness is of utmost importance to producers and the points she makes are fascinating. Tune in to learn about an animal's diet and why antibiotics WILL NOT be found in your menu.

Agricultural Educators are raising arguably the most important crop in the state. This youth development program teaching high school aged student about agriculture, leadership, and more. True to its roots in "learning by doing", FFA programs provide hands on experiences for students all over Utah

In this episode we read an article from farmbureau.org that addresses the stereotypes associated with the word "Factory Farming".

Imagine doing your job everyday with an audience you invited to follow you around. Sherrie is a farmer who has opened her doors and gates to allow others to spend time on the farm. She is fun and creative and spreads joy to her community of St. George. Tune in to hear her story of bringing the farm back to the city.

Much of the food and fiber grown in this country make it’s way around the world to people in foreign countries. The fact that US farmers and ranchers are so efficient that we can serve these markets is to be celebrated. Meet a man whose job is to coordinate exports to Asia and the Middle East from the small northern Utah town of Tremonton.

In our "minisodes" we will read an article from the Utah Farm Bureau Countryside Magazine, News Paper, or cover Utah Farm Bureau Policy. These episodes are typically shorter in length. This first minisode is a reading of Zippy Duval's Article titled "Family Comes First".

Chemicals, we hear about them, we see the images but when was the last time you visited with someone who actually works with them every day? Did you know that use of chemicals actually contributes to soil health, sustainability in agriculture, and they even care about the safety of pollinators? If you don’t know what those things are, listen in!

The beautiful things in life bring us joy and wonder. These farmers have the unique opportunity to connect with their consumers on some of the most wonderful days of their lives by bringing floriculture to the lives of those in their community. It started with a spark of an idea and blossomed from there, tune in to listen to their adventure of establishing their local roots.

Brad & Jenny Osguthorpe decided early on in our marriage that they wanted to continue working on the Osguthorpe family farm, but also wanted to start their own ranch. They acquired 1,000 ewes and began Circle JB Ranch & Livestock, a rangeland sheep operation. They run on private land, National Forest and BLM all of which is located in the state of Utah and Wyoming.

Real. Good. Food. This family owned produce farm in west Weber,Utah has been around fro generations. Jamila and Kenny McFarland share their story with us. The McFarlands farm sweet corn, onions, winter squash, pumpkins, and industrial hemp. This episode includes demystifies big box store produce. We also talk about the H2A Agricultural Labor program, and what it is like being one of the first industrial hemp growers in the state.