5 Minutes on the Farm Podcast
1) The Scale of the Universe
Think about your favorite science fiction space opera. Whether it’s Star Wars, Star Trek, or something more obscure like Larry Niven’s Ringworld novels, sooner or later someone’s going to jump into a...Show More
2) Co-Ops 101 at the Library
The Madison Cooperative Development Coalition (MCDC) – a project funded by the City of Madison and developed by the UW-Center for Cooperatives — aims to develop worker cooperatives in Madi...Show More
3) Falling off the Economic Cliff
With nearly 40 percent of all working-age Americans struggling to make ends meet, one might imagine that workers would be more than happy to receive a pay raise or promotion, but that’s not always the...Show More
4) Radium Girls
In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered Radium, the 88th element on the periodic table. Quacks of various sorts soon attributed all sort of magical benefits to the new radioactive, element. Radiu...Show More
5) Madison-Vilnius sister City nears 30 year partnership
Madison and Vilnius Lithuania have been sister-cities for almost 30 years, providing cultural and charitable exchange between the cities. Jan interviews Debbie Kmetz and Daina Zemliauskas-Juozevicius ...Show More
6) WISDOM organizes justice reform and more
Jerome Dillard interviews David Liners from WISDOM, a grassroots organization comprised mostly of religious congregations of many denominations, from about 160 congregations of 19 different religious ...Show More
7) Lovera: Tax Reform bill bad for the economy, and U.S.
How will the proposed tax restructuring affect the “common man” (or woman)? Patty Lovera from Food & Water Watch talks about the history of tax cuts, trickle-down economics, how it affects...Show More
8) Katy Dickson: Coming Home to Christensen’s Farm
Katy Dickson was 6 months pregnant, finishing grad school in elementary education and teaching on an Indian reservation in New Mexico, when she realized she wanted to move home to Wisconsin and grow o...Show More
9) Plowshares and Prairie Farm: Balancing Environmental Work and Farming
Chelsea Chandler, 31, and Scott Laeser, 35, are finishing up their fifth season at Plowshares & Prairie Farm near Argyle, Wisc. They met and fell in love just as Chelsea was finishing up grad school a...Show More
10) Vitruvian Farms: Vibrant Community, Beauty, and Restaurant Partnership...
Farmers Tommy Stauffer and Shawn Kuhn, both 28, started their successful microgreens and produce farm while both still students at UW Madison. Neither majored in anything having to do with farming. Th...Show More