Save @ the Pump @ the House
Practical ways exist to save some money at the fuel pump and in your home right now. Explore each with Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, and Stephanie Robinson, Energy Consultant with Ameren Illinois.
Jul 15, 2022•23 min
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Interested in learning more about Illinois farm, family and food related people, places and events? The state’s largest organization of farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, provides an in-depth look at these topics through this informative podcast.
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Episodes
Cultivating Our Communities Part II: Empty Lots to Fields of Fresh
In the 2nd part of a 4-part continuing series, come with us to an urban farm in Chicago where entrepreneurs hope to build a food system easily accessible and affordable to the residents and those that shop at farmers markets in the city. Hear from Stephanie Dunn, Executive Dir., Star Farm Chicago, and Mandy Moody, Executive Dir. of Green City Market, held in two Chicago neighborhoods.
Jul 08, 2022•21 min
Part II: Dollars & Summer Sense
In part II of our series, come with us as we go behind the numbers of what a cookout and other meals now cost and some strategies to manage them and maybe even increase your personal income. Guests include Roger Cryan, Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), Veronica Nigh, AFBF Senior Economist, and Scott Jensen, Lead Financial Planner, Advanced Markets Team at COUNTRY Financial.
Jul 01, 2022•29 min
Part I: Dollars & Summer Sense
In the first of a two-part series on overcoming inflation, the episode zeroes in on strategies for food, with Kathy Sweedler, Consumer Economist, University of Illinois Extension, and Beth Peralta, Sr. Mgr. Digital Nutrition Education, University of Illinois Extension, both in Urbana-Champaign.
Jun 24, 2022•24 min
Your Power to Impact Pollinators
We talk efforts taking place throughout Illinois to protect pollinators and explore ways to track and help them proliferate across the state. Hear from Andre Copeland, Interpretive Programs Manager, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, and Raelynn Parmely, Environmental Program Manager, Illinois Farm Bureau.
Jun 17, 2022•21 min
From Fields to Fests
It's street festival time in Chicago. In addition to great food and entertainment, you'll find some Illinois farmers too at the annual Taste of Randolph Street in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago. Find out why they'll be there and details on what this "taste" has to offer, with business owner Katalin Rodriguez-Ogren, board member, West Loop Community Organization, and Gracie Pierson, Illinois Farm Families Coalition and Illinois Farm Bureau.
Jun 10, 2022•22 min
Dose of Dairy Detail
These young Illinois farmers share why they remain passionate about producing this superfood. Hear from farmer Leanne Casner, author of "Daily Dose of Dairy" on social media, along with farmers Sarah and Andy Lenkaitis, who let robots do some of the work on their farm.
Jun 03, 2022•24 min
Something Fishy Here
It's the first of its kind in some 40 years, chock full of photos from these colorful creatures from all over Illinois. Brian Metzke, State Aquatic Ecologist, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and Chris Taylor, Aquatic Biologist, Curator of Fishes and Crustaceans, Illinois Natural History Survey/Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, provide all of the fishy details.
May 27, 2022•23 min
Crazy About Strawberries
Plan now to read about, take a trip and pick Illinois-grown strawberries. This episode features strawberry farmer Melvin Repscher, who grows acres of them near Taylorville, and Shannon Anderson, author of the new book, "I Love Strawberries," for youngsters and the young at heart.
May 20, 2022•26 min
Part II: Inside What We Eat
In the second part of our two-part series on an Illinois-based food company, find out about how two Fortune 500 companies want to partner with some Illinois and other farmers to increase climate-smart farming. You’ll hear from Andrew Utterback, Sr. Mgr. of Sustainability for Chicago-area based Ingredion, and Margaret Henry, Sr. Dir. of Sustainable Agriculture with a company that sells sodas, juices, breakfast cereals, couscous, quinoa and more.
May 13, 2022•21 min
Part I: Inside What We Eat
In the first of a two-part series, this episode explores an Illinois food company with a farmer that grows for it, a teacher that explores about it with her students, and a representative of the company that has called Illinois home for more than a century. Hear from Joe White, Elburn farmer and president of the Kane County Farm Bureau, Andrew Utterback, Sr. Mgr., Sustainability for Ingredion and Eva Manzke, Teacher, Walker Elementary in Bedford Park.
May 06, 2022•22 min
Cultivating Our Communities Pt. 1: Rolling Lawns, Harvest Market
In the 1st of a 4-part continuing series, we focus on Illinois-grown, Illinois-made food and the communities and neighborhoods they call home and serve. Part I features Ill. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton; Ill. Dept. of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II; Michael Turley, Bond County farmer at Rolling Lawns Farm and owner of The Milk House in Greenville; Karen Sisulak, special events and marketing specialist, Harvest Market in Springfield.
Apr 28, 2022•21 min
Sorting Out Choices at the Pump
87, 88, 89, 93, B11, B20, E15, E85 - so many choices at fuel pumps these days. How do you know what to select? In this episode, we sort them all out with Robert White, vice-president, industry relations, Renewable Fuels Association, and Ron Kindred, Illinois farmer and vice-chair, Illinois Soybean Association.
Apr 22, 2022•19 min
Fruits, Vegetables & Hope
Eden Place Farms on Chicago's South Side grows fresh produce along with a heaping helping of hope for residents of its Fuller Park neighborhood. Hear from Michael and Amelia Howard about the crops and partnerships they've grown over several decades.
Apr 15, 2022•32 min
Focus on Urban Agriculture
A new federal panel hopes to shed greater light on the growing interest in producing more food in cities and suburbs. Hear about what's taking place and what could in the future, with Angela Mason, Chicago Botanic Garden and member of the USDA Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture & Innovative Production, and Ivan Dozier, Illinois State Office, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, which oversees current USDA efforts to support urban agriculture in Illinois.
Apr 08, 2022•26 min
Farm to Food Bank Ramps Up
Another step toward increasing access to fresh fruits, vegetables and more at food pantries across Illinois kicks off soon. Hear what it's all about from Steve Ericson, Executive Director of Feeding Illinois, and Matt Klein, Kane County farmer and Farm to Food Bank participant.
Mar 31, 2022•28 min
Ready to Grow? Spring Gardening Preview
This spring gardening preview features Jan Phipps, Partners gardening writer, and Candice Hart, University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener specialist, on what you need to do to get growing and become a Master Gardener.
Mar 25, 2022•25 min
Changing Seasons, Changing Times
As the seasons change and we recognize National Agriculture Day, two Illinois farmers reflect on current times and challenges they face during one of the busiest periods of the year on Illinois farms. Hear from Richard Guebert Jr., president of the Illinois Farm Bureau and a Randolph County farmer, and Cheryl Walsh, "The Pig Lady" featured in the spring edition of Partners magazine, and vice-president/treasurer of the Illinois Pork Producers Association.
Mar 18, 2022•15 min
Spring Forward Got You Sideways?
Daylight Saving Time or Standard Time, which do you prefer? Illinois-native Jeff Jenkins, Ph.D. , University of Southern California, and Thomas Gray, Ph.D., University of Texas-Dallas, have conducted research on time change. In this episode, they help sort out the pros, cons, twists, turns as we continue the biannual ritual of springing forward and falling back.
Mar 11, 2022•19 min
Withstand Wacky Weather
It's that time of year to prepare for more wacky weather as peak season for severe events is upon us. Brian VanVickle, sheriff of Ogle County, shares his personal story surrounding the April 2017 tornado that tore through his community, and Chris Yates, chief meteorologist with WMBD-TV offers some advice on hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
Mar 03, 2022•20 min
Kick Winter Out, Usher in Spring with These
Check out these food options for what remains of winter, start spring in a healthful way and discover a unique way to wrap them all up. Jodie Shield, a registered dietitian and Partners food and recipe author, along with Colleen Flinn, who owns and runs Nothing Fancy Supply - an all natural food wrap maker - help us out with the change of seasons.
Feb 25, 2022•27 min
Smart Shopping, Smart Farming Pt. II
Head with us to a different part of Illinois, where a community winter farmers market breathes new life into an available, heated space. Plus, learn how winter farmers markets fit in with Live Local, Shop Local in Illinois and what things such as high tunnels, low tunnels and cold weather crops do to keep fresh vegetables coming. This episode features Karen Jensen-Britton, Manager of the Carbondale, Ill. farmers market, and Raghela Scavuzzo, Associate Dir. of Food Systems Development, Illinois F...
Feb 18, 2022•17 min
Smart Shopping, Smart Farming Pt. I
How do you find local, farmers-market quality fruits and vegetables this time of year? Go to one or more of the growing indoor, winter farmers markets. In the first of a two-part series, hear from Nilda Esparza, market manager of the Logan Square Farmers Market in Chicago, and one of its farmer-vendors, Kyle Jacobson, with Jacobson Family Farms.
Feb 11, 2022•20 min
What's With that New Label?
Did you notice a new label showing up on some food? Hear from Leia Flure, RN, LDN, University of Illinois Extension, known as the "Moderation Maven," explain what they do and don't mean. Sarah Gallo, Vice President of Agriculture and Environment, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), provides an update on the technology behind the acronyms BE, GE and GMO.
Feb 04, 2022•26 min
Pass the Algorithms with the Asparagus
Artificial intelligence has made its way into agriculture too, and this Ph.D. candidate wants us to know what it might mean when it comes to what is grown, who grows it, and how we grow our food. Explore the topic with Monica Sziron, a doctoral candidate at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Jan 28, 2022•21 min
Where Antibiotics Fit in Animal Care
Frigid temperatures merit a watchful eye on farm animals to ensure they receive the care they need to survive and thrive. Hear what's required, and what options exist from Tasha Bunting, a livestock farmer who also serves as Asst. Dir. of Commodities & Livestock Programs, Illinois Farm Bureau, and Sarah Ison, Ph.D., also a livestock farmer who sells her family's beef, pork and poultry online.
Jan 21, 2022•20 min
Sustainability Success: Fantasy or Reality?
What does it mean to be sustainable, it's impact on climate, and what are the farming and food sectors doing to make it happen? From the 103rd convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation, hear from Roxi Beck, Dir. of Consumer Engagement, Center for Food Integrity; Jennifer Crall, Global Head Partnerships, Bayer Crop Science; Callie Eideberg, Dir. of Govt. Relations, Environmental Defense Fund; Wayne Gehrke, Illinois farmer; Jon Iverson, Oregon farmer; and Justin Ransom, Sr. Dir., Sustainab...
Jan 14, 2022•25 min
From Ice Cream to Iceland
After three decades of creating custom ice creams and other dairy products, Prairie Farms Chef Rob Lagerlof hangs up his scoop and other test kitchen gadgets and will be off soon to Iceland. Find out why.
Jan 06, 2022•19 min
Top 5 Partners Podcasts of 2021
The Top 5 Partners podcasts of 2021 feature many diverse farm, family and food-related places, events and people across the state but they all share one thing in common. Each tells a story of Illinois farmers and about the food, feed and/or fuel they raise. Count them down with us.
Dec 28, 2021•21 min
Chicago for the Holidays & Beyond
New traditions and old abound will greet you with a visit to Chicago and in particular, The Loop, which includes State St., Millennium Park and more. Michael Edwards, president and CEO of the Chicago Loop Alliance, and Nancy Villafranca-Guzman, deputy commissioner of programing, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, share what you can expect yet this year and next.
Dec 23, 2021•23 min
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