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Kaylee Thornley (28) has a conversation with her colleagues and mentors, Steve Dagger (71) and Jan Tusick (66), about their combined experience, contributions, and involvement with The Western Montana Growers Cooperative and The Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center.

Chris Justice is a geographer and professor at the University of Maryland whose research on land use changes and global agriculture has taken him around the world. His research has had a hand in a variety of NASA programs, including...

I recorded this interview a month ago over the phone, since I wasn’t going to see my Grandfather, who is my closest relative with an agricultural background, over Thanksgiving. We discussed what farming was like for him growing up, his...

[Recorded Friday, April 8, 2022] Aziza (23) and Dave (62) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Aziza is a graduate student at UVA studying urban planning, and Dave is a farmer from Albemarle County. The two bond...

Sammye Walton (45) interviews her friend, Chris Gates (35), about his creation of and continued passion for MainSprings, a nonprofit organization focused on breaking the cycle of poverty and creating a sustainable future for communities in East Africa.

Rural Roots, Inc. has had a wide and diverse impact on small farms and local food systems on the Palouse and in the Inland Northwest. Community-based and farmer-grown, this nonprofit organization has played a significant role in changing the local...

Brothers Tom Keegan (74) and John Keegan (76) talk about John's experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama in the 1960's and Tom's experiences in college.

Mark and A G had a wide ranging conversation about the history of Orange County agriculture: past, present and future, including some of their experiences as lifelong regional farmers

WWII POW, Dr. Rothacker Smith, "Doc Rock," and William Hampton (53) have a conversation about Doc Rock's career as an agricultural professor in Huntsville and being captured by Austrian militia during WWII.

Stefanie Leland (37) and her husband Beau Leland (35) talk about their project to build a house and a permaculture farm on forty acres in Oklahoma.

A little over a fifteen minute interview with my Papaw, my grandpa on my father’s side of the family, about his agricultural career from his childhood all the way up until present day in the afternoon on Saturday November 30th...

This is a recording of myself interviewing my loving father. In this, he talks about his influences, childhood, hobbies, and family. I think it is very interesting to learn more about him and things he has to say.

My dad and I talk about food and agriculture throughout his lifetime

My grandmother and I talking about thanksgiving traditions and agriculture in general.

We discussed food traditions and how things have changed since he was a kid.

Lorenzo "Larry" Lopez (no age given) and Carmen Benavides (82) talk about growing up together in Michigan and their Mexican and Mexican-American heritage.

Questions from how/ where my dad grew up, to family history, I sit down and talk with my dad about his life and background!

I interviewed my grandparents Hicks and Kathryn Pollard. We discussed farming and gardening in the years my grandparents were growing up, and how it has changed over time. We also discussed what practices/techniques my grandparents still use, and how agriculture...

Ann Schempp (45) interviews her colleague Margaret Schiffner (84) about her family, her childhood, and her involvement in the Moses Lake community.

We talked about her family history with agriculture and how her major ties into food science

First Interview for Communications English with Nate

Grandaddy talks about gardening, Thanksgiving, and wonders around different topics.

One Small Step partners, Martha Steger (79) and Melody Roane (53), connect over their agricultural upbringing and exchange experiences that shape their political practices.

Pat Hanlan details her life in the agricultural world growing up in Broadus.

LeLand and Leah Holstine talk with their son Eric about meeting, their respective careers, raising Eric and about Eric’s children Topher and Anna.