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In this interview I spoke with my dad about his experiences growing up on a farm. He also spoke about how it made him the person he is today and how it has helped him with his career path.

Kim asks her dad and her aunt to tell her about her grandparents (their parents) with a special slant on their mother’s mental illness.

One Small Step partners Currie "Kerr" Thompson (80) and Steve Plotkin (82) share their earliest memories of politics, coming to grips with the United States' racial history, and their concerns for our country.

Carolyn Moore Ford (67) shares a conversation with her nephew, Alexander "Alex" Moore (30), about the history of their family farm, discuss a conservation advancement program, and farming legislation.

Sisters, Sr. Barbara Jean Glodowski (78) and Mary Anne Glodowski (76), talk about their family's connection to God, their life in the monastery, and their careers as creative educators.

Interview with Britney Owens, owner of Lion's Tooth Farm. We talk about how she started her farming operation and where she is today. We also dive into her struggles and the rewards of the farming lifestyle.

Everett C. Bucklin [no age given] discusses his life of farming, fishing and growing up in the Alexandria New Hampshire area with Donna [No name given] [no age given].

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Noreen Haubrock (75) talks with her son Chip Haubrock (51) about Chips grandfather and father.

Anne Schmitz (37) interviews her father, Dennis Debrecht (68), about growing up in a large family, his love of baseball, and becoming a father.

Fred shared life stories and adventures growing up and working on a farm. Interviewed by his daughter Sarah.

In my interview my grandpa tells me about what it was like growing up, and tells me some things that have changed from when he was growing up we talk about some of the struggles he went through and he...

One Small Step partners Marilyn Sanders (58) and Stephen Watson (45) discuss their lives growing up, their political influences, and their experiences with cancer.

Chris Cotten (62) shares a conversation with his friend, Giang-Nguyen Nguyen (40), about Giang-Nguyen’s life growing up in Vietnam, her family, how she came to the United States, what her life has been like since, and her friendship with Chris.

Becky Merwin (74) talked with friend Chris Brookes (73) about life, service, farming, giving back, and the library.

Anna Wasden (58) sits down with her mother, Joan Hunter Christensen (86), to ask about her family's turf accounting business, what it was like growing up in Distington, England during World War II, and the family traditions that differ from...

My grandmother tells me about how farming and agricultural have impacted her life.

Shayna Sessler (45) interviews her father, Lonnie Sessler (72), about his early childhood and family, his decision to attend medical school, as well as the opportunity he had to live in Scotland.

One Small Step conversation partners Lynne Bird (70) and Peter Mader (69) discuss their earliest memories of social issues, race in the United States, rural life, reproductive rights, and issues important to them in their Wichita, Kansas community.

On Small Step partners Dennis Darnoi (54) and James Thomas (56) discuss how to handle friends and neighbors with extreme views, their thoughts on bringing grandchildren into a complicated world, and why they think they "had it better" when they...

I interviewed my Dad a couple days after Thanksgiving. We talked about his childhood and family and how farming has made him the person he is today.

Glass artists, Mary and Jack, talk about how the Moscow Farmers Market helped them incubate their business and the ripple effects that had, including the revitalization of Palouse, Washington, a neighboring small town; the restoration of stained glass in some...

Walking and Community at the Fon Du Lac Farmers Market in Milwaukee, WI

Bucky Lord, lifelong resident of Hallowell, Maine, discusses growing up on his family's farm. He is interviewed by Vaughan Homestead volunteer Karen Simpson in 2013. His wife may be heard adding tidbits in the background.

Friends Grace Eckland (84) and Barbara Krause (51) share a remembrance of Lake Geneva resident and philanthropist Harold "Harry" Hartshorne, Jr.