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Interview with Mary Lou Martino

Planting cotton

This interview was done on November 22, 2018 on thanksgiving morning in Annapolis, Maryland. I, Will Dickinson, interviewed my grandmother Joan Bowling. We discussed topics such as her childhood and family memories. Another topic we discussed was where our ancestors...

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.

For this interview I talk to my mom about her business and the things that she is going through while owning a business and I was helping her get through some of the things that she’s going through. She also...

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.

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...

Josh talks about life growing up on the farm and the legacy he wants his children to leave behind.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

A look into the life of Genie Hart. She talks about growing up and her family. She talks about her spiritually.

Shelley Buffalo (55) talks with her eldest son Thomas Peters (22) about the Meskwaki nation and their tribal bison herd. Thomas describes working with the bison and their importance to the tribe. Recorded at the Practical Farmers of Iowa annual...

Chris tells shares with me what life was like growing up in the 80’s and what he has learned through his life that he believes is valuable to the people of today.

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.

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

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...

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...

Sisters Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella remember their grandparents, Clyde and Mabel Nancarrow (paternal) and Herbert and Sarah Phelps (maternal), and share stories of their time on the family farms.

[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...

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.

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