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The hardship people had to go through just to survive.

Eric Fitzgerald (59) shares a conversation with mentee Natasha Skelton (39) about the importance of conservation education and being brave enough to jump into the mud.

Agriculture and Ann Jordan

My mom and I talk about my birth and how that day went for her

In my interview I ask my grandpa many questions about his life. Some of the questions I asked him included his life growing up,how him and grandma met, about my dad and how he was as a child. We also...

Jennifer Marley interviews her Mother about her work experience in the tourism and Native American art industry in Northern New Mexico. Jennifer and her mother are from San Ildefonso and Zia Pueblo.

A brief biographical of the life of Clarence L. Williams as given by his daughter, C. L. Williams http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/ Georgia State University’s Southern Labor Archives DigitalCollections Library

Bryce Christiaens (41) interviews his mentor, Gerald W Marks (81), about his career in the Cooperative Extension Service.

This was a quick story about my father side of the family. We talk mostly about their history of farming.

Interviewed my Nana about her old family farm

In this recording, Trinity Wilson, a political science and women’s studies student at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan interviews her memaw, Phylis Packard. Ms. Packard was born on February 11, 1947, and grew up in Hammon, Oklahoma with one...

Charles Rial (68) interviews his friend and colleague Thomas Power (80) about Thomas' involvement in the development of the Bass Creek Commune in Montana.

Mark McIntyre (71) and Robin Hickey (71) find commonality in their ages, marriages, and children, but also differences as they discuss their thoughts on parenting, environmental regulations, unions, social mobility, and race relations.

Friends Keke Phooko (34) and Bridget Lynch (21) discuss their shared experiences as volunteers for Innisfree Village and migrants to the United States.

Colleagues Debbie Hutchinson (47) and Marvin Millington (28) discuss the H2 agricultural visa and the opportunity for advancement it provides a whole community back in Jamaica.

This interview was a discussion with my Great Grandmother, Lula Mae Routh, about Thanksgiving and life on the farm. The interview shows how both Thanksgiving and agriculture have changed over time.

Speaking with my dad about his childhood.

Story of my Birth

Talked about how Agriculture has changed throughout time.

In this interview, Bob Edwards discussed his memories from FFA and agricultural education. Bob was an FFA member from 1944 to 1948 in the Emporia FFA Chapter.

I talk to my grandfather about what life was like living and working on a farm in the 1960s.

Talking about the changes in indigenous food systems, diets, and their effect on health.

Discussed the changes of agriculture, and food over the course of my grandfather’s life.

Conversation with Christy Lubin, executive director at the Graton Day Labor Center

Happy Labor Day! My husband Don and I chatted with my father-in-law Tom Sheffler about the dignity of labor and the changes in workplace ethics over his lifetime. At eighty-three, he works harder than anyone I know. In this chat,...