/tags/my-farm-roots My Farm Roots en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT /business/2015-09-07/ags-next-generation-is-more-focused-on-the-farms-future-rather-than-working-on-it Standing underneath one of his research stations at a Colorado State University experimental farm, Jeff Siegfried is decked out in a green and gold hat… Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT /business/2015-09-07/ags-next-generation-is-more-focused-on-the-farms-future-rather-than-working-on-it Harvest Public Media /community/2014-08-31/my-farm-roots-shes-her-dads-son Emily Robbins is a city girl now.Well, I’m using that term as a cliché. Robbins, 27, lives in Kansas City and works as an engineer at a large firm. She is… Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:00:00 GMT /community/2014-08-31/my-farm-roots-shes-her-dads-son Harvest Public Media /community/2014-08-24/my-farm-roots-hard-work-a-life-lesson Every year on my birthday I know there’s a thin, flat package waiting for me to open. It’s wrapped with neat corner folds and held together perfectly with… Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:00:00 GMT /community/2014-08-24/my-farm-roots-hard-work-a-life-lesson Harvest Public Media /community/2014-08-10/my-farm-roots-smells-like-home Most family vacations are remembered for endless car rides, packed tourist beaches and a string of poorly decorated hotel rooms.But not former Nebraskan… Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:15:00 GMT /community/2014-08-10/my-farm-roots-smells-like-home Harvest Public Media /community/2014-08-03/my-farm-roots-coming-home-to-roost When they heard Dan Hromas’ truck rolling in, the chickens came strutting. The auburn-feathered Rhode Island Reds stood out, even in the tall, green brome… Sun, 03 Aug 2014 15:52:17 GMT /community/2014-08-03/my-farm-roots-coming-home-to-roost Harvest Public Media /community/2013-09-01/my-farm-roots-community-counts Matt Pauly has traveled the world – he’s lived in New York, Paris, South Korea – but he’s still a farm boy at heart.Ask him about growing up in tiny… Sun, 01 Sep 2013 12:00:00 GMT /community/2013-09-01/my-farm-roots-community-counts Harvest Public Media /community/2013-08-25/my-farm-roots-born-to-farm One sign that you have strong farm roots is when your rural road is named for your family.I met Steve Quandt on Quandt Road, north of Grand Island, Neb.,… Sun, 25 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT /community/2013-08-25/my-farm-roots-born-to-farm Grant Gerlock /community/2013-08-18/my-farm-roots-winning-respect Danelle Myer owns a small vegetable farm. Like many other small farmers, she’s passionate about the kind of operation she wants to grow: a small, local… Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT /community/2013-08-18/my-farm-roots-winning-respect Harvest Public Media /community/2013-08-11/my-farm-roots-tough-guys-in-the-saddle Nate Pike has worked on on his Dodge City, Kan. ranch for quite a while. The former owner started ranching in western Kansas before 1900.I met Pike… Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT /community/2013-08-11/my-farm-roots-tough-guys-in-the-saddle Frank Morris /community/2013-08-04/my-farm-roots-providing-from-the-land As a child, Robert Harris Jr. worked the cotton fields of southeastern Missouri’s boot heel. Like many sharecroppers’ children, he fled that life.Now,… Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT /community/2013-08-04/my-farm-roots-providing-from-the-land Jacob McCleland