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Piedmont Local Foods: love & success between farmers, consumers, and the internet
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Piedmont Local Food is a regional food/farmer project involving multiple counties, connecting farmers directly to consumers with the internet. A st...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
OakMoon Farm & Creamery, Agritourism
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Cynthia Sharpe and Dwain Swing run OakMoon Farm & Creamery in Bakersville, North Carolina. They've increased the agri-tourism aspect of their farm,...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Transitioning 40 acres of tobacco land to organic vegetables
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Matthew Garrett's a 24-year-old farmer, pretty much single-handedly transitioning a 40 acre tobacco farm to organic produce. He's in the second yea...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
Kay Doby & her meat goats
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Kay Doby, is a fourth generation farmer raised on tobacco land. Once a contract poultry grower, she now raises meat goats in her empty chicken hous...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Pomegranates in North Carolina
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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John Shaw plans to be the first commercial pomegranate grower in North Carolina. He has over 300 pomegranate trees. He has also planted 250 apple t...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:55
Hmong Farmer Jefferson Herr, Year-round heated Greenhouse project
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Meet Jefferson Herr. With his family, Jefferson runs Herr Flower Farm in Vale, North Carolina. Flower farming has become very common in Hmong commu...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Goat Lady CSA
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Steve Tate runs the Goat Lady Dairy in Climax, North Carolina. Last year was the first year of the farm's CSA. Steve learned that he grew way too m...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Firefly Farm, Multi-purpose Barn
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Elizabeth Gibbs and Scott Paquin run Firefly Farm in Burnsville, North Carolina. They're building a multi-purpose barn which will house hay for the...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Black Shirt Brewing Co
From: Julia Tashjian King
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Brother beer brewers and new business starters. A look into the production and craft of beer.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:57
The American Prawn Cooperative
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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The American Prawn Cooperative (APC) is "writing the book on the prawn industry." The APC is based in Greene County, North Carolina, and Greene Cou...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
Farmer Ben Haines, Project Portable Organic Feedmill
From: Rural Advancement Radio
Caption: Ben Haines & his cow
Meet Ben Haines, of Looking Back Farm, in eastern North Carolina. Ben and his father have been farming organically for more than twenty years. Most...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
Recession Grads: The fight for entry level positions
From: KALW
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We’re three-and-a-half years into the Great Recession, and nearly a quarter of recent college graduates are unemployed in the United States. And 40...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:15
Teen sisters gives Indian artisans the chance to reinvent themselves
From: KALW
Caption: Sisters Radhika and Ritwika Mitra, founders of Renaissance Now in Fremont, CA.
Sisters Ritwika and Radhika Mitra are 16 and 18 years old. They started a nonprofit called “Renaissance Now,” based in their Fremont home, and they...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
College students grade the economy
From: KALW
Caption: Flickr photo by Brian Hawkins. http://passionatephoto.com/
Although some economists claim that the recession is officially over, California is still experiencing a 12% unemployment rate – the second highest...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Voyager Program at Edison High School
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Gabriela Cabrera, Credit: Phil Nubsaum
Gabriela Aguilar, a student at Minneapolis Edison High School has been part of the Voyager program. The program gives students an introduction to t...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Practically Speaking: Strung Out on Credit
From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking
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The Road to Rehabilitation is littered with good intentions and foreclosures. Host Audra Wilson discovers that many Americans were literally addic...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2010
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
Discouraged Workers
From: War News Radio
Caption: Iraqis submitting job applications., Credit: Photo courtesy of AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Breaking the Bank
From: War News Radio
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From "State of Privilege" 7/30/2010: War News Radio takes a look at how Iraqi politicians are filling their wallets while their country continues t...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 07:16
The Disappearance of Ammar al-Safar
From: War News Radio
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From "State of Privilege" 7/30/2010: War News Radio investigates the 2006 kidnapping of Ammar Al-Saffar, an Iraqi deputy minister of Health.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 08:06
Ted Leonsis, Owner of the Washington Capitals
From: National Press Club
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Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and one of the most powerful figures in Washington sports and business, addressed the National Press ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Vanishing Craftsmen: The Clockmaker
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Caption: Clockmaker Ray Pavkov works in his shop, Credit: Patrick Skahill
One craftsman is disposing of our throwaway culture - one clock at a time.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WILL


  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
An Exploration in Sound: Market Basket
From: Justin Grotelueschen
Caption: Market Basket love Xmas
An accelerated trip to this insanely active grocery store in Union Square, Somerville, MA.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
An American Storey - Selling Skyscrapers
From: BBC Americana
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How do you buy a skyscraper? What are they worth and are they good value? For Americana, Matt Frei speaks to a man in Manhattan who deals in high r...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
Educating Borrowers Away From Debt
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We take a look at MEDA, a program providing support and financial literacy so borrowers don’t fall into lending traps.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2

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