In her novel The Good Earth, Pearl Buck wrote, “If roots are to bear fruit, they must be kept well in the soil of land.” Her thought leads us to ask:

Which farmland is best for bearing one’s fruit?

We have been hearing a lot about farmland recently.

We’ve been hearing how very wealthy people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have been using the millions and billions pouring into and out of their businesses to buy up vast tracks of America’s farmland; how mysterious entities from China are buying up farmland near America’s military bases; and how entrepreneurs have been buying up farmland covered in greenhouses for the purpose of growing America’s cannabis.

The true value of all that farmland is determined by what someone is willing to pay for it. And there are a lot of reasons why people buy farmland.

Today, we focus on those who want to obtain farmland to grow food, flowers and fiber as a business. And we are fortunate to have one who knows how to find the true value farmland for a business.

Please welcome…

Chuck Allen, Chuck Allen Properties, Watsonville, CA

Michael Olson hosts Danielle Flint - Danny the Nanny

You would think a hungry child would want eat just about anything, but a lot of hungry children only eat what they want to eat. And so we ask:

How do you get an obstinate child to eat what you want them to eat?

The 1413th edition of the Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson hosts Danielle Flint, Maryland’s Danny the Nanny, for a conversation about feeding the obstinate child.

Topics include the ways in which children express their obstinacy about eating what they are supposed to eat; ways in which adults try to manage their obstinate children; and how a nanny must somehow justify the demands of obstinate child and frustrated parents.

No kidding! It's true. Having had to catch a plane and fly away, we missed kiddentine in California's great Central Valley. Our loss leads us to ask:

Have you had the opportunity to play with the kids?

The 1412th edition of the Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson hosts Margie Weber, Co-Owner, Rocky Oaks Goat Creamery, for a conversation about raising goats in a vertically integrated dairy.

Topics include why goat dairy; the raising of goats in a semi-rural environment; and the selling of goat dairy products direct via farmers markets.