AgriCulture

Growing up on a Forrest City farm in the 1940s shaped Ellis Bell. The challenges Bell faced couldn’t stop a strong and studious mind, laser-like focus and two parents from propelling him to a 2023 Arkansas Ag Hall of Fame induction. Hear the hurt, tears and triumphs on this episode of the national-award winning AgriCulture podcast.

Eva Henderson, affectionately known by thousands as “Granny,” lived 87 years on the Buffalo River but was removed from her farm in 1972 by the government. She was one of about 2,000 displaced when the Buffalo became a National River. Her great-grandson Randy Gibbins remembers and is concerned it could soon happen to others, too. A visit with Gibbins completes AgriCulture’s 5-part series on the pas...

Armed U.S. Marshals ushered Susan Halsted’s grandparents from their Buffalo River farm in 1972 when it became a National River. Hear Halsted’s heartbreak, and her concerns about recent talks of another possible river re-designation. Cattleman Bob Shofner, a life-long resident of booming Northwest Arkansas, understands more people present challenges for farmers but says not all development is a hea...

Does the Buffalo River need more protection? Will it remain free to fish and hunt? Billy Bell would arguably be the best person to ask. Hear what he says sustains it and what could destroy it in episode three of our 5-part series on the past and future of the Buffalo River.

Seven months pregnant while unloading an 18-wheeler load of chickens is part of Belinda Wright’s motherhood story. Hear her mom-wise stories and heart on this special Mother’s Day edition of AgriCulture.

Mothers raising children on the farm own interesting stories and perspective. North Little Rock rancher Libbie Dougan overcame much to raise three daughters and shares her laughs and wisdom on the special Mother's Day weekend edition of AgriCulture.

Jack Tinsley and his siblings’ Buffalo River re-designation resentment goes back half a century. Hear the trauma of being evicted as children from their family farm in 1972 when the Buffalo became America’s first national river, and their concerns about another possible re-designation. Listen to episode 2 of a 5-part series on the past and future of the Buffalo River.

Farmers and residents in the Buffalo River area of North Arkansas are troubled. Discussion of a possible re-designation of the National River in late October drew more than 1,200 for a community meeting in Jasper (population 547). Longtime Searcy County residents Randy Clark and Bonnie Cash Glidewell attended, and in this debut episode of AgriCulture tell why locals are agitated. It’s the first of...