American Family Farmer

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with the latest Agriculture news, including another wet Spring expected, which could be rough on planting season again this year and Michael Bloomberg's comment about Farmers. Next, we meet Robby Sansom, Co-Founder & CEO at Force of Nature, a regeneratively sourced meat company. www.forceofnaturemeats.com Robby’s roots run...

American Family Farmer and Host Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com welcomes Steve Gelerman, a veteran of the natural foods industry for more than 20 years. He is founder of Ian's Natural Foods, makers of a wide variety of allergy-friendly meal solutions for kids. www.iansnaturalfoods.com He is also known as Mr. Banana, as CEO of Banana Wave, makers of the first non-dairy milk made from whole banan...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com welcomes outgoing National Farmer's Union President, Roger Johnson. www.nfu.org During his eleven-year-long tenure, he has led efforts to fight corporate consolidation, help farmers adapt to and mitigate climate change, develop fair international trade agreements, provide information and resources to rural communities struggling wi...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com updates us on this week's Agriculture News, with more information about the new Trade deal with China and hormones added to Beef. Then, we meet Matt Wadiak, founder and CEO of Cooks Venture. www.cooksventure.com a group of farmers, cooks, and food professionals who couldn’t find what they wanted in the food system, so they are bui...

American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com talks about the misconceptions about hemp presented by the government and the news, and how it's holding back an industry that could be helping millions of people. His guest is Cory Slovik, the CEO of Core Roots CBD. https://corerootsforlife.com/ Cory talks about his line of organic CBD oil products, how they can benefit everyone from athle...

Host and Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with Agriculture News. First on the list is more on the bankruptcy of Bordens and issues facing the Dairy Farmer. Next, we meet David Leon, Executive Director and co-founder of Farmer's Foot-print. www.farmersfootprint.us Farmers Footprint a non-profit organization, dedicated to accelerating universal adoption of re-generative agricu...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews the top AG news of the week. This includes more details about the bankruptcy of Dean Foods, as Walmart cancels it's milk deal with them. Walmart will deal directly with mega dairies and eliminate the middle-man. Next, we meet Eco-Consultant Norbert Hauser. www.understandwater.com Hauser has had a distinguished career in go...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews Ag News of the day. The next round of payments from the Federal Government is likely to once again benefit large factory farms and not the Family Farms. Statistics show that only 12-cents of every Thanksgiving food dollar will go to the Farmers. That amount is down from 14-cents last year. Ice Cream manufacturer Ben and Je...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news from the World Climate Report. The report says that we're heading into a cooling phase and the planet is cooling off. Next, news that the country's largest producer of milk, Dean Foods is filing for bankruptcy. Next, we meet Steven Tettelbach, Shellfish Ecologist at Cornell University. His research focuses on mollu...

American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with interesting figures on the largest cities in the country for transfer of food, and then news about the struggles that young people are having trying to find land to use. Next, we meet Ryan Horvath, Fleet Manager of Sitka Salmon Shares. https://sitkasalmonshares.com/ Sitka Salmon Shares is a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) and...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com starts off with this week's Farm News. One of the lead stories is that every year, fewer and fewer cows are milked daily, but production continues to go up; 2% over last year. Next we meet Mark A. Kaster, founder of OrganicEye. www.organiceye.org Mark has spent most of his professional life advocating for family farmers and workin...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins by sharing his recent experience testifying at a hearing on growing Hemp. Hear what he did to shake up the room. Then, there's good news that Florida is experiencing a plentiful Citrus harvest. Next, we meet Niaz Dorry, Coordinating Director at North Atlantic Marine Alliance http://www.namanet.org/ and Executive Director at...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news that affects The American Family Farmer. A recent study shows that 60% of farmers say that they don't have enough internet connectivity to run their businesses. Lack of cellphone service and slow internet speeds are hampering the farmer's work. Next, we meet Nick Papadopoulos, CEO, Chairman and Founder of CropMobs...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with current AG News. One of the items are the words of Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, "Get big, or get out." He and the current administration are favoring big farms, over the small Family Farm. One example is of the dairy industry. Big dairies account for 80% of today's milk production versus the smaller dairy far...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com shares news of an angry Dairy Farmer who is unhappy with Doug's comments on Big Dairy and has threatened to pull his advertising from one of our stations, if they don't agree to pull the program. Doug follows with a news story on the ways to improve the Dairy Industry. Next, Doug welcomes Jocelyn Molyneux, owner/operator of Wasteno...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews the week's agriculture news, including news about how the Chinese are buying more and more farmland and some speculate that the want a larger chunk of America's food supply. Next, we meet 23 year old twin brothers, Matthew and Joseph Brooger of Upstream Farms. www.upstreamfarms.com Matt and Joe are third generation farmers...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reports that there are now 20-thousand fewer Dairy Farms than there were 10 years ago and some of the reasons why. Next, we meet Jennifer Fahy, Communications Director for Farm Aid 2019. www.farmaid.org Jennifer has been with Farm Aid since 2002 and she loves to spread the word about good food from family farms and the important w...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan. www.eastleighfarm.com Doug begins with news about colleges offering farmers instruction on understanding Farmers Markets. Next, we meet Sean Hellein of Bethesda Farm. www.bethesdafarm.com Bethesda Farm began as a dream to provide the best-tasting, healthiest local eggs available and to use the profits to benefit the community. In 2016, Sean and his br...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan, www.eastleighfarm.com begins with good news from a recent farm equipment auction he attended. Next, we meet Scott Faber, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at The Environmental Working Group. www.ewg.org Prior to joining EWG, Scott led efforts to modernize food safety law for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and led campaigns for the En...

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com has news about the growing trend of consumers looking for locally grown food. The Government is considering issuing more Farm Visas to Migrant Farm Workers, and how the Government is screwing it up. Next, Doug welcomes Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union. www.nfu.org Johnson was elected National Farmers Union’s...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan, www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news about Farm Worker Appreciation Week. Next, we meet Purdue University Director and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Dr. James Mintert and Purdue University Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Michael Langemeier. They both are responsible for The Ag Economy Barometer. https://ag.purdue.edu...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews the week's agriculture news, including a story about a Maryland farmer whose herbicide was spreading to neighboring land and why Monsanto is suing some farmers. Next, Doug introduces us to Steve Miller, with the Northeast Hop Alliance. www.northeasthopalliance.org The Northeast Hop Alliance works to promote hops as a specia...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews the week's agriculture news, including Census figures. Dairy income has risen in the past year, but mainly due to mega-dairies getting bigger. Many smaller Family Dairy Farmers are switching from cows to raising chickens. Next, we meet Jacob Pechenick of Lettuce Grow. www.lettucegrow.com Jacob is on a mission to redesign th...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with an update on this year's growing season. Next, we meet Christine DeJesus, an organic grower and activist from Cleveland, Ohio. After realizing that teaching college part-time was not going to put food on the table, she began serving and bartending at Great Lakes Brewing Company. www.greatlakesbrewing.com It was here tha...

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news from the worlds of Farming and Ranching. This week we learn that Delaware State Land Preservation funds are helping save Family Farms. Next, we meet Roian Atwood, Senior Director of Global Sustainable Busi-ness for Lee and Wrangler jeans. With eighteen years’ experience in footwear & apparel sustaina-bility, Roian...