August 21: Zia Lyle is a post-doc researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who studies how drinking water systems are impacted by climate change. She maintains that rural water systems are more susceptible than urban systems to damage from natural hazards like floods, high winds, and tornados. There’s an interview with her about that here. August 18-20: These shows were excerpted from a recent episode of the Wheat’s On Your Mind podcast, which included a discussion with Ag Historian Doug Hurt, who offered an historical perspective of ag in America. You may listen to the entire program here. August 17: The director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University, Michael Langemeier, analyzes performance for organic vs conventional crops. You can find out more from his video presentation. August 14: Pizza 4 Producers is a program operated by the Extension service in Skagit County, Washington, to address mental wellness in the farming community. Maddy Vanderkooy, an extension coordinator in Skagit County, describes how the program works during a webinar on Farm Stress Resources Across the USDA Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. Her segment starts about 8:45 into the recording. August 10-13: In this series, I talked with Kelly McKenna, CEO of the nonprofit, End Chronic Disease. She embraces the Food-as-Medicine approach to addressing chronic diseases. You can find out more about her work here. August 7: Michelle Kromm with Food Forward in Minnesota and Julie Anna Potts, head of the Meat Institute in Arlington, Virginia, were part of a Farm Foundation Forum presentation titled Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities in U.S. Food Animal Production. A video recording of the event is available here. August 6: Heather Darby, a farmer who also works with University of Vermont extension, helps to spur adoption of regenerative ag practices on Vermont farms. She was part of a webinar put on by members of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America. August 5: A Kansas extension agent, Anthony Reardon, discusses a statewide effort by KSU Extension to address food insecurity in the state. August 4: Justin Benevidez, Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shares some info from the recently-released 2025 Farm Production Expenditures Report. August 3: Since May 1, the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed more than 6,700 cases of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. Caused by the parasite, cyclospora, it is often linked to food that has picked up the parasite somehow. Doctors Kalmia Kniel with the University of Delaware and Craig Hedberg of the University of Minnesota were part of a media briefing. July 31: Luan Olivieira with University of Georgia extension discusses precision agriculture from two perspectives--economics and the environment--in an extension podcast, which you can listen to here.