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Ag Matters: Farming Challenges in the Mat-Su Valley
Join host Ken Hoffman and his guests, Alicia Hall with Alaska Farm Supply and Alaska State Senator Cathy Tilton. Listen as they discuss several…
Ag Matters: Mid Valley Greenhouse
Join host Ken Hoffman and his guest, Melissa Lytwyn, Production Manager for Mid Valley Greenhouse. Listen as they discuss the history and operations of…
Ag Matters: Ranching in the Aleutians.
Join host Ken Hoffman and his guests, Craig Sanders with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Art Christenson a rancher located on Unalaska Island in…
Ag Matters: Ellen Vande Visse, Good Earth Garden School.
Join host Ken Hoffman and his guest, Ellen Vande Visse with Good Earth Gardens. Ellen Vande Visse Ellen Vande Visse, MS, somewhere in her…
Ag Matters: Rangelands and Reindeer Herds in Alaska
Join host Mike Chmielewski and his guests, Karin Sonnen, an Alaska State Rangeland Management Specialist at USDA-NRCS and Lisa Ongtowasruk, a third-generation reindeer herder from Wales,…
Ag Matters: USDA/FSA Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program
Join host Mike Chmielewski and his guest, Chris Dickinson with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. Listen in as they discuss…
Ag Matters: Al Poindexter, Anchor Point Greenhouse and 2026 Alaskan Farm Family of the Year
Join host Ken Hoffman and his guest, Al Poindexter, owner of Anchor Point Greenhouse and winner of the 2026 Alaska Farm Family of the…
Ag Matters: Challenges Facing Farmers in Alaska
Join our new fill-in host Todd Bagetis as he welcomes his guests Alaska State Representative Garret Nelson and Andy Schmidt with the National Hay…
Ag Matters: Lekker Coffee and Baking Company
Join host Mike Chmielewski and his guest, David Boortz, owner of Lekker Coffee and Baking Company. Listen in as David discusses his past businesses…
Ag Matters: 5 Acres & Beyond Family Farm
Join host Ken Hoffman and his guests Abby and Janice Raisanen of 5 Acres and Beyond Family Farm as they discuss small family farming in…