Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we continue our examination of the local dairy industry, by paying a visit to a dairy processing plant. Plus, we check in on Restore Humanity's continued work in Kenya. Also, we'll have the latest installment in our Music Matters series.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we continue our examination of the local dairy industry, by paying a visit to a dairy processing plant. Plus, we check in on Restore Humanity's continued work in Kenya. Also, we'll have the latest installment in our Music Matters series.Throughout our Music Matters series, Sophie Kidd has highlighted a wide range of instruments from flute to cello to viola. Today, Sophie takes a look at a University of Arkansas student with an eclectic taste in instruments.
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers reminds listeners that today is the first day of the annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ rally
Along with dairy farming, dairy processors are disappearing. An exception is Hiland Dairy in south Fayetteville which churns raw milk into all kinds of beverages. We take you inside the plant and also examine how our threatened dairy supply chain is supported by federal policies currently embattled in Congress.The Walton Arts Center announces expansion plans for its Fayetteville campus, and officials in Springdale reject a sign that's just too tall.
Ahead on Ozarks: the diminishing number of dairy farms in the Ozarks. Once a thriving industry in this part of the state, the family dairy farm is a shrinking part of the business landscape. Plus Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net talks to two members of the next General Assembly, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, about the governor’s plan to extend Medicare benefits in Arkansas and proposed election reform laws.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we spend some time with the Arkansas Gryphons, a men's rugby club based in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, singer/songwriter J. Wagner stops by the studio for a conversation and a performance. And, our own Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar bids us a bittersweet goodbye.Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers says we can research our Native American roots, attend a book signing and more today.
Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, National Coffee Day celebrated with a visit to a local roaster and distributor, and a close look at environmental infrastructure and recycling news in today's week in review.In today's week in review, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis looks at environment-themed stories from the past week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, January 5, 2014
On this special edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, we look back at some of our favorite musical performances of the last half of 2013 including: Don't Stop Please, Barrett Baber, Boom Kinetic, A Good Fight, Kory Montgomery, Foley's Van, The Cole Reeves Band, National Park Radio,Priscilla Dawn White, Block Street Hot Club, and the reunion of the Early Morning Bourbon Girls.
If you secretly like Celine Dion or even Britney Spears, you may not be alone. Today, Wayne Bell of www.fayettevilleflyer.com talks about guilty pleasures.
Walmart lawyers will volunteer their time to help patients at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital with special education and Medicaid issues. The pro-bono corporate initiative is the first of its kind in the country.
Jacqueline Froelich revisits Harrison, where in 1998 she and writer David Zimmermann uncovered a terrible secret buried for almost a century: an angry white mob attacked black residents forcing them to flee. She talks with a local reconciliation task force as well as a black descendent--the first to come forward.
“Spiritual” by Charlie Haden
This weekend, the Fayetteville Roots Festival will not only host local and national artists but also offer a variety of organic food sourced from several local farms. One of these farms, the Sweden Creek Farm, will supply mushrooms to food vendors at the festival.
For more information about the Sweden Creek Farm, visit http://theold78s.com/swedencreekfarm. To take a video tour of the farm, click here.
“Farmer” by Bill Frisell
Make some art at the Art Center of the Ozarks in Springdale plus, “Who Carved the Tombstones: Tales of the Stone Carvers and Their Craft” by Abby Burnett at the Boone County Library today.
