Listen to the Land: Stories and conversations about home and the land in the rural Southeast

Love and beekeeping

John and Randi Hickman tell their story of love and beekeeping. He told her she had to be interested in bee keeping if she wanted to become his partner. She kept with it despite her severe allergy to bees. In this podcast, they talk with Listen to the Land host Colton Creel about the beekeeping business and their lives together. This podcast is produced by students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, in cooperation with the Georgia Museum of Agriculture. The podcast is supported by the Georgia Pecan Growers Association and the Gail Dillard Faculty Enrichment Fund at ABAC.

Bret Wagenhorst, Ophthalmologist and gardener

Dr. Bret Wagenhorst of Tifton, Georgia, leads by example. He doesn't just tell people to live an active, healthy and community centered life. He lives one himself. Though he has a demanding job as an opthalmologist, he spends at least 15 minutes a day gardening. He also farms unusual crops on his land, experimenting with tropical fruits and vegetables that are seldom grow in Southern Georgia. In the episode of Listen to the Land, Wagenhorst talks with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College student Sydney Doss. This podcast is produced by students of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College with support from the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and the Georgia Pecan Growers Association. The host is Cole Creek.

Goat Farming in South Georgia

Fernando Mendez of Marview Farms in Arabi, Georgia, has come a long way as a farmer. As we discover in this podcast by Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College student Anfernee McDonald, Fernando Mendez overcame multiple challenges. Born in Cuba, Fernado was brought to the USA when he was only five years old. His father worked for a year in a labor camp in Cuba to earn the chance to leave. At age 29, Fernando was diagnosed with cancer and changed the way he and his family ate. Now he raises goats in a natural environment because he wants to provide his customers with high quality, natural foods.

Fitzgerald's Wild Chickens: Listen to the Land podcast

Abisai Vazquez grew up with the wild chickens of Fitzgerald -- hundreds if not thousands of unusual birds that seem to thrive only with the city limits of this South Georgia town. But Vazquez always wondered why they were there. In this podcast episode, Vasquez talks to former city admininstrator Cam Jordan and tries to solve the chicken mystery of his youth. Listen to the Land is a production of students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, and produced with support of the Georgia Museum of Agriculture, the Georgia Pecan Growers Association and the Gail Dillard Faculty Enrichment Fund.

Ross Kendrick Peanut Farmer -- Listen to the Land Episode 4

Hayden Norman interviews Ross Kendrick, a peanut farmer from Turner County in South Georgia. Kendrick is a fifth generation farmer, and a leaders in the peanut commission and the farm bureau. He knows he not only has to cultivate peanuts and cotton, but that he also has to cultivate good relations with lawmakers in Congress, who determine the details of the farm bill. One of Georgia's senators recently spent some time with Kendrick, and Kendrick talks about how he worked to develop a relationship between farmer and lawmaker. Norman is a politics and government student at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.