A Farming Update from Mark Watne ~ Sue Balcom on Apples ~ Tom Isern

Thursday, September 24, 2020 - Mark Watne of the North Dakota Farmers Union joins us for a discussion of the pandemic assistance available in the agriculture industry. ~~~ COVID-19 has made it more difficult for farmers to sell produce — from farmers markets to restaurants, leaving food in the field. Harvest Public Media’s Seth Bodine reports on how one group in Oklahoma is helping farmers get excess food off the farm and to those who need it most. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for a Main Street Eats discussion of apples. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “Deep Deep Sea.”