Month: May 2023

Listen to the show! This week on The Land Show: Alex Carter, owner of Float Alabama, shares about their great canoe and kayak company located in Dadeville, Alabama that offers float services on the Tallapoosa River. https://floatal.com/ Ellie Watson, Director of Sweet Grown Alabama, joins us to talk about what she is hearing from local growers and farmers around the state. She also lets us know about an upcoming farm to table meal coming to Prattville in July. http://www.sweetgrownalabama.org Randall Read more…

Listen to the show! This week on The Land Show: Marianne Gauldin, Conservation Outreach Coordinator for Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, gives us a recap of the 2023 turkey season and we talk about the upcoming “Free Fishing Day” on June 10. http://www.outdooralabama.com Paul Brown, Director of Membership for the Alabama Farmers Federation, joins us to discuss some of the great benefits of belonging to ALFA. One of the newest benefits we discussed is the MASA air and ground medical Read more…

Listen to the show! This week on The Land Show: Tim Wood, with the Alabama Central Farmer’s Coop, joins us to talk about current conditions for farmers and landowners and what he is hearing around the Black Belt. https://www.alafarm.com/business/central-alabama-farmers-cooperative Dr. Lisa Buck is on to share about the Cahaba Lily Festival coming up on May 20 in West Blocton. https://cahabalilyfestival.com/ Russ Walters updates us on peanut and cotton planting on their family farm in Covington County, Alabama. He discusses current Read more…

Listen to the show! This week on The Land Show: Bethany O’Rear, Regional Extension Agent, with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System joins us to talk about some of the recent initiatives they are taking to help people with their home gardens. She also talks about the progress of the Grow More, Give More campaign. http://www.aces.edu Barry Estes, owner of Alabama Hog Control, talks about their business, and how they have been helping landowners across the state with their feral hog problems. Read more…