Through the help of a Cynipid grant, host Mary Swander interviews Fulbright Scholar Aparajita Sengupta who is presently in residence at the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky. Season #2, Episode 32: Aparajita Sengupta: Rejuvenating a Small Farm in India He describes the Bakken Oil Boom, his political activism, his disability, and his grounding in his identity as a gay man. Brorby discusses how, as a child, he coped with bullying through his exploration of the prairie and through the arts. Host Mary Swander interviews Taylor Brorby about his new memoir Boys and Oil (Norton): Growing up Gay in a Fractured Land, about his life in rural North Dakota in the middle of the fracking boom. Season #2, Episode 33: Taylor Brorby’s Boys and Oil Grossmommie Ruby provides a recipe for hot dog hash and gives her opinion on the latest Supreme Court ruling. Host Mary Swander tells of three different dogs she has had, all found in Amishland. Milo, Iowa duck farmer Phrakhounmany “Air” Philavanh tells a story of the Laotian Water Festival, cooling down the Buddha, and losing his dog in Thailand. Season #2, Episode 34: Lost and Found Dogs Today’s episode was produced and mixed by Rick Brewer of Brewhaha Audio Productions.

The Executive Director and host of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land is award-winning author Mary Swander. Make your donation: ĪgArts is a non-profit organization based in Kalona, Iowa, whose mission is to imagine and promote healthy food systems through the arts. Your donation to AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land helps make this podcast a sustainable business and allows us to do this work. Photos on the website by Annie Chapman Brewer.īecome a premium member of AgArts From Horse and Buggy Land and gain access to bonus interviews, books, postcards, poetry critiques and have Mary join you and a small group for a reading. His latest work is a huge sculpture of a soldier carrying his wounded buddy out of a combat zone, reflecting Eickman’s experiences in the Marine Corps in in Afghanistan and Iraq. Eickman discusses the pieces that he makes in his garage from nuts, bolts, combine chairs and other farm implements. Season #2, Episode 35: Scott Eickman, Farmer SculptorĪgArts from Horse & Buggy Land travels to Manning, Iowa, this week to interview Scott Eickman, a farmer and metal sculptor. These podcasts were produced and recorded by Rick Brewer of Brewhaha Audio Production. It does not store any personal data.AgArts from Horse and Buggy Land, hosted by Mary Swander, explores life among the Amish and the arts and agriculture in the wider rural community. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies.

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