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Cronin Family Farm, Gettysburg, South Dakota: It’s cold and wet on the plains; winter is just around the corner! Dan Forgey has been managing this farm for 42 years. About 18 years ago he adopted a no-till practice—when a crop is harvested, its stubble is left untouched through the winter months until the next planting season, at which time seeds are planted right on top of the residue from last seasons crop.

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This is not your typical story, for Anthony Boutard, of Ayers Creek Farm, is not your typical farmer. Trained as a forester, he and his wife, Carol, backed into farming ? as he likes to tell it. He shares many stories, including how he goes about deciding what to grow for a particular season, and shares his wealth of farming knowledge, some of it borrowed from indigenous cultures.This video was originally shared on blip.tv by Cooking Up A Story with a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

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Cathy Camper, a local Portland artist, makes interpretive portraits and images of nature from seeds. Her art pieces sparkle with color, and imagination; in a sense, they pay homage to the beauty and simplicity that abounds in nature. Food is more than for eating, in this story, it becomes the source material for artistic expression.This video was originally shared on blip.tv by Cooking Up A Story with a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

Dried corn husks in background, new grains in middle, leeks maturing in foreground = this is a winter field at Ayers Creek Farm.

Dried corn cobs being gathered to be ground into corn meal.