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My Farm Roots
1:20 pm
Wed September 19, 2012

From Pastime To Passion

Aaron Troester’s life both did, and didn’t, turn out exactly the way he planned.

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My Farm Roots
12:11 pm
Wed September 12, 2012

Grateful To Be Home

Rose Alderson and her husband Loren have farmed outside of Nickerson, Kan., for decades.
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Rose Alderson and her husband Loren have farmed outside of Nickerson, Kan., for decades.

Rose Alderson is a bright-eyed, energetic grandmother who loves her home a few miles outside of Nickerson, Kan.

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My Farm Roots
3:30 pm
Wed September 5, 2012

Family On The Family Farm

Brandon Fahrmeier and his brother Bret Fahrmeier farm in Lexington, Mo., on land that has been in their family since the 1940s.
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Brandon Fahrmeier and his brother Bret Fahrmeier farm in Lexington, Mo., on land that has been in their family since the 1940s.

Brandon Fahrmeier had a nice job as a sales rep in Ohio for a large company. He and his wife had a nice suburban home. Then they had kids. 

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My Farm Roots
10:04 am
Tue August 21, 2012

Breaking Away From The Flock

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Rhonda McClure raises sheep for wool on a small farm outside Wahoo, Neb., and uses some of the wool in fiber art projects.

Rhonda McClure seems to approach farming with a homesteader’s resourcefulness, but she adds her own modern flair.

McClure and her husband Don sell fleece and home spun yarn across the country. But Rhonda is also a quilter and fiber artist who uses the wool in her own creations.

McClure often has gone a different direction than the rest of the flock. In the 1970s she was one of just a handful of women attending ag classes at the University of Nebraska. Today, the small McClure sheep farm is an uncommon neighbor to corn and soybean fields.

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My Farm Roots
3:00 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Home Is Where The Farm Is

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Ryan Brady has traveled widely, but says his farm north of Cimarron, Kan., remains the "most beautiful" place he has been.

It was a warm day when I interviewed Ryan Brady, but we sat outside to talk. Discussing farm life didn't seem right with walls between us and the land.

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My Farm Roots
8:47 am
Wed August 8, 2012

Making A Mark All His Own

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Despite working full time as a mechanical engineer, 25-year-old Nolan Strawder is rehabbing his family's farm in his spare time.

When a guy is a mechanical engineer at a nuclear power plant, you figure he puts in a pretty good day of work.

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