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Honoring Farmers, Midwest Responds To Bird Flu, Cold Drinks

I think there is some stigma still attached to the farming life and it's one that we need to overcome.

Michael Simmons is a member of the Bloomington Food Policy Council. He talks about why "honoring farmers" was an important line to include in the new Food Charter.

We have a Q&A with journalist Michael Moss, about how rural infrastructure to promotes growing corn over fruits and veggies.

Chef Daniel Orr had some help picking sour cherries from his neighbor's tree. He turns them into a refreshing drink. There's bourbon in his second recipe today.

Then we get an update on the avian flu outbreak on Midwest poultry farms.

And, farmer Jeff Padgett talks about keeping pastures hearty and healthy for his grazing animals.

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