JEFFERSONVILLE, NY (January 20, 2010) – Farm & Country, the newest locally-produced show to air on WJFF, provides a look at farm life throughout the Catskills, Northeast Pennsylvania and the Upper Delaware region, both from a farmer’s point of view and also from the perspective of the many full-time residents and weekenders who love our area’s rural amenities.
Farm & Country debuts at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 22 and will air for one-half hour every week at that time.
Segments will include News You Can Use (updates about meetings, deadlines and issues affecting the area), Fun Farm Animal of the Week (interviews with farm animals and the kids who love them), Farmers Almanac, the Garden Girl and cooking features. In addition, there will be special segments on cheese making, economic issues, and profiles of local farmers selling their products in New York City.
Hosted by John Nordstrom, contributors include Acadia, Spike Appel, John Bachman, Sonja Hedlund, Amy Miller, Adrianne Picciano, Beth Stevens, Adam Weinreich and Ed Zwirn.
“We’ll cover everyone and everything that makes living here so wonderful,” said Nordstrom, whose home near Hortonville, NY is notable for its plethora of goats, chickens, ducks and other animals.
“Farm & Country will include the creative efforts of a wide range of folks living in our area,” said Adam Weinreich, an F&C contributor who is also WJFF’s assistant station manager. “Everybody from farmers to 4H-ers to farmer wannabees should get a kick out of it.”
WJFF programs are found at 90.5 FM, 94.5 FM (W233AH) in Monticello and streaming on its website, www.WJFFradio.org.
Sorry I forgot to mention that my comments were directed to the Farm Show on Saturday morning.
My husband said, “set the alarm, I want to listen to the show”…..so early on a cold Saturday morning, we tuned in to WJFF . It was exceptionally interesting hearing the stories of people who love what they do, and actually make a good living doing it. The enthusiasm was obvious as they spoke, and the passion evident.
Thanks for a great show, as we look forward to more.
I am extremely grateful that programs and producers like this have a venue for airplay in our area. What a fantastic station and great group of people. I’ll miss the last half-hour of Ballads & Banjos every Saturday morning, but I’m happy to hear something new and exciting on WJFF!
Thank God for farms in our area and the beauty of the tended fields, grazing animals and the wonderful farm families who love what they do.
May we all appreciate these folks and hope that they get the attention they deserve so that our farms can be preserved.
My thanks to those who are highlighting farms and I can’t wait to listen to this show.