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Harvesters, the food bank that serves the Kansas City area and helps supply food to local pantries and shelters, says that thousands of cases of canned food, eggs, milk and more were called off by President Trump's U.S. Department of Agriculture. -
Oklahoma House lawmakers want to lower Insulin's cost for uninsured Oklahomans with diabetes. One bill that passed the chamber this week partners the state with federally funded nonprofits to accomplish the goal. -
A bill banning lab-grown meat passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives and is on the way to the Oklahoma Senate. -
Another year of dry conditions could hurt production for farmers growing crops and raising livestock in the region. -
Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.
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This week Classical Music Amarillo is playing music by perhaps the most famous Austrian who ever lived! -
This week, we'll discuss soil amendment: what it is and how it can improve the quality and function of your soil. To find out the benefits and uses of various organic materials, such as compost, manure, peat, and others, check out this episode! -
Michal Lewi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons/For High Plains Public Radio Readers Club, I’m Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas. Today we are talking about What’s so Funny – A Cartoonist’s Memoir by David Sipress. You know, I’d never heard of David Sipress before this book and at first, I had a problem. -
Hkim243, Richard R. Abidin, EdD., CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons/Hello! This is Michelle Reid from Dodge City. I’m the librarian at Dodge City High School, and I serve on the Dodge City Public Library Board of Trustees. I’m here to talk about one of the spring Radio Readers Book Club choices, the book What’s So Funny? A Cartoonist’s Memoir, by David Sipress.
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