The Best Cranberries Float To The Top | FFA SAE Edition | Tyler Gardner | Pittsville High School FFA

OFI 931: The Best Cranberries Float To The Top | FFA SAE Edition | Tyler Gardner | Pittsville High School FFA

11/25/20 by Matt Brechwald

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SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING TYLER GARDNER! Imagine for a moment that you are the nation’s highest achiever in a very niche crop. What could you do with that? Well, Tyler Gardner, the 2020 National Proficiency Winner in fruit production is that person. Tyler has grown up on a cranberry farm in Pittsville, Wisconsin. This is the largest cranberry producing county in the largest cranberry producing state in the U.S., and Tyler is right in the middle of it. Gardner Cranberries has been referred to as β€œthe biggest little guy” in cranberries. Tyler’s family has vertically integrated their portion of the cranberry business from the growing of the fruit to the production of the concentrate. For many years, Tyler has been working in every aspect of cranberry production. Today he finds himself at the University Of Wisconsin, River Falls, studying agriculture business in preparation for a career farming this interesting and timely fruit. Tyler wants to set off to work for one of the big players in agricultural industry after graduation and then find his way back to the family farm at some point in the future. All of Tyler’s efforts to this point have led him to national recognition, and it will be fun to see where this story goes.

This is a very interesting podcast. I learned a lot about cranberry farming which I really didn’t know much at all about.

November 29, 2020 Morning

Big Red’s DIC says this morning was only 21 degrees before sunrise. 🌑️I’d believe it, kind icy outside with all of the fog 🌫 and moisture from yesterday’s rain and sleet turning into ice on the trees. It’s pretty and the road is free of ice so no complaints. I did start the truck up briefly to top off the batteries πŸ”‹ – mostly the starting battery because it is cold and the voltage was down a little bit because of that – and the solar panel isn’t going to produce much power covered with ice. β˜€οΈ

Ran out of propane this morning ♨ but fortunately not before I cooked breakfast and warmed myself by the heater. But it still left me with cold hands πŸ‘πŸ» when I took down camp and gave me an incentive to get moving sooner. πŸŒ… Sun didn’t get above the mountains until after 8 AM which is about the time the tank ran out. Totally my fault, it had been nine nights since I last filled the tank and in the winter I usually try to fill it every six nights camping so I don’t end up with a cold start to the morning. β˜• But regardless it was fine, I enjoyed my coffee and just got moving.

Hiked up to House Pond this morning after I took down camp. πŸ¦† Woodpeckers and a duck breaking through the ice and the occasional distant gun shot πŸ”« but no deer 🦌 to be seen where I was. I am surprised 🀨 I thought more would be moving this morning. Once I get back to camp, I’m going to drive down to Fort Hunter and explore the Schoharie Crossing and the bike path 🚲 around Fort Hunter until around 3:30 and then head home before dark. That’s pretty early this time of year.

Trump Is Setting A Dangerous Precedent For American Democracy

Trump Is Setting A Dangerous Precedent For American Democracy

11/23/20 by FiveThirtyEight, 538, ABC News, Nate Silver

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Three weeks after the election, President Trump is still refusing to concede and making attempts to subvert the results of the election. The team discusses the extent to which these anti-democratic efforts have been successful and what precedent they set going forward. They also consider the politics surrounding the current surge in coronavirus cases and ask what pollsters should do about falling response rates.