In the United States, particularly in the last 30 years or so, the concept of terroir has increasingly become part of the lexicon of people who I call taste producers.

Like artisan cheese makers, small-time bread bakers, winemakers, chefs. Amy Trubek studies taste and its connection to place. We speak with her in today's show.

Distance is one of the main barriers to treatment for rural cancer patients. Harvest Public Media looks at how researchers are trying to fix that.

A look at what it takes to grow local veggies in Wyoming.

Foragers will love our recipe for chicken of the woods mushrooms.

And to kick off farmers market season, we take a stroll around Bloomington's bustling market to talk with farmers on a chilly spring morning.

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