Cropping Up
Heard during Morning Edition (6-9 a.m.) and All Things Considered (3-6:30 p.m.)
Utah food producers provide products that are unique to the state referred to as specialty crops. Utah Public Radio will spend the next few months featuring some of these crops, their health benefits, and the role they play in helping us access fresh food.
Hosted by Emma Parkhurst, health and wellness expert for USU’s Davis County extension office.
Utah Public Radio's Cropping Up is a partnership with Utah State University's Hunger Solutions Institute and Create Better Health Utah (SNAP-Ed) program made possible through a grant from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.
Utah Public Radio is partnering with USU’s Create Better Health for recipes and other ways to use Utah specialty crops. Click here for details.
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Learn how specialty crops and Utah food pantries play a pivotal role in increasing accessibility of fresh produce from Utah growers.
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Learn how specialty crops and farmers markets play a pivotal role in increasing low-income shoppers' purchasing power while supporting Utah growers.
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In our debut episode of Cropping Up, we join our host Emma Parkhurst in answering the question, "What is a specialty crop?"