January 2011 Show Archives
Week 1 Show 1101
Interview with Russell Evans--Outlook 2011: Economic Outlook Conference (View Video)
We visit with Russell Evans, Director of the Applied Economic Research Center located in OSU's Spears School of Business, about topics discussed at this year's OSU Annual Economic Outlook Conference.
For more information visit these links:2011 Oklahoma Economic Outlook Conference
Oklahoma State University / Spears School of Business
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Interview with Chad Wilkerson--Outlook 2011: Energy Sector (View Video)
We visit with Chad Wilkerson and get his views on how Oklahoma entered this recession later than the rest of the country, and looks to be recovering at a quicker rate, thanks in great part to our energy sector.
For more information visit this link:Federal Reserve Bank
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Interview with Deidre Myers--Outlook 2011: Challenges (View Video)
At no other time in our Nation's history has personal economic success been so tied to education and skills training. We visit with the Director of Economic Analysis for the Department of Commerce, Deidre Myers, and find out why she believes workforce development is the chief long-term challenge that our state faces.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Department of Commerce
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Week 2 Show 1102
Interview with Jason Henderson--Outlook 2011 (View Video)
Many believe it will be the heartland that leads our country out of recession. In terms of job growth for young people, Oklahoma City commonly outranks markets like Dallas, Seattle, and New York City. Today in our continuing focus on the future, we visit with Jason Henderson.
For more information visit this link:Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City -- Omaha Branch
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Interview with Neil Conklin--Farm Foundation (View Video)
We visit with Neil Conklin of the Farm Foundation, a public policy education group that studies issues important to farmers and rural communities, as we continue our focus on the future.
For more information visit this link:Farm Foundation
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Interview with Kim Anderson--Outlook 2011: Food Prices (View Video)
We visit with Kim Anderson, Grain Marketing Specialist for Oklahoma State University, about what is behind the possibility of higher food prices.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma State University--Ag Education
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Interview with Kyle Dean--Urban Rural Divide (View Video)
We visit with Kyle Dean, an Oklahoma State University Economist, who has taken a closer look at what is often referred to as the Rural Urban Divide.
For more information visit this link:Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University
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Made in Oklahoma--Cheevers Cafe (View Video)
In this week's Made in Oklahoma moment, we visit a restaurant that puts a new twist on some traditional dinner favorites.
For more information visit these links:Cheevers Cafe
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Week 3 Show 1103
USDA Discrimination--Compensation for African Americans (View Video)
The phrase 40 acres and a mule have come to symbolize the wrongs the descendents of former slaves still face. Which is why when President Obama signed a settlement for black farmers, he called the action a close to what has been a painful chapter in American History.
For more information visit these links:USDA--Pigford Settlement
NWIAA
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
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Value Added: Plasticulture (View Video)
We look at a new program Oklahoma’s Department of Agriculture believes can make small scale farmers more competitive in the marketplace.
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Value Added: New Face of Agriculture (View Video)
The Oklahoma farmers are becoming more diverse and where they're farming is diversifying as well.
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Value Added: Community Garden (View Video)
The Women in Agriculture's dream of planting a community garden in the midst of Oklahoma City's urban landscape has now become a reality all thanks to a revolutionary new growing method.
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Indian Settlement--Compensation for Native Americans (View Video)
The H.R. 4783 Claims Resolution Act of 2010 signed into law by President Obama allows 3.5 billion dollars in compensation to Native Americans affected by the mishandled timber and mining royalties on Indian lands.
For more information visit these links:USDA--Keepseagle Lawsuit
NWIAA
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
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New Farmers of America (View Video)
Like many institutions across the South, FFA was a segregated organization up until the sixties. Since then, FFA has made great strides in righting old wrongs with a concerted effort to attract more minorities into what has become our nation's largest youth organization.
For more information visit these links:NFA--New Farmers of America
FFA--Future Farmers of America
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Retired Educators for Youth Agricultural Programs--Part 1 (View Video)
In a team report we look at the Retired Educators for Youth Agricultural Program, a non-profit organization that is encouraging African-Americans, and all minorities for that matter, to take a closer look at what the field of agriculture has to offer.
For more information visit this link:REYAP
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Retired Educators for Youth Agricultural Programs--Part 2 (View Video)
We continued our report on the Retired Educators for Youth Agricultural Program.
For more information visit this link:REYAP
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Made in Oklahoma--In Germany with Chef Kurt (View Video)
Travel to Europe and there is a fascination with the American West, not just out culture, but our food. One of the reasons a group of Oklahomans traveled to Germany to attend a giant food show and show off Made in Oklahoma products.
For more information visit these links:The Tasting Room
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Week 4 Show 1104
Meridian Food Pantry (View Video)
Hunger in America does not look like the images we have grown accustomed to seeing in developing nations. In this country, we have never had a famine yet hunger is all too real. We take to the back roads of Oklahoma to meet a woman who has made it her life's mission to eliminate hunger in the heartland.
For more information visit these links:Families Helping Families
Meridian Technology Center
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Interview with Jennifer Arlan (View Video)
We visit with Jennifer Arlan of the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank about how they are helping feed Oklahoma's hungry.
For more information visit this link:Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
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Value Added: Made in Oklahoma -- Tweet Up (View Video)
The Made In Oklahoma Food Coalition is using social networking to not only promote their products, but raise money for a good cause.
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
MIO twEATup
Oklahoma Regional Food Bank
Shawnee Milling Company
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Deaf Mechanic (View Video)
Over three hundred aerospace-related companies generate an industrial output of more than one billion dollars each year right in Oklahoma. And with it a steady avenue for employment. But for one young man, he will never hear the roar of a single-jet engine.
For more information visit this link:Metro Tech
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Interview with JoJo Williams (View Video)
Aerospace jobs have proven some of the most resilient in recent years. We visit with JoJo Williams about the impact Tinker Air Force Base has on our economy.
For more information visit this link:Tiner Air Force Base
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Made in Oklahoma--Cooking 3 (View Video)
In this week's Made in Oklahoma moment, Chef Kurt is with Ken Bradford from Chef's Requested to show us a low calorie, but high protein, entrée.
For more information visit these links:The Tasting Room
Chefs Requested
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Value Added: Made in Oklahoma -- Cooking 1 (View Video)
If today's show has motivated you to get back into the kitchen, we have a little help from Chef Kurt and the good folks at the Made in Oklahoma Coalition.
For more information visit this link:Made in Oklahoma Coalition
The Tasting Room
Shawnee Milling Company
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Value Added: Made in Oklahoma -- Tailgaiting (View Video)
Visit most any college campus on the day of the big game and you'll find a competitive atmosphere, in the parking lot. Tailgating has come a long ways since the days of a hotdog on the grill and the folks with the Made in Oklahoma Coalition are here to show us how we can support our team while also supporting our state.
For more information visit these links:Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Chef's Requested
The Tasting Room
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Value Added: Made in Oklahoma--Cooking 2 (View Video)
This week in our Made in Oklahoma segment, Chef Kurt and David Brooks whip up a holiday pie.
For more information visit these links:The Tasting Room
Shawnee Milling Company
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Value Added: Made in Oklahoma--In Germany with Chef Kurt (View Video)
Travel to Europe and there is a fascination with the American West, not just out culture, but our food. One of the reasons a group of Oklahomans traveled to Germany to attend a giant food show and show off Made in Oklahoma products.
For more information visit these links:The Tasting Room
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Week 5 Show 1105
Infrastructure (View Video)
There is a whole other world underground; miles and miles of sewers and pipes, and all of it aging.
For more information visit these links:Oklahoma Infrastructure
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Oklahoma Water Environment
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On the Grid (View Video)
Infrastructure is vital to the American economy; but too often, out of sight is out of mind.
For more information visit these links:On The Grid
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Oklahoma Water Environment
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Value Added: Water Runoff (View Video)
Americans love their lawns, but a recent study shows the average homeowner applies six times the chemicals per acre than a farmer does. We look at the costs of green grass.
For more information visit this link:Oklahoma Stormwater and Low Impact Development
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One Cent Solution (View Video)
Some Oklahoma lawmakers believe the future of rural Oklahoma could well be determined by what is bought in town.
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Made in Oklahoma--Schwab Meat Company (View Video)
In this week's Made in Oklahoma moment, we visit an Oklahoma City food producer that we've all enjoyed without even knowing it.
For more information visit these links:Schwab Meat Company
Made in Oklahoma Coalition
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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