{"podcast":{"title":"Against the Grain: The Farm Aid Podcast","slug":"against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947","podcast_index_feed_id":6618947,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2273568.rss","website_url":"http://www.farmaid.org/podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/cj5jput0lvm3bz4j6z758maqzjdo?.jpg","author":"Jessica Ilyse Kurn and Michael Foley","episode_count":29,"summary":"“Against the Grain” is the Farm Aid podcast, designed to bring the magic of Farm Aid’s annual festival to listeners year-round. Listeners will hear from artists and farmers, advocates and food experts, activists, and policymakers–all of whom are working towards building a more just and equitable farm and food system. Farm Aid’s Jessica Ilyse Kurn and Michael Stewart Foley will take you all over the country, from Farm Aid’s backstage to rural and urban farms and farmers’ markets. There, you’ll meet citizens fighting the industrial agriculture giants, holding the government accountable, and shifting the culture towards a food and farm model that is better for farmers, the planet and for all of us. Learn more at www.farmaid.org/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T16:18:26.872181+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947"},"episode":{"title":"Chillicothe, 40 Years Later: Part 2","slug":"chillicothe-40-years-later-part-2","published_at":"2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947/chillicothe-40-years-later-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947","url":"https://www.farmaid.org/podcast","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2273568/episodes/19137840-chillicothe-40-years-later-part-2.mp3","summary":"In Part 2 of this special two-part episode of \"Against the Grain,\" we take you back to Chillicothe, Missouri to mark the 40th anniversary of the longest sustained farmer protest in American history. Starting in March of 1986, farmers and movement allies blockaded the Farmers Home Administration office in Chillicothe for 145 days. Organized in large part by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, the blockade brought together a multiracial working class coalition of civil rights, labor, and fa...","meta_description":"In Part 2 of this special two-part episode of \"Against the Grain,\" we take you back to Chillicothe, Missouri to mark the 40th anniversary of the longest s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2188,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947/episodes/chillicothe-40-years-later-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/against-the-grain-the-farm-aid-podcast-6618947/chillicothe-40-years-later-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}