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National Country Radio DJ Amy Brown, Shares the Inspiring Stories of America’s Dairy Farmers in New Digital Series That Helps Fight Our Country’s Intensifying Hunger Crisis.

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With the holidays upon us once again, many of us are looking forward to enjoying meals together. But for far too many, just being able to get that food on the table can be a challenge.

With hunger intensifying across the country, America’s dairy farmers are working tirelessly to provide food for our families. But, their efforts don’t end there.

Through a new online series hosted by national country music radio host Amy Brown, dairy farmers are sharing their personal stories and recipes to help fight hunger. Amy joins us today from her home studio in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss the series and how you can help feed a family!

Program is Donating Meals to Feeding America for Each Comment or Share of “Where Goodness Grows” Episodes.

Dairy farmers have been working tirelessly to provide food for our homes, schools and restaurants throughout the pandemic. Now, by sharing their stories in a seven-episode digital series hosted by national country music DJ Amy Brown, their goodness is extending even further to help to fight hunger in the U.S.

In the series “Where Goodness Grows,” Brown (co-host of iHeartRadio’s The Bobby Bones Show) speaks with Land O’Lakes farmer-owners, sharing their inspiring stories and trying some of their home-crafted recipes. It’s an upbeat celebration of the work they do and the lives they lead on and off the dairy farm.

As part of its ongoing commitment to ending hunger in the U.S., Land O’Lakes is donating one pound of macaroni and cheese for a guaranteed maximum donation of 100,000 pounds of macaroni and cheese (equivalent to 83,000 meals) to Feeding America for every comment on or share of the series’ episodes.

Amy will be available for an interview to highlight the new video series and explain how viewers can help feed America simply by engaging. She will discuss:

·         How Land O’Lakes is helping to feed America and how viewers can help those efforts with              each episode they watch

·         The unique inspiration that comes from dairy farmer-owners who have personified                            positivity and resilience throughout the pandemic

·         Details of the ‘Where Goodness Grows’ digital series and why she wanted to be involved

·         Most surprising things she’s learned about dairy farmers through hosting the series

·         Her favorite family recipes provided by the farmer-owners themselves

·         Where people can watch.

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THE BIG QUESTION:

CAN WE MAKE THESE

LAKES GREAT AGAIN?

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEITH LADZINSKI

By Robert Kunzig, ENVIRONMENT executive editor

In the 60s and 70s, when I was growing up, phosphate in detergents was one of our biggest environmental concerns, because it contaminated the Great Lakes. Rivers in Cleveland or Detroit still caught fire then. It was a simpler time.

Environmental problems seemed relatively contained, manageable. It seemed that by taking phosphate out of detergent and other pollutants out of a few rivers, we could make the Great Lakes great again. I should say “whole” again, because of course the lakes had never stopped being great. They hold almost 85 percent of North America’s fresh surface water and a fifth of the world’s. Their coastline is longer than the East and West coasts combined.

They’re as huge and as seemingly immutable a part of our geography and collective imagination as the Rocky Mountains—but while the Rockies are tens of millions of years old, the lakes were gouged out of bedrock by retreating glaciers only some 10,000 years ago. In their present form, they’re younger than the Egyptian pyramids, Tim Folger writes in this month’s cover story. From the shore, they may look big as oceans, but “they’re immature, more susceptible to threats.”

These days the threats are more global and daunting than in the good old days of burning rivers. They come from climate change, which is warming the lakes, diminishing their winter ice cover, and decimating the tiny plankton at the base of the food web. More than 180 invasive species, like zebra mussels and sea lampreys, have disrupted the food web from top to bottom. (Pictured above, floodwater from Lake Michigan pours over a walkway in Chicago in 2019; extreme weather caused the lake to rise two feet.)

For a while in the 90s, the lakes were blessedly free of the algae blooms that clog them when too many nutrients wash into the water. After the Clean Water Act of 1972, we built sewage treatment plants and removed phosphate from laundry detergent. But in the past two decades the blooms have returned, more toxic than ever, especially in Lake Erie (pictured above, in 2019). Now the phosphorus is washing off over-fertilized corn fields. Sadly, the problem seems to be aggravated by no-till agriculture—an eco-friendly practice designed to prevent soil erosion—as well as by the extreme rains that climate change is bringing.

These days, old industrial cities like Duluth or Buffalo are mentioned as places that might be reborn as havens for climate change refugees from places like Alabama, where I live now. The water in the Great Lakes, Folger tells us, may come to seem a far more valuable asset to this country—as droughts increase—than all our coal, oil, and natural gas. The Great Lakes will never stop being great. But once again it’s time to stop taking them for granted.

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TODAY IN A MINUTE

Why Moderna may have an edge: The second COVID-19 vaccine candidate with stunning early success rates does not have to be refrigerated at an ultra-cold temperature, as does the Pfizer candidate. Moderna says its vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius (36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) for 30 days. That’s the temperature found in a normal refrigerator or in a cooler filled with ice. This more common temperature range would allow for easier vaccine storage in rural areas and low-income countries, Sarah Elizabeth Richards reports for Nat Geo. This morning, Pfizer said it would apply for emergency FDA approval after tests showed its vaccine was 95 percent effective and had no serious side effects. Here’s a snapshot of vaccines in development.

Did these dinos die in combat? A fossil of a tyrannosaur alongside the bones of a plant-eating Triceratops may provide new clues to paleontologists. The exquisitely preserved fossil, found in Montana in 2006, has been acquired by a North Carolina museum after more than a decade of human scuffles related to private ownership and legal disputes. “Each specimen is among the best of its kind ever found,” Nat Geo’s Michael Greshko reports.

Ending a cancer: The lives of five million women could be saved by 2050 if the world joins forces to wipe out cervical cancer. In a first, 194 countries pledged to introduce measures that would see the number of new cases of the disease fall by 40 percent through vaccination, screening, and treatment. “We now have the cost-effective, evidence-based tools to make that dream a reality,” says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general. Without additional measures against HPV, responsible for 99 percent of cases, deaths could rise to 400,000 a year by 2030, The Telegraph reports.

Fighting a public health threat: The American Medical Association has declared racism a public health threat and has pledged to take action to confront systemic racism, racial injustice, and police brutality. “A proactive approach to prevent, or identify and eliminate, racism is crucial,” the AMA declared, “particularly considering that studies show historically marginalized populations in the U.S. have shorter lifespans, greater physical and mental illness burden, earlier onset and aggressive progression of disease, higher maternal and infant mortality, and less access to health care.” The action comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately stricken African Americans and Latinos in the U.S.

INSTAGRAM PHOTO OF THE DAY

PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL SEELEY, @MSEELEY20

Not a Star Wars light saber: This stunning image captures the trail of light left by a SpaceX rocket when it launched Sunday evening from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The launch to the International Space Station, following a test mission in May, represents the first operational spaceflight in nine years from American soil. This image had a remarkable 163,000 likes from our @natgeointhefield Instagram page, which has a tiny fraction of the 146 million followers of our main @natgeo Instagram page.

THE NIGHT SKIES

ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW FAZEKAS

Jupiter’s moons play peek-a-boo: After darkness tomorrow evening, look for the crescent moon in a triangular formation with the two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn. As an observing challenge, small telescopes pointed at Jupiter after sunset can reveal one of its moons, Callisto, gliding in front of the planet’s disk, while the neighboring moon Ganymede will peek out from behind Jupiter’s shadow on its eastern side at 7:13 p.m. ET. With binoculars, you can also spy two other Jovian moons—icy Europa to the planet’s west and volcanic Io to its east. Meanwhile, early bird sky-watchers will get a chance to see Mercury, which is usually hidden behind the glow of the sunrise or sunset. This week, it has pulled enough away from the sun that it’s more easily visible low in the southeast sky.
— Andrew Fazekas

THE BIG TAKEAWAY

PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA HALE

Bluer than blue? How can you make vivid pigments that could be even more striking than those found in nature? That’s what scientists are doing by “controlling light”—altering the arrangement of molecules to reflect only a specific wavelength of light. By layering together polymers, as pictured above, scientists were able to produce the kinds of iridescent rainbow effects that occur naturally in opal gemstones, Sarah Gibbens and Rebecca Hale show in the latest National Geographic magazine.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS SEARLES

Diving with a purpose: “When you dive,” Tara Roberts says, “it’s a completely different world.” Between 500 and 1,000 of the estimated 35,000 voyages that carried 12.5 millions Africans to the Americas wrecked—and only a handful of those shipwrecks have been discovered, the Nat Geo Explorer says on the latest episode of our podcast, Overheard. Roberts has been diving not only to find submerged history, but also to better explain the forced movement of enslaved people that led to modern economies and nation-building. “I am going to go out and find my own history”—and to shape the story she finds, Roberts tells Nat Geo’s Amy Briggs. “Slavery is not the start of our story, but according to the history books, it is.” (Pictured above, Roberts examining part of a wreck in the Florida Keys).

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I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

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THE LAST GLIMPSE

PHOTOGRAPH BY EIJIRO MIYAKO

Pollen special delivery: How do you to pollinate plants if there aren’t enough insects to do the job? In the image above, this plant is being pollinated by a soap bubble that carries pollen. How exactly? Through a drone with sprayers that release the bubbles onto plants, Jordan Salama reports for National Geographic magazine. That’s just one of several scientific breakthroughs we highlight this month.

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MARSHALL, TX – Celebrating 77 years, therenowned BearCreek Smokehouse continues to make its mark as a fun and populartourist day-trip destination – complete with shopping, lunch, animals, and relaxingviews from the porch. Belovednationwide, families across America make Bear Creek’s products part of theirannual holiday celebrations. Third-generation owner, Robbie Shoults, hasdazzled television audiences with appearances on The TODAY Show, TheRachael Ray Show and as a four-time guest judge on Beat Bobby Flay.

He and his Bear Creek teamrecently hosted the 2nd Annual Hannah HouseMaternity benefit, which was headlined by country music legends, The BellamyBrothers. (Pictured right: Third-generation owners Tracy and Robbie Shoultswith The Bellamy Brothers at the Hannah House event which hosted around 1,000people and raised $23,395.)

EVENT CENTER & WEEKLY BBQCOOKOUTS
Bear Creek has been busy working on their brand-new 6,600 square foot addition,which is now open! This will host 350 guests for weddings, events, or corporateparties. In addition, they have attached a pit room at the back that is full ofcharacter everywhere you look! A collection of aged bricks – collected from asfar as Prague all the way to NYC – line the pit room floors, antique signsdrape every wall, and nostalgic furniture from notorious past East Texasrestaurants give you the perfect spot to belly up to some delicious BBQ. Andtheir 9th wonder of the world, the new 20′ smoker (behind their 8th wonder ofthe world, Robbie’s smoker trailer) that’s fueled by pecan, oak and hickory andpassion is not to be missed! It’s the ideal place to enjoy football games andsporting events. Starting October 10, they will host BBQ cookouts everySaturday – it’s first come, first serve.

A DELICIOUS HOLIDAY SEASON
With the approaching holidays,Bear Creek is the perfect place to purchase your Thanksgiving turkey, Holidayhams or corporate gifts. Speaking of food, their catering team is ready tocater all of your holiday happenings. Whether it be a small dinner party atyour home or a large corporate Christmas celebration hosted at their new eventcenter, they are primed for cooking! They are so excited about the upcomingholiday shopping season and anxious for their customers to see some of the newlines that they are thrilled to offer. New inventory is arriving daily and thestore displays have evolved into merchandise that tells a story. While you’rehere, take time to feed the longhorns, the goats, and meet our famous pig,Wilburt!  Coming soon! They will have asluice for kids to find hidden gems in mining rough. Some lucky recipients willhave authentic arrowheads hidden in their bag of rough!

About Bear Creek Smokehouse
From humble backyard beginnings dating back to 1943, Bear Creek Smokehouse hasnow become a 60,000-square foot production, shipping, and marketing facilitythat provides a wide variety of award-winning smoked meats, gourmet dry goods,specialty gifts, and catering services. Five generations of Shoults’ familyfarm traditions and love of quality foods are the primary ingredients in therecipe for success at Bear Creek. The Shoults’ family has devoted their livesto a motto of ‘Food, Family, and Faith’. The work at Bear Creek is a labor oflove and a family affair for the Shoults’ and their loyal employees – theirextended Bear Creek Family. The team has spent years perfecting theirhickory-smoked meat recipes.

The Smokehouse is also a retailer and ships their products nationwide throughinternet and catalog sales year-round. Gift-giving of Bear Creek’s smoked meatshas become a holiday tradition for many families and businesses. Bear Creek isalso a wholesaler of certain smoked meats to major grocery chains all over thesouthern states, as well as their dry goods and jarred products to many uniquefood outlets and gift shops nationally. Additionally, they offer localcustomers their catering services and the Bear Creek General Store & EventVenue and enjoy the face-to-face interaction with their local supporters. BearCreek’s products, including their BearBottom Cookbook – and a wideselection of apparel, beef, gifts, jarred goods, pork, poultry, soups, sweets,gift cards and more – continue to fly off shelves.

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YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT.

At 10:30 AM America’s Tenor, Daniel Rodriguez, will open the short program by singing. I will speak for a few minutes as well as Ret. Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton, Producer Stephen Clouse, Purple Heart & Bronze Star medals recipient Angelo Monaco, and Ken Fisher of Fisher House.

PLEASE COME TO THE CNN & CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS SCREENS IN TIMES SQUARE AT 47TH AND BROADWAY AT 10:15 AM, TUESDAY, MAY 23. THE PROGRAM WILL START PROMPTLY AT 10:30 AM AND END AT 11 AM.

This event will be covered by the press, and we will have a Q&A after the showing.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS

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On Memorial Day, May 27th, citizens across the country will gather to honor the men and women who have fought for America’s freedom, from World War II to ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Susan Bahary will be paying tribute to our country’s heroes by unveiling her memorial of John Douangdara, the brave lead dog handler for the Navy SEAL Team Six and his war dog Bart, who were sadly lost in August 2011 along with 29 US soldiers, 17 of whom were Navy Seals, when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan.

The John Douandara Memorial War Dog Park is part of the overall Siouxland Freedom Park project in South Sioux City honoring veterans from every era. The park, dedicated to the men and women who have served and sacrificed in the name of freedom, honors the values of those who have served so valiantly in the past, all who serve today and the young men and women who will courageously follow in their footsteps in the future.

Susan Bahary aims to raise awareness of the heroic service of military working dogs, along with their brothers and sisters in law enforcement, through her work as a sculptor. She created the first official monument to the war dog, among other stirring pieces in bronze. Her “Always Faithful” monument, honoring Kurt the Doberman, the first military working dog killed in action in the 1944 Battle of Guam, was recently placed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Beyond the stories of soldiers who owe their lives to patrol and sentry dogs, Bahary was inspired by getting to know several canine veterans, through photos, videos, and personal encounters. “I was moved by the spirit of these courageous dogs,” she reflects, “who are the embodiment of love and devotion.”

In the spirit of this observance, Susan Bahary would like to tell your audience about:

 The story of John Douangdara, recipient of The Purple Heart, who was killed in battle on August 6, 2011 in the Wardak Province, Afghanistan alongside Bart, a military working dog and 29 fellow soldiers. The Memorial War Dog Park honors him and all Military Working Dog Handlers as well as their faithful companions, past, present, and future.

 The dogs and their tales behind her three noted sculptures: Always Faithful, created in memory of 25 noble dogs, primarily Doberman Pinschers who died in the taking of Guam during WWII, which was unveiled at the Pentagon; Faithful Partner, a tribute to California’s “K-9” force in the form of a life-size German Shepherd; and Smoky and the Dogs of All Wars, spotlighting a tiny female Yorkshire Terrier who, after being discovered in a foxhole, went on to entertain the troops and win recognition as the premier therapy dog.

 The vital work of MWDs, who are trained in controlled aggressiveness, attack, building and open area searches, and the detection of drugs and explosives, and then deployed to every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Defense.

As a nation of dog lovers, Americans will want to honor the canines who fought and died for our country this Veterans Day. Based in Santa Barbara, California, Susan Bahary channeled her love for animals into a career as an internationally acclaimed artist. I look forward to discussing her availability for interviews.

Personal statement from Susan Bahary

It has been one of the greatest gifts in my life to have the honor of sculpting monuments to our K-9 and human heroes and to meet veterans and those currently serving in our military, who do so much to keep us safe and free.

Doing the work I do reminds me of what a great sacrifice the veterans have made for all of us, and how the act of even one human being or dog can so positively effect generations to come. It is through these monuments that I hope to keep the stories and history alive for future generations.

For more information about the Siouxland Freedom Park, please visit www.siouxlandfreedompark.org.

For more information about Susan Bahary, please visit www.baharystudios.com.

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