This week, we continue our features on this year’s Outstanding Young Farm Family finalists. Garrett and Robin Dixon live in Lee County where they’re raising their daughter and son along with cotton and peanuts. While Garrett handles the farm, Robin teaches ag at Smiths Station High School. We hope you enjoy learning more about their family and the work they do that earned them the title of the 2024 1st Runners-up for the Outstanding Young Farm Family!
Plus, we continue our celebration of 10 years of Simply Southern as this year’s State Young Farmers Committee Chairman Dillon Turk of Mobile County talks about why he enjoys tuning into the show.
Sometimes, it’s tough to teach children their school lessons. But when those lessons are brought to life through interactive exhibits spread across 25,000-square feet, learning becomes loads and loads of fun. That’s the joy of learning experienced at the Children’s Hands-on Museum of Tuscaloosa, which has an even bigger and brighter future coming in 2027.
Plus, learn more about Healthy Family Workshops offered through Alabama Cooperative Extension System. These programs for parents and families help support healthy families by ensuring event attendees learn about safe sleep conditions, performin CPR on a baby and proper use of a car seat.
What is the farm bill, and why is it important? And even more, why is it important that we get this piece of national legislation finalized this year? Mitt Walker of the Alabama Farmers Federation joins us in the studio to answer all those questions and more.
Properly making preserves can be intimidating. There are so many steps and tools required. But there is a quick and easy way to transform fresh strawberries into a yummy jam. Stacey Little of Southern Bite shows you how to create his Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam.
For all the Southern Bite recipes featured on Simply Southern, visit southernbite.com/simply-southern-recipes.
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