Ken Hoffman and Others
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Alaska agriculture, explained from the ground up.
Ag Matters Alaska keeps its boots in Palmer soil while reaching farms, stores, youth programs, and growers around Alaska. The conversations are plainspoken and practical, with guests explaining how Alaska agriculture actually works day to day.
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Ag Matters Alaska is a practical interview show rooted in Alaska agriculture. It is local, conversational, and unusually willing to ask basic questions until the real answer appears. The show often starts from Palmer, with Ken Hoffman connecting his own farming background and Alaska Farm Bureau work to guests across the field. The result is less polished magazine feature than useful farm-counter talk. That is its strength. Episodes spend time with vegetable farmers, FFA students, feed suppliers, honeyberry growers, farm-store operators, and people working on larger regional agriculture projects. The questions stay close to materials and decisions. What makes carrots germinate slowly? Why does hardpan bend roots sideways? What does a sentinel do in FFA? How should a small backyard flock be fed before laying age? What does success look like for five named chickens compared with a hundred broilers? Those kinds of questions give the show its shape. Guests are allowed to answer at length, so practical context tends to accumulate naturally. Alex Davis brings the conversation into carrot beds, seed quality, rototillers, plexiglass, and flame weeders. Dylan Blankenship ties farming to social media, advocacy, and the need for young farmers to have a seat at the table. Steve Minima talks through Alaska Honeyberries, tart varieties, freeze-drying, compost, beef cows, and the demands of farming in a hard place. Other episodes cover Pilgrim Hot Springs, Alaska Mill and Feed, Peak Feed and Seed, hay, alfalfa, poultry operations, feed mills, and community events around gardening and livestock supplies. The show does not flatten agriculture into inspiration. It keeps the awkward numbers, cold climates, labor questions, and local workarounds in the frame. That makes it especially useful for listeners who want agriculture described by people who have to make it function. Its tone stays warm without becoming sentimental. Ag Matters Alaska is best understood as a steady record of Alaska food production, told through the people growing, feeding, selling, teaching, and organizing around it.
Made for: For Alaska growers, gardeners, livestock owners, farm families, FFA supporters, and listeners curious about how local food production works in difficult conditions. It also fits anyone who likes practical, patient interviews over polished agriculture branding.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by keeping technical farm talk tied to Alaska realities: local stores, feed access, soil work, youth programs, and community networks. It lets operators explain the messy parts instead of trimming every answer into a slogan.
Covers agriculture and food production stories from across Alaska on Big Cabbage Radio
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Ag Matters Alaska turns farmers' production choices, marketing methods, and leadership work into a practical account of agricultural enterprise in Alaska.
Ag Matters Alaska lets farmers explain how an operation actually works, with Ken Hoffman asking practical follow-ups that turn local experience into usable detail.
A carrot hooks sideways; you get a farmer's diagnosis before you can blame the seed packet.
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A practical carrot-growing discussion centered on hard pan, seed choice, and flame weeding.
Ag Matters presents a focused look at the practical decisions behind carrot rows, using a conversation with vegetable farmer Alex Davis to move from hard pan and seed choice to pelletized seed and planting timing.
A clear look at how Alaska FFA turns ceremony and paperwork into real work.
Ag Matters: Future Farmers of America takes a straightforward look at how an Alaska FFA chapter works from the inside. The host asks Faye Stewart, the 2025-2026 Alaska FFA state reporter, about what a reporter does, what a sentinel does, and how those roles fit into opening…
A practical farm conversation about YFNR, advocacy, and Alaska agriculture.
Ken Hoffman's conversation with Dylan Blankenship keeps its focus on the often invisible labor behind farming that does not sit neatly in one lane.
Big M Farm is a clear Alaska farming story about honeyberries, cattle, compost, and the cost of staying small.
Big M Farm becomes a compact account of Alaska-scale agriculture. Steve Minima ties the farm name to his kids, the Minto Flats ridge, and his own last name, then lays out the work behind it: honeyberries, beef cows, freeze-drying tart fruit, and selling meat through a Facebook…
A practical look at quail that stays close to Alaska farm life, breeding choices, and kitchen use.
Ag Matters: The Quail Life stays grounded in a farm-centered talk about quail and why Jenna sees them as a good fit for Alaska. It traces how she got into birds, why she values calm, healthy stock, and how that outlook carries through breeding, eggs, and meat.
Farm business talk with coffee-shop honesty.
Why do carrots struggle?
Ken Hoffman opens the segment and introduces Faye Stewart, the 2025-2026 Alaska FFA state reporter.
Ken Hoffman opens the program from Big Cabbage Radio in Palmer, Alaska.
Mike Malefsky welcomes Steve Minima, who owns Big M Farm in Alaska Honeyberries with his wife.
This episode features an interview with Callan Christensen, the Unatuk Agricultural Manager for Pilgrim Hot Springs, discussing agricultural initiatives and community connections in Alaska.
Jenna from The Quail Life joins Ken Hoffman on Ag Matters in Palmer, Alaska.
This episode features an interview with NRCS representatives Tracy Robillard and Elizabeth Buzink discussing USDA conservation programs for farmers and ranchers in Alaska.
Host Ken Hoffman interviews farmer Scott Mudgrage about his background in cattle farming, his journey from the Midwest to Delta, Alaska, and his experiences in livestock agriculture.
Host Ken Hoffman interviews Frank Bell from Palmer Brewing Company about his background in Alaska, how he got into brewing craft beer, and the brewery's physical location in Palmer.
This episode of Ag Matters Radio features an interview with Bryce Wrigley, a farmer from Delta, Alaska, discussing his agricultural business and the importance of collaboration among farmers in the state.
Host Ken Hoffman interviews Whitney Tatafu and Tiffany Town from AgWest Farm Credit about their roles in providing agricultural financing and marketing support to Alaska farmers.