Why do we choose the food that we do? I talk to several Ames residents about their food choices at Wheatsfield Cooperative, on the occasion of their recent re-grand opening.

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This interview features Ryan and Kristine Jepsen of Grass Run Farm in Dorchester, Iowa.

Thanks to Kate Kennedy and Pennyhawk for the use of the song Firth of Clyde. Catch one of their many shows in the Des Moines/Ames area during summer 2009.

And yes, it’s true, there really is no Whole Foods in Iowa. But I’ve only just recently learned that there is a second food coop  in the Ames area, which meets in a Des Moines area mall.

For an interesting take on the rebirth of small, organic farming, read this article from USA Today.