This week on The Farm Report, host Erin Fairbanks checks in with Brian Shaad of Feeding Crane Farms in Sacramento. Brian talks about some of the challenges and benefits of being certified organic, including increased labor and improved quality of produce. Learn about the ins and outs of running a farm in Sacramento, CA including weather, irrigation and marketing. Find out what goes into deciding which vegetables to grow and how home chefs and restaurant chefs can equally benefit from the "culinary" produce they feature. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"There is a cost to bear by going organic, and that is mostly labor. Labor costs are prohibitive, but what we get out of organic is a much higher quality with a much longer shelf life. What we found is that we can market what we sell mostly on it's quality, the organic label is secondary."

"We're very much the chefs farm and we treat that chef both as a home chef and a restaurant chef."

--Brian Shaad of Feeding Crane Farm on The Farm Report

This week's guest on Chef's Story is Robert Surles, better known as Chef Bobo, Executive Chef at The Calhoun School and a leader in the school food revolution. Tune in to hear how he discovered cooking and went from a freelance chef at ING to cooking for Derek Jeter. Chef Bobo explains how he tries to transform the way children eat in cafeterias at schools, and why it's not always easy to break bad food habits. From fresh pasta to salad bars to chicken etouffee, Chef Bobo has dedicated his career to making sure kids are introduced to the highest quality foods and learn about healthy eating. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"Kids [actually] love vegetables!"

"Our chefs not only cook the food, they serve it. They encourage the kids. There's something magic about that white jacket we take out there."

"High school seniors that have eaten my food at the school for 10 years can't even eat at fast food restaurants anymore. The overlying taste has become offensive to them."

--Chef Bobo on Chef's Story

On this week's episode of Growing Good, Alessandra Maria Iavarone is joined in the studio by Bowie Barnett-Zunino and Jeff Barnett-Winsby of the Wassaic Project. The Wassaic Project is an artist-in-residency program in Wassaic, New York that focuses on community. Every year, Bowie and Jeff host the Wassaic Project Summer Festival, a free multidisciplinary arts and music festival, on their property. Recently, Bowie and Jeff have a new partner in their project - their 5-month-old daughter! Tune in to hear about the roots of the program, as well as the challenges of balancing parenthood with work. Learn more about the town of Wassaic, and what it's like raising a child in a rural, agricultural town with a population of 200 people. This year's Wassaic Summer Festival takes place August 3rd - 5th; for more information, visit their website. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"We're really trying to support and promote emerging artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers- and having someone who has already gone through the residency program, we're already really invested in who they are. And we want people to see their work, we want people to understand their work." -- Jeff Barnett-Winsby on Growing Good