Karyn Williams is the owner and operator of Red Dog Farm. Karyn has been farming since 1998 and first started running her own farm in 2005. Red Dog Farm was established in 2008. Karyn is aided by a crew of awesome workers and her faithful red border collie, the farm’s namesake, Rupert Dandelion.

Spring is near and you know what that means - time to get that home garden into shape! Tune into a plant-based episode of The Farm Report as Erin Fairbanks is joined by Sidney Phelps, Directing Manager of Bonnie Plants. Bonnie Plants is a national plant wholesaler based in Alabama that supplies retail stores all over the United States. Bonnie Plants is a leading provider of plants for your vegetable garden or herb garden. Tune in and learn more about how Bonnie makes sure to source plants as locally as possible and makes sure that what you buy is meant to be grown where you live! Also get some great tips for starting your own home garden including where and how to plant the produce you're interested in. This program was sponsored by Rolling Press. Thanks to Obey City for today's music.

"We have more than 60 greenhouses in the lower 48. The consumer is getting the freshest most locally grown plants possible. They're adapted to the lifestyle of the gardens they will be grown in." [8:00]

"Right now herbs and peppers are really becoming more and more popular. We added a grapefruit mint this year that actually tastes like you're eating a grapefruit!" [26:00]

-- Sidney Phelps on The Farm Report

Fast food on The Farm Report? On this week's episode, Erin Fairbanks is joined in the studio by Joshua Brau of Chipotle to talk about 'Food with Integrity'. Tune in to learn about the restaurant chain's stance on GMO crops, and how they are working to remove them from their menu. Why did founder and CEO Steve Ells decide to source his pork sustainably? Find out how availability and price dictate the amount of organic beans and vegetables that Chipotle can purchase. Find out how the consistency of certain products proves to be a problem for an alternative fast food company like Chipotle. What is Chipotle's stance on animal genetics? Find out on this week's episode of The Farm Report! Thanks to our sponsor S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, and thanks to Pamela Royal for today's musical break.

"90% of the corn produced in this country is a GMO crop." [8:05]

"If we can't find pork that was raised without sub-therapeutic antibiotics and in humane conditions, we just won't serve pork." [11:55]

"Fast food is an important component of the food landscape, and I don't think it's going anywhere... We're proving that fast food can be cooked in the restaurant, and that you can use good ingredients." [25:10] -- Joshua Brau on The Farm Report