This week's Catch It, Cook It, & Eat It saw Ben calling HRN studios with a live update from a journey on the ferry to Martha's Vineyard. It was a potpourri of whats to come in the world of Ben Sargent and CICI&EI. Ben recounts his recent experience judging Iron Chef America, the history of the Martha's Vineyard region (for better or worse), and his new resolution to catch everything he cooks. This episode was sponsored by Edwards of Surry, VA.

As Anne Saxelby continues to explore the lives and careers of Cheesemongers across the nation on Cutting the Curd, this week she checks in with Peter Lovis, the warm and charismatic proprietor of the Concord Cheese Shop in New England. Hear his cheese journey and find out why he thinks it's absolutely necessary to have a face to face interaction with the people selling you your cheese - not a digital relationship. Find out why cut to order is always better and what makes raw milk cheeses so special! This program was sponsored by Academie Opus Caseus.

"Now to be a cheesemogner is actually an honorable profession!" [4:00]

"How can you buy cheese on the internet!? It's so wrong to me I can't fathom how anybody would do it!" [30:00]

---Peter Lovis of Concord Cheese Shop on Cutting the Curd

Once again, we're digging into the Greenhorn archives, and revisiting the 2012 Farm Bill. Annette Higby, from the New England Farm Union, discusses Federal Farm Bill the various titles and programs, and the the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity act which is supported by the National Young Farmers Coalition. The National Farmer's Union is one of the oldest and best Farm advocacy groups in the country, with a strong family farmer focus. They are critics of the way farm policies have subsidized certain parts of our farm economy over other more sensible choices. Public investment in agriculture isn't going away, but we can shift the direction it points us, our food and our landscape. Tune in to learn how - and check out the New England Farmers Union, NEFU.org. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.