This week Cutting The Curd sees another installment of its State of Cheese series and this time hosts Anne Saxelby and Sophie Slesinger are off to the Sooner State, a.k.a. Oklahoma. First they chat with Suzy Thompson and Steve Reynolds of Forward Foods about how they are bringing the gospel of good cheese and local dairy to the communities of Norman and Oklahoma City and how social media fits into their mission. Later on Matthew Burch of Oklahoma's Urban Agrarian tells us about his unique position in his state's food world as a local food distributor. Go behind the scenes and learn everything from how he uses bio diesel to run his delivery truck to how he plans his routes. This episode is sponsored by Fairway Market.

"I started working at a bank, and it just wasn't the ideal fit for me...The idea of opening our own business really appealed to me."

--Suzy Thompson on Cutting The Curd

"I didn't come in with a PhD. in local food distribution just a passion."

--Matthew Burch on Cutting The Curd

This week on Flash Talks Cash hosts JoAnn and Andrew dive into the world of finance behind food stamps and the government's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Can anyone get food stamps? Who is eligible? How does it work? What about fraud and stamp trafficking? Tune in to learn all about the inner workings of the program--both good and bad-- and what is being done to improve this much needed service. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"It's out there to help people. . . today more than 45 million people, that's 1 in 7 Americans, receive benefits and that's the most in the history of the program."

--JoAnn 'Flash' Fleming on Flash Talks Cash

On this episode of Growing Good, Alessandra Iavarone is joined in the studio by Eva Radke of Film Biz Recycling. Film Biz Recycling is a non-profit organization that reuses and distributes film props and equipment, keeping tons of waste out of our landfill every year. Tune in to hear about how Eva started the company after working on film sets for years, Film Biz Recycling's involvement in charities, and starting a business while raising a child. Learn more about Eva's space, and the place she envisions for it in the community. This episode has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"That's how it got started- community and communication. You're not alone even if in your house it's just you and your kid. There's a parallel working on a film because it's a microcosm... Why are we not talking to one another?"

"It's important that this industry waste is a platform for creativity and emerging artists." -- Eva Radke on Growing Good