September 26, 1992 - American journalist and food writer Michael Pollan reads "The Harvest", an excerpt from his book, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education.
March 4, 1993 - MPR’s Mary Losure visits an “urban” farm on the outskirts of Cottage Grove as it and other farms try to figure out how to survive as development sprawl and assessments loom.
March 19, 1993 - Playwright Mike Irwin and composer Joe Kimmell explain the source material for their traveling community play Rural Voices.
April 7, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil looks at the Granger Creamery, which is one of the only ones left for local farmers to utilize for business in southern Minnesota. The creamery is one of only two in state that still excepts milk in cans. This is important to Amish farmers, who will not use bulk tanks.
April 7, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Jeanne Allex, who has compiled interviews on rural domestic violence in an unpublished book, Voices from the Country.
April 8, 1993 - William Cochrane, professor emeritus at University of Minnesota; and C. Ford Runge, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, discuss U.S. agriculture policy and their book, Reforming Farm Policy: Toward a National Agenda.
June 25, 1993 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on Hmong farming in Minnesota, where a more traditional approach returns to a land where modern agriculture now dominates.
July 26, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on the challenging year of rice harvesting, due to a season of flooding. The impact on the wild rice crops greatly affect some in the northern Minnesota communities, such as those of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa, that use harvesting as a source of income and food.
September 3, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews members of Minnesota’s 4-H organization about the various 4-H activities at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 24, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio presents broadcast from the Meadowland Farmer's Co Op in Lamberton, Minnesota. The program focuses on how local area is dealing with the effects of flooding from the previous spring and summer, and the impact it is having on farms and the economy.