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ContributorsArizona. Department of Agriculture (Author)
Created2002 to 2017
Description
Mission: To regulate and support Arizona Agriculture in a manner that encourages farming, ranching and agribusiness, while protecting consumers and natural resources.
ContributorsIverson, Peter (Interviewer) / Zah, Peterson (Interviewee)
Created2007-12-05
Description
From 2007 until 2010, Dr. Peterson Zah and Dr. Peter Iverson met in the Labriola National American Indian Data Center to record talks for their new book We Will Secure Our Future: Empowering the Navajo Nation.
In this interview, Peterson Zah reveals personal experiences about his childhood, the struggles of growing up, and how those experiences shaped his life today. Zah reflects on living close to Keams Canyon, trying to keep family traditions, farming, obtaining water, and the hardships of family going to war, scarcity of food and water, and having to relocate multiple times due to the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute. He recounts his personal experiences attending Tuba City Boarding School, Phoenix Indian School, Phoenix College, and finally Arizona State University. Zah recalls various aspects of his education including his class schedules and routine at Tuba City Boarding School and the goal of Phoenix Indian School being more concerned about vocational training than college preparation. He also takes a moment to address his mentors that helped him throughout the different stages of his education.
In this interview, Peterson Zah reveals personal experiences about his childhood, the struggles of growing up, and how those experiences shaped his life today. Zah reflects on living close to Keams Canyon, trying to keep family traditions, farming, obtaining water, and the hardships of family going to war, scarcity of food and water, and having to relocate multiple times due to the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute. He recounts his personal experiences attending Tuba City Boarding School, Phoenix Indian School, Phoenix College, and finally Arizona State University. Zah recalls various aspects of his education including his class schedules and routine at Tuba City Boarding School and the goal of Phoenix Indian School being more concerned about vocational training than college preparation. He also takes a moment to address his mentors that helped him throughout the different stages of his education.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1989-01-11
DescriptionAgricultural Assessment Package, Rep. Mark Killian, Arnold Jeffers Interview (Miller); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on Governor Mofford's attempts to close agricultural tax break loopholes for wealthy commercial developers and Anne Bendheim's commentary (a review of Arizona Opera's "Lakmé").
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1989-04-19
Description
Legislative Update Package, Sen. Alan Stephens Interview, Rep. Chris Herstam Interview (Taylor); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on the 100-day mark of the Arizona Legislature session (issues including the budget, mental health services, AIDS testing, prison overcrowding, indigent health care, welfare reform, automobile insurance rate reduction, economic development, the King holiday bill, water transfers, and agriculture), and Anne Bendheim's commentary (how the state's largest bankruptcy filing affects the arts).
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Bommersbach, Jana (Commentator) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1988-01-26
Description
Off-Road Vehicle Package, Doug Todd and Daryl Drake In-Studio (Taylor); Bommersbach Byline #82: Laser Beam Package (Durrenberger); Agriculture '87-'88 Package (Taylor). Segments on legislation aimed to prevent damage caused by off-road vehicles, Bommersbach's Byline (Mecham's belief that his home and office are bugged by high-tech laser beams), and the State's dependence on agriculture.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Martinelli, Laurie A. (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1987-04-09
DescriptionPesticides Package, Norman Weiss and Laurie Martinelli In-Studio Interview (Corso); Week of the Young Child Package (Britton). Segments on Arizona's agriculture and pesticide contamination of water, and the Week of the Young Child.
ContributorsPalacio, Phyllis (Host) / Grey, Michael R. (Interviewee) / Gregory, Michael (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1987-05-20
DescriptionPesticides II Package, Ivan Shields and Michael Gregory In-Studio Interview (Cavanary/Solomon). Episode on neighborhood contamination by agricultural pesticides, and pesticide regulations.
ContributorsD'Alli, Richard (Host) / Kravetz, Robert E. (Interviewee) / Steiner, Wesley E. (Interviewee) / Grant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1985-05-28
DescriptionPre-recorded. Agriculture I/Water Package (Cavanary); Nutrition/Digestion Package (D'Alli); Dr. Robert E. Kravetz Interview Package. (D'Alli). Segments on the impacts of irrigation and droughts on desert agriculture, and nutrition (food allergies).
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Malatia, Torey (Reporter) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1986-01-08
Description
Jim Klinker In-Studio Interview (Corso); Movie Watch V Package (Malatia and Britton); Enterprise Network Package (Palacio). Segments on the beginning of the Arizona Legislature's 1986 regular session, water quality regulations and initiatives, Space Probe 8's Movie Watch ("The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The Brother From Another Planet"), and the Entrepreneur Network.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Savory, Allan, 1935- (Interviewee) / D'Alli, Richard (Reporter) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1986-11-20
DescriptionOvergrazing Package (Cavanary); Allan Savory In-Studio Interview; Herb Metzger In-Studio Interview; Savory and Metzger In-Studio Interview (Cavanary); Nutrition/Thanksgiving Package (D'Alli). Segments on agricultural deterioration and nutrition (Thanksgiving and diets linking heart disease and cancer).