{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Small Town Ruckus: Three Voices, One Small Town, Endless Stories ","title":"Harvest, Honey Butter, and the Community Behind Grace, Idaho","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4515,"description":"This episode is a lively interview with Jeremy Stoddard of Stoddard Farms, centered on potato harvest, farm operations, and the community culture that surrounds both in Grace, Idaho. Tracy, Kaid, and Casey dig into how the farm works, why the farmers market has become a local event, and what it takes to keep a multi generation operation running.  Jeremy shares the practical side of seed potatoes, crop planning, machinery, weather risk, and the role of family members across the business. The conversation also highlights the small town values, school schedules, and local traditions that make harvest season such a big deal.\nKey topics\nJeremy explains how Stoddard Farms turns potato harvest into a community event, not just a farm operation.\nThe family’s honey butter has built its own following, originally tied to seed canola, bees, and the farm’s farmers market.\nThe farmers market started on a flatbed truck decades ago and gradually grew into the larger operation it is today.\nJeremy breaks down what seed potatoes are and why it can take around eight years for a potato variety to make it from early generations to consumers.\nThe Stoddard brothers split responsibilities across the business, including production, HR, contracts, and administration.\nHarvest season relies heavily on high school students, and the school district even adjusts its calendar around potato harvest.\nWater, weather, and crop contracts shape year to year planning, often forcing major changes in planting strategy.\nJeremy explains why tractors are the most universal and essential piece of equipment across the farm.\nGrace, Idaho is described as a place with strong soils, good water, volcanic history, and a surprising amount of international influence through agriculture.\nThe conversation closes on local values, community help, rodeo, and what Jeremy hopes future generations preserve.\nTimestamps\n00:00 - Opening banter, hats, and patchouli soap\n 05:11 - Stoddard Farms and the community harvest experience...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e387A8X3TWdolE6WNj8DvwM3VbzI4JhgcR7kpaCrtGI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYjhm/YjUyZDljNmRmNWJi/MjgxNDRiNzVlZmRh/N2NlNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}