Preserving and promoting Florida's rural landscape and ranching heritage by sharing forgotten and little known history along with interviews, stories, and cowboy poetry capturing the lifestyle of both historical and contemporary cowboys in the Sunshine State.
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172. Florida Farming: It's Deeper Than You Think; with Wade Purvis and Sam Phares
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The vast majority of people grossly underestimate the intricacies of growing produce to feed our nation as well as the significance of agriculture as a national security issue. On this week's episode, we spend time with 2023 Florida Farmer of the Year Wade Purvis having a conversation that provides in-depth insight into growing row crops in South F…
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In this episode, we're taking a look back at articles and stories that were featured in the Florida Cattleman Magazine many years ago. The heritage of our cattle culture has oftentimes been encapsulated in the pages of this magazine provided as a service to the membership of the Florida Cattlemen's Association and back issues are now archived withi…
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170. The Stewardship Legacy of JB Ranch In Southwest Florida; with Liesa Priddy
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JB Ranch is situated in Collier County in the remote reaches of southwest Florida. The ranch is a stunning mosaic of hardwood hammocks, prairies, cypress domes, pine flat-woods, and more. It's steeped in history and the family has made dedicated efforts to protect a special piece of Florida while maintaining diverse yet sustainable agricultural ope…
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169. Florida's September Storms Part 2: The 1928 Hurricane
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Join us this week as we cover several chapters and excerpts regarding the devastating 1928 Hurricane from Lawrence E. Will's book "Okeechobee Hurricane." Eyewitness accounts reveal the horror and destruction in the glades area that left an indelible mark on that region and our state as a whole.
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If you wanted to know what it's like to hang out under a shade tree in Florida's summer heat surrounded by cows, this week's episode will put you as close to the real experience as possible. Tune in for some great cowboy poetry coupled with bawling of calves as cows call out for them atop an ancient midden mound where the indigenous Belle Glade cul…
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As we celebrate our nation's birth and independence this week, we take a look back at the role Florida played in those fateful days even before she was fully a state. There's much more here to uncover than most would expect so sit back and enjoy some old history from the Great State of Florida.
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NOTE: this is a rebroadcast of an episode orignally published in 2022. It's one that we feel represents some of the best of old Florida out here Between The Beaches and hope that you'll enjoy it while we work on some updates for the show this week. Mike Micco comes from a line of elders deeply committed to the Brighton Community and the Seminole cu…
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166. The Daddy Of Chokoloskee: The Autobiography of C.G. McKinney; with Sam Phares
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As we prepare to venture to Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands region for the annual Florida Cattlemen's Association Convention and Allied Trade Show, we wanted to take a trip back in time to get a rare first person look at what that part of Florida was like before civilization had fully reached it. Such accounts of early Florida history are…
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One of the recent exhibitions at the A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery focused on the connection between Bean and one of his collectors, journalist W.M. Kiplinger. Not only did the exhibit feature splendid paintings, but it also featured numerous letters of correspondence from Kiplinger to Backus as well as other artists under his tutelage including A…
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164. Rooted in Pasco County's Ranching Legacy; with Larry Barthle of Grand Bar Ranch, LLC
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From his time working on the ranch in Pasco County to leading the Florida Cattlemen's Association and beyond, Larry Barthle has made significant contributions to Florida and our cattle heritage. Join us this week for a conversation reflecting on the early history of Pasco on to the rapid growth and change agriculture in the county is experiencing n…
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163. Digging Through The Rich History of Treasure Hammock Ranch - Part 2; with Poet, Artist, and Rancher Sean Sexton
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In the first part of our interview with Sean Sexton, we covered his family's cattle history and many other ancillary contributions to Indian River County. This week in Part 2 we get an intimate look into his daily life as he shares excerpts from his personal journals, we share our thoughts on poetry and painting and how those pursuits are intertwin…
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162. Digging Through The Rich History of Treasure Hammock Ranch; with Poet, Artist, and Rancher Sean Sexton
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The Sexton family has an incredible legacy in Indian River County and have made lasting agricultural contributions that have carried over into so many other aspects of the community that it would be hard to list them all. The positive impacts they've made extend from the fence lines of their Treasure Hammock Ranch east to the coastline of the Atlan…
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On this week's episode we delve into some origin stories of some major Florida landmarks and also cover a couple of odd tidbits that are part off our state's intriguing history. From the Seminole story of how Lake Okeechobee came to exist to how the U.S. Army resorted to using Cuban bloodhounds in the Second Seminole War, you're in for an entertain…
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Travel in the early days of Florida was tough at best. Much of the state was underwater for a majority of the year which meant travel by waterways or horseback was most efficient. Roadways and transportation infrastructure blew the state wide open leading it to be the mega-state powerhouse that it is today. This week we take a look at some of those…
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159. A Sentinel For Florida Agriculture: A Conversation With Ardis Hammock
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Ardis Hammock is an integral part of Frierson Family Farm and the Florida agricultural community. Located immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of Lake Okeechobee for well over 100 years, her family shares a deep legacy in South Florida and has a history of service to not only agriculture, but to their surrounding communities as well. Join …
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It may come as quite a surprise to many while being common knowledge to others, Tallahassee owns a very interesting and rather sordid past. It has flirted with famed Americans and infamous Floridians throughout the years and this week's episode highlights two such examples filled with overlapping themes and commonly shared circumstances. Tune in an…
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157. Remembering Wild and Wooly Days In The Flatwoods Of Florida; with Dusty Holley
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Dusty Holley is a man with many talents and a diverse knowledge base that allows him to be equally at home in a board room or sitting on a board in a set of cow pens. Aside from being the Director of Field Services for the Florida Cattlemen's Association, he's a great storyteller with extensive family roots in our state's cow culture. Dusty set asi…
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Join us for a rebroadcast of this episode that takes a deeper historical look into the origins and development of the Florida rancher's favorite working partner, the cur dog or Florida cow dog. Suffice to say that when our ancestors sailed across the Atlantic to settle in North America, they brought not only livestock, but also a very essential too…
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After making it through a very successful art show and finding the time to solve our technical issues with our recording device, we're back with some fresh material for the show. Sam and I took time to select and read a few chapters from a book on obscure Florida history. We then had some lively discussion about observations we had on those selecti…
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155. Storytelling and Spur Making: A Conversation With Mr. Billy Davis
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Going back to the early 1820's, the Davis family has a long legacy in Florida and our cowhunter culture. Billy Davis has worked cows far and wide across the state and is the president of the Florida Cracker Horse Association so you'd be hard-pressed to find folks in the cattle business who don't know him. He's equally notorious as a prankster and s…
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We're off to the races with meetings and festival preparation here in January. This week is pretty simple; we reflect on some of those activities before serving up a handful of poems focused on Florida and our cooler, wetter winter.
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Fritz Brewer has spent a lot of years horseback seeing everything from livestock on Florida's open prairies and marsh lands to those performing as athletes in rodeo arenas across our state and country. In this episode, we reflect on his many experiences and the change he's witnessed both in and out of the arena. You'll hear plenty of Florida histor…
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It's the beginning of a new year and Season 5 of Between The Beaches Podcast, but how's that "New year, New me" thing going for Florida? Not so well. We're still staring down the same major problems that have been plaguing our state for the past few decades and they're only getting worse. Certainly not all, but most of Florida's leadership seems to…
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151. A Voice For Old Florida; with WOKC'S Billy Dean
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The communities around Lake Okeechobee know Billy Dean quite well after his 21 years on the air at WOKC with Glades Media Group, but not everyone knows the backstory of his early years and family legacy in Southwest Florida. In this episode, we look back at his agricultural roots, share stories about growing up in rural Florida and daily sporting p…
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150. Giving Back to Florida; with Sam Phares
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As we enter the last month of the year and the season when our hearts are full of gratitude, join us as we run down our list of favorite, local charitable organizations that make an impact here in the South Florida region. If you're like us, you like seeing your donations support local, grassroots groups that aren't bloated and top heavy. Whether y…
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149. Duck Camp Diaries; with Jack Nash, Ryan Hathaway, and Emerson McBryde
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Waterfowl hunting is a longstanding Southern tradition and offers a great example of the benefits that can be had from well managed public lands and especially on privately owned agricultural lands which are a haven for wildlife of all types. As the first split of the 2023 waterfowl season in Florida has concluded, it seemed like the perfect time t…
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[REBROADCAST] 9: The Brucellosis Battle in Florida - How Grit and Grace Helped Secure the Victory; with Linda Crane and Evelyn Tiencken
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Note: This is a rebroadcast from Season 1 of the show that covers a pivotal period of time in Florida's cattle industry. Brucellosis, a devastating bacterial disease, wreaked havoc on the Florida cattle industry for many years until a federal eradication program was instituted. On this episode, we discuss the history of the program in Florida and h…
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This week we're offering up a special cross-promotion by sharing Florida Farm Bureau Federation's podcast, Rural Recharge. Sam and I joined President Jeb Smith as guests for episode 9 and many of you may have already heard this on their platform, but we thought this was a great way for non-members of Farm Bureau to find another informative ag relat…
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147. Scottish Ales And Witch Tales: A Halloween Episode featuring Special Guest Àdhamh Ó Broin, Scottish Gaelic Consultancy
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It's been a wild October and with Halloween closing in on us this seemed like the perfect time to collaborate with our friend in Glasgow, Mr. Àdhamh Ó Broin, to cover some of our heritage and a poem featuring a ghost story. Join us this week for a special presentation of Robert Burns' classic Tam O' Shanter. To purchase a chance (or numerous chance…
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146. Deep Roots in Florida Soil; with Jeb Smith, President Florida Farm Bureau Federation
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Jeb Smith is a fifth generation farmer and current Florida Farm Bureau President. His family has deep roots in Hastings, Florida located in St. Johns County and a legacy of leadership locally and throughout Florida. In this episode, we discuss his family's legacy, early memories of St. Johns County, the challenges facing agriculture as our state's …
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Commitments relative to my art work have held me captive the last 10 days or so. That means I haven't had time for interviews or much of anything else to be honest. Given those circumstances and the fact we're shifting from summer to fall here in Florida, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to view life's various transitions through the lens of …
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144. Oslo On Florida's Indian River
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This week we journey back to Florida's Indian River region in the early 1900's thanks to a quaint paperback publication titled "Oslo" which was written by Arnold Helseth. Aside from chronicling his ancestors' amazing American journey, it provides vivid and valuable insight into our Florida heritage, especially in present day southern Indian River C…
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143. Florida’s September Storms Part 1: The 1926 Hurricane
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Florida's 2023 tropical weather has ramped up as we find ourselves in the peak of hurricane season so the timing couldn't be more appropriate to reflect on our state's history with September storms. As clean up efforts from Idalia continue in North Florida, we take a look back at the disastrous 1926 Hurricane which forevermore changed Florida's tra…
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142. Rodeo Retrospective: A Look Back At How the Okeechobee County Cattlemen's Association Has Raised Scholarship Funds And Multiple Generations of Florida Ranchers; with Seth Louthan and Dudley Kirton ...
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This Labor Day weekend will find Okeechobee abuzz with both locals and our urban coastal neighbors eager to take in yet another rodeo experience in one of Florida's iconic arenas - one of the few remaining outdoor, uncovered, and privately owned venues. It's a piece of Florida history and a solid slice of Americana. The rodeo is the largest fundrai…
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141. Back To Those Florida Roots; with Clint Raulerson
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Our good friend Clint Raulerson joins us this week to reflect on his adventures and growth that stemmed from cowboying in Kansas along with his return to Florida and the new chapters that lie ahead. In the process, we cover the importance of sharing our heritage with the public at large and then close out the show with a few new pieces of cowboy po…
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[REBROADCAST] 113. Camoflauge and Conservation: A Conversation with the team at FLCamo; with Newt Mattson, Peter Agardy, and Chris Carpenter
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NOTE: With archery season underway here in Florida for Zone A, it seemed like a great time to revisit this episode that was full of lively conversation and plenty of great perspective about wild Florida. If you've heard it previously, we hope you enjoy it just as much or more the second time around, and if this is your first time hearing it we thin…
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140. It's Time To Stop Forfeiting Florida's Future; with Garrett Stuart (aka Captain Planet) of the Eco Preservation Project
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Garrett Stuart, or Captain Planet as he's better known to loyal followers both young and old, has a diverse background in science and conservation. That education coupled with his Lakota and Scots background combine to provide a truly unique perspective on how we live with and treat our natural world. Garrett believes strongly in the importance of …
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139. Reflections On The Early Days of Pasco and Pinellas Counties: An Interview With 3 Generations of The Starkey Family
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In this episode, we share an interview conducted by Tampa Bay History in 1981 with Jay B. Starkey, Sr., Jay Starkey, Jr., and Frank Starkey. Representing 3 generations of Florida ranchers, they reflect on the early days of Pasco and Pinellas counties and bemoan the rampant development that seemed to be plaguing them at that time some 40 plus years …
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138. Perpetuating Florida's Cattle Industry and Heritage Through The Florida Cattlemen's Foundation; with Jim Handley, Executive VP Florida Cattlemen's Association
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This week FCA executive vice president Jim Handley joins us to share a wealth of information about the Florida Cattlemen's Foundation, including it's history, an in-depth look at the many projects they've helped fund and bring to fruition, as well as some general history regarding FCA and his role there. We dig deep in our conversation for what amo…
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137. From The Auld Country To Amelia Island And Beyond; with Rob and Robbie Sistrunk
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There is little doubt by now that America's story is one of immigrants finding opportunities and a fresh start, and the Florida frontier was a microcosm of that bold experiment. Our journey this week begins during the Second Spanish Occupation of Florida as we hear the exploits of Rob and Robbie Sistrunk's ancestors as they first arrive at present …
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136. Ranch and Grove: The Parlier Family Legacy of Growing Gators and Cattle in Florida; with Terry Parlier, Kurt Parlier, and Keith Parlier
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The Parlier family has been rooted in Central Florida for many years and they've established a solid reputation within Florida's alligator management system from their early days as nuisance trappers to becoming a vertically integrated farming and processing operation. Most recently, they've expanded their processing facility to include USDA inspec…
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135. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: How Forensic Science Is Exposing Hidden Danger Lurking in Florida's Coastal Communities And Beyond; with Terry Gibson, Programs Lead - Florida, Deploy/US
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When Florida's citizens and tourists flock to coastal waters this weekend and over Independence Day early next week, they'll unwittingly be exposing themselves to human effluent. It can't be seen or touched, so nobody considers the problem or perils associated with it; however, the pathogenic bacteria, pharmaceuticals, and many other substances ori…
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134. Forgotten Flagship Of The Florida Keys: The Story of Capitana Rubi El Segundo And The 1733 Hurricane
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At the height of the Spanish Empire, convoys of tall ships braved the seas hauling resources and treasure on transatlantic trade routes fraught with peril, especially during the summer months when hurricanes could develop without warning. In one of the worst maritime disasters ever recorded, the 1733 Hurricane descended upon part of Spain's West In…
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133. Robert Is Here: Spotlighting An Iconic Piece of Old Florida; with Brandon Moehling
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Anyone who has ever skirted the west side of Miami trekking southward to Everglades National Park or the Florida Keys has undoubtedly heard about the infamous Robert Is Here fruit stand. Since their simple beginnings as a roadside produce stand in 1959, they've grown into a mainstay attraction in southeast Florida for thousands of fans. From locall…
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Tucker Wise has taken various elements from his diverse background and combined them with his passion for Florida agriculture in order to use his voice as an instrument carrying the positive message of rural Florida to the metropolitan areas of our state. No pun intended, but Tucker is wise beyond his years and will be a valuable advocate for Old F…
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[REBROADCAST] 33. 90 Years of Change In The Center of Florida's Cow Country; with Mr. J.C. Bass
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This week finds me booked with speaking engagements for public school programs, work on commissioned art, and getting our bloodhound puppies ready to leave for their new homes so for now please enjoy this enlightening interview which originally aired back in 2020. ___________ Mr. J.C. Bass is a Korean War veteran, Silver Star recipient, lifelong co…
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Florida's ranching community recently lost a great champion with the passing of Mrs. Imogene Yarborough of Geneva, Florida. She was a lifelong advocate for beef and the preservation of our cow culture heritage so it seemed only fitting to share some cowgirl poetry dedicated to her memory. The poem selections chosen each spoke to her attributes in o…
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Frederic Remington went down in history as a masterful artist, historian, and storyteller chronicling the lifestyle of the American cowboy. He is revered and beloved by many but that doesn't mean that he was without fault. In this episode, we examine and dissect his faulty assessment of Florida cowhunters and crackers in general.…
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Did you know that mechanical ice production first occurred in Florida? It all happened along the Gulf coast back in the mid 1800's thanks in large part to the pesky mosquitos and the diseases they transmit. Listen in to learn all the fascinating details behind this story and the invention of artificial ice. It's overlooked Florida history that alte…
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Adam Steele is passionate about cooking, Florida, and conservation even if it's not necessarily in that order. Adam is a man of many talents and well-versed in many subjects so it's no small wonder that we forged a quick friendship. As someone who moved to Florida and fell in love with her natural beauty for what it is versus trying to change it an…
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