Peter Gray
Harvest Desk ReporterPeter has a diverse background in public, independent and commercial media production. Beginning in 2011, Peter served as reporter and “Morning Edition” host for WUIS. He completed his work at WUIS in 2014. Prior to his start in public radio, he covered the Illinois legislature for NBC affiliate WANDTV-17 and helped launch Phenom Features, a non-profit apprenticeship film studio. Peter hails from Oswego, Ill., where he grew up watching WTTW-11/PBS.
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Springfield residents curious about raising chickens in their backyard may want to stop by Benedictine University on Saturday, January 25. Mad City…
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The non-profit group planning to build a new children’s museum along East Adams Street in downtown Springfield has received $50,000 from Archer Daniels…
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With snow and ice still blanketing their fields and greenhouses, vegetable and fruit growers around the state met last week at their annual trade show in…
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U.S. farmers harvested more corn in 2013 than in 2012, while the soybean harvest declined slightly, according to USDA reports released Friday. In 2013,…
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Midwest farmers who rely on healthy soybean harvests have one more reason to consider adding cereal rye into their crop rotation in 2014.Research…
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U.S. popcorn sellers took a big hit from the 2012 drought, which caused one of the worst popcorn harvests in recent memory. Crops not irrigated were…
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The FDA wants to phase out antibiotics in meat.Regulators released a broad plan Wednesday, designed to prevent meat producers from using drugs that are…
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Springfield's top city attorney has submitted his resignation after helping the mayor and aldermen through a difficult legal battle.Mayor Mike Houston…
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Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett had several messages for his hometown crowd this week. Among them? "Everybody who is physically able" can do…
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As farm bill negotiations continue in Washington, D.C., it’s fairly certain that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will be cut. One…