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First Aired - 10/14/2010 01:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report, Heather and Erin sit down with Bushwick's own Matt Lorenz, of the urban gardener non-profit Trees Not Trash. Listen in to learn all about trees, trash, and being green in the modern age. This episode is brought to you by Acme Smoked Fish (www.acmesmokedfish.com)
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The Farm Report Introducion: Matt Lorenzo (13:33)
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Heather Hyman, Erin Fairbanks, Heritage Radio Network, The Farm Report, Matt Lorenz, Trees Not Trash, Putting the Bush back in Bushwick, not for profit collective of urban gardeners, Bushwick is one of the most non green areas in the five boroughs, young gardeners project, community farms, protecting farms against inclimate weather, climate change, heat index for NYC is hotter, Arbor Day Foundation, Million Trees Program, trees are like slow motion explosions, trees ease anxiety of kids allergic to straight angles, allergies, healing properties of trees,Trees Not Trash (13:43)
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rain, water retention, local street trees, systems get overburdened when there is too much rain, pollution goes into the river, disturbing YouTube video from the Brooklyn Tornado, clip of the Gawanus Canal with raw sewage, dirty rain, street trees can mitigate rainfall that floods the system, rooftop showers, sugar maples, bees, where are some good tree spots in NYC?, Maria Hernandez Park suffered a huge downage of trees during the tornado, www.treesnottrash.org,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/23/2010 03:30PM
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This week on Hot Grease Nicole hosts Mara Gittleman to discuss her organization Farming Concrete. While community gardens are a much-touted solution to environmental, food, and animal welfare issues, there is a surprising dearth of information about the amount of green gardens in NYC. Farming Concrete aims to gather all possible info about the city's gardens to help sustain current gardens and start new ones as efficiently as possible. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a culinary mainstay in NYC for over 55 years.
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Hot Grease Introduction: Farming Concrete (11:29)
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Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor, Mara Gittleman, Farming Concrete, Mara's Defining Moment, Tufts University, research in Univeristies didn't involve people enough, Mara is from Jersey, Mara grew up between two highways, Mara studied urban agriculture systems in Ethiopia, displacing people into high-rises and condos destroys a community's food system, deforestation in Haiti, trading jobs for the ability to grow food, Farming Concrete is a grass roots organization combining research and communities, GrowNYC, holes in data related to community gardens, putting research into the hands of community gardens empowers them, monetizing food grown, approximating greenhouse gas emissions,Mara Gittleman of Farming Concrete (13:04)
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Erik Bellsford is the other half Farming Concrete, if you have a fall harvest Farming Concrete has scales for you, data for community gardens, first time that anyone has measured the amount of food being produced in community gardens, there are 484 gardens in New York City, LandTrust, Community Garden survey, only a fifth of gardeners are using the internet, older gardeners did all the initial legwork and have all the knowledge, maps are a great tool for communication, collard greens are the most popular green, 78.9 percent of gardens have it, 77.6 percent of gardens are growing lettuce, hearty kiwis, Bengali gardeners, fruit trees, figs, top two are apple trees and peach trees, 80% of the gardens have fig trees,More with Mara Gittleman (9:13)
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Roberta's, volunteer run project, next to nothing budget, critical mapping, Farming Concrete, all the employees visit gardens by foot, it only works because of the committed team, a few cities would like to copy this model, there is a tool kit being worked on, American Community Garden Association, Daniel Bowman Simon, building gardens will help kids learn and understand the benefits of eating healthy, this a new era of community and school gardens, there are many leaders in New York City, some are known nationwide and some only known on their block, Yonette Fleming, farmingconcrete.com, they need help mapping gardens!, get involved!, contact mara@farmingconcrete.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/27/2010 03:00PM
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This week on The Food Seen Michael spoke to Nathalie Smith of Global Table and Eugenia Bone of the Denver Post's Well Preserved Blog. Nathalie explained how she turned a career in fashion (and a hunch that French ceramics were going to be all the rage) into a career in boutique housewares, and how the objects you surround yourself with define your personal style. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a mainstay in NYC's culinary landscape for over 50 years.
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The Food Seen Introduction (15:14)
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Michael Harlan Turkell, The Food Seen, Nathalie Smith, Global Table, www.globaltable.com, Eugenia Bone, Well Preserved, blogs.denverpost.com/preserved, Nathalie started in the fashion industry, Glamor Magazine, prop styling, fashion styling, fashion chews you up and spits you out quickly, ceramics from Paris to US, prompted Nathalie to start Global Table, preserving food, what you put in the jar you will get out, some people think of preserving as a way to not throw things out, not true!, producing a canning book, beautiful impressions on beautiful plates, naturalistic dishes, Mud Australia, Urban Outfitters bought some pieces sent them to China and got them mass produced, Food & Wine, transitioning from fashion to home accessories, Japanese ceramics, glass blown vases, there's a Madison Ave quality to Nathalie's shop,Nathalie Smith of Golden Table & Eugenia Bone of Well Preserved (14:03)
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Mediterranean dishes, Nathalie thinks any food can be beautiful on any plate, wine tastes better in a pretty glass, bamboo is a hot material right now yet problematic, it needs to be spun to make a bowl, solid wood is better, won't chip or peel off, many restaurants re purpose materials across the city, repurposing as a growing trend, recycled glass, Chelsea Market, Bahari, why aren't there more people looking to make home accessories and housewares, you need a big space to do that kind of stuff, it's hard to find space in New York City, Crate & Barrel, Nathalie is a curator, it's a very personal process and business model, aesthetics, temperature control of a plate, test driving products,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
