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First Aired - 05/31/2009 01:00PM
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This week's theme is NOT IN MY BACKYARD with guests Gabe Rosner and Bradon Hoy of Roberta's and Producer/Director Jake Beesley of Good Corporate Citizen.
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Not in my Backyard and the Environment (7:53)
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Brandon Hoy, Gowanus Canal, federal program, disaster area, NIMBY factor, Mayor Bloomberg, make developers pay, pollution, toxins, Superfund, wind-power, south Brooklyn straight to the harbor, slow water-flow, open sewer, clean-up, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, crazy dirty, what is the solution?, change, dump, odor, neglect,How will the Gowanus get clean? (6:57)
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starting by cleaning all the PCB's, heavy metals, dig-up settled heavy metals and move someplace else, standing water, industrial area issues, ruined neighborhoods, police divers not allowed in Gowanus, contamination,Urban Gardening and Small-scale Soil Reclamation with Brandon Hoy (8:44)
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soil reclamation, loam dirt, soil is different from dirt, soil is alive, organic matter, pass nutrients, Central Garden down the block from Roberta's, backyard abused from years of dumping, raised beds, soil testing, mixing nutrients, crack vials, baby diapers, soil, clay, worms, planting, nutrients, composting,Jake Beesley of Good Corporate Citizens (7:00)
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after-school programs, creative outlets, Ryan Glass as inspiration for drum-line, video production, media is a language, teachers need help, drum-line idea transformed into a media program for kids, unbelievable response, citizen journalism, director, teaching, communication, hypocrisy, Bronx, learning, funding, tools, cameras,HL Rucker High School Students and Documentary Film Making with Jake Beesley (8:14)
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foster care, good corporate citizen, HL Rucker High School, photo journalism, know what media is, learn to investigate, serve the under-served, www.goodcorpmedia.com or www.goodcorpcitizen.com, fundraising for the students, limited equipment, make the school look good when filming, respect, interview, production, budgets, students,Obits: Brooks Mcnamara, Bernard Rothzeid, Carry Parker (6:34)
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Theatre Historian, Director of Shubert Archives, grass-roots culture, Professor of Performance Studies at NYU, role-playing, story telling, Mitzi Rothside, Cooper Union, father was famous Brooklyn architect, plan for hospital in Nigeria, producer,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/09/2010 02:00PM
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This week on Greenhorns Radio Sev spoke to Ann Larkin Hansen, author of "The Organic Farming Manual". Hansen was frustrated that there didn't seem to be a single "one-stop-shop" source of information for someone who wanted to grow food organically--so she wrote one. Listen to hear Ann's journey from a kid growing up in the suburbs to a full fledged livestock and vegetable farmer, and how the Wisconsin Women's Sustainable Farming Network was a vital friend during her journey. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyors of fine grass-fed beef from the coast of CA.
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Greenhorn Radio: Ann Larkin Hansen (20:24)
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The Organic Farming Manual, Ann Larkin Hansen, there was not a one stop shop for someone who wants to start learning about organic farming, how did Anne make time to write a book while farming?, Ann grew up in the suburbs of MN, Ann wanted to raise what the land was capable of producing, the Wisconsin Women's Sustainable Farming Network, 250 acres but only 50 are farmable, its wonderful to have a buffer of non-farmed land with organic farms because it protects food from pesticides, land is good for root crops and alfalfa, Ann raised meat chickens and pigs and land cattle, there is a small orchard with apple and fruit trees, a vegetable garden, some donkeys, having a business that is profitable and personally sustaining, networking with other farmers is incredible important, Faye Johns, Midwestern Organic Educational Service, farming is really a regional enterprise, every farm is unique with different soils terrain weather and lifestyles, government resources help, networking is huge, you have got to have a good marketing plan, you can't just grow things and hope people will buy them, Ann worked for an agricultural newspaper for several years, the attitude among organic farmers is the more the merrier, Sev is surrounded by new and aspiring farmers, it seems like there is always a new pocket of farmers rearing to go, Southern Wisconson has the largest annual organic farming conference in the country, MOSES conference, fair trade, the driftless area, Kikapu Region, making sure the next generation of organic farmers are able to succeed, apprenticing with old hippies, how long should people apprentice for before going out on their own?, it depends very much on how fast you learn and how fast you can develope your own markets, elders are available to teach people about farming, stewards will be looking for young people to take their operation over, land is expensive and the number one barrier, Ann's recommendations for books on composting and organic farming and smalls scale sustainable farming, Storey Publications,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/16/2009 01:00PM
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Mark and guest host Katie speak with John Schwally about FDR's secret air-based tomfoolery, Michael Hurwitz & Meg McGrath stop by to educate us about the tomato blight, Alyssa Maresca talks NYC real estate, and Matt Hegarty horses around!
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John Schwally Talks About FDR's Secret Air Force (14:36)
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Cairo, embassy, air field, Tom Colbert, Ari G Davies, civil aviation, Andy Dawson, JKP Airport, documentary, filmmaking, Pan American World Airways, Africa, army, summer of 1940, Europe, French colonies in Africa were taken over by Germany, North Africa, World War II, US Military Bases in Latin America and South America, plane technology, Brazil, Mexico, Pan Am was running in September of 1941, Air Transport Command, General Arnold, Cornell University, http://www.jfsfilms.com, David Hartman, FDR's Secret Air force, Air & Space Museum, discretionary fund to FDR paid for this air force, Caribbean islands,Michael Hurwitz & Meg McGrath discuss the Tomato Blight (6:28)
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Michael Hurwitz, Meg McGrath, blight, organic farmers are struggling, green market, fungal like organism causes blight, normally a potato disease, gardeners, farmers, blight is a rare disease, this is the same pathogen as the Irish Potato Famine, Cornell, photo blog, this pathogen cannot survive on dead plant tissue, starting the plant from seed prevents the rapid spread of a pathogen, starting a plant from seed vs. a big box store plant,Tomato Blight: Causes & Effects (14:35)
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a disease requires a host, a pathogen, and the right environment, rain has proven to be favorable for late blight, Michelle Obama, starting plants from seed has less risk, you have to grow it to sell it, local agriculture, incinerating plants, proper composting, Long Island, late blight is a great learning experience, reality of agriculture, Home Depot, industrial production for retail sale, know your source, bury your moldy spuds, blight produces large spots on the leaves stems and fruits, greenmarket is an independent non-profit, Poughkeepsie, compost, tuber, flooding, drought, spores, tomatoes, sustainability,Reality Estate: Rentals in Roosevelt Island with Alyssa Maresca (11:51)
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rental market, NYC, In Focus, real estate, smallpox hospital, Roosevelt Island, farms, insane asylum, new developments, repurposing land, F Train and Air Tram to the island, East River, the island is part of Manhattan, many diplomats live there, high rises, rehab hospital, Long Island City, Astoria, a one bedroom costs about $1500 to $2500, rent stabilization, landlords,Horse Racing with Matt Hegarty (14:45)
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horses, Saratoga, derby, jockeys, Belmont, East Coast center of horse racing, Del Mar, Rachael Alexander, horse racing, triple crown, racing styles, jockeying is an art, Jerry Bailey, the horses enjoy running, thoroughbred racing, horses top out at 37 MPH, Kentucky, Bill Shoemaker, Calvin Burrell, slaughterhouses, finding homes for unwanted horses, federal legislation to ban slaughter, pleasure horses, humane slaughtering, animal shelters, better training methods, daily racing forum, aqueduct, Matt Hegarty,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
