Let's Get Real
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First Aired - 02/28/2010 03:30PM
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The girls discuss gardening as a profession, its waning place in society, and the growing need for horticultural education.
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Gardening as a Profession (15:00)
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gardening is the second oldest profession, gardener as profession, there are no shows about gardeners, aliens would conclude the noblest professions are doctors lawyers and cops, very few references to gardeners in media, professions that involve dirt are considered low, people think of gardeners in simplistic terms, gardens are out of fashion, people consider landscapes gardens, to be a gardener you must know about botany and weather, gardening is a science and art, how to choose a gardener, 17th century gardener guilds, The Worshipful Company of Gardeners, royal gardeners, 19th century England, the Industrial Revolution meant more gardeners were hired, bedding schemes, the largest glass structure, ownership of something, Vita Sackville-West, patience, topiariast, apprenticeship, Cicero,Where Would the World Be w/o Plants? (24:59)
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American proverbs, seeking discounts, how land is used, the virtues of farming gardening and self sufficiency, McMansions, giant house with minimal thought to the outside, where would we be without plants?, societies that once valued plants, best use of school hours, so-called dangers of school garden programs are silly, victory and war gardens, 1.2 billion dollars in food production, Caitlin Flanagan, city kids don't understand what farmers do, there were 5 million farms in the early 1900s, as time went on the farm labor force dropped far faster than the farmland, gardens are the mark of boldness and tenacity in a culture, being dependent on industrialized forms of gardening, a nation needs to be able to feed itself, Wendell Berry, estate taxes, discipline, don't underestimate the gardener,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/03/2013 11:00AM
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Meet Lake Buckley and Caitrin Hall, the two women embarking on a cross-country bicycle trip to promote sustainability called The Shifting Gears Project. The Shifting Gears Project layers dialogue, the active creation of alternative food systems, the female perspective, and bicycle transportation as interrelated mechanisms for change towards a more just, peaceful, and compassionate food system. Their project consists of biking across the country from Poughkeepsie, New York westward across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and then south through California to end in San Francisco, engaging in conversation with women food producers and, through the creation of a participatory website, developing strong and resilient networks of people across the country dedicated to reevaluating what it means to be in relationship on a number of levels: relationships between people within a community, between people and nature, and between different communities across the country. Tune in and learn more about this fascinating program! Today's show was brought to you by Route 11 Potato Chips.
"Our trip will see us travel from NY to SF and, on the way, interview female farmers, producers and managers and hear their stories." [2:00]
--Lake Buckley of Shifting Gears on HeritageRadioNetwork.org
"I see Shifting Gears as being this epic journey through people and food and adventure." [24:00]
--Caitrin Hall of Shifting Gears on HeritageRadioNetwork.org
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First Aired - 10/10/2012 05:00PM
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For a change of pace on the business of The Business, Phil Colicchio sits down and talks education with Valarie Costanzo, Culinary Arts Coordinator for the School District of Philadelphia. Tune in and learn how she grew up with food in the family, spent time in catering and eventually settled into her current position putting under-privileged kids in a position to build a culinary career for themselves. From ServSafe certification to hands-on kitchen experience - find out how these young people are given an opportunity to do real work in the food world. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.
"Kudos to my teachers who DO go the extra mile and do lot's of special things with the students."
"Kudos to my teachers who DO go the extra mile and do lot's of special things with the students."
--Valarie Costanzo, Culinary Arts Coordinator for the School District of Philadelphia on the business of The Business
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Feeding Philly's Students (15:00)
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Valarie Costanzo, Culinary Arts Coordinator for the School District of Philadelphia, Perkins grant, culinary education, urban communities, students, low income families, technical education, diversity, vocational education, home economics, Putting on the Ritz Catering, ServSafe Certificates,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
