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First Aired - 02/10/2010 05:00PM
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What's happening to our farmland in NY? New York Director of The American Farmland Trust David Haight tells us on today's Heritage Report.
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The Heritage Report Introduction (10:04)
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Jack Inslee, Heather Hyman, Heritage Foods USA, Patrick Martins, David Haight, American Farmland Trust, The Heritage Report, Saratoga Springs, national membership organization, started 30 years ago, Peggy Rockefella, from the kitchen table to the congress, farmers, land owners, protecting land, local government, good guy lobbyists, Albany, Washington DC, what is considered to be farmland, urban garden, farm field, orchard land, pasture, livestock, land resources, food supply, a million acres of farmland are developed each year in America, there is a farm developed every three days in New York, three of the most threatened farm regions in the country are here in New York state, Long Island east end, rich soil, productive farms, how many people can we feed?, our seven million acres of farmland can feed 6 million people, it's a difficult farm economy right now, farm economics, you can make more money selling your land than growing crops, rooftop garden, urban gardening, Cornell University, community garden, where will we grow our food in the future, homegrown food supply, Roberta's,Governor Paterson's Proposed Budget Cuts (9:51)
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New York Director, American Farmland Trust, who's taking the farmland?, residential development, he has proposed 130 billion dollar state budget, budget cuts, Farmland Protection Program has had its funding cut in half, farmers markets, Farmers Market Grants have had funding completely eliminated, water, more than half of New Yorkers get their drinking water from an unfiltered water source, upstate New York, investing in food processing infrastructure, from the field to your fork, slaughterhouses, trucking, sales, www.farmland.org/newyork, Union Square, small grants have a broad impact, agriculture development, job loss, health care, Governor Paterson,A Letter To Governer Paterson and A Rally At The Capital on March 15th", (9:16)
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wetlands preserve, you need to invest in our farms!, New Yorkers need access to nutritious food, rally on March 15th at the state capital in Albany, Just Food, buy local, go to www.farmland.org/newyork for more information, transportation, school lunch quality, soup kitchens, institutional food purchasing, public dollars, write your local government, elected officials, Albany, Washington, watershed, letter to Governor Paterson,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/24/2010 03:30PM
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Feeling down? Listen to this week's episode of We Dig Plants to discover how indoor plants can change your mood during the dreary months of winter.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Indoor Plants (8:26)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen Devito, Alice Marcus Krieg, Roberta's, Heritage Radio Network, Jack Inslee, Whole Foods Market, Groundworks, bringing the culture to horticulture, tropical plants for the winter escape, outdoor gardens are put to bed in the winter, indoor plants, humidity, house plants, do plants increase oxygen in the air?, do plants absorb dust in the air?, do plants act as humidifiers?, do plants improve our psychological well being, plant exploration, enclosed bay windows, jasmine, fuchsia, ferns, Victorians,Know Your Plants: Watering Technique, Re-Potting & Other Tips (8:40)
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broad guidelines for house plants, maintenance, get to know your plant, learn its name, observe it, touch it, connect with the plant, adapt your watering technique, deep watering less frequent, potting, re pot in the spring or right before the period of active growth, never re pot a plant in bloom, fertilizers leave salt crust, it's important to use clean pots, add drainage hole,Orchards, Philodendron, Air Plants, African Violets, Shamrocks & Ferns! (15:14)
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All About Houseplants, the lowland rain forest, orchards, what do you with it when it starts to look awful, they need moist air and a lot of humidity, water them every two weeks, fertilize with liquid fertilizing in late October, add pebbles to a tray for humidity, foliage plant, heart shaped leaf, filadendron, they can be neglected, they love shady conditions, liquid organic fertilizer, air plants, they don't need soil, epiphyte, air circulation, shower, African violets, your grandmothers plant, they are not violets, Shamrocks, clover, Nathanial Clogan, often found in rock gardens, Victorian England, witchdoctor, untamed look, geraniums, citrus, they are not ideally suited as houseplants, ferns, the Boston fern, Florida, Jamaican plant hunter found it,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/11/2009 04:00PM
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On this week's episode of the Farm Report, Heather and Lorenzo interview Matt Lorenz of Trees not Trash, a non-profit that starts and manages community gardens. Bonus segment: build your own green roof.
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Make Your Own Green Roof (12:16)
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Matt Lorenz, Trees Not Trash, Paradise Locker Meats, storm water collection, storm water management, non-profits, farming and gardening vacant lots, seed bombs: clay ball full of wild seeds, make your own green roof!, green roofs can be extensive and expensive projects, urban heat blight, energy efficiency, Build it Green Astoria, sugarmaple, after strong rainfall water that overflows from sewer system gets funneled into ocean, keep water reservoired and discharge slowly, Trees Not Trash: collective of gardeners creating community gardens and working towards urban greenification,Greenwalling 101 (9:14)
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greenwalling: growing things vertically along a wall, insulation, aesthetics, climbing mechanisms, greenwalling improves energy efficiency of a building, other cities at the forefront of urban greenification, Chicago, US far behind Netherlands and Germany, green roofs in vogue in many European countries, tax subsidies for green roofs, save money on cooling and heating bills,The Greenest Building in The World (8:08)
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Danish building, repurposing old materials, scientifically oriented engineering, black water, grey water, white water, black water: sewer and waste water, grey water: can be used to water plants but non potable, airline hanger-sized buildings, southerly facing roof, maximum flat exposure towards the sun, corrugated surface, absorbs more sunlight with more surface area,What Will The City of 2050 Look Like? (14:16)
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vertical farming, new green buildings, city of 2050 looks drastically different, our current ideas about ecology and greening may be made to look obsolete, is the era of the skyscraper over?, gas pricing, more edible products produced in cities, consumption will leave behind a smaller footprint, Alice Waters, Frog Hollow Farm, could there be a future with no farmland?, is rainwater in urban areas more densely polluted?, how does this affect vegetables grown in urban environments, raised planter boxes for urban farming, source your soil intelligently, Build It Green in Astoria, www.bignyc.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
