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First Aired - 04/04/2013 12:45PM
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This week on Rooftop Farming with Ben Flanner, Ben calls in to talk with Erin Fairbanks about transplanting kale and compost. Learn how to transplant seedlings into the ground, and find out why compost needs to cure in order to curb weed outbreaks! Find out how local businesses have helped Ben with mulching!
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What's Poppin'? (8:44)
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Japanese turnips, lettuce, salad greens, carrots, peas, Ben Flanner, root balls, cover crops, alfalfa meal, natural, nitrogen, organic, seeding, fresh compost, weeds, peppers, compost inputs, Mast Brothers, chocolate husk, waste product, mulch, kale,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/21/2012 01:00PM
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On this episode of Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer is talking with Erik Cutter of Alegría Farms and EnvironIngenuity. Tune into this episode to her Eric discuss the water retention benefits of certain drip hydroponic systems. Learn why Eric prefers hydroponics to organic row farming, and what the differences are between hydroponic and row crop seeds. At what point does vertical farming become as cost-efficient as vertical farming methods? Learn how hydroponics can be used as an educational tool for today's youth, and how hydroponics can increase local food production in desert areas such as the American Southwest and the Middle East. This episode has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"We've got to get to a decentralized urban environment with may hundreds of small farms... We're talking farm-to-table in minutes!" [16:45]
"We're not short on oil... we're short on two resources: soil and water." [23:20]
-- Erik Cutter on Straight, No Chaser
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Benefits of Hydroponics (17:50)
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Erik Cutter, vertical farming, Alegría Fresh, Dickson Despommier, Enviroingenuity, glass towers, hydroponic, nutritious food, small farm, solar power, Vertigro, cost-effective, lettuce, earthquake, renewable energy, drip, produce, shipping containers, mobile food production, Japan, eggplant, biochemistry, GMO, hydroponic seeds, organic, soil, coconut husk, recycle, forward growth, health, potassium,Water Shortages (12:54)
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Laguna Beach, agribusiness, carbon footprint, Detroit, subsidies, The Farm Bill, monoculture, high yield, Driscoll's, berries, raw greens, planet, people, profit, urban farming, water shortages, the Middle East, oil, food riots, rice, stackable crops, soil conditions, nitrates, Victory Garden, diabetes, nutritionist,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/28/2013 12:45PM
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Erin Fairbanks is chatting with Ben Flanner about this week's updates at the Brooklyn Grange Rooftop farm. What's going into the ground this week? Well, Ben talks about planting celery and parsley, and explains the new forced-air compost system at the farm! This segment has been sponsored by HeritageRadioNetwork.org.
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Seeding in the Winter (8:50)
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onions, kale, swiss chard, hearty, broccoli leaf, spigarello, raw, sauteed, Rick Bishop, curry, celery, caraway, parsley, seeding, erosion, sunlight, forced air compost system, Ben Flanner, Brooklyn Grange, fertilizer, limes, coffee grounds, oxygen,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
