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First Aired - 12/03/2009 02:00PM
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On this week's episode of Greenhorn Radio, Severine interviews Tom Stearns of High Mowing Organic Seeds in the field from the 2009 Young Farmers' Conference.
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Tom Stearns: High Mowing Organic Seeds (16:11)
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Young Farmers' Conference 2009, young farming upstarts, Hardwick Vermont, Tom Stearns: High Mowing Organic Seeds, Hardwick working hard to re-build local food economy, value of collaboration in farming, we have to celebrate self-interest rightly understood, mission-based businesses: managing profit with activism, high degree of energy required to get a new farm or agriculture business off the ground, large seed companies struggling to re-invent themselves, small diversified community farms not being payed attention to by seed companies, Greenhorns Duck Pluck, the newest generation of entrepreneurs has less of a sense about the negative aspects of commerce, many seed companies not helping re-build this country's food system,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/17/2009 04:00PM
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This week's Farm Report is all about the girls. Heather and Lorenzo talk with Mrs. Good and Mrs. Metzger about the evolving role of the woman on the farm.
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Amy Good: Lending a Farming Hand (22:25)
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Craig Good, Duroc, Doug Metzger, division of farm task, Amy Good, Craig takes care of livestock, Amy does bookwork, Amy keeps grounds, mowing, landscaping, Flint Hills of Kansas, pasture land, windbreaks, vegetable garden, protecting animals from wind, tornado, wind damage, jarring veggies for winter, the future of the Good farm, food safety, cultivating a younger generation of farmers,Betty Metzger's: A Day in the LIfe of A Farmer's Wife (21:05)
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Betty takes care of the Metzger turkeys, 4500 to 5000 turkeys, Bourbon Red, Bronze, Narragansett, poultry predators, couples farming, obtaining land, cost of land, 2500 acre farm, price of farmland up, people are raising corn and soybeans and getting rid of livestock, what's next for the turkeys?, predators, foxes, coyotes,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/19/2009 02:00PM
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On this week's HRN Special: The Green Architecture Panel.
Martha Desbiens of vertNY, David Seiter of Future Green Studio, and Justine Heilner of Justine Heilner Designs weigh in on going green, what it means, and how to do it.
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Starting One's Own Design Firm (9:10)
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green landscape, urban design, Penn Design Landscape School, Jim Corner, David Seiter, Future Green Studio, Martha Desbiens, www.vertny.com, Justine Heilner, www.justineheilner.com, challenges of going green, starting one's own design studio, securing investors and capital, weathering the economic storm, return to craftsmanship,Incorporating Green Ideas into Urban and Suburban Landscapes (9:19)
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VertNY looks for ways to incorporate green ideas into the urban landscape, rooftop gardens, insulation, cleaner runoff, sound insulation, the look of green, Future Green Studio works with developers to get an apartment sold or rented by giving it the green appeal, creating productive ecological and performative landscapes, people have to like green solutions, the American lawn could not be less green, the greening of American suburbs will be a huge topic in the coming decade, sustainable ideas are becoming more in vogue, NYC's tax abatement initiative for installing green roofs, legislation is starting to coax the greening process, alternatives to the traditional lawn, plant plants that don't need mowing, how does your location connect with a larger fabric of landscape?,Experiments in Green Architecture (6:40)
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greening the suburban landscape, how does the landscape function for the user?, how will you be using the landscape?, is there anywhere were you don't need lawn?, incorporating native plants and adding habitat value for native insect and bird species, patch dynamics, Design Trust for Public Space estimated that the available rooftop space if greened would equal 13 Central Parks in area,What's At Stake for Cities That Don't Go Green (11:01)
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is green design more than a recent fad?, children's health, energy use, asthma, big picture energy use, ecological pressures, energy efficiency, what is green landscape architecture?, sustainable landscapes, LEED Certification, growing one's own food is a movement getting a lot of play, what looks like desirable is changing, Seville Spain, orange trees as street trees, David owns a nursery for all his projects on the Gowanus Canal, Future Green Studio's green roof plants don't have to come from far away,Reclaiming The Suburban Landscape with Design (13:19)
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icons of suburban landscapes, performative vs. productive landscape design, landscape beyond aesthetics, ecological landscapes, green roofs are performative landscapes, urban farms are productive landscapes, what will the city of the future look like?, what will China's cities look like?, water management will be the key feature of the futuristic city, China largest market for green architecture, The Highline Project: thoughts?,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
