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First Aired - 11/03/2011 01:00PM
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This week The Farm Report celebrates is 100th episode! Former co-host Heather Hyman calls in and in the studio current host Erin Fairbanks is joined by friend and policy specialist Monica Patel of the Ecology Center. Together the cover a broad range of important and current environmental issues from water rights, herbicides, and indoor air quality. Find out the truth about supposedly 'clean coal' technology, what exactly a watershed is, how an aquifer works, and much more. This centennial episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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Watersheds and Water Rights (17:38)
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The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks, Heather Hyman, centennial episode, Monica Patel, Ecology center, policy specialist, Earth Day, HealthyStuff.org, water rights, lead, arsenic, watershed, what is a watershed, aquifers, geography, tributaries, quarries, Water supply, groundwater, farming, water disputes, California, LA, Great Lakes states, bottled water, water as a right,Clean Coal? (14:43)
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X-rays, indoor air quality, chemicals, China, toxic chemicals, tennis balls, product testing, regulation, herbicide, coal, clean coal, algae, fossil fuels, clean energy,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/15/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist: Turkey!...the country, not the bird. Bernie describes his trevails in and around Turkey, and describes some of the country's most exquisite destinations to co-host Carol Butler. Tune in for tales of hot-air balloon rides and strange geographical formations. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Turkey (24:29)
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The Naturalist, Heritage Radio Network, Bernie Wides, Carol A. Butler, Bernie's trip to Turkey, Islam call to prayer, Istanbul, Turkish airlines, Overseas Adventure Travel, the Turkey is a native North American bird, the name comes from when the Spanish came to North America, named after an African bird that was shipped through turkey, evil eye, Turkish breakfast, literacy rate is very high in the country, Constantine, made Christianity acceptable, Ottoman empire, reach its peak in the mid 16th century,Bernie's Trip To Turkey (22:45)
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Turkey became a republic in 1923, Mustafa Kemal, father of the turks, fault zones, earthquakes, moving plates, mountains in Turkey, Mount Ararat, people search for signs of Noah's Ark, ash in Iceland, volcanoes, ash is rock, can't get into engines of jets, rock chimneys, capped with a layer of basaltic rock, Turkish rugs, marble quarries,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/10/2011 12:00PM
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This week on The Main Course, Patrick & Katy are joined by Carmen Quagliata, Executive Chef of Union Square Cafe and George Weld, owner of Egg Restaurant. They both elaborate on what it takes to run a successful restaurant in NYC and address some of the challenges that come along with sourcing sustainably and locally. Later on the show, Kristy Hadeka & Sean Tice of Brooklyn Slate stop by to explain how they've re imagined slate material in a very interesting way. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market - like no other market.
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The Main Course: Carmen Quagliata of Union Square Cafe (22:11)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Fairway Market, Union Square Cafe, Carmen Quagliata, he started as a dishwasher in his hometown, Binghampton, Sicilian soul food, lentils, chick peas, kitchen apprenticeship, Naples, Florida, Ritz Carlton, service mentality, Italian cuisine, French cuisine, California, West Coast food scene, Chef Michael Chiarello, hierarchy of Northern California restaurants, Napa Valley, French Laundry, Tra Vigne, the life of a line cook, responsibility, hiring tendencies, personality traits, the IT factor, Felidia, Lidia Bastianich,The Danny Meyer Tradition (17:20)
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competition amongst restaurants, Danny Meyer tradition, sourcing, authorship, adapting recipes, creativity, United Nations report, Bill Gates, just committed 1.4 billion into agricultural development in Africa and South Asia, opposition to bio technology and nitrogen fertilizer, environmental concerns, certain decisions are made based on price point, sustainability, organic, goat, Australian lamb, domestic animals, value cuts, ofal, veal shoulder, braising, artichokes, Chicken Cordon Bleu, male goats, goat cheese,George Weld of Egg (24:26)
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George Weld, Egg, breakfast, Southern traditions, diner crowds, George came to NY to write a dissertation, modernist poetry and visual text, Egg opened in Sparky's, artisanal ingredients, Portlandia, hipsters, sustainability, sourcing, organic, the science of cooking eggs, George also has a farm that supplies the restaurant,Challenges of Running a Successful NYC Restaurant (19:08)
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Brooklyn Slate, Kristy Hadeka, Sean Tice, Michael Harlan Turkell, The Food Seen, Slate valley, Vermont, quarries, third generation family quarry, slate cheese boards, slate lasts for about 200 years, boutique business, www.BrooklynSlate.com, subtle kitchen additions, engraving on slate, sandblasting,Kristy Hadeka & Sean Tice of Brooklyn Slate (14:07)
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Brooklyn Slate, Kristy Hadeka, Sean Tice, Michael Harlan Turkell, The Food Seen, Slate valley, Vermont, quarries, third generation family quarry, slate cheese boards, slate lasts for about 200 years, boutique business, www.BrooklynSlate.com, subtle kitchen additions, engraving on slate, sandblasting,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
