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First Aired - 04/11/2013 10:00AM
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Learn to help your pets with their emotional and physical ailments with Celia Kutcher from FoodHealer.com! Erin Fairbanks joins Celia to continue their conversation regarding animal wellness. When you first get a new pet, what should you do to make sure that the animal is healthy? Find out how good communication with your veterinarian is essential when deciding how to treat your pet's illnesses. Find out how different probiotics, herbs, and supplements can help your pet's ailing moods and physical health! Thanks to our sponsor, Whole Foods, and thanks to EULA for today's music.
"Food can really make a difference to mood, behavior, and general well-being in animals." [1:25]
"To think that human beings are the only organisms that feel pain and have emotional responses is completely ridiculous!" [10:10]
"Think like your pet; if you can do that, then more power to you." [14:30]
-- Celia Kutcher, FoodHealer.com
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Know Your Vet! (17:13)
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FoodHealer.com, pets, horse, alternative remedies, animal nutrition, Bach Flower, rodents, reptiles, animal rescue, veterinarian, vaccines, cancer, Celia Kutcher, vet, stool sample, wet food, dry food, alternative medicine, steroids, dietary advice, mood, physical ailments, animal personalities, trauma, Midnight Crazies, OCD, cat, dog, litter box,Supplements & Herbs (17:16)
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constipation, panic, probiotic, bacteria, yogurt, short chain fatty acids, processed foods, factory farm, nutrition, slippery elm bark, herbs, supplements, kelp, thyroid health, green vegetables, health food store, homeopathy, toxicity, The Whole Dog Journal, Dr. Pitcairn, credibility, Whiskers Holistic,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/10/2011 06:30PM
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Erica Wides, aka Chefsmartypants, gets dirty on a leafy themed episode of Why We Cook. Tune in to hear about her adventures making her bungalow gardens animal proof and find out valuable advice on how to properly clean produce. Also, here a hilarious story that ends with a chocolate covered mouse in the kitchen! This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery
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Why We Cook: Dirt & Leaves (14:21)
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Erica Wides, Chef Smartypants, Why We Cook, Heritage Radio Network, Cain Vineyard & Winery, www.CainFive.com, available garden space, herbs, plant protection, building barriers, keeping out animals, who's opposed to gardens?, organic top soil, compost, deer fence, sugar snap peas, leafy greens, green beans, squash, Square Foot Gardening,Washing Produce & The Chocolate Covered Mouse (17:13)
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pre-washed baby arugula, properly washing greens, completely immerse in cold water, completely wash sand and dirt, local farmers don't have massive processing plants to clean with, baby imported vegetables, bugs on produce, spiders, ladybugs, if you see spiders on produce it's a good thing!, watercress, chocolate covered mouse, rodents in the kitchen,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/31/2009 04:00PM
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This week on the Farm Report, Adam Horwich & Ben Flanner talk about Urban Gardening in Greenpoint.
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Bringing Permaculture to NYC (10:00)
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sustainability, urban farming, Adam Horwich, Ben Flanner, Greenpoint Rooftop Farm, urban greening, career transitions, engineering background, permaculture, sustainable farming, permaculture=permanent agriculture, human beings having a positive rather than neutral or negative impact on the environment,Planting The Seeds for Ben's Farm (10:00)
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origins of Ben's rooftop farm, Good Greens, green roofs, sewage runoff, Broadway Stages, greening NYC, making rooftop farms economically viable, double function roof: green roof + farm food, what is green?, insulation, many green roofs do not perform as advertised, greenwashing, zero maintenance?, cooling properties of green roofs, high altitude desert plants, rooftop farm=greenest type of roof,Economic Slowdown and Green Roof Speedup (5:00)
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people must change their habits, backlash from economic meltdown, industrial food production, meltdown inculcated into people's head the fact that the status quo won't work, trickle down effect of depression, $8 plastic kiddy pool, lightweight soil from garden center, 50% pearlite, 25% peat moss, 25% compost, plant any annual vegetable, growing vegetables in NYC doesn't require much space or effort, www.rooftopfarms.org, landlords less resistant to these projects, 3-d gardening,Setting Up a Green Roof (3:20)
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no structural supplements, 200,000 pounds of soil, crane-lifted to roof, water collection system, felt, soil, ensuring the farm's success, most successful rooftop crops, corn problematic, long roots, broccoli, cabbage, rodent attacks, lettuce tomatoes peas beans eggplants and peppers do well, protecting crops from rodents, Adam's mad scientist experiments, permaculture, stacking functions, growing bananas in NYC, rooftopfood.com, heirloom,Permaculture Farming (5:00)
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Aztec farming innovations, companion planting, The Three Sisters, corn beans squash, dense concentration small area, radicalized farming, increasing numbers of farmers, shared knowledge, making a living off Greenpoint Rooftop Farm, composted hair adds nitrogen to soil, ACME fish providing entrails,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
