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First Aired - 03/06/2011 03:30PM
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Cotton is the sole focus of this week's particularly fun and educational episode of We Dig Plants. Tune in to hear the good, bad and ugly about the history of cotton production in the world. Learn more about how the cotton gin revolutionized the world and why this crop really IS the "fabric of our lives". This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Learn more about their country ham and Virginia Tradition at www.SurryFarms.com
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Cotton (18:16)
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We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, economic botany, anthropology, how humans use plants, plants and society, balance between needs and resources, Cosmography, Cotton, the fabric of our lives, hard to separate cotton and slavery, slaves developed a comb to speed up the process of picking cotton, bottleneck between field and factory, Eli Whitney, cotton gin, Upland county, cotton production, the South's white gold, textile mills, international slave trade, Liverpool, converted to textiles in British Mills, trade goods, cotton textile trade, Americana, cotton found its way to Africa, cotton was traded for more slaves,Work, Beauty & Everything In-Between (17:33)
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Alice's grandfather was a sharecropper and grew cotton, Eastern Georgia topsoil, the cost of t-shirts is rising because of rain problems in India, cotton is a heavily sprayed crop, fair trade, sustainable crops, decorative cotton, cotton seed fibers, fields look like snow, shrubs can get from 6 to 20 meters high, cotton bowls, cotton fibers make 40% of the worlds textiles, Southeast Asia, earliest written record of cotton, fragments of textiles dating to 3000 B.C., ancient civilizations had been spinning and weaving cotton, history of cotton, Ghandi, boycott on British goods, spinning wheel as symbol of self sufficiency, powdered cotton seeds, medicinal uses, cotton cocktail,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/27/2009 02:15PM
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On this week's Greenhorn Radio, Severine interviews Ambika Conroy, Australian crocheter and rabbit farmer, about creating Sports Illustrated cover bikinis, raising rabbits in upstate New York, and the future of fur co-ops.
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Ambika Conroy: Sports Illustrated Bikinis (10:06)
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Ambika, young Hudson Valley farmers, vintage creamery, fiber spinning co-op, Friendly First, crochet bikinis, importing fibers from Brazil, Ambika wanted to go local, Angora rabbit fiber, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, is there a marketplace in the fashion world for sustainably produced textiles, consumers becoming more conscious of hand-made and sustainably produced fashion items, fiber production, cashmere, alpaca, rabbit fur not used very often, several usable py-products from rabbit fur cultivation, manure for fertilizer, rabbit fur warmer than sheep's wool, litter every 6 wks, rabbits very easy to care for, Severine raising rabbits for meat, using rabbit fibers, shearing without killing,Towards Animal-Friendly Fur Production (9:46)
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friendlyfurs@gmail.com, fur production, fur farming, Pet and Livestock Series: Modern Fur Farming, Ambika's five year plan, spinning co-op, fiber co-op, fur farming not an overcrowded industry, collect fiber from 4-H groups and local farms and distributing to spinners then to crocheters, high-end fashion consultation, find your local county fair through the NY State Department of Ag and Markets, October 18 and 19: Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck NY, thegreenhorns@gmail.com, Watermelon Moonshine Festival,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/05/2009 07:00PM
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Eat to the Beat explores performance artist Mike Albo's parodies.
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Introducing Performance Artist: Mike Albo (4:00)
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stand up comedy, shopping tips, New York Times, peanut butter, writer, communications, career path, poetry, diary, double Gemini characteristics,The Beauty of Advertising Language (2:29)
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media control, advertising influence, need to be loved, retail therapy, culture, language, junk mail, pop culture, brochures, entertainment, jingles, cynicism, lifestyle,Mike Albo as Tony Testa (2:45)
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clips from a skit performed live by Mike Albo, the dazzle dancers, costume, dancing, Jennifer Lopez,Fashion Tips (6:07)
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freedom, consumers, commentary, asking questions, shopping tips published by the New York Times followed by where to eat, small designers, support creative businesses, artist, expense cuts, www.MikeAlbo.com,Live Performer Acting Alone and Upcoming Appearances (10:17)
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jack of all trades, production, concern about what is being consumed, orthorexia, talent, dancing and spinning naked for a dinner party hosted by his parents, dance, dazzle dancers, www.dazzledancers.com/, www.MikeAlbo.com, loves facebook, twitter, post-it note series, readings at KGB in NYC and Pete's Candy store of Brooklyn, developing a style,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
