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Mobile Urban Farms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ken Dunn transforms unused urban land into productive gardens.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Trees Offsetting Vehicle Emissions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Filipinos are aiming to improve the quality of the air they breathe by planting trees on the country's roadways.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Get Your Goats!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Controlling invasive weeds costs a bundle. Billions of dollars are spent each year on weed and fire hazard management.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Kids on the Farm
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Farmer Cindy Jones talks about how growing up on a farm has affected her kids.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
A Loyal Helper
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Farmer Cindy Jones tells us about her weekly helper.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 03:23
Rain, Rain, Don't Flow Away
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Rain gardens" are one way you can help limit stormwater drainage. They collect storm water and allow it to soak into the soil.

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
King Corn
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Talk of Iowa Special Edition: Public Radio Collaboration's "Think Global"
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Everyone knows that when it comes to corn, Iowa is king; but who knew that the journey from seed to stalk could be such a bushel of fun?

Bought by WGVU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Garden Renaissance in Brooklyn
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Joyce Vargas explores the idea of "city famrs" and how it might just bring change to one of the roughest neighborhoods in New York City.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:34
Depaving: Trading the Sidewalk for the Seedling
From: Radio Anyway
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One Northampton, Massachusetts resident chooses, for reasons both practical and philosophic, to remove her asphalt driveway and restore green space.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
From Farm to Restaurant
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Organic farmer Cindy Jones describes turning her farm into a restaurant for one night.

Bought by WMUK


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
More Than Vegetables
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Organic farmer Cindy Jones explains why her customers take away more than fresh vegetables.

Bought by WTIP, WMUK, and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
Eat Your Greens 5: The Tri Community Festival at the Fairview Garden
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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To celebrate a successful growing season, three communities gather to celebrate the Fairview Community garden.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:53
Eat Your Greens 4: Back to school at Fairview
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Some of the young gardeners have moved on and graduated from Fairview. Will they be able to entice some new ones at the back to school night?

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:54
Eat Your Greens 3: In the garden at Fairview Elementary
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Right beside I 25 a bustling community garden plays host to children and their families.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
Greener Ways to Green Lawn
From: The Environment Report
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Simple and environmentally friendly ways to green your lawn.

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Jul 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Seattle University District Farmers Market
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the most popular Farmers Market in Seattle.

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 23:59
Urban Homesteaders
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A young Massachusetts family lives off the land -- in the middle of a crime-ridden inner-city.

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, KTNA, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast and more


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 6
Why Lawns?
From: Ed Herrmann
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Why do Americans spend billions of dollars and countless hours to maintain a "perfect" lawn?

Bought by PRX Remix and KZUM


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Secret Life of New York's Bees
From: Kate Hinds
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New York City has outlawed the practice of beekeeping, but local honey is in high demand. What's an apiarist to do? Keep hives on the sly, of cou...

Bought by WBEZ, The Nature Podcast, WFUV, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 4
Tractors
From: Lu Olkowski
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An exploration of the tractor and why people collect them.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Exotic Conifers: the Next Big Thing in Christmas Trees
From: Shannon Mullen
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Four minute holiday feature story about an exotic Christmas tree farmer and his love of all things conifer.

Bought by WTIP and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Bells of Ireland
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Rosalie Sorrels sings about the gardens her two Irish grandmothers used to keep, and how the flowers they grew were a reflection of their very diff...

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Dec 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Winter Composting
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: BioSphere
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Composting is possible even in a deep freeze

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Retiring with Dahlias
From: Liz Jones
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A WW2 vet reflects on his time as a marine and his passion for growing dahlias.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 07, 2005
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
Mingling Pen and Plow
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chinmney Farm in Nobleboro, Maine, has a rich literary history.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Public Interactive


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 2