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Who would have thought that worm castings could replace an expensive irrigation system on a Florida farm? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registere...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Brent Sicard, President and CEO of Lueken’s Village Foods grocery stores, announced plans for the local chain to grow and sell its own produce, as ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 20:16
Caption: Either in your backyard, at the Farmers' Market, or at the local grocery store, you can find organic., Credit: www.eatbreatheblog.com
On the shortlist of major causes that affect the stability of the biosphere, factory food systems are very near the top. Proponents of the return t...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Yep! You CAN eat that., Credit: www.livinggreenmag.com
Find out how edible yard plants and trees offer a way that many consumers can get involved in shaping a better world.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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One key to curtailing the West Nile virus? Birds.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Christin McLaughlin shares her story of growing up in the suburbs on the edge of farm country and how she got into gardening and writing about it.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 27:48
Caption: Jere Gettle and family, Credit: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Join us as we go down Food Memory Lane with Jere Gettle, founder of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 26:09
Caption: New Society Press jacket cover
Sylvia Bernstein, president and founder of The Aquaponic Source, provides a step-by-step guide to raising vegetables and fish together.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 17:15
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Radio Curious visits with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, ho...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: UC Berkeley professor Gordon Frankie (left) and his team maintain an urban garden to attract native bees for research
For the past five years there’s been a phenomenon of disappearing worker bees called Colony Collapse Disorder. This has many scientists wanting to ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:27
Caption: Culprit Caught Eating Petunias, Credit: NHN 2009/Flickr
Charlie Nardozzi addresses one of the most persistent of pests; the woodchuck. Learn a no-nonsense approach for ridding your landscape of woodchuck...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with Mark Schatzker, author of Steak, on why great steak is hard to find and how a few small-scale ranchers are helping to make beef b...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The sub-title of the book pretty much sums it up: "How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single...

Bought by KISU and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
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As all hay-fever sufferers will tell you, this has been a bad year for pollen. What's all that pollen good for besides making you miserable?

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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In 1971 famed Chef Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. The current popularity of Farmers’ Markets and Community Gardens can i...

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2010
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Apple Blossom
February is the time to make new apple trees from old. Where have they come from?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 09:58
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There was a time when a compost heap was far from mainstream. I mean, growing your food in decomposing garbage? No way!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Fetching bees from a bee farm

  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:44
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Demo for the Living Life Show

  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:43
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Spring is here, and so is barbecue, gardeningand travel to London

  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
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Greener ways to keep your lawn green.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
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The warmer climate means changes for planting gardens and trees.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:15