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This week on Cultivating Place we continue our Seed Change series - a nod to faith and a vote for the next growing season. We’re joined this week b...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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From walking a horse 6 miles on a rail trail, to transporting 24 sheep in the back of a Chrysler minivan, these young farmers will find a way to ge...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Photos courtesy of Wambui Ippolito.
Most gardens, gardeners, and gardening seasons are deeply informed first and foremost by a deep love of PLANTS. Of space, and design, and color, an...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Cultivating Place we get a booster shot of energy and inspiration as we enter the dog days of summer when we’re joined by Colah B. Taw...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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In honor of the Fourth of July, Cultivating Place is joined this week by the acclaimed writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid, whose work "My Garden (...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Nadia holding a Carolina Sphinx Moth
Nadia Ruffin is an entomologist, gardener and educator. She is the founder of Agricademy Inc, and Urban Farm Sista based in Cincinatti, Ohio. A lov...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Abra Lee is a public horticulture leader in the making. From rural roots in Georgia, to a passion for pop music and style, she sees the interweavin...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Photo used courtesy of Leah Penniman
Soul Fire Farm is a working farm in upstate New York committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system, co-founded by Leah Penniman.

Bought by KZYX and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: From left to right: Zenobia, Nina and Gayelle at the BBG, Credit: PHYLLIS BELKIN
The best public gardens are in fact community gardens at some level, this week on Cultivating Place we’re speaking with gardeners from New York Cit...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
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However you put it, food is as political as it gets. Today, we'll hear from farmers, organizers, workers, and seed-keepers who all attended the NES...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with Venice Wiliams the executive director of Alice's Garden, an urban agriculture facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Added: Oct 23, 2017
  • Length: 13:41
Caption: Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, Credit: Earth Flavors
This food-justice-related audio collage features the voices of Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, co-managers of Gardens United, a community gar...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:52
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“Rhythms of the Land!” is a documentary-in-progress which tells the important stories of African American farmers. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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An estimated 60,000 people live on the Northside of Minneapolis, but there are only two supermarkets in the entire area. The lack of access to fres...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Project Sweetie Pie
Last spring, the Minneapolis City Council amended a zoning code to expand urban agriculture in the city. KFAI's Eric Blom talked to members of Ston...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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In his memoir, “Good Food Revolution”, Will Allen describes his plan to provide healthy, affordable food to poor urban communities. Then, historian...

Bought by KZYX and WCNY


  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2