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Christian Shearer: Regeneration Innovation
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Christian Shearer
How is blockchain connected to healing the earth? This week's guest on Sea Change Radio can explain -- he is Christian Shearer, the CEO of Regen Ne...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Soil4Climate: To Meat or Not To Meat?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Seth Itzkan
To meat or not to meat? That is the question. Recent innovations in lab-grown meats seem to be making non-meat burgers and tacos a tastier option t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Georgina Gustin on the Farm Bureau
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Georgina Gustin
You may or may not have heard of the Farm Bureau but it is one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in this country, representing over six m...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Kevin Walker on our Grand Food Bargain
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kevin Walker
You’re walking the aisles of your local grocery store, picking out fresh ingredients for dinner — you get to the counter, pay for it, bag it, and y...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ash Kalra + Stefan Kalb: Saving Food and Forests
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ash Kalra
What can we do to be better citizens, better consumers and better advocates for the planet? Fighting waste and saving forests are a good place to s...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Catherine Homsey: Conscious Shopping
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Catherine Homsey
The average US resident heads out to the grocery store 1.6 times a week, and over the course of a year uses well over 1,000 plastic shopping bags t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mark Schapiro: Reaping What You Sow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Schapiro
There’s no time better than after a holiday of feasting to remember where we get our food. Ultimately, most of our complex recipes begin with the s...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Underwater Microphones Help Researchers Understand What Lives In Oyster Reefs
From: James Morrison
Caption: North Carolina State University Ph.D. student Olivia Caretti is hoping to fill some data gaps by using a relatively new method for monitoring aquatic life with underwater microphones, known as hydrophones., Credit: James Morrison
A North Carolina State University researcher is using underwater microphones to help better understand the extensive array of animals living in the...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:32
Living Planet 07/06/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Animals, to cuddle or kill? - Shoot to kill or live and let live? We're not always kind to animals, unless perhaps they're in a z...

Bought by KRZA, KUPR low power FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Paul Ehrlich on Jaws
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
Did you know that 300 years ago people had larger jaws? Why would this be the case and why is it important? Paul Ehrlich, the founding father of mo...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Distillery along Great Lakes turns booze into food – fish food
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York distillery and fish farm turns waste into supper, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Two companies in the Great Lakes region are teaming up for an unusual experiment in sustainability. They’re starting an aquaculture business. And a...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
Helping the Great Lakes one dairy cow at a time
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Kramer's dairy cows turned out to pasture., Credit: Veronica Volk
What does a dairy cow have to do with a healthy lake ecosystem? At a recent Great Lakes Restoration Conference in Buffalo New York, people were inv...

Bought by KTXK, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 7
Ole Kaven + Julie Greene: Earthquakes and Solar Cooking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
While the earth probably won’t shake the next time you turn on your gas stovetop, keep in mind it comes at a cost. This week on Sea Change Radio, w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Carolan: "No One Eats Alone"
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Carolan
Food. It is as necessary as air and water. But the systems around food production and distribution have created a good deal of distance between our...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Interview: Paul Shapiro
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Are you a vegetarian, a vegan, or a lapsed vegetarian? Do you eat meat and feel a little conflicted about it? No matter where you fall on the spect...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Tale of Honeybee Brown (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Between a changing climate and an invasion of parasites, it’s a tough time for the little honeybee. A Norfolk woman’s quest to give bees a home may...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 6
Food Waste Pioneers: David Rodriguez + Jonathan Bloom
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rodriguez
Five years ago, when we first started covering the food waste issue, America was throwing away enough food to fill the Rose Bowl every day. And, un...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Food Nudges (Fudges?)
From: Generation Anthropocene
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We all need food to stay alive, but when we’re filling up our grocery carts, it’s not like survival is the primary motivator. If you’re listening t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 17:07
Seeds of Change
From: Generation Anthropocene
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At the dawn of the agricultural revolution, humans began to tinker with our seeds. Over millennia, we’ve managed to breed plants for selective tra...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 17:13
Gary Nabhan: Seeds of Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gary Nabhan
The next time you are putting a slice of tomato on your sandwich, ask yourself where it came from. Not which area of the country, but which seed st...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 4
Visiting Creech Orchard
From: WMMT
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Terry Creech is a rare breed – a second generation apple grower in Harlan County, KY. Jeremy Williams, Harlan County Extension Agent, and Mitch Whi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 07:59
Fisheries Recovery
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new report finds that global fisheries could boost both sustainability and annual catch.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cutting Edge: Knives + Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Simha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who r...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Coffee, Tea & Climate Change
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Coffee, tea, and cocoa are just some of the crops that could be affected by rising carbon dioxide levels and temperatures brought on by climate cha...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39