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Soapberry
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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
Making Beef Better: A search for the World's best steak.
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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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
Sowing the Seeds of a New Generation of Farmers
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Farmer Casey O'Leary, Credit: Guy Hand
The average age of the American farmer is 57 years old. But there's a new breed of farmer out there, one who is young, focused on the small scale a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Anemone
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
About the Anemone

  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
Idaho Caviar and High Desert Aquaculture
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: A tin of Idaho caviar, Credit: Guy Hand
When driving through southern Idaho’s sagebrush desert, glistening black beads of caviar aren’t likely the first things that come to mind. Yet stu...

Bought by KUOW and KISU


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mimms Ranch
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Life and Work of Dr. Calvin Fremling
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - A tribute and recognition to the life's work of Dr. Calvin Fremling. One of the foremost authorities on the endangered en...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We’ll hear excerpts from the Oscar-nominated movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Protectionism and Competitiveness
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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The global circulation of goods is a major source of both prosperity and carbon emissions. This short video on ethics asks: Can trade be regulated ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fans of Fermentation
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tara Kelly with an assortment of her fermented foods., Credit: Guy Hand
A profile of an Idaho woman immersed in the ancient craft of fermentation.

Bought by KUOW and KISU


  • Added: Feb 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Giant Ground Sloths
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Skeletal remains of a Shasta ground sloth., Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University
Ground sloths weren’t cute, cuddly tree-dwellers like sloths today. They weighed 500 pounds and stood nine-feet tall. Who were these Ice Age creatu...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: A world without oil; plus 30 years of the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: betterplace.com website, Credit: betterplace.com
Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 37:05
  • Purchases: 1
All About the Sugar Beet
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Sugar Beets, Credit: Don Morishita
We've all heard about the controversy over genetically modified sugar beets. But what is a sugar beet? The answer might surprise you.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Good News Bears
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A black bear in Big Bend National Park., Credit: Cindy Callahan, courtesy of National Park Service
After an absence of nearly fifty years, black bears have been making a remarkable comeback in Big Bend National Park. Why did they return? And what...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
Pronghorn in Decline
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Pronghorn on the Marfa Plateau. , Credit: Mike Sullins/TPWD
Pronghorn have perfect camouflage, unmatched speed, and can spot a predator miles away. But that hasn't protected them from a mysterious population...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
How The Connected Community Paves The Way To Sustainability; An Earthway Perspective
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: James Reidy
Today on Culture Clique we visit with James Reidy, Associate Profesor in Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation at Winona State University...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 42:33
  • Purchases: 1
Pollen
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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
Making Local Food Truly Local
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Local tomatoes at a farmers' market, Credit: Guy Hand
Some "local" food is actually harvested from Costco or as far away as Mexico. Some think it's time for a certification process to make sure local ...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cincy Paranormal Radio
From: Cincy Paranormal Radio
Series: Cincy Paranormal Radio
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Cincy Paranormal Radio 12-20-10

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Dexter National Fish Hatchery
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Fish tanks inside Dexter National Fish Hatchery., Credit: Megan Wilde
Without the Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, several desert fish species might have disappeared from the Chihuahuan Desert regi...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bosque del Apache
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A sandhill crane flies over Bosque del Apache., Credit: Megan Wilde
Every winter, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico hosts a spectacular congregation of snow geese and sandhill cranes. Why do t...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
When Sheep Fly
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Biologists attach a tracking collar to a blindfolded desert bighorn sheep. , Credit: Kamila Forson
When Elephant Mountain gets too crowded with desert bighorn sheep, and it’s time to start a new herd in Big Bend Ranch State Park, how do you move ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Making Milk Real: The trend toward small dairies
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Cloverleaf Creamery bottling plant, Credit: Guy Hand
Fresh milk — thanks to it’s perishable nature — was once the most local of local foods. Today, though, milk is often a highly processed commodity ...

Bought by KISU, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hard Cider Makes a Comeback
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Hard apple cider, Credit: Guy Hand
Hard apple cider, once nearly forgotten, is enjoying a national comeback. In the Northwest, Washington and Oregon are becoming big producers. Ida...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Coyotes
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Writer J. Frank Dobie wished he could be sung to sleep and woken by a coyote chorus every day. But not everyone regards coyotes so amiably. Who are...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2

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