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bm272 What Vermont Soy is all About
Vermont Soy is the topic today.
bm271 Planning Soy Shows and Housekeeping
More talk of soy and the soy industry.
bm270 Vancouver’s City Farmer in Your Backyard
The cityfarmer project in Vancouver began as a small group of people concerned with energy costs and reducing waste. 30 years later, those concerns have been amplified throughout the world, and cityfarmer is still there in the trenches. My guest, Michael Levenston, executive direction of cityfarmer, has been there since the beginning; in this interview we talk about how it developed.
Besides the link above, further info and resources are available on cityfarmer.org
We Discuss:
- Starting it in 1978
- The concerns at that time
- Early source of funding
- Profile of who is involved
- The backyard
- Reducing waste
- Energy
- Global urban farming
- Being on the front page
- and more
Music:
- Aqueduct – The Suggestion Box
- Eddie Vedder – Long Nights
bm269 Vertical Farming and the New Agricultural Revolution
There is more to urban farming than just growing crops on empty lots in cities. In fact, there is a type of urban farming that involves growing alot more food in tall buildings, making use of the latest innovations of crop growing and energy usage. My guest, Professor Dickson Despommier of Columbia Universty explains what vertical farming is why it is so important for the future of human existance.
The site for all information on Vertical Farming
We Discuss:
- Types of crops that can be grown in vertical farms
- Where would they be located
- The costs
- The end of flood or disease damage
- Growing seasons in vertical farming
- Funding and who is interested
- Power and outside needs
- Problem with regular urban farming
Music:
- Tom Waits – Lost in the Harbor
- Okkervil River – A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene
bm268 Teenagers and HIV-AIDS in Thailand
An interview recorded in Bangkok with an HIV-AIDS organization that works with children and teenagers.