Agriculture

Catalogs; Russian fruit; Plus new gardening, animal husbandry classes with PDX's "Urban Growth Bounty"

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: The Dirtbag

Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert talk about Jim's recent fruit exploring trip to Russia and Ukraine. Then a discussion of favorite garden catalogs and new and exciting varieties of fruits and vegetables. Plus, the City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustain... Read more

The Dirtbag on 12/08/10

Airs at: Wed, 12/08/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

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Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert welcome OSU Extension Horticulturist Weston Miller to talk about the OSU Master Gardener program (and the Organic Master Gardener program, too) and its emphasis on sustainable gardening. And for the second half, Harriet Fasenfest ... Read more

The Dirtbag on 09/08/10

Airs at: Wed, 09/08/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Dirtbag

Host Glen Andresen and permanent guest Jim Gilbert are joined in the studio by Emmy Pagett and film director Taggart Siegel ("The Real Dirt on Farmer John"). In the first segment, Emmy will talk about her summer's work trapping the new fruit fly pest, the Spotted Wing Dr... Read more

Rain Water Collection Systems

Airs at: Sat, 07/17/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Dirtbag

Host Glen Andresen and Jim Gilbert of One Green World welcome Clackamas Community College horticultual instructor Bruce Nelson to talk about rainwater harvesting and two upcoming rainwater collecting workshops at Clackamas Community College on August 30 and September 1. ... Read more

Lisa Albert on Edible Gardening

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Dirtbag

Host Glen Andresen and Jim Gilbert of One Green World welcome garden writer Lisa Albert to talk about growing edible plants in containers. Plus, as always, a new Garden Stumper quiz and listeners' edible gardening questions! Today's Garden Stumper: Should you add grav... Read more

Fruit pollination and more!

Airs at: Wed, 05/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Dirtbag

It's almost prime time for planting veggies! Host Glen Andresen reveals tips and techniques for getting those veggies off to a great start. Guest Jim Gilbert of One Green World will lead a general discussion about fruit pollination, includiing self-fertility, parthenocar... Read more

Cover crop in the way? What to do. Plus, favorite fruits!

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Dirtbag

This month a discussion of what to do with your cover crops. Plus favorite fruit varieities. Your cover crop is growing, you're ready to plant some April veggies, but the cover crop is in the way? What's next? Join host Glen Andresen for a discussion of ways to proceed... Read more

Radiozine on 2/22/10

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Bruce Silverman interviews Alissa Hamilton, author of "Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice." Alissa Hamilton is a Food and Society Policy Fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. She lives in Toronto. Close to three quarters of U.S. ... Read more

The One Straw Revolution - Larry Korn's Portland, OR talk

Airs at: Thu, 07/30/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Lecture Room

Larry Korn, the english translator of Masanobu Fukuoka's 1970s book "The One Straw Revolution" is the presenter here. Recorded at Tryon Life Community Farm on June 30th, 2009. Introduction by Marisha Auerbach Discussed in this recording are: natural farming, growing crop... Read more

Dolores Huerta Speaks at Willamette University

Airs at: Fri, 10/23/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, co-founder and first Vice-President of the United Farm Workers of America spoke Wednesday, October 21st at The Annual Salem Peace Lecture at Hudson Hall in the Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center at Willamette University, Salem, Oreg... Read more