Agriculture

EcoFilm and the Pillars of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

In this special membership-drive episode of The Film Show, Jenn Chavez previews the Portland EcoFilm Festival with director Dawn Smallman and documentarians Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, who have produced The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Queen of the Sun, and the new film Se... Read more

Bread and Roses on 09/16/16

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Tonight, we talk to award-winning independent media artists Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velazquez who run The Media Project. They collaborated on a new documentary focusing on food, environmental, and racial justice called Gaining Ground. GAINING GROUND is a feature-le... Read more

Storing apples and pears; plus planting cover crops

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Dirtbag

It's been a bumper year for apples and pears so host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert talk about how to properly store these fruits. It's also prime time for planting cover crops. We'll give you a rundown on planting and our favorites. As always, we'll answer your garde... Read more

Special Program

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Special Programming: Public Affairs

Gaining Ground: An Interview with Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velazquez

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

GAINING GROUND, a feature-length documentary film by Elaine Velazquez and Barbara Bernstein, tells personal stories of farmers making extraordinary changes in their farming practices to feed their local communities sustainably grown produce and grains. The documentary inter... Read more

David Downs on "The Medical Marijuana Guidebook—America’s First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers"

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Host Doug McVay speaks with journalist and editor David Downs about his new book, "The Medical Marijuana Guidebook—America’s First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers. They discuss medical marijuana and answer key questions about the use, legality and varieties of ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 5, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Labor Day Old Mole, with segments on work, writing, activism, food and climate, and music including "Erosion" by science teacher David Newman. Clayton comments on what it means to be a worker in a capitalist economy. Tod Sloan comments on ... Read more

Food Sleuth Radio, Zen Honeycutt Interview

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Healthwatch

Healthwatch is off today. Instead we'll hear Food Sleuth Radio: Investigative Nutrition with Melinda Hemmelgarn, MS, RD. Did you know that in the first three years since its inception, Moms Across America has engaged and mobilized mothers in all 50 states, and created o... Read more

Ali Sharif on Permaculture in Latin America and Africa and Maurice Carney and Harvey Wasserman on Racism, Environmentalism, and Ending War

Airs at: Fri, 09/02/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

We speak with permaculture expert Ali Sharif who has thirty years of permaculture field experience in 6 countries. After taking his Permaculture Design course in the USA in 1984, Bill Mollison, the "father of permaculture," instructed Ali Sharif to take permaculture to... Read more

Ali Sharif on Permaculture in Latin America and Africa

Airs at: Fri, 09/02/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

We speak with Ali Sharif, founder of IPERMO, an organization promoting permaculture in Mozambique. Ali Sharif, has 30 years of field experience in 6 countries. After taking his Permaculture Design course in the USA in 1984, Bill Mollison, the "father of permaculture", i... Read more