Agriculture

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Water World on 12/02/16

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Water World
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Flashpoints: Update on Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire show to an update on Standing Rock: We'll speak to Bill Means, who is advising the Elders regarding local, state and international law: And well speak to several of the Water-Protectors on recent actions and what comes next in t... Read more

Trauma, Race, and African American Identity

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sheldon George, professor of English at Simmons College in Boston about his new book, Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Racial Identity. They discuss the murder in 2012 of an African American young man, Jordan Davis, by an older whi... Read more

My Zine

Good old-fashioned spoken-word radio.  Observations and opinions, commentary and creative writing by long-time staff member, Bruce Silverman.  Random, thought-provoking topics including everything from human-interest stories read straight from the local paper, to personal c... Read more

Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
According to the American Farmland Trust, fifty acres of prime agricultural land are paved over and developed every hour in North America. At the same time the number of farmers is declining while the human population is expected to eclipse eight billion in just over a deca... Read more

The State of Cannabis

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  The State of Cannabis
Today Leland Berger updates us on legal issues in the works... Eric Wentd, chief science officer at Green Leaf Lab talks about testing. and Paul Stanford talks about Hempstalk happening this weekend at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Read more

Carbon Farming, Gaining Ground, and Youth Cooking

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
This coming Sunday, September 25th, the film Gaining Ground will be premiering at the Hollywood Theatre. I'll be talking with the filmmakers (and KBOO volunteers!) Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velazquez about the film. I'll also be talking with Joy Church of The Portland Ki... Read more

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