Sustainability
Bee-Friendly Solar is a Win-Win-Win for People, Planet and Pollinators
by Rob Davis, Director of the Center for Pollinators in Energy at Fresh Energy
Solar is a huge opportunity for our energy system and for farmers. Add on planet-friendly landscaping practices and you get “common sense solar” that benefits soil, air, pollinators, and grazers as well!
Sustainability
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern: Racial (In)Justice, Immigration and Labor in the Food System
Can you understand something like food without considering politics, economics and social conditions? Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern doesn’t think so. Catch her insights on this week’s episode of Rootstock Radio.
Sustainability
Starting Seeds Indoors: It’s Time To Get Planting
Starting seeds indoors is a great way to grow long-season crops in cool climates. It also creates an opportunity to harvest earlier in any climate, warm or cool. And did we mention it’s fun?
Sustainability
Liz Carlisle: Lentils, Legumes & the Power of Pulses
Listen in! Liz Carlisle, author and lecturer at Stanford University, talks conservation, land stewardship, farming community in Montana, and legumes on this episode of Rootstock Radio.
Sustainability
Terry Oxford: Sustainable Urban Beekeeping
Terry Oxford of UrbanBeeSF keeps bees on San Francisco rooftops, and today on Rootstock Radio, she discusses why current beekeeping practices simply are not cutting it: for bees, for humans, and for our planet.
Sustainability
Alex Eaton: Let’s Talk About Poop (Animal Manure, That Is!)
Alex Eaton of Sistema.bio shares the innovative manure digester system that turns animal manure into both fertilizer and fuel. He's addressing climate change, food insecurity and poverty around the world in a single package. Listen in to learn more!