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205 - George Kaufman - What the heck does IPM mean (in blueberries)?

George Kaufman is a crop advisor for AgriCare, Inc. Halls Ferry Farm is a large-scale farming operation that focuses on producing organic blueberries and hazelnuts. Boasting 2,500 acres of farmable land and hedgerows as far as ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Feb 2022 | Podcast episode

Episode 18: Small Landowner Management

In this episode, Lauren Grand and Lindsay Reaves discuss forest management at the Bauman Family Tree Farm. Reaves lives and works on the farm with her husband Tom Bauman.

Lauren Grand, Lindsay Reaves | Apr 2022 | Podcast episode

Season 2, Episode 2 | Modeling Economic Impact of Nutrient Management

Learn about grapevine tissue and yield modeling is used to quantify economic impact of vineyard nutrient management.

Patricia A. Skinkis | Oct 2023 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Episode 40: Indigenous Knowledge

In this episode, Lauren Grand is joined by Cristina Eisenberg to discuss the importance of indigenous knowledge and how it can be used to strengthen communities and the natural environment.

Lauren Grand, Cristina Eisenberg | Oct 2023 | Podcast episode

Farm to School in Remote Areas; Rikkilyn Starliper

Learn about farm to school in a remote "frontieresque" community, a possessed greenhouse, and more with Nutrition Services Director Rikkilyn Starliper of Umatilla School District in Eastern Oregon.

Michelle Markesteyn, PhD, MSEL, Rick Sherman | Sep 2023 | Podcast episode

48 Travis Owen – The Amateur Anthecologist

Travis Owen is a self-described nature enthusiast with a passion for pollination ecology and the role of pollinators in the environmental context of Southern Oregon. His passions have grown and evolve over time. In his twenties ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2018 | Podcast episode

126 – Casey Hale – Bees that are parasites on other bees

When you think of a bee you probably think of an insect hard at work growing its nest and pollinating plants. But over 10% of bees are kleptoparasites; bees that don’t build their own nests, but are parasites on other bees.

Andony Melathopoulos | Jan 2020 | Podcast episode

133 Kim Patten - Pollinator habitat on working farms

Putting habitat into a working farm involves juggling operational constraints and pollinator biology. In this episode we hear about an innovative example of how PNW cranberry growers are attracting and boosting bee populations around their bogs. 

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2020 | Podcast episode

147 - Christina Grozinger - BeeScape

Christina Grozinger is the Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and the Director for the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State. She is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America and the American Association...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2020 | Podcast episode

Starting a National Farm to School Movement: Anupama Joshi

Join us as we interview Anupama Joshi, the founder of the National Farm to School Network as she details how this movement started.

Michelle Markesteyn, PhD, MSEL, Rick Sherman | Nov 2023 | Podcast episode