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e88: Cut Flower Maintenance, Farm Internship Workshop
FromThe Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers
e88: Cut Flower Maintenance, Farm Internship Workshop
FromThe Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jul 24, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
This ep: Jessica Gale of Sweet Gale Gardens is back with suggestions for taking good care of your cut flowers throughout the season: soil fertility management, pruning tips, deadheading, and harvesting. After that: Dr. Charles Levkoe joins me to talk about the politics and practice of farm internships as a source of labour on farms. Charles and colleagues are hosting a one day workshop on the topic as a precursor to Food Secure Canada's 9th National Assembly in Toronto in October. foodandlabour.ca is where you can find out more about the workshop, and register. Or, download this PDF. Or go here to learn about the overall conference.
Released:
Jul 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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