Growing Greener

Tom Christopher
Growing Greener
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    A New Chapter in the Roundup Debacle

    13-05-2026 | 29 Min.
    Award-winning investigative journalist Carey Gillam exposed the corruption and suppression of evidence involved in the Environmental Protection Agency's original approval of the use of the herbicide Roundup and its active ingredient glyphosate on American gardens and farms.  In today's conversation she details the on-going suppression of evidence of its harmful impact on human and environmental health and discusses how the case about Roundup currently before the Supreme Court is designed to deprive its victims of recourse, and why Donald Trump has made increasing its production a matter of national security.
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    Landraces – Customizing Vegetable and Fruit Cultivars to Flourish in Your Garden

    06-05-2026 | 29 Min.
    In a conversation first shared in February of 2024, farmer and author Joseph Lofthouse describes how to foster  "landraces," strains of vegetables and fruits adapted to the unique conditions in your garden.
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    Are Alien Plants Superior at Supporting Insect Diversity in the Garden?

    29-04-2026 | 29 Min.
    James Hitchmough, an eminent British garden designer and former professor of horticultural ecology asserted on a previous episode that research confirms that gardens rich in alien plants support a greater diversity of insects.  Today, Matthew Shepherd of the Xerces Society, an organization founded to promote insect and invertebrate conservation shares a different understanding of the science.
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    The Million Orchid Project Turns Urban Areas into Sanctuaries for Critically Endangered Native Species

    22-04-2026 | 29 Min.
    Dr. Jason Downing of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden turns rare orchid propagation into an educational adventure for Miami area students, beautifies the cityscape, and rescues native Floridian species from the brink of extinction.
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    Maine's Wild Seed Project Offers Education and an Example of Nationwide Significance

    15-04-2026 | 29 Min.
    In this week's Growing Greener Heather McCargo, founder of the Wild Seed Project, describes its programs to encourage gardeners to grow native plants from wild-collected seeds to preserve genetic diversity in the garden and beyond, and how McCargo has embraced the evolution of her personal garden from meadow to biodiverse woodland.
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Your weekly half-hour program about environmentally informed gardening. Each week we bring you a different expert, a leading voice on gardening in partnership with Nature. Our goal is to make your landscape healthier, more beautiful, more sustainable, and more fun.
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