RadioACTive 08.11.23

  • August 11, 2023
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Punk Rock Farmer Friday, with more true tales of the agrihood. Featuring Farmers Market week, BUGfest 2023, Paint Your Heart Out, Skywatcher Leo T's Many Cultures One Sky report, and fresh, homegrown music from Soap.

Tonight's show features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community!

Fresh, homegrown music from Soap, featuring Quinn Shumway, one of KRCL's summer interns.

Many Cultures One Sky with SkyWatcher Leo T. For sources and more space news, follow the SkyWatcher Leo T Facebook page.

Bailee Woolstenhulme of the Utah Department of Agriculture & Food. UDAF's Agricultural Water Optimization Grant provides grants of up to $500,000 for projects that reduce consumptive water use while maintaining or improving agricultural production and profitability while increasing operational flexibility for agricultural water users.

Christy Bills, aka The Bug Lady, on BOOPS, bugs out of place, and ways to work with them in the garden. Bills is the entomology collections manager at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

  • Aug. 12-13: BUGfest returns to Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 S. Wakara Way, SLC. "Insect and Plant Lovers, BUGfest is back! The Museum will be humming with bug lovers sharing un-bee-lievable facts about Utah's invertebrates and the plants they pollinate. We'll have expert speakers, displays of amazing specimens, our famous Bug Bar, face painting, craft activities, interactive learning opportunities, and hive fives all around. We'll even have a few things to bee excited about for Museum Members and new members alike!" For lineup and ticket info, click here.

Community shout-out: Paint Your Heart Out with Jasmine Walton of NeighborWorks Salt Lake. 

  • Every August, over 250 volunteers from local businesses, community organizations, and corporations come together to paint the homes of individuals with disabilities, veterans, and limited-income homeowners in Salt Lake County in our annual Paint Your Heart Out event. Nominations are taken year-round. To submit a home for consideration, click here. 

Al's Urban Farm Report celebrates National Farmers Market Week, featuring Carly Gillespie and Nichole Matthews of Downtown SLC Farmers Market and Gabrielle James, Garden Program Coordinator, UoU Sustainability Office. 

  • Aug. 24: UoU Farmers Market opening day, linking local growers, artisans and resources for healthy lives with students, faculty and staff on campus. Market vendors provide on-campus access to diverse cuisines, as well as produce, baked goods, gifts, art and more, while local organizations and on-campus departments showcase the full range of resources available to students. Be sure to stop by Tanner Plaza, between the Student Services Building and the Union (west side) between 10a and 2p on Thursdays from Aug. 24-Oct. 5. For more details and a list of vendors, click here. 

  • Utah Farmers Market Network: With nearly 50 farmers markets across the state, you've got plenty to choose from in Northern Utah, the Salt Lake Metro Area, Central Utah, Eastern Utah, and Southern Utah. Visit www.DoubleUpUtah.org to learn more about using your SNAP benefits and Double Up Food Bucks at Utah Farmers Markets, farmstands, and CSAs.

Editor's note: Looking for the recipe for Meteor Balls from last week's guest, Dr. Bonnie Feola of Nibbles & Sprouts? Click here. 

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Questions, comments or suggestions for the show? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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