Punk Rock Farmer Friday Wraps 2024

  • December 20, 2024
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With homegrown music, and more true tales from the agrihood with a flower farmer and a soil talker. Plus, food justice, parfait perfection, and Winter Solstice sky sightings.

Tonight's Punk Rock Farmer Friday edition of RadioACTive features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community:

Homegrown music from Salt Lake punk band Gonk. UPDATE: Due to an emergency, Gonk was unable to play the show tonight, but we did share three songs from their GONK LP, which the band released in October.

  • Stepping in for Gonk was a band called Snail Sex, featuring Snoopy, Charlie and Dylan. They are busy recording their first album and will be back in January to drop their first single with the Punk Rock Farmer.

Jeanette Padilla Vega of the Food Justice Coalition has a way to help feed folks in the community this holiday season. Don't want to wait? Click here for details.

  • Dec. 21: Food Justice Coalition Community Outreach Day, 1:00 p.m. on the southwest corner of Pioneer Park, 350 S. 300 W., SLC. "Join us for a community outreach day to serve unsheltered neighbors and families facing hunger. We will give out nutritious meals, clothing, beverages, and other resources from one central location at Pioneer Park on the SOUTH WEST CORNER. The temperatures are dropping so we will be distributing blankets, clothing, hot healthy meals, hot coffee and more. Please bring any gently used clothing, shoes, tents, or other survival gear you’d like to donate or consider donating to our Venmo: @foodjusticecoalition. We will be outdoors, please dress weather-appropriate. This event is open to all participants 16+."

  • Dec. 25: Food Justice Coalition 5th Annual FREE Christmas Dinner for Individuals and Families in Need, 3:00-5:00 p.m. at SLC Buddhist Temple, 211 W. 100 S., SLC. "We are gearing up to prepare our annual Christmas dinner for individuals and families facing homelessness and food insecurity. The menu will include a delicious and nutritious meal. Folks can select from the following menu items: three-bean chili, jalapeño cornbread with maple butter glaze, collard greens, red lentil curry with basmati rice, sesame green beans (gomae), fresh fruit, hot cider, a hot cocoa bar & water. To-go options will be available as well. All food is plant-based and halal. This is open to ALL in the community. 

    FAQ: (questions asked so far)
    Q: Can housed people attend our free Christmas dinner?
    A: Yes! This dinner is for anyone who could use some support with a bit of free food. All are welcome to partake in the dinner and supplies, no questions asked.
  • Q: I can’t scan your Venmo QR code, what’s your handle?
    A: Our Venmo handle is @foodjusticecoalition to help with costs. $5 can provide Christmas dinner for an individual experiencing homelessness.

Symbria Patterson of Red Acre Center and agroecologist Nicole Masters, the keynote speaker at RAC's annual Utah Farm & Food Conference. Masters is the author of For Love of Soil, Strategies to Regenerate our Food Production Systems. Also available in Spanish.

#ManyCulturesOneSky with SkyWatcher Leo T, a RadioACTive volunteer and veteran broadcaster-turned-podcaster who shares his love of the night sky, cultural tales of the constellations, and more on #PunkRockFarmerFridays. Tonight: Winter Solstice, Christmas, International Space Station, and Apollo 8.

Buy Local Foodtrepreneur Spotlight: Parker Barbee of pudding specialty shop Parfé Diem, 2040 S. 1000 E., Sugar House. Last month the NACCP and Shark Tank's Daymond John awarded the T Mobile Powershift Entrepreneur Grant to Barbee. For more on Barbee's line of 7 different parfait puddings, bars and other treats, visit parfediem.com/menu.

Aldine's Urban Farm Report with Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm in South Jordan. The slow flower movement has taken off in Utah, where there are now hundreds of growers.

  • Feb. 1: 3rd Annual Utah Flower Conference, 9a-5:30p at Utah Valley Convention Center, 3rd Floor, 220 W. Center St., Provo. Event by Utah Cut Flower Farm Association: "Hear from experts in the flowering community on floral harvest and post-harvest care standards, disease identification and prevention, extending your season with high tunnels, and more, all while rubbing shoulders with other local Utah flower farmers." For tickets, 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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