Punk Rock Farmer #ontheroad for Spring Radiothon 2024

  • March 15, 2024
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Live at Mestizo Coffee House. More true tales from the agrihood with Green Phoenix Farm, Stagl Organics, and Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers. Plus, live music from Pepper Rose and DAve Crespo, and Better Days' She Started It artists.

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

Dave Galvan of Mestizo Coffee House, 631 W. North Temple St., welcomes KRCL and RadioACTive back to the coffee house made for the community.

  • "Mestizo is a coffeehouse for our community. We serve flavorful drinks & delicious food with a Latin flair in an eclectic space for everyone to feel welcome and accepted. The Fine Arts Gallery features local and nationally known artists and the space plays host to musical events, open mic night, yoga, and tango dancing. 'This place has a soul. It’s not just the four walls and coffee,' Galvan says. 'It’s the heart of our community because of our diversity and acceptance.'

  • Mestizo hosts weekly events, community gatherings, meetings, workshops, parties, and more! To book call or text Evelyn at 385-645-3227 or email mestizocoffeeslc@gmail.com.

  • Now open 8a-8p, 7 days a week.

Homegrown music from Pepper Rose and DAve Crespo of Spirit Machines.

If this is your year to grow a giant pumpkin, then listen up as Clint Nash of Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers shares ways to prep for the growing season. 

  • March 23: Utah Giant Pumpkin Symposium 2024, 10a-1p at Mountain Valley Seed Company/True Leaf Market, 175 W. 2700 S. #200, South Salt Lake. "Join us for a jumpstart to the 2024 growing season! We will have a Beginner Class and Advanced Class for growing giant pumpkins. We will also have a Beyond Master Gardener class for info on growing other giants. There will be special guests, awards, and exciting club news, too. We will have raffle prizes, and seed packets for members. You will also be able to sign up for a yearly membership at the event."

Better Days asked students in grades 4–12 to create an original piece of art about a woman in Utah history who made a difference in their community. RadioACTive talks with Better Days Historical Director Rebekah Clark and artists Tayecia, Foster, Cora and Blossom. Stop by and check out all the pieces in the She Started It exhibit in Mestizo's gallery!

Aldine's Urban Farm Report, with James Loomis of Green Phoenix Farm. A program of Wasatch Community Gardens, the farm is growing more than 45,000 certified organic plant starts for WCG's annual spring plant sale. Plus, Shad Stagl of Stagl Organics. For Shad's CSA shares, click here. 

  • May 11: Wasatch Community Gardens' Spring Plant Sale, 8a-1p at Rowland Hall-St Mark's School, 720 S. Guardsman Way, SLC. Rowland Hall-St Mark's School. "We know there are plenty of local plant sales this time of year so why shop WCG's Spring Plant Sale? Our sale features more than 45,000 food-growing plants raised from seed by participants of our Job Training Program serving women facing homelessness. These seedlings are grown with the utmost care at our certified organic Green Phoenix Farm. In other words, when you shop our Spring Plant Sale, you'll gift your garden with healthy plant starts while also helping us work toward our vision of a community where everyone has access to healthy, local food." 

  • Start planning your garden by browsing the lists of annuals and select edible perennials and flowers grown at Green Phoenix Farm that will be available at the sale. Note WCG will also be selling non-WCG grown flowers, grasses and native plants that are not reflected in these resources.

    • 2024 Spring Plant Sale Catalog: view in-depth profiles of each variety grown at our Green Phoenix Farm, complete with photos, plant care tips and history, etc. (best reviewed when "View" is set to 50% - 75%)

    • 2024 Spring Plant Sale Quick Reference List: use this list as a quick reference tool for planning your plant sale purchases. This resource lists the same varieties as the catalog, but in a condensed format!

    • 2024 Tomatoes by Characteristic: looking for that perfect pink, cherry, or heat-tolerant tomato? Make sense of our 75 tomato varieties with this handy list! 

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:

  • Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones
  • Volunteer Host: Aldine, KRCL's Punk Rock Farmer
  • Audio Engineering: Sullivan Phetchanpheng, Griffin Hall, Connor Estes

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