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Science in the City: Busy Bees (Clip)

Running Time:
00:04:16

Just outside the hum and buzz of San Francisco, there's a hum and buzz of a different sort. It's the sound of thousands of acres of almond crops being pollinated by bees—bees in such demand that they must be trucked in from as far as Texas. Almond grower Dave Phippen explains why. keeping this winged labor force happy and healthy is a vital but tricky business.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: April 27, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: bees, pollination, farming, almonds, california, exploratorium, hives, agriculture, central valley

QuickTime: 919K

Driven: Flowers on the Freeway (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:45

Hayes Valley Farm is a community-run farm on a former freeway in the middle of San Francisco. The land was slated for condo development but the plan was put off when the economy slumped. Out of the ashes of that dream arose a utopia of a different sort; a suspended reality where fruit trees are grown on what was once a freeway on-ramp choked with cars. Now there are flowers growing out of the double yellow lines, and constant opportunities for children and adults to learn how to grow food and to get dirty doing it. Although the farm has only an "interim use" permit, meaning that it can't last forever, farmers Zoey Kroll and Jay Rosenberg know that the enduring harvest of this project--the truth that even the most outlandish-sounding things are possible if we make them so--will far outlive the farm itself.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: August 27, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: farm, hayes valley farm, zoey kroll, jay rosenberg

Links:

Hayes Valley Farm official website

Ice Stories: Glaciers and the Simple Life in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys (Clip)

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00:04:28

In this interview from in front of the Canada Glacier in Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, Hassan Basagic from Portland State University describes the essential role of polar glaciers in supporting the bare-bones ecosystems in the Dry Valleys.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 31, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: dry valleys, antarctica, ecology, ecosystem, glaciers, canada glacier, taylor valley, ice

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Dispatch: Glaciers and the Simple Life in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys

Windows Media: 1200K

QuickTime: 1280K

Science of Gardening: Show 'n' Kale (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:56

Sonoma Valley farmer Bob Cannard doesn't fight nature: he collaborates with it. The result is bountiful fields of healthy, beautiful plants, some of which end up in the kitchen at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. Here Bob speaks eloquently about appreciating and respecting nature. As he says, "it's simple...it's all right there before you."

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 20, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: farm, garden, nature, food, home, diy

Science of Gardening: The Nature in Farming (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:53

Sonoma Valley farmer Bob Cannard doesn't fight nature: he collaborates with it. The result is bountiful fields of healthy, beautiful plants, some of which end up in the kitchen at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. Here Bob speaks eloquently about appreciating and respecting nature. As he says, "it's simple...it's all right there before you."

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 20, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: farm, garden, nature, food, home, diy

Science of Gardening: Everybody Gets Lunch (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:04

Sonoma Valley farmer Bob Cannard doesn't fight nature: he collaborates with it. The result is bountiful fields of healthy, beautiful plants, some of which end up in the kitchen at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. Here Bob speaks eloquently about appreciating and respecting nature. As he says, "it's simple...it's all right there before you."

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: gardening, farming, bob cannard, cannard farms, organic, sonoma valley, california, alice waters, chez panisse

Science of Gardening: Compost Tea (Clip)

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00:02:00

Bob Cannard, a Sonoma Valley farmer explains how compost is generated, both by nature and by human gardeners. Cannard creates a special compost 'tea' to use on his bountiful crops

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: compost, gardening, sonoma valley, farming, soil, dirt, food scraps

Miscellaneous: Tour a Turkey Farm (Clip)

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Take a tour of the Willie Bird turkey farm with manager "Beagle" Brodsky. Find out what it takes to get the turkey onto your Thanksgiving Day table. First aired as part of the Science of Cooking Live Webcast: Talking Turkey.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: December 1, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: turkey, cooking, food, animal, sonoma, willie bird, farm

Science of Cooking: Fowl Science: Talking Turkey (Webcast)

Running Time:
1:00:29

Join us as we talk turkey with food expert and author Harold McGee. Why does a turkey continue to cook after it is out of the oven? How can you be sure to thoroughly cook the dark meat without drying out the white meat? Is stuffing really a good idea? How do you make the skin golden?

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All

Date: November 22, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry

Keywords: turkey, harold mcgee, cooking, food, thanksgiving, stuffing, meat, heat, temperature, white meat, dark meat, skin, baking, frying, turkey farm

Links:

Harold McGee Website

Real: 225K 1M

Windows Media: 659K

Science of Cooking: Turkey: Getting to the Meat of the Matter (Webcast)

Running Time:
1:00:24

Why does a turkey continue to cook after it is out of the oven? How can you be sure to thoroughly cook the dark meat without drying out the white meat? Is stuffing really a good idea? Join us as we talk turkey with food expert and author Harold McGee. Discover why temperature is critical, and investigate different cooking methods: roasting, deep frying, barbecuing, and smoking.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All

Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown

Links:

Fowl Science: Talking Turkey

Real: 80K

Windows Media: 256K


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