{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Surface Exposure","title":"The Case for Locally Grown Food - with Niccole C. Radhe","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3419,"description":"Horticulturalist Niccole C Radhe joins for this episode. She breaks down the importance of reconnecting with our food through gardening and sourcing locally grown products. Niccole makes the case that, in addition to being healthy and tasty, consciously grown food promotes positive impacts to the environment, ecology, community, and society. \nNiccole describes methods to overcome barriers to growing and sourcing local organic food. She shares ideas on how to become involved in your community gardens and farmers markets, and the benefits to be had in doing so.\nDuring the episode, Niccole gives a shout out to handful of active organizations in Southern Arizona. If you’re local or traveling through, and want to participate in a great cause, check out:\nNative Seeds/SEARCH -https://www.nativeseeds.org/Awareness Ranch - https://www.awarenessranch.com/Borderlands Restoration Network - https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/Sky Island Alliance - https://skyislandalliance.org/Watershed Management Group - https://watershedmg.org/Tucson Botanical Garden - https://tucsonbotanical.org/Tucson Organic Gardeners - https://www.tucsonorganicgardeners.org/\nSanta Cruz Farmers Market\nRillito Farmers Market\n---\nConnect, support, and follow along at:\nhttps://linktr.ee/surfaceexposure ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/G72oYuVVRyIkT1dy2p5tL9kD51uIno1Ed00QI1fx-MA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDA2/NmRmNzA4MDViMDU5/Mzc2ZGRkNzMxNjE5/ODk2Yi5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}