SciFri Radio: Farms and Gardens

SciFri Radio: Green Your Lawn
Many home gardeners love a green lawn -- but how can you be grow green grass in the environmental sense as well?

SciFri Radio: Late Blight Up Close
The genome of the organism responsible for the dread agricultural disease known as late blight has been sequenced.

SciFri Radio: Sizing Up Sustainable Food
What does it mean to eat sustainably?

SciFri Radio: The Cheese Chronicles
Author and cheese expert Liz Thorpe explains the science of cheesemaking.

SciFri Radio: The Buzz On Bees: Coping With Vanishing Colonies
Researchers discuss bees in urban areas and beekeeping in the wake of colony collapse disorder.

SciFri Radio: H1N1 'Swine Flu' Update
We'll get an update on the spread of H1N1 influenza around the world, what researchers are finding out about the disease, and progress towards...

SciFri Radio: A New Swine Virus
Scientists say the ebolavirus made famous in Richard Preston's thriller 'The Hot Zone' has been found living in the Philippines.

SciFri Radio: Raising a Stink over a Flower in Bloom
Botanists expect a very rare, very large, and very stinky flower to bloom this week in California.

SciFri Radio: Gardening with Native Plants
We'll talk about why growing plants that are native to your area can encourage healthier ecosystems.

SciFri Radio: Luther Burbank and the 'Garden of Invention'
Ira talks with Jane Smith, author of a new biography of plant cultivation pioneer Luther Burbank.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Farms and Gardens

Newsbrief: Lousey Death
Pink salmon populations are careening towards collapse--but this time fishing isn't the cause.

Newsbrief: Urban Agriculture in Milwaukee - Growing Power
A farm within the Milwaukee city limits? We take a tour of Growing Power, an organization focused on sustainable urban agriculture.