PRX - Pieces for Tone: Thoughtful Atom Feed

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

61 results


Piece image
The American dream wouldn’t be complete without a picture perfect lawn. Lawn chemical companies want you to think their products are safe when used...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Piece image
“Rhythms of the Land!” is a documentary-in-progress which tells the important stories of African American farmers. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Piece image
We take a look back at 2012 with highlights from four of our favorite interviews. Then a recipe from our archives -- homemade thin crust pizzas pies.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Piece image
Soil is just dirt, right? Not exactly. Soil is the foundation of life on Earth. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemme...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Jeremy instructing the student farm interns on the Yale farm., Credit: Elif Erez
Jeremy Oldfield is the farm manager at Yale University's urban farm. After running away from the world of elite East Coast colleges for a farm in C...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: American chestnut grove in Sewickley, PA. , Credit: Hal B. Klein
Those chestnuts "roasting on an open fire" in the iconic "Christmas Song" have a secret. They're European. The American chestnut was once a keysto...

Bought by KLCC and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
An intern from Genesis Gardens talks about her time working on farms and her current activity working on a farm with the homeless.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
Caption: Jeremy instructing the student farm interns on proper seeding technique in one of Yale Farm's plastic high tunnels, Credit: Elif Erez
Jeremy Oldfield is the current farm manager at Yale University's urban farm. After running away from the world of elite East Coast colleges for a ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:03
Piece image
'Tis the season for canning. We look into the history of pickling MVP -- the Ball jar. And, Chef Daniel Orr says deep-frying isn't the only way to ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Piece image
What does the Homestead Act have to do with today’s food and agriculture system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, and her guest, Ro...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Piece image
Thanks to weird summer weather, Chef Daniel Orr has already harvested pumpkins from his garden. He uses one in which to bake a chicken.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: A Field of Ramps, Credit: Hal B. Klein
Ramps, the first edible sign of spring, are popping up throughout the woods of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. But this wild cousin of garlic and o...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
Piece image
Diane Hatz is the Co-Founder and Director of the Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming and organizer of TEDxManhattan - Changing the ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 27:55
Piece image
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Jim Riddle, University of Minnesota Organic Outreach Coordinator. Riddle has worked for ove...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Piece image
Species of both plants and animals are dying out at unprecedented rates. Overpopulation, industrialization, and mono-cropping are stressing the w...

Bought by KZYX, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUMD


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
Cindy Reynolds exudes love and enthusiasm for cooking family recipes, relishing the moments she had with her grandmother, and her mother's sage wis...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:05
Caption: Quince, Credit: Guy Hand
Modern science acknowledges the unique power of taste and aroma to teleport us back in time. It’s simply the way our brains are wired. For Boisean ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KLCC, KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Wade Wipperling
Wade Wipperling tells how a stack of unstable bales of hay fell on his head, breaking his neck.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:55
Caption: Victor Jensen
Victor Jensen, tells about finding his dear friend face down in the bedding of a pasture…”the bull had gotten him”.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
Caption: Shiro plums picked by the Portland Fruit Tree Project (after this photo was taken), Credit: Portland Fruit Tree Project
The Portland Fruit Tree Project harvests fruit that would otherwise go to waste and gives it to area food banks, where fresh produce is scarce.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Fall Garden, Credit: Flickr/Gemma Grace
When you want fresh vegetables through the fall, you'll want to plant now. Charlie also explains why it's good to be merciless in the mid-summer ga...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: VPR President's Peonies, Credit: Robin Turnau
Charlie Nardozzi offers tips on enjoying and growing peonies; including successful transplanting and disease control.

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pollen Grains, Credit: John Goode
Why are more and more people suffering from allergies? Would you believe that there are more pollens in the air than ever before in history? Charl...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: There's no mistaking a hot pepper, Credit: Courtesy fRedi via Flickr
Charlie Nardozzi, expert horticulturist, talks about red hot chili peppers that range in intensity from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-nationa...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tim Sommer of Purple Sage Farms, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the varied world of spring greens.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: May 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3