Friday Special Blend
Friday May 22nd, 2020 with Chris White
Andrea Usworth, Robbie Anderman, Miranda Martel, Jenny Mitchell
Hour 1: Natural wisdom correspondent Andrea Usworth shares some ideas on foraging for food and talks about tasty treats she is finding in the woods in springtime. Robbie Anderman reminisces about co-founding Morninglory Farm, a cooperative community in the Killaloe area, in 1969. He also talks about his love of trees and his book, 'The Healing Trees', available at www.healingtreesbook.com. A musician and instrument builder, Robbie shares some music and comments on the need for sustainable local food sources.
Hour 2: Artist, seamstress, herbalist and community builder Miranda Martel describes an online questionnaire she has develop to encourage people to engage in a conversation about creating sustainable communities. Jenny Mitchell joins into Special Blend from Guelph to speak of many things: her mobile performance venue called The Golden Bus, her roles as Volunteer Coordinator and Mobile Studio Coordinator at CFRU community radio in Guelph, her dual musical identities as Jenny Omnichord and Bird City, and her admiration for Wax Mannequin, a Guelph-based musician and performance artist.
Caynah Udu Robbie Anderman - Wind in the Rhythm Circle - Summer Flowers of the Field |
Interview with Andrea Usworth (natural wisdom.ca) |
Little Wild Flower Robbie Anderman - . |
Interview with Robbie Anderman – Part 1 – The history of Morninglory Farm, Killaloe |
Dario Domingues - Born in the Land of Wind The Bird of Paradise - x |
Interview with Robbie Anderman – Part 2 – The Healing Trees (available at www.healingtreesbook.com) |
More with Less Alise Marlane - More with Less |
Interview with Robbie Anderman – Part 3 – Local food |
Fertile Ground David Finkle - Gift of the Wind |
Interview with Robbie Anderman – Part 4 – Canada's food supply |
Everywhere I Go Shari Ulrich - Everywhere I Go |
Interview with Miranda Martel |
Charlie Stone Dan Whiteley - Highway Home |
Interview with Jenny Mitchell (a.k.a. Jenny Omnichord and Bird City) |
Pain of Maybes Jenny Omnichord - All Our Little Bones |
Feel It in the Dark Bird City - Winnowing |
No One Ever Dies Wax Mannequin - . |
A Band End Bird City - Winnowing |