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KRCB North Bay Public Media presents Bay Area Bountiful, exploring the world of agriculture, food sytems, sustainability, resilience and conservation.

Compost and Carbon Sequestration Short Story
Compost and Carbon Sequestration Short Story
Kevin Lunny founded West Marin Compost after realizing the local need to recycle organic materials from the area into nutrient-rich and biologically active soil amendments which could be placed right...
Earthworms and Vermicompost Short Story
Earthworms and Vermicompost Short Story
Jack Chambers co-founded the Sonoma Valley Worm Farm a quarter of a century ago after a surprising discovery in his home garden's compost bin. The composting worms he had bought from a local bait worm...
Bay Area Bountiful: Life Underground – Bay Area Soil Health
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Bay Area Bountiful: Life Underground – Bay Area Soil Health
In this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we dig below Earth’s surface to get the dirt on what it takes to make healthy soils. We learn about the impacts of soil salinity, why composting and carbon seque...
Bay Area Bountiful: Hazy Daze - Bay Area Air Quality
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Bay Area Bountiful: Hazy Daze - Bay Area Air Quality
More wildfires and higher temperatures combine to produce more days with poor air quality throughout our region. Bay Area Bountiful visits the Bay area Air Quality Management District to learn about t...
Drought and Cattle Ranching Short Story
Drought and Cattle Ranching Short Story
Carissa Koopmann Rivers, a fifth generation cattle rancher, runs her operation, Rivers Red Angus, at Curry Canyon Ranch in the hills of Mount Diablo in collaboration with a conservation organization –...
Bay Area Bountiful: Preparing for Fire - Bay Area Fire Marshals
Bay Area Bountiful: Preparing for Fire - Bay Area Fire Marshals
We spoke with three Bay Area fire chiefs from Cal Fire to learn more on how to best prepare ourselves, our homes and our communities for California's now year-round wildfire season. Jessica Power, a f...
Gulls Galore Short Story
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Gulls Galore Short Story
Though many people think all "seagulls" are alike, Alvaro Jaramillo loves to share the fascinating stories of our diverse local gulls with those wanting to learn more. A senior biologist with San Fran...
Bay Area Bountiful: Preparing for Fire
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Bay Area Bountiful: Preparing for Fire
On this episode of Bay Area Bountiful, we visit a rebuilt Santa Rosa winery destroyed by the 2017 Tubbs Fire; we discover how some wildfire mitigation may actually damage Sonoma County communities; we...

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