Turtle Talks With The Garden Crew

In this episode we talk about the growing "faux" meat market and what it could mean for climate change and agricultural practices being used in the US. Lab Based/Plant Based companies discussed: Impossible Foods: https://impossiblefoods.com/food/ Just: https://www.ju.st/en-us/stories/clean-meat Beyond Meat: https://www.beyondmeat.com/products/the-beyond-burger/ Music used in episode: 1) What to Expect by Jake Bradford on the album Sharp 2)Free Yourself by Maya Isac 3)jell-o by Egozi 4)Sparkle by Maya Isac

We continue our discussion with local foraging enthusiast, Travis Grimler. In this episode we talk about the legality of foraging, Travis shares some of his favorite recipes, and we share some good references to turn to if you're interested in getting started in foraging. 1) Samual Thayer's site https://www.foragersharvest.com/ 2) Green Deane's site http://www.eattheweeds.com/ 3) Find foraged recipes - https://honest-food.net/ Music used in this episode: 1) What to Expect by Jake Bradford on the album Sharp 2)My Country by Ben Bostick on the album My Country 3) Famous (feat. Samuel Smiley) by Atomiks on the album Atomiks

A few weeks ago, we were able to sit down with local news reporter Travis Grimler, who is fanatical for foraging! We chatted with Travis for over 90 minutes and picked up so much good information, we were able to split the recording into two episodes. This is the first part. In this episode, we talk about proper foraging safety, nutrients vs calories, and even The Walking Dead. Music used in this episode: 1)What to Expect by Jake Bradford on the album Sharp 2)Packing my Bags by Luna Keller on her self titled album Luna Keller 3) There Goes the Devil by Michael Shynes on his album There Goes the Devil 4) Hell Yeah by Ride Free on the album Overload

We're very fortunate here at Happy Dancing Turtle to have leaders who aren't afraid of getting their hands dirty. In this episode, we're able to talk with our Principal Executive Officer, Bob McLean, who also is the District Governor Elect for Rotary District 5580. We talk about the increasing problem of water scarcity in many parts of the world and what service organizations are doing to help. We also talk about how you can act locally to help water stressed areas. Resources for this episode: 1)https://rotary5580.org/ - Rotary District 5580 2)https://www.rotary.org/en - Rotary International 3)https://www.wasrag.org/ - Rotary's Water & Sanitation Action Group Music Included in this episode: 1) What to Expect by Jake Bradford on the album Sharp 2)Let's Go by Marc Robillard on his Singles album 3) Blessed Midwest by Ben Wagner on the album Midwestern Comfort 4) Thought by Yannick Ireland on his album Instrumania

Jim, Allison, and Chris went to the MDA Organic Conference last month and Sean Sherman was the keynote speaker. Jim took a shot and asked if Sean would be interested in speaking on Turtle Talks and to our surprise, he said yes! So, we're very excited to have Sean Sherman on this episode. More famously known through his non-profit organization The Sioux Chef, Sherman talks about his mission to bring indigenous foods back to indigenous communities, helping to grow opportunities and create successful micro food systems. You can learn more about Sherman's non-profit organization, NATIFS (North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems) by going to https://www.natifs.org/. You will learn about his mission to help native communities reconnect with traditions and native cuisine that has been lost over the centuries due to the colonization and aggressive expansion of European settlers.  Resources for this episode: 1) https://sioux-chef.com/ 2)https://heard.org/ 3)https://www.fieldmuseum.org/ 4)https://siarchives