Green City

This morning we continue to discuss the built environment by focusing on a Living Building and what that means exactly.

This week, we welcome Kevin Nordmeyer to the show to talk about sustainable and accessible architecture and design.

Kevin Nordmeyer is a Principal Architect at BNIM in Des Moines

This morning we are finishing up our series on Food and Farms with today’s guest, Carmen Black.

Carmen owns and operates Sun Dog Farm and Local Harvest CSA with her sister, Maja, and a farm team. They raise vegetables for 200 families and have livestock in Solan, Iowa.

This week we are in for a real treat: a fresh perspective on environmental science from a high school senior in Iowa.

Our guest is Ria Tomar from Valley High School in West Des Moines.

Ria joined our host, Lynnae, to discuss her research project on air quality, her research study on individuals’ perceptions of open spaces like parks and other natural areas, and her pursuit of trying to get environmental science as required curriculum for graduation in high schools.

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We are continuing our food and farm series with a very special guest. We’re thrilled to welcome the owner of Fairfield’s Radiance Dairy, Francis Thicke.

Francis also holds a Ph.D. in soil science and is a former National Organics Standards Board member.

This week, we sat down with Sharon and Gina from In Harmony Farm, a newly formed public not-for-profit designed to assist small-scale farmers. 

This week, we continue our food and farm series with our guest, Leslie Shalabi, co-founder of Convivium Urban Farmstead in Dubuque, Iowa.

Leslie founded Convivium along with Mike Muench with a mission to improve life through food.

If you’ve missed out on the rest of the series, head over to our website.

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This morning we continue our food and farm series with a focus back on food.

Our guest this morning is Michelle Book, President & CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa since February of 2016.

Michelle brought to this position, extensive experience in business management and community relations through lead positions at various boards and councils around our metro as well as nationally. With a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Iowa State University, she is a certified public accountant and certified internal auditor and has a deep commitment to the community at large.

We are joined by Monika Owczarski, urban farmer and founder of Sweet Tooth Farm, this week. 

Tune into Green City's newest episode featuring an interview with the co-founder and executive director of Eat Greater Des Moines and our guest host, Katrin Klassen.