Antoni goes in a bit of a contentious direction as he explores the debate of native vs naturalized. Tune in to hear about how to sort the issues out and make your own decisions as to whether you want native or naturalized plants in your yard.

You gave us your questions about a plant-based diet and we took them to the experts!

@sensiblysprouted was kind enough to share their knowledge with us. And, WOW, they know what they are talking about and we could not stump them!

Join us this Thursday at 4pm to hear Michelle Smith MS, RDN, CD

Meredith LaFrance MS, RDN, CD and

Carly Renner MS, RDN, CD give us the scoop on plant-based nutrition.

Thank you @sensiblysprouted for your time. We had a blast learning with you, as always!

Paradigms, puzzles, and paradoxes. A minefield of confusion. Is the law and justice system working for or against the people’s safety, for or against the police? What is public safety anyway? How much does it cost us? Let’s talk about it.

When things are not working, do we as individuals, as professionals, community members and persons in positions of power have an obligation to speak up and challenge what’s happening? Absolutely!

We as a nation have an emergent need to re-evaluate what we are doing in the justice system since we are #1 at incarceration in the world. Why are we taking away freedom when we sell it as our highest value? This is upside down. How can we restore honor as a country?

Let’s chat about early childhood traumas and how it affects mental health. Let’s use our “up close and personal experiences” to make corrections as we open our eyes to ugly truths about the system, we rely so heavily on to keep us safe.

How can we face the moral double speak: Violence begets violence, so why do we treat people violently when they are not even convicted? Jails are filled with unconvicted people…why?

Why not question a system that is bankrupting our nation? Why not speak up and stand up for the fearful, those who are at risk for losing their job if they speak out? It is a command-and-control system inside…and it depends on people outside holding the systems accountable. Join us as we analyze our own perceptions, paradoxes, and predicaments.

As consumers, can we buy our way to a vegan world? Last June, we chatted with Laura Reese from Agriculture Fairness Alliance] and we learned that it’s not as easy as voting with our dollars.

We invited Laura back for an update on what Agriculture Fairness Alliance] is doing to help make the playing field a bit more fair for farmers who are diversifying into fiber-rich food crops. As of now, there are not many incentives for farmers to produce fiber rich crops. We also discussed why fiber rich crops are essential for the health of our people and climate. Laura also sheds light on the social justice and national security issues that are involved.

We know this may all sound like bad news, but it’s not! We promise. After talking with Laura, we are hopeful. We hope that you are, too!

join Antoni as he indulges his inner child and shares some ideas for stimulating your children's creativity. Honest, it will tie into plants (eventually). Tune in for a fun and informative episode of Gardening with Antoni. Learn more about encouraging your children to be more interested in plants and gardening, how to prepare those terra cotta pots so you can transform them from boring terra cotta to works of art, and more.

What is the common good? How can we challenge our minds to see predicaments as opportunities to think differently about justice, rehabilitation, recovery, employment, jobs? Why can’t we put people to work rather than into jail?

It requires understanding the old historical habits of thinking get certain results. To change the input could change the output. Working hands on with people coming out of the system, and helping families navigate the system provides new ideas.

Join us as we dig deep and share our connections to the system and how the system impacts us on emotional and mental levels often hidden behind cloaks of silence. Civic trauma, civil oppression and fear-based behavior is real, and making these transparent sheds light on potentials for change.

Through years of advocacy, working with defendants in the justice system we have found that it is often not the defendant’s issues that made the system harder than it needs to be. Often it is the administration of the system that creates conflicts and problems. Administration can be changed. Join us as we call out some of these inconsistencies, share research and real experiences we have used to navigate the system. Our claim is that we can change the system so it will work in favor of our public safety, in favor of our communities, counties, states and even countries. There IS a way to balance consequence with restoration, it is called Restorative Action!

IChange Justice Show this week will be discussing misconceptions. Stories, facts, and truth collide in the world of justice, jails, prisons. How does it work? Local people talk about how an arrest changes reality. What we are told is filled with misinformation, misperceptions, preconceptions.

Real human beings are paying the price - as taxpayers, as employers, as a community.

What’s the real cost - the real price we pay for the phrase, “Commit a crime, do the time”? Who really pays the bills? Where does the money come from and where does it go? Let’s take down the walls of silence and listen to what is really going on, so we can re-learn how to be a human and function in a world that cares about others.

Facing the false beliefs about criminals and justice can be uncomfortable, yet it is critical we look and listen. We have hundreds of years of pre-conditioned habits of how we think about criminals, courts, laws and justice. It is easy to gloss over the rhetoric and defend the systems we do not understand. We’ve been taught to avoid talking about our problems, to follow the laws no matter what and to never question their word.

Today it’s different. The world has changed - just with technology alone. One size doesn’t fit all any more. We must facing the hard truths that many of the laws that were put in place to protect the public are no longer working as we expect. Things got lost in translations. Join us as we call out the false beliefs, share our challenges and hopes for restorative justice. The future depends on our individual decision to open our minds, our eyes and ears to new information.

What’s the word bullying mean to you? Does it mean something personal, or it is a news story? How does the word relate to justice? Has it changed in the past few years as we deal with police protests, violence in schools, racism, the riot at the nation’s capitol?

In this episode we dig deeper into bullying as it applies inside the criminal, civil and legislative systems. Let’s talk about its effects in the workplaces, around the issues with police and riots this past year, or how it affects cultural and religious groups. What about the class bullying between the homeless and the law? Bullying comes in many forms ranging from practically invisible to flat out assault. For 800 years the law and justice system has developed, become institutionalized…and now is challenged with abuse of power, privilege, and prestige issues. Join us as we discuss our personal experiences and how we, in our community, has a new opportunity to reverse the increasing violence…and to restore justice!

Why on earth would we want to expose the ‘justice system’ inconsistencies? Why risk our individual freedoms and reputations?

Why are we willing to step out and speak up about sensitive information which can ignite so many perceptions?

What difference does it make if we do or don't speak up about the injustices with the system?

There are many layers of the effects the system has on families, communities and even as a country or world! Recidivism is real, it is continuing to grow and yet it is correctable through evidence based practices which is our hope to implement directly into the system.Using our times of trauma, restoration and education to speak up for the millions of others who are frozen with fear, fear of condemnation by a system that rules with power and fear. Let's work together to drop the false beliefs and learn to do things differently.

Join us as we speak our truth and put it out into the universe so the power can then be shifted and put back into the hands of a healed and healthy system. Humanity is alive and we owe our next generations the knowledge and empowerment to continue to grow closer through our differences.

This Month on Gardening with Antoni he weighs the pros and cons of carnivorous plants as gifts or as winter purchases for yourself. Check out the book - The Savage Garden" if you are interested and get amazing tips on where to purchase and how to care for that fun and interesting addition to your plant collection.