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  • Sustainable Solutions: Crampy in Cows with Gabby Condello

    Crampy in Cows' is a conversation with Guelph graduate student Gabby Condello, delving into her research on Crampy or bovine spastic syndrome, a painful muscular disorder affecting cows. With crampy on the rise, Gabby's research delves into its genetic heritability, aiming to shed light on its origins and potential solutions. Hear about the challenges it poses to producers and the welfare of these animals from a masters students perspective. Podcast created and hosted by UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication masters student Suzy Rodriguez.

    16 min
  • Sustainable Solutions: Creating Conscious Communicators with Crystal MacKay

     Learn about University of Guelph OAC graduate Crystal MacKay’s journey in the agricultural communications industry. Crystal, founder and CEO of Loft32, created her company with the vision to change the agricultural communications field in Canada through directly working with farmers.  

    Crystal discusses her background before Loft32, how Loft32 operates, and how she sees sustainability within agricultural communication. 

    This episode of Sustainable Solutions: From Guelph to Gainesville was hosted by Jessica Czipulis, a University of Florida master’s student studying agriculture and natural resources communication. 


    36 min
  • Sustainable Solutions: Berry Therapy to Fill Your Bucket with Wendy Colcuc

    In this episode of Sustainable Solutions, join Wendy Colcuc, a berry farmer in Burgesville, Ontario, Canada and Caitlynne Youmans, a Master’s student at the University of Florida in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications as they chat about The Colcuc’s agritourism operation, Berrylicious Fruit Farm. 

    Wendy and her husband Don purchased this farm property in 2002, and began growing blueberries here in 2004. Now, 20 years later, Wendy shares with Streaming Science their very personal connection to the University of Guelph's Ontario Agricultural College and how their history with the OAC led them to become successful berry farmers in Canada. 

    Success for Berrylicious starts and ends with their five guiding principals: quality, customer service, environmental stewardship, safety, and family values. Listen in to learn more about the Colcucs and one of Ontario’s sweetest farms. 

    Check out Berrylicious’ website and follow along on their social media below:

    https://www.berryliciousfruit.ca/our-story

    https://www.instagram.com/berryliciousff

    https://www.facebook.com/berryliciousfruit  

    33 min
  • Sustainable Solutions: Food Fact Check (Part One) The Science of Safe Eating with Dr. Lawrence Goodridge

    Welcome to our newest episode of Food Fact Check: The Science of Safe Eating in the Sustainable Solutions: From Guelph to Gainesville series! We are your hosts, Dorcas Sunday, graduate student in UF Agricultural Education and Communication, and Carleigh Newsom, undergraduate also in UFAEC. We interviewed Dr. Lawrence  Goodridge, Director at Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety at the University of Guelph. The interview has two parts.

    In this first part of the interview with Dr. Goodridge, learn more about his background and pathway to science and also about food safety and how to handle food safely from the grocery store to the home kitchen. Also find out about the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, and its role in creating innovative solutions for food, agriculture, communities, and the environment, and how the scientists there are working with producers to see that food contamination doesn’t happen in the first place.

    35 min
  • Sustainable Solutions: Food Fact Check (Part Two) The Science of Safe Eating with Dr. Lawrence Goodridge

    Welcome to our second episode of Food Fact Check:  The Science of Safe Eating in the Sustainable Solutions: From Guelph to Gainesville series! We are your hosts Dorcas Sunday and Carleigh Newsom, students in UF Agricultural Education and Communication. 

    In this second episode of our conversation with Dr. Lawerence Goodridge, food scientist from the University of Guelph, we bust some food safety myths. Tune in to learn about some common food safety misconceptions and tips for preventing contamination.

    21 min
  • Paleo Podcast

    Join Lexi Bolger as she weaves together a podcast about what youth learned in her 4-H paleontology summer camp. For her master’s thesis, she created the Paleo Podcast from a compilation of interviews that youth recorded during 4-H summer camp about paleontology and science podcasting that she designed, implemented, and researched.  She co-created the camp with her advisor, Dr. Jamie Loizzo, and a graduate student from the Florida Museum of Natural History, Luis Torres.

    Learn more about the Paleo Podcast by visiting our page on the Streaming Science website.

    13 min
  • Women in Climate: Stephanie Holthaus

    Join Christine Westenhaver as she talks to the co-lead for Women in Climate, Stephanie Holthaus. Women in Climate is a diverse coalition within The Nature Conservancy that brings women together to work towards collaborative and innovative climate solutions. In this podcast, we discussed what Women in Climate does, how the innovation labs work, and how we can help the climate crisis as members of society.  

    20 min
  • Women in Climate: Kristie Gianetto

    In this episode, undergraduate Brian Biederman talks with Kristie Gianetto, the co-lead of The Nature Conservancy's Women in Climate Coalition. They discuss the goals of the Women in Climate initiative, how Kristie organizes and recruits participants for their Innovation Labs, and her advice for women interested in pursuing careers in climate. 

    23 min
  • Women in Climate: From the Lab Bench to the Easel

    Scientific and artistic endeavors are used to explore and understand the world around us. Art helps visualize data and communicate results and the integration of art into science yields immeasurably better science. Join this conversation with Alejandra Enriquez, a science communicator at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as she talks about her journey in science, her experience with The Nature Conservancy’s Women in Climate Coalition, and how she combines her scientific and artistic backgrounds. Through this conversation, I hope you gain insight into how Alejandra is working toward creating climate change solutions through marine biology art and what you can do to combat climate change.

    Follow Alejandra on Twitter at the following link: https://twitter.com/marinesciart 
    View her website at this link: https://www.marinebioartist.com/ 

    40 min
  • Women in Climate: Mary Tullis Engvall and Corporate Sustainability

    Welcome to our newest episode in the Women in Climate series! I’m your hostess, Bianca Ruiz, and in today’s episode, we get the chance to talk with Mary Tullis Engvall, former Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability of Cigna and current Member of the Nature Conservancy’s Women in Climate Coalition. Listen to find out more about the Women in Climate network, Mary’s role in Corporate Sustainability, and how she is working towards finding new solutions to Climate Change!

    44 min

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