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Originally broadcast 10/17/2018
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We started our program with Leanne Harter's report from Story County followed by a discussion of the events of the Borlaug Lecture held earlier this week featuring posters on students' field work before the 2018 World Food Prize Laureates spoke.  Because theLaureates, Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro, were being honored for their individual and complementary global leadership in elevating maternal and child undernutrition to a central issue within the food security and development dialogue at national and international levels, our guest Cornelia Flora (Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus) spoke about the importance of shifting the focus of agricultural research from producing as much food as possible to working with people to provide nourishing food--a much more complicated task.  Our second guest, Dave Fox, founder of FOX Engineering, an environmental engineering firm based in Ames, described a water and wastewater project in a Tanzanian village combining the skills and funding from the Ames Rotary Club with support from the International Rotary Foundation.  That project is described in this video.  

Originally broadcast 10/12/2018
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of the past week's local news from the pages of the Ames Tribune.

Connie Ryan, Executive Director of the Des Moines Area Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and Mark Finkelstein, Communications Relations Director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, describe recent events when the Des Moines Area Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and Planned Parenthood centers were targeted with flyers posted at their offices in three places. The flyers were part of a national campaign organized by a White Supremacy Group. Ryan and Finkelstien explain their organizations' take on actions of hate and how to respond. 

Brian Smith from Everts Flowers, Home, and Gifts describes what its like owning an historic florist business in Ames,as well as passions of being a florist who serves people during the milestones of their lives, from birth to death. He explains their flower card program. You can buy a flower card for Everts at KHOI for $20, which will allow you to pick up a bouquet from Everts, once a month, for a year. Half of the funds earned by this program go to KHOI to help pay for operations. Stop on by and get your card!

Merry Rankin, Sustainability Director for Iowa State University and Ames is accompanied by student co-coordinators of the Smart Business Challenge. They describe their work in assisting businesses and organizations in reaching their goals in sustainability.  

Originally broadcast 10/08/2018
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Host, Gale Seiler, spoke with Genya Coffey (a first grade teacher in Ames) about innovative approaches she is using to teach her students about Native Americans. Joy Beadleston interviewed Adrienne Gennett about an exhibit called Unpacked: Refugee Baggage, which is at the Christian Petersen Art Museum at ISU until Oct 19. Keith Morgan, from Story County Emergency Management, brought along Ottie Maxey and Ned Miller from the Ballard School District to discuss school security and safety.