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From YouTube: February 2021 Chapter Meeting
Description
Monthly chapter meeting and presentation on Regenerative agriculture: Training the interdisciplinary undergraduate leaders in a more resilient food system by Dr. Kara Casy, Director of Urban Agriculture and Renewable Resources
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Wow,
I'm
I'm
thrilled
to
see
you
on
the
meeting.
It's
I'm
amazed.
You're
here
you've
been
up
against
it
in
a
way
that
we
didn't.
We
didn't
lose
power
for
seven
hours
on
monday
during
the
day,
so
we
were
never
in
the
dark
and
cold
at
the
same
time
and
it
didn't
get
that
cold
in
our
house
we
had
sun
coming
in
the
apartment,
so
I
don't
think
we
ever
got
below
60
degrees,
which
is
silly,
but
it's
not
it's
not
cold
yeah.
I
was
forced
to
read
a
book
and
paper.
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I
know
that
I
know
that
we're
we're
sort
of
participating
in
this
plan
of
identifying
indigenous
peoples
who've
been
displaced
from
the
area,
but
I
I
also
think
that
at
the
very
beginning
you
should
you
should
make
a
statement
about
about
the
members
of
the
about
concern
and
and
about
about
members
of
the
chapter
who
have
suffered
long
power.
Outages
who've
suffered
massive
home
damage
from
burst
pipes
who,
who
may
not
have
still
may
not
have
water.
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I
think
there
are
still
areas
of
dfw
that
are
under
boil
notices
and
so
on.
So
let's,
let's
just
I'm
hoping
that
mario
will
do
something
at
the
end
that
that
will
be
useful
in
that
regard,
but
I
think
we
ought
to.
We
ought
to
start
by
just
acknowledging
that
we've
had
some
members
who
really
like
simon
who've,
really
been
through
some
very
very
tough
times,
and
I
think
it's
worse
in
some
of
the
other
texas
chapters.
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C
Wanted
to,
I
wanted
to
say
a
big
welcome
to
cara
too
cara
was
moderating
a
session
at
dallas
colleges.
We
were,
we
were
invited
as
a
chapter
to
present
and
and
and
first
learned
about
her
work
and
have
wanted
to
have
her
at
a
meeting
ever
since
then,
because
I
think
so
many
people
on
our
chapter
need
to
hear
about
what
you're
doing
here
in
dallas
with
teaching
people
about
regenerative
ag.
So
welcome
from
me,
as
as
the
chair
of
the
chapter,
and
I
think,
a
lot
of
people
are
excited
about
your
presentation.
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I
you
could
have
come
over
to
white
rock
creek
yeah,
it's
still
frozen
over
this
morning.
I
mean
it.
It
froze
completely
over
out
from
the
spillway
down.
Actually
white
rock
lake
had
a
lot
of
ice
on
it
too,
but
the
creek
was
frozen
completely
over
and
then
covered
with
snow,
so
I've
seen
it
frozen
over
a
couple
years
ago,
but
never
with
a
couple
inches
of
snow.
On
top
of
that.
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At
least
the
folks
here
most
likely
have
power.
Unless
I
know
I
have
a
co-worker
at
ut,
southwestern
she's
been
connecting
via
using
her
phone
as
a
hot
spot.
She
finally
got
power
yesterday,
but
her
frontier
internet
has
been
down
all
week
and
it's
still
down
so
all
sorts
of
infrastructure
challenges
here
in
the
texas
miracle.
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To
stop
sharing,
let
me
try
this
meeting
control.
Stop
share.
Okay,
good!
Finally,
got
that
out
of
the
way,
it's
good
to
see
everybody.
Once
again,
we've
got
a
fair
number
of
people
considering
the
challenges
we've
had
this
week,
I'm
sure
that
many
of
you
had
had
challenges,
I'm
richard
wayne,
the
one
of
the
events
co-chairs,
and
we
would
like
to
acknowledge
first,
that
I
know
many
of
the
people
on
this
call
had
some
extreme
challenges
during
this
last
week
with
power
and
water
and
probably
other
issues
with
their
infrastructure
and
homes.
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Powerpoint
right
you'll
have
an
option
to
select.
You
know
several
windows
right
and
it'll
show
you
the
programs
that
are
open
one
of
the
other
options
there.
It
may
be
another
tab
that
says
screens
or
something
like
that.
There's
an
option
to
basically
look
at
it'll
show,
no
matter
what
program
is
up.
It'll
show
that
right
I
see.
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Okay,
I
apologize
for
the
requisite
technical
difficulties
and
we'll
have
to
practice
that
a
little
more,
but
I
think
we're
past
it
and
I
think
we're
ready
to
go
on.
You
could
see
why
I
was
so
insistent
on
playing
that,
because
maureen
and
russ
obviously
did
a
wonderful
job
on
that.
I
hope
you
raise
your
hand
if
you
got
to
see
and
hear
it
good.
Okay,
I'm
glad
I'm
glad
it
came
through.
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Since
joining
dallas
college.
In
april
2018,
dr
casey
opened
eight
new
undergraduate
university
transfer
courses
in
agriculture,
focused
on
sustainability,
food
justice
and
increased
stem
opportunities
for
north
texas.
Students
in
the
fall
of
2018
undergraduate
enrollment
grew
from
six
students
to
93,
while
completing
her
phd
in
plant
insect
and
microbial
sciences
with
dr
robert
ship
at
the
university
of
missouri,
dr
casey
was
supported
by
a
life
sciences
fellowship
her
dissertation,
focused
on
genotype
differences
of
maize,
nodal
root
growth
in
response
to
mild
and
severe
weather
stress.
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How
timely,
before
joining
mu,
dr
casey
studied
at
the
donald
danforth
plant
science
center
completed
her
bs
and
agriculture
emphasis
in
plant
health
management
at
the
ohio
state
university
in
2007
she
became
the
first
freshman
from
the
college
of
food,
agriculture
and
environmental
sciences
to
win
the
denman
undergraduate
research
forum
for
her
research
with
dr
terence,
graham
on
phyto
thora,
zoosphere
chemo
attraction
to
to
two
soybean
roots.
I
almost
got
it
right.
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See,
okay,
can
you
guys
see
that?
Okay,
yes,
all
right
great?
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
and
thank
you
so
much
for
that
kind.
Introduction
richard
and
also
lovely
sonnet.
That
was
beautiful
and
I
really
appreciate
the
way
that
you
open
the
meeting
too.
So,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
I'm
really
happy
to
be
here.
E
E
E
E
I
did
study
abroad
at
the
university
of
sao
paulo
at
their
isalki
campus.
Looking
at
the
agricultural
and
food
systems
there,
it
was
very
beneficial
and
at
that
time
I
had
no
idea
that
I
was
going
to
move
to
texas
and
see
a
lot
of
the
crops
that
I
I
saw
in
brazil,
but
did
not
see
in
ohio
at
the
time
and
then
also
stayed
at
the
donald
danforth
plant
science
center
over
in
missouri.
It's
a
beautiful
place
to
conduct
plant
science
research
for
graduate
school.
E
I
worked
on
my
phd
in
how
corn
plants
are
able
to
maintain
their
root
growth
under
severe
water
stress,
so
drought
stress
because,
of
course,
the
roots
are
really
pivotal
to
accessing
all
those
resources
in
the
soil,
and
we
know
from
from
the
literature
that
roots
are
able
to
continue
to
grow
in
search
of
that
water
resources,
and
we
just
need
to
understand
the
mechanism
of
how
they're
able
to
maintain
that
growth
under
stressful
conditions
so
that,
ideally
we
can
breed
plants.
It
doesn't
need
to
be
through
a
gmo
pathway.
E
E
I
was
hired
to
start
an
urban
ag
program
at
dallas
college
and
it's
funded
off
of
the
u.s
department
of
education,
hsi
stem
training
grant
and
we're
starting
that,
because
it's
a
brand
new
stem
field,
so
science
technology,
engineering,
math
field,
that
students
can
major
in
and
then
get
a
better
paying
job,
because
it's
a
science
field.
So
they
could
go
into
plant
science,
research,
animal
science,
food
science,
food
systems.
E
Because
of
that
science
background
it
tends
to
qualify
you
for
higher
paying
jobs
and
then,
finally,
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
our
goal,
which
was
really
through
this
temporary
grant
funding
to
add
value
and
bolster
the
support
in
the
stakeholder
community.
That's
already
in
dallas
and
help
connect
them
so
that
when
the
grant
ends
we
have
added
to
the
community.
E
So
first
off
we
had
to
follow
the
outcomes
for
the
grant
which
were
building
some
greenhouses
so
that
our
students
had
a
place
to
grow
some
beautiful
plants.
So
we
took
advantage
of
some
space
on
the
roof
and
this
on
the
upper
left.
You
can
see
that
panel
of
windows
is
what
we
enclosed
around
and
created.
A
greenhouse
out
of
that
set
of
windows
is
actually
the
library
at
el
centro.
E
E
They
are
all
part
of
an
associates
of
science
degree
they're,
all
elective
courses.
None
of
them
are
absolutely
required
as
a
core
curriculum
course,
but
they're
elective
courses
that
will
transfer
towards
a
bachelor's
of
science
degree
at
a
four-year
institution.
So
we
don't
want
our
students
to
stop
at
two
years,
although
we
do
want
them
to
graduate
with
that
associates
of
science
degree.
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E
E
So
even
if
they're,
in
a
study,
skills
course,
if
the
teacher
invites
us
in
to
do
a
session
with
the
students
to
teach
them
about
the
stress
relief
that
comes
with
working
with
green
things
and
gardening,
and
how
your
cortisol
drops
after
30
minutes
of
gardening,
we
are
more
than
happy
to
do
a
session
like
that
with
them.
So
we
come
in.
E
We
bring
our
our
little
raised
bed
on
wheels
over
here
and
give
them
some
transplants
to
transplant
and
some
seeds,
and
they
have
a
lot
of
fun
with
that
these
planters,
by
the
way,
I
also
highly
recommend
they
are
plastic
so,
but
they
can
be
reused
for
multiple
growing
seasons.
What's
great
about
them
is
that
they
hold
water
at
the
bottom
of
the
the
container.
E
So
if
you
go
away
in
our
instance
in
the
middle
of
the
summer,
containers
need
to
be
watered
really
fairly
regularly
every
day,
but
of
course
we're
only
there
monday
through
friday.
So
with
this
reservoir
container
that
holds
water
at
the
bottom,
we
can
actually
water
it
on
a
friday
and
then
come
back
monday
and
water.
It
and
it'd
still
be
alive.
So
these
have
come
in
really
handy
for
us.
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E
I
actually
so
great
question.
They
are
at
lowe's
in
home
depot.
I
I
haven't
seen
them
at
smaller
nurseries,
maybe
just
because
they
take
up
a
lot
of
space
and
smaller
spaces
such
a
high
premium
at
retail,
but
you
can
build
your
own.
So
if
you
just
google
diy
reservoir
growing
container,
you
can
make
your
own
buy
a
series
of
five
gallon
buckets
or
tupperware
large
rubbermaid
tubs.
So
good
question.
E
I
I
wheel
this
into
elevators,
because
again,
el
centro
builds
up
not
out
so
so
we
have
to
take
this
and
elevators
up
to
classes,
sometimes
because
it's
a
lot
easier
to
bring
tubs
the
plants
up
eight
flights
than
it
is
to
bring
25
students
down
to
the
greenhouse.
So
good
question.
Yes,
it's
very
helpful
okay,
so
we
also
do
outreach
with
giving
away
plants.
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E
But
this
is,
I
think,
turnip
greens
that
were
given
away
on
the
left
hand
side
and
on
the
right.
We've
got
some
spider
plant
pups
which
proliferate
really
quickly
as
as
long
as
you've
got
a
mature
plant
and
we
make
the
occasional
appearance
at
the
dallas
farmers
market
too,
to
give
away
some
live
lettuce,
plants
and
pumpkin
seeds
during
their
pumpkin
festival.
E
Okay,
so
now
that
we
have
everything
set
up
and
we're
very
thankful
for
that
grant
funding
it's
in
place
now,
it's
time
to
welcome
students
into
classes,
so
all
of
our
classes
are
built
with
a
project-based
learning
framework,
so
students
are
working,
hands-on,
they're
doing
things
in
the
labs
to
test
things
out.
A
lot
of
our
students
learn-
and
I
think
this
is
all
this
learn
by
doing
so.
E
The
middle
question,
the
middle
picture,
is
a
great
illustration
of
when
students
get
a
little
zealous
in
planting
a
really
great
illustration
of
microgreens
on
the
left
hand
side,
but
the
ideal
planting
rate
is
maybe
on
the
right.
You
know,
maybe
not
so
much
in
the
middle
it's
getting
there,
but
this
is
just
one
of
those
trial
by
error
situations
where
it's
really
helpful
for
students
to
walk
into
a
safe
place.
E
Try
things
out,
try
to
follow
the
directions
and,
if
there's
a
nuance,
that
they
don't
pick
up
on
they're
not
penalized
for
it
they're,
given
the
opportunity
to
do
it
again
and
learn
from
their
mistakes
and
that's
what
learning
is
all
about
experimenting
and
then,
at
the
end
of
the
class,
they
are
able
to
take
all
of
their
plants
home
all
their
different
cuttings
and
seeds.
That
they've
started,
so
it's
a
lot
of
fun.
E
If
you
are
working
with
a
school
garden
at
all,
and
you
are
limited
on
space,
that
does
not
need
to
stop
you,
you
can
grow
in
five
gallon
buckets
or
more
decorative
containers
that
are
about
the
size
of
five
gallon
buckets
and
vegetables
will
grow.
Just
fine.
You
just
need
to
be
able
to
water
them
so
that
they
don't
die
over
the
weekends.
E
But
again,
if
you're,
watering
on
a
friday
and
coming
back
on
a
monday,
they'll
be
just
fine.
I
highly
recommend
potato
for
this
time.
Actually
this
is
the
perfect
time
to
start
potatoes
in
five
gallon
buckets
or
in
the
ground,
because
they
mature
in
about
three
months,
which
is
about
the
length
of
the
semester.
E
E
Okay,
we
also
get
very
creative
with
small
spaces.
This
is
some
parsley.
That's
growing
here
along
the
rail
outside
the
student
center
helps
beautify
the
campus,
but
also
I'm
a
big
fan
of
the
more
students
see
something
the
more
familiar
they
become
with
it,
the
more
they
maybe
internalize
it
in
their
subconscious
and
then
maybe
one
day
they
say.
Oh
yeah.
I
can
do
this.
I've
seen
this
done
before
so
just
building
that
familiarity,
but
you
can
grow
a
lot
in
a
small
container
without
a
raised
bed.
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E
E
We
do
vermicomposting,
so
each
student
pairs
up
with
another
student
and
they
each
get
their
own
bucket
to
take
care
of
so
they're
special
worms,
red
wiggler
worms
that
break
down
different
food
scraps
and
turn
that
into
really
great
healthy
compost.
That's
full
of
healthy
aerobic
microorganisms,
that's
beneficial
for
the
soil.
So
not
only
are
you
cutting
down
on
any
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from
food
waste
that
would
go
otherwise
into
the
landfill,
but
you're
also
building
up
the
soil,
and
this
is
something
that
you
can
do
at
home
to
do
actually
behind
the
computer.
E
Have
our
worm
bins
here
so
that
I
can
take
care
of
them
while
we're
off
campus
during
the
covid
and
during
the
snowstorm
they
don't
smell.
I
highly
recommend
it.
I
was
skeptical
at
first,
the
first
time
I
heard
about
it,
but
even
students
who
are
really
scared
of
the
worms
and
don't
want
to
touch
them.
E
We
also
have
separate
projects
that
students
can
take
on
and
be
creative
with.
So
if
students
want
to
build
their
own
system
to
have
at
home
or
experiment
with
doing
different,
cuttings
different
propagation
styles
starting
their
own
seeds
and
taking
care
of
praying
mantises,
we
have
those
opportunities
too.
E
Okay
and
we
partner
with
unt
dallas.
During
this
grant,
we
bring
students
over
to
the
unt
dallas
campus
so
that
they
can
meet
the
other
students
talk
to
them,
build
some
camaraderie
and
also
get
more
acquainted
with
the
campus.
So
the
literature
shows
that,
if
students
from
a
community
college
visit
universities
before
they
transfer
they're
more
likely
to
have
a
successful
transfer,
so
it
can
just
happen
sometimes
where
students
are
very
well
intentioned.
E
E
We
also
during
the
pandemic,
have
been
working
at
the
mountain
view,
campus
garden.
They
have
a
beautiful,
slow
food
community
garden
there
and
we
are
very
blessed
to
be
able
to
grow
some
vegetables
in
those
raised
beds.
So
we've
got
some
swiss
chard
here
and
we've
got
some
broccoli
growing
in
that
other
bed
and
kale,
and
in
addition,
during
the
pandemic,
we
are
partnering
up
with
brookhaven
campus
to
help
take
care
of
their
beautiful
windmill
garden
of
texas
native
plants
that
they
have.
E
And,
of
course
this
is
a
beautiful
okra.
Flower
was
actually
at
the
mountain
view,
campus
okay,
last
but
not
least,
adding
value
to
the
local
institution.
So
we
did
all
this
work.
Is
it
paying
off?
How
do
we
measure
success?
Well,
good
news
is,
I
think
it
did
so
in
fall.
2018
we
had
six
students
very
small
class,
but
it
was.
E
It
was
good
to
break
everyone
in
and
we
were
able
to
double
that
enrollment
the
next
year
and
by
fall
2020
we
had
93
enrollments
and
74
unique
students,
so
it
exploded
as
word
got
out,
and
we
knew
it
was
going
to
take
some
time
for
the
word
to
get
out.
We
knew
that
interest
was
there
every
time
we
talked
with
students,
we
knew
there
was
an
interest,
but
sometimes
it
just
takes
a
while
for
the
message
to
get
out.
E
So
this
signaled
that
there
was
some
amount
of
success.
We
were
the
fastest
growing
discipline
area
in
all
of
dallas
college
last
semester,
and
this
is
even
with
the
pandemic
hitting
so
at
the
top
right.
We
have
a
graph
of
the
total
headcount
total
enrollment
of
all
of
dallas
college.
You
can
see
between
the
red
and
the
gold.
There
was
a
decrease
about
10
percent,
because
you
know
students
are
picking
up
extra
jobs
wherever
they
can,
instead
of
focusing
on
school
just
to
make
ends
meet.
E
So
we
think
that
might
be
why
there
was
a
drop
in
enrollment
because
of
the
pandemic,
but
within
agriculture
our
enrollments
still
grew.
So
we
outpaced
the
trend
for
the
rest
of
the
college,
and
this
is
that
same
data
in
just
a
different
form
and
it
is
continuing
to
grow
so
case
by
case
so
different
form
of
data
stories.
E
But
of
course
this
is
not
just
a
charity,
we're
not
just
growing
food
just
for
ourselves
or
to
give
away.
We
really
are
building
up
skills
in
students
so
that
they'll
be
prepared
for
the
workforce.
Agriculture
is
one
of
the
largest
employers
and
food
systems.
We've
seen
this
time
and
time
again
in
the
last
year,
they
are
only
increasing
in
importance.
E
The
resiliency
of
our
food
system
during
climate
change
as
storms
become
more
severe
and
more
frequent
and
as
these
new
outbreaks
occur,
okay-
and
we
also
try
our
best
to
partner
with
community
leaders
so
and
highlight
the
work
that
they're
doing.
We
do
not
want
to
take
the
place
of
community
leaders,
we
want
to
uplift
amplify
their
message
and
highlight
their
awesome
work
in
the
community,
so
harvest
project
is
a
great
example
of
that
danae
gutierrez
is
saint
she's
awesome.
I
don't
know
how
she
does
all
that
she
does.
E
E
It
goes
out
to
the
community,
completely
free
of
charge
completely
run
by
volunteers
and
the
harvest
project
actually
supplies
other
local
organizations
in
dallas.
So
they
are
such
a
a
key
organization
in
our
backyard
and
the
oak
cliff
veggie
project
helps
disperse
some
of
that
rescued
produce
from
the
harvest
project.
E
We
also
try
to
convene
different
stakeholders
from
the
community
so
just
to
get
the
conversation
rolling
and
get
some
synergies
going.
This
is
big
tech's
urban
farm,
so
we
try
to
work
with
them
and
give
students
opportunities
there
and
farmers
assisting
returning
military
we've
partnered
with
them
in
trying
to
host
some
informational,
webinars
mill
city
urban
farm
is
a
really
great
resource
for
the
community.
They
work
with
kids
and
teaching
kids
how
to
garden
and
grow
their
own
food
and
garcia.
E
We
also
put
together
a
little
growing
guide.
That's
really
easy
to
understand
for
containers,
because
we
felt
there
was
kind
of
a
lack
of
information
about
how
to
grow
in
containers
in
dallas.
Specifically
so
again,
my
favorite
plant
to
grow
in
a
five
gallon
bucket
is
potatoes
they're
the
best,
but
also,
I
think
this
mustard
is
a
lot
of
fun
to
grow
too
and
very
nutritious,
and
then,
of
course,
we
have
a
fall
planting
season
that
is
often
overlooked
and
underutilized.
So
we
want
to
highlight
that
too.
E
E
There's
a
brand
new
partnership
that
we
just
signed
with
texas,
a
m
commerce,
so
that
we
can
offer
more
agricultural
classes
in
dallas,
it's
more
convenient
for
students
and
because
they're
taking
their
first
two
years
of
their
bachelor's
with
us.
It's
a
lot
less
tuition.
So
it's
a
lot
less
expensive
for
students
to
complete
their
bachelor's
degree
and
then
once
they
complete
courses
with
us
and
commerce
in
dallas.
E
They
just
need
to
finish
out
their
senior
year,
their
last
year
of
their
bachelor's
degree
up
in
commerce.
So
for
those
students
who
are
commuting
are
local
to
dallas,
it's
a
great
opportunity.
So
if
you
know
anyone
who's
interested
in
agriculture
and
completing
their
degree,
please
reach
out.
This
is
the
information
to
contact
us
ag
academy
at
dtuplecd.edu
or
bob.williams
at
tmtamuc.edu.
E
He's
our
partner
over
there
and
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
take
advantage
of
the
brand
new
bachelor's
program
in
sustainable
agriculture
and
food
systems.
It's
a
brand
new
degree
that
just
opened
up
a
couple
semesters
ago
at
commerce.
So
I
definitely
encourage
you
guys
to
check
that
out
and
I
included
a
little
information
about
food
loss
and
food
waste
because
of
course
our
food
system
is
not
just
reliant
on
production.
It's
also
reliant
on
the
efficient
use
of
the
resources
that
we've
already
invested
into
the
food
system.
E
E
So
I'll,
just
I'm
looking
at
my
time
here
and
I
don't
want
to
hold
us
over.
So
I'm
just
going
to
toggle
through
those
real
quick
and
if,
if
we
want
to
talk
more
about
it,
that's
great,
but
I
just
wanted
to
before
I
leave
say
a
few
shout
outs
to
the
awesome
folks
at
dallas
college
and
at
commerce
and
jeff
raska
at
agrilife
extension.
E
F
Hi
this
is
brittany.
I
had
a
question
about
growing
vegetables
in
the
five
gallon
bucket,
so
I
actually
have
tried
growing
potatoes
in
five
gallon
buckets
and
I
was
just
wondering:
is
it
more
effective
if
you
drill
holes
in
the
bottom
of
the
buckets
or
can
does
it
really
matter
if
there's
holes
or
no.
E
Oh
yeah,
it
matters
a
lot.
Okay.
I
and
I
have
this
past
growing
season,
so
this
was
so
you
can
plant
potatoes
in
the
spring
and
in
the
fall
spring
is
right
about
now.
You'll
be
planting
around
valentine's
day
fall
would
be
august
early
august.
That
you'd
want
to
be
planting,
our
fall
potatoes
and
buckets
failed
miserably
because
we
used
the
wrong
type
of
soil.
It
was
really
disgusting
and
disheartening
yeah.
So
if
you
can
see,
there's
lots
of
perlite
the
white
balls
oil
here,
it's
a
heavy
in
peat
moss.
E
So
it's
very
no,
it's
not
heavy
it's
light,
but
there's
just
a
lot
of
peat
moss
in
it
and
it
holds
a
lot
of
water
which
potatoes
go
through
a
fair
amount
of
water.
So
it
really
depends
on
the
type
of
soil
that
you
use
and
also
potatoes
are
a
little
different
in
that
you
want
to
plant
them
about
four
inches
deep
and
then,
as
the
chute
grows
up,
you
want
to
continuously
cover
it
with
soil,
so
I'm
just
toggling
back
to
okay.
So.
B
E
The
left
hand
side:
this
is
what
you'll
see
at
first
and
then
as
it
continues
to
grow.
Well,
you
probably
already
know
this
because
you
mentioned
that
you
you've
grown
them
before,
but
as
they
continue
to
grow,
you'll
just
continuously
fill
up
that
bucket
until
it
gets
to
that
third
picture,
which
I
don't
fill
it
up
the
full
way,
because
it's
really
annoying
when
you
water
them
and
the
water
just
spills
off
the
top.
I
like
to
leave
that
lip
so
that
it
can
just
funnel
on
down,
but
yeah.
F
E
D
E
E
Oh
you're
welcome
thanks
for
the
question.
It's
great
and
I'll.
Show
you
too
so
mill
city
drilled
holes
in
their
buckets
and
there
we
go
see
the
bottom
left
picture.
That's
the
size
of
holes
that
we
aim
for
with
five
gallon
buckets,
because
we
really
want
to
be
sure.
There's
air
flow
moving
at
the
bottom
of
that
bucket,
because
if
not,
it
can
get
really
anaerobic
very
fast.
So
not
enough.
H
E
E
E
A
F
But
our
environment
cannot
handle
the
amount
of
nitrogen
and
phosphorus
we're
putting
into
it
witness.
The
mississippi
is
dead
for
5
000
kilometers
around
the
mouth,
and
we
have
kenya
just
issued
a
statement
that
70
percent
of
their
agricultural
food
supply
is
inedible
because
of
excessive
use
of
chemicals,
well,
pesticides
and
fertilizers.
So
I'm
curious
one.
Can
we
feed
the
world
without
so
much
over
chemicals
and
two
are
y'all
looking
at
teaching
people
the
proper
use
of
chemicals
and
the
moderate
use
of
chemicals.
E
E
Increase
the
beneficial
relationship
between
nitrogen
fixing,
bacteria,
those
rhizobia
in
the
soil
and
their
associations
with
roots.
That's
why
legumes
like
soybeans
our
beans
are
able
to
fix
nitrogen
because
they're
able
to
form
those
little
nodules
in
their
roots
that
house
a
special
bacteria
that
is
able
to
fix
just
free
nitrogen
gas
in
the
air
and
create
nitrates
that
the
plant
is
able
to
use.
So
a
lot
of
research
is
going
into.
E
Yes,
so
it's
complicated!
We
call
a
food
security,
a
wicked
problem,
it's
an
academic
term
to
say
that
it's
a
problem
that
is
constantly
evolving,
there's,
no
one
good
solution,
no
matter
how
many
times
you
try,
there's
no
silver
bullet
and
a
lot
of
times.
Those
wicked
problems
are
solved
through
not
even
solved
but
managed
at
the
local
level,
so
finding
solutions
that
work
in
that
context
it
may
not
be
a
copy
and
paste.
E
You
know
what
works
in
dallas
may
not
work
in
fort
worth
may
not
work
in
houston
or
austin,
but
yeah.
Just
acknowledging
the
importance
of
the
context.
So
soil
is
different.
The
different
types
of
crops,
the
climates,
are
different
yeah.
All
those
things
are
different,
so
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
hungry
people
in
the
world
right
now
you
know,
and
our
population
is
only
growing,
so
I
don't
want
to
dismiss
the
problem.
E
It
is
a
real
issue,
but
I
think
one
thing
that
is
overlooked
is
the
fact
that
we
have
so
much
food
that
really
is
going
to
waste
and
we
can
make
better
use
of
the
food
that
we
have
and
make
sure
that
it's
equitably
distributed
and
accessible
to
folks
because
it
may
be
on
the
shelf,
but
it's
too
expensive
for
them
to
afford.
You
know
how
do
we
and
how
do
we
mitigate
those
effects?
So
it's
a
complicated
issue.
E
F
E
Oh
yeah,
I
I'm
one
of
my
roommates
in
graduate
school.
She
she
was,
she
is
kenyan.
I
mean
she
yeah
and
we
talked
a
lot
about
that
and
the
importance
of
small
holder
farmers.
So
I
I'd
love
to
connect
with
you
about
that.
Maybe
they
know
each
other.
You
know
from
a
similar
area
of
kidney
that'd,
be
cool.
B
E
E
E
But
I'm
wondering
if
those
worms
are
a
different
type
of
worm,
because
from
what
I
understand,
the
red
wigglers
that
are
normally
used
in
vermicompost
cannot
handle,
especially
the
temperatures
that
we
experienced
this
last
week,
but
earthworms
that
we
find
in
the
ground
in
our
gardens
naturally
are
very
different
from
the
red
wigglers,
not
very
but
they're
different
from
the
red
wigglers
that
we
have
in
vermicompost
bins.
So
I
do
recommend
keeping
it
inside
if
you
can
and
they
don't
escape,
they
actually
don't
like
the
light.
So
you
you
have
holes.
E
So
we
have
this,
you
would
ideally
have
a
larger
one
than
this,
but
we
just
drilled
holes
for
air
flow
in
in
them,
and
then
students
are
able
to
put
their
names
on
it
with
a
masking
tape.
And
you
just
take
the
lid
right
off
and
it's
it's
ready
to
go
so
they
don't
escape
and
they
do
just
fine
in
this
smaller
bucket.
If
you
could
get
a
larger
one,
that's
even
better
because
you
don't
have
to
manage
the
moisture
levels
as
much.
E
B
You
mentioned
that
you
said
it
was
endorsed,
so
that's
kind
of
what
I
was
going
toward.
Has
there
been
any
like
motion
toward
with
design
or
information
making
this
something
that's
agreeable
to
people
living
in
apartments
like
maybe
like
some
some
kind
of
actual
shift
where,
instead
of
we're
throwing
out
a
bunch
of
food
waste,
we're
actually
composting
it
and
then
donating
it,
community
gardens
whatever.
E
Yes,
so
I
live
in
an
apartment
and
we
yeah-
I
just
have
my
own
in
our
you
know,
office
here
hanging
out,
but
as
far
as
it
being
a
service
that's
accessible,
I
guess
it
would
probably
need
to
be
part
of
like
inside
of
an
office
for
the
apartment
and
then
kind
of
serviced,
maybe
by
folks
who
sign
up.
For
that.
That's
a
good
question.
I
I
like
your
line
of
thinking
there.
That's
nice
yeah.
B
E
A
B
Yeah,
hey
cara,
this
is
jeff,
just
have
a
question
of
who
was
slide
part
in
particular
like
about
like
the
countries.
I
I
think
like
us,
ranked
like
number
three
and
then
was
it
saudi
number,
one
yeah
yeah,
so
just
just
wondering
like
do
you
have
like
other
like
yeah
like
do
we
have
something
like
details
or
you
know
like
do
anyone
like
do
we
have
something
like
analysis
on
like
why
you
know
what
what
are
like
the
causes?
E
I
figured
we
could
just
use
this
as
a
source,
so
it's
by
the
barilla
center
for
food
and
nutrition,
so
yeah
I
this
whole
two
slides
is
just
a
graphic
that
I
cut
in
half
because
it
wouldn't
fit
on
one
side,
but
I
think
within
that
article
that
went
with
this
infographic,
they
have
more
information
on
that.
So
I'm
sorry
that
I
just
can-
I
jump
in
here.
J
I
used
to
be
scandalized
at
the
amount
of
food
that
was
thrown
away
at
every
gathering
that
we
met
went
to
and
its
cultural
thing,
so
everyone
would
just
pile
up
their
plates
with
so
much
food
that
we
know
a
person
cannot
eat
and
it
is
like
I'm
well
off
person,
so
I
can
throw
away
so
much
food.
That's
the
thing.
I
noticed
for
the
two
years
that
I
was
there.
It
is
a
horrible
to
see
the
waste
that
the
like
processed
food
is
done.
J
That's
the
way
it
is
treated
if
they
need
six
eggs
for
something
they
will
buy
almost
two
three
dozen
and
just
throw
away
in
the
dumpster.
So
it
was
more
as
a
like.
You
know
I'm
well
off.
I
can
afford
it.
I
thought
I
don't
know.
I
didn't
read
any
detailed
information
about
it,
but
that's
what
I
notice.
B
A
E
A
A
C
Oh,
I
don't
know
if
it's
if
it's
short,
you
know
me
richard,
I
I
always
talk
long-windedly
dr
casey,
fantastic
presentation,
obviously
generating
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
chapter
and
and
so
appreciative
of
you
doing
this.
I
want
to
ask
you
a
a
non-sciency
question.
It's
it's
related
to
mickey
lynn's
question.
Earlier.
C
We've
got
a
new
administration
in
washington
and
during
the
the
democratic
primaries
there
was
a
great
deal
of
talk
by
a
number
of
the
of
the
candidates
about
regenerative
agriculture
and
federal
policy
in
support
of
that,
as
as
you
think
of,
if
you
take
off
your
scientists
hat
for
a
second
but
informed
by
all
of
that,
and
think
about
what
priorities
you
would
you
would
be
setting
for
the
federal
government?
What
what
are
the
most
important
things
that
you
would
like
to
see
done
legislatively
to
promote
regenerative
agriculture
here
in
the
u.s.
E
Two
immediate
things
come
to
mind
is
the
stark
inequality
in
subsidies
that
are
available
for
grain
crop
farmers
versus
vegetable
farmers,
so
farming
is
a
risky
business,
no
matter
what
crop
you're
growing
and
if
you're
growing
a
crop,
that's
going
out
straight
to
consumer,
I
think
you're,
you
have
a
lot
more
risk
too.
So
I
think
that's
one
thing
is
making
sure
that
those
farmers
that
are
growing
fruits
and
vegetables
have
access
to
the
same
amount
of
subsidies
and
support,
maybe
more
so,
maybe
even
more
than
traditional
conventional
farmers.
E
There's
a
lot
of
reason
why
that
inequality
exists
that,
I
think
can
read
between
the
lines.
Number
two
is
snap
benefits,
so
I'm
a
big
fan
of
expansion
of
snap
because
I
think
yeah
people
need
access
to
food
and
it's
helpful
for
farmers
too.
If
people
have
that
funds
to
spend,
you
know,
even
if
it's
government
money
that
they're
spending
on
vegetables
that
goes
into
the
pocket
of
a
local
farmer
so
but
local
produce
can
be
more
expensive
because
for
various
reasons,
so
another
program,
that's
really
helpful.
C
Yeah,
no,
I
love
the
first
answer.
I
I
read
a
piece
by
mark
bittman.
You
know
everybody
has
his
cookbook,
but
he
was.
He
was
talking
about
corn
in
iowa,
how
many,
how
many
tens
of
millions
of
acres
of
corn
were
being
grown,
but
less
than
one
percent
of
that
was
sweet
corn
for
human
consumption.
It
was
all
being
raised
as
animal
feed
and
heavily
subsidized
by
by
the
industries
that
want
to
promote
animal
growing
and
use
for
meat.
So
it
gets
right
to
your
first
point.
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
again
for
the
presentation
and
we'll
be
communicating
about
maybe
getting
your
slides
on
our
website.
Thank
you
so
next
item
on
our
agenda.
I
know
we
have
paula
day
and
kelly
longfellow
from
the
faith-based
working
group
who
are
going
to
talk
about
their
working
group
for
just
a
few
minutes.
B
I
Glasses
are
dark
good
afternoon,
yes,
paula
and
I
are
the
co-leads
for
the
faith
group
and
we
have
decided
to
do
a
joint
event
with
green
faith
and
whereas
we
chose
green
face,
I'm
also
with
that
organization
as
well.
So
this
event
with
this
international
event,
we're
going
to
hold
a
local
group
event
here
in
the
dallas
area,
is
called
it's
on
actually
march
11th
at
7pm
and
it's
nationwide
and
so
worldwide.
On
that
day,
the
reason
why
it's
march
11th
is
actually
is
between
many
face
celebrations.
I
I
G
But
so,
as
kelly
mentioned,
you
know,
we've
been
trying
to
get
this
off
the
ground,
but
I
think
one
thing
that
was
really
encouraging
to
me.
As
I
was
reading,
we
we
have
a
couple
of
groups
that
we're
trying
to
connect
with
at
a
larger
level,
and
one
of
them
is
called
faiths
for
future,
and
this
is
actually
led
by
a
cl,
a
trained
climate
reality
leader
and
she's.
You
know
put
a
coalition
of
people
together
and
in
her
recent
communication
to
those
of
us
on
her
list.
G
She
mentioned
that
the
at
the
upcoming
virtual
training,
the
the
weekday
session,
because
you
know,
if
you've
investigated,
there's
two
sessions.
You
can
either
do
the
weekend
or
the
weekday
at
the
weekend,
they're
actually
putting
together
a
cohort
for
people
interested
in.
You
know
approaching
this
from
the
the
faith
base,
so
she
went
in
and
mentioned.
You
know
how
you
could
say
that
you
wanted
to
be
part
of
that.
So
I
think
what
this
will
do
is
give
those
of
us
in
chapters
who
want
to
have
a
working
group.
G
You
know
broader
discussions
and
that's
you
know
what
we're
trying
to
connect
our
working
group
to
so,
in
addition
to
face
for
future
kelly-
and
I
talked
with
a
group
called
texas
impact,
which
is
a
faith-based
lobbying-
and
you
know
legislative
action
group,
but
they
look
at
more
than
just
climate
justice,
but
that's
one
of
their
priority
areas,
so
we're
trying
to
get
further
connected
with
them
and,
of
course,
then,
as
kelly
mentioned
green
faith,
so
we
just
want
to
let
you
know
that's
what
we're
up
to.
We
are
going
to.
G
You
know
organize
for
this
march
11th
event
and
then
we're
hoping
that
we
can
connect
with
some
of
you
who
are
interested
in
in
going.
You
know
further
with
us
on.
You
know,
looking
you
know
again,
very
simple
source
of
you
know
great
source
of
presentations.
You
know
to
go
out
to
people's
faith-based
communities
and
then
also
to
help.
You
know
if
you're
connected
to
any
kind
of
faith-based
organization
to
help
them
think
about
how
they
use
their
resources,
audits
and
those
kinds
of
things.
So
I
think
that's
it.
I
Yes,
melinda.
Thank
you
so
much
for
recognizing.
You
share
your
very
sanctuary
tasks.
Yes
at
the
uu,
which
is
fantastic,
and
so
we
would
love
for
you
to
join
our
group
because
once
again
you
know
how
it's
kind
of
the
fork
in
there.
What
do
you
really
want
to
do
with
this?
You
know
group
faith.
Do
you?
How
do
you
just
give
presentations
or
how
do
you
help
them
and
be
sustainable?
You
know
help
them
with
their
energy
usage,
their
green
purchasing
and
cleaning
products.
I
Now,
indoor
air
quality
is
a
big
thing
now
right
now
with
cover
19..
So
what
are
the
healthier
choices
to
to
use
in
a
church
and
for
their
purchasing
and,
of
course,
like
an
operation
plan,
that's
more
sustainable
and
more
eco-friendly,
so
we
have
a
lot
to
offer
with
this
discussion
in
groups
now,
how
do
you
reach
out?
You
know
to
the
faith
organization
and
how?
How
do
you
get
the
door
in?
How
do
you
open
the
door?
So,
yes,
thank
you.
So
much.
A
C
Yeah,
thank
you,
so
I
I
first
want
to
say
I'm
just
I'm.
I'm
really
pleased
and
delighted
that
so
many
people
signed
on
today,
given
the
ordeal
that
everybody's
been
through.
I
really
appreciate
your
presence
and,
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
about
what's
coming
up
with
the
faith-based
group,
there
are
lots
of
things
going
on
in
the
various
working
groups
if
you're
not
signing
on
to
the
to
the
website
yet
and
looking
at
what's
posted
on
the
pages
for
the
different
working
groups,
please
start
doing
that.
C
Groups
are
taking
all
kinds
of
interesting
action
that
you
need
to
know
about,
but
I
want
to
say
a
few
words
specifically
about
the
new
legislative
working
group
that
alan
kasdoy
is
heading
up
if
you're
paying
attention
to
climate
reality
at
the
national
level
at
all.
You
know
that
this
is
designated
as
a
year
for
legislative
action.
C
We've
just
had
two
very
detailed
workshops
on
how
to
lobby
those
toolkits
are
now
available.
We
have
them.
We
have
tremendous
opportunities
for
action
this
year
at
all
three
levels
of
government.
First
of
all,
the
city
of
dallas
has
elections
coming
up
in
april
and
and
then
may
for
city
council
city
council
has
control
over
ccap.
C
We
we
put
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
into
getting
a
good
climate
action
plan
written
for
for
dallas.
Now
it
needs
to
be
implemented
that
will
be
up
to
city
council.
So
simon
rook
is
heading
up
our
our
effort.
We
need
to
be
reaching
out
to
city
council
candidates.
We
need
to
contin
to
make
relationships
with
the
people
who
get
elected
so
that
we
can
make
sure
ccap
gets
implemented
as
quickly
as
possible.
C
Simon
is
also
a
master
map
maker.
He
knows
where
you
live.
He
knows
who,
if
you're
in
dallas,
we
already
know
who
your
candidates
in
your
district
are
we're
going
to
be
organizing
around
that
one
quarter
of
the
members
of
this
chapter
more
than
55
people
live
in
dallas
and
ought
to
be
getting
involved
at
the
local
level.
This
is
this
is
grassroots
stuff.
Folks,
if
you
are
interested
in
solving
the
climate
crisis,
cities
have
a
major
major
role
to
play
at
the
federal
level.
C
Climate
reality
has,
in
their
workshops,
have
just
laid
out
a
number
of
priorities:
they're
going
to
be
promoting
certain
legislative
agendas
on
the
hill.
The
main
one
is
that
they're
wanting
us
all
to
get
behind
the
coming
infrastructure
bill
from
the
biden
administration,
two
trillion
dollars
for
infrastructure.
C
Much
of
that
is
devoted
to
to
infrastructure
that
is
directly
relevant
to
solving
the
climate
crisis.
Climate
reality
is
calling
for
100
meetings,
in-person
meetings
with
representatives
in
congress.
We
know
who
your
congressman
is
now
or
woman.
We
know
which
district
you're
in
alan
is
going
to
be
heading
up.
Our
efforts
at
the
federal
level,
but
in
between
there
is
the
state
legislature
of
texas.
C
C
I
was
on
a
call
for
an
hour
and
a
half
this
morning
with
a
number
of
state
senators
and
representatives
talking
about
new
bills
that
are
being
filed,
specifically
related
to
how
ercot
functions
and
how
it's
going
to
function
going
forward.
If
you
don't
know
who
your
state
representative
is,
who
your
state
senator
is,
we
do
we've
got
those
districts
mapped
too,
but
I
need
somebody
in
the
chapter
who's
willing
to
help
organize
all
of
this,
so
that
for
particular
districts
we
can
get
the
message
out
to
the
right
people.
C
It
won't
take
an
enormous
amount
of
organizing
time.
I'm
not
asking
you
to
do
all
the
lobbying
just
help
get
the
information
sent
out
to
members
in
the
chapter,
so
you
can
contact
your
state
representative
and
your
state
senator
we're
also
partnering,
with
all
the
other
chapters
in
texas
around
identifying
specific
bills
that
we
want
to
promote
or
oppose
we're
working
with
rita,
bevin,
very
closely.
At
public
citizen
she's
been
a
professional
lobbyist
for
10
years.
She
knows
how
to
work
with
the
texas
ledge.
C
C
I'm
gonna
drop
my
email
address
in
the
chat
one
more
time
in
case
anybody
doesn't
know
how
to
get
in
touch
with
me
and
wants
to
step
up
put
in
an
hour
more
if
you've
got
it,
but
an
hour
a
week
would
already
be
a
tremendous
step
forward.
We're
gathering
all
the
information
we
just
need
to
make
sure
everybody
gets
it
so
I'll
I'll
leave
it
there,
alan
unless
there's
something
else
you
want
to
add,
but
I
think
that's
that
was
the
territory
we
were
going
to
cover.
F
No,
but
thanks
for
mentioning
all
of
that
and
yeah,
we
had
a
very
productive
conversation
with
rita
about
the
state
legislation
and
the
priorities
there.
So
yeah
there's
a
whole
lot
going
on
here
with
the
city
council,
elections
and
and,
of
course,
the
federal
stuff
so
yeah.
So
we
want
everybody
to
get
involved.
F
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
mention
that
you
know
I'm
a
little
bit
behind
a
few
days.
I
was
climb
at
the
refugee
for
two
days
we
had
to
stay
at,
we
had
to
stay
at
neighbors
when
we
were
frozen
out
of
our
house,
but
I'm
not
complaining.
I
just
hope
everyone
here
didn't
experience,
terrible
consequences
that
we've
heard
about
and
all
of
your
loved
ones
are,
are
safe
and
warm.
F
A
D
D
So
we've
been
in
a
meeting
for
some
time
and
talking
and
looking
at
our
screen,
so
maybe
we'll
just
tune
in
to
ourselves.
So
I'm
going
to
invite
you
to
to
either
lay
down.
If
you
have
a
carpet
nearby
that
you
feel
comfortable
to
lay
down
on
on
your
back,
you
could
also
just
choose
to
to
continue
sitting
just
try
to
find
a
straight
spine
if
possible
and
just
a
comfortable
position
so.
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
We
are
here
today
because
we're
fighting
for
climate
change
and
to
battle
it
sorry,
but
we
have
to
imagine
a
healthier
and
better
future.
That's
where
the
power
is
and
to
take
care
of
ourselves.
We
can
also
imagine
these
little
escapades
that
rejuvenate
us,
because,
after
all,
our
connection
to
nature
is.
A
A
Hopefully
those
of
you
with
infrastructure,
house
power,
internet
water
problems
get
those
resolved
and
please
stay
safe
with
the
pandemic,
is
still
going
strongly
stay
safe
and
take
a
look
at
our
website
for
what's
next
and
you
all
have
a
great
rest
of
the
weekend,
we'll
we'll
stay
on
for
a
few
minutes,
but
we
are
officially
adjourned.
Thank
you.
All.