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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.  

Welcome to our newest episode in the Boundless Science series! I’m your hostess, Bianca Ruiz, and in today’s episode, we get the chance to talk with Karyn Rode, a research wildlife biologist from the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center. Listen to find out more about the U.S. Geological Survey, Karyn’s role as a research wildlife biologist, and current wildlife research projects in the field!

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. 

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/ 

Ever wondered how paleontologists reconstruct past climates? What can this knowledge be used for? Dive into this discussion with Dr. Raquel Bryant, an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University to learn how microscopic fossils can be used in understanding how the ocean and its ecosystems respond to intervals of global warmth in the geologic past. Hosted by UF Agricultural Education and Communication graduate student Lexi Bolger, this conversation is sure to teach you something new about the importance of combining social science with the geosciences. This episode was made in partnership with UF’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication.