The Villages, an Active Adult Retirement Community located in sunny central Florida has over 40 acres of CEA space dedicated to growing hyper-local produce for residents and the surrounding community. This week we are joined by the executive director, Jennifer Waxman, at Village Grown Farm to discuss how this Agri-hood creates a sense of place around farming.

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The World’s Largest Retirement Neighborhood is Taking “Locally Grown” to the Next Level!

Torqeedo is making boating life on the water clean and quiet. The leader in electric boat drives, Torqeedo offers drives for boats of all sizes from dinghies to 120 ft yachts. This week we spoke to Torqeedo’s President Steve Trkla to discuss how these emissions-free, quiet, and more efficient drives are making big waves in boating.

This Company is Making Big Waves With it‘s Novel Electric Boat Motors

This week on Green Sense Radio, host Robert Colangelo test drives two new and very different hybrids with our resident “Guru of Gears” Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive. The Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid has rugged capability coming from its All-Wheel Drive power train, and tech features like expansive digital displays and safety features.  The new ⁠Jeep Wrangler Hybrid Plug-in has a cult following, learn how this plug-in Hybrid with the addition of an electric power train can be an advantage both on and off-road?  If you had to pick, which EV do you prefer? The family-friendly SUV or the sporty adventurous Wrangler?

Green Road Test: Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid & Jeep Wrangler Plug-in Hybrid

This week we spoke with Sarah Nolet the CEO and Founder of AgThentic, a food and agriculture strategy firm, as well as the co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia’s first dedicated agrifood tech VC firm focused on building the early stage agtech ecosystem in Australia. We spoke about Nolet’s recent article co-written with Matthew Pryor that puts in perspective how the Silicon Valley investment model set AgTech back a decade. Nolet gives insight into how Silicon Valley investors and agriculture startups operate as well as how cultures clash when these high-tech investors meet Midwestern-based Ag Tech startups.

A Culture Clash- Silicon Valley vs Midwestern Ag Tech?

This week we spoke with, Iain Milnes, President of Power Knot an innovator when it comes to onsite food waste digesters. Power Knot provides environmentally sound products that help reduce costs while reducing the amount of food waste going to landfills. We spoke with Milnes to discuss the company’s innovative food digesters and how they are assisting food processing companies, restaurants, and institutional kitchens to be more sustainable.

Power Knot – Solving Post-Production Food Waste

We’ve covered electric vehicles of all shapes and sizes - from boats to planes, to cars and semis. But there’s also a market niche for ‘severe mobility or ‘vocational’ trucks - used for some of the heaviest of duties in and around roadways. This week we spoke to the Founder and CTO of Zeus Electric Chassis, Bob Grinstead about the company’s innovative truck that can be designed to support commercial customer’s changing needs.

Zeus Electric Chassis’ All Electric Work Truck

Crowley Engineering Services has completed its first-ever design and build of a fully electric tug boat. This high performing, sustainable solution to harbor services will be working in the Port of San Diego. This week we spoke with Cole Van Gundy, director of commercial operations, with Crowley Engineering Services to discuss this groundbreaking boat, both it’s innovative and customizable features, and even the challenges faced when developing the first electric-powered tug boat.

First Fully Electric Tug

Gradient is innovating the way we cool down our home using heat pump technology. The San-Francisco-based startup has developed a new take on window AC units. This week we spoke with Gradient’s CEO Vince Romanin to discuss the company’s climate-friendly unit that is quieter and cheaper than traditional AC window units. This innovative AC unit not only keeps your home cool but also is designed for a more appealing and space-saving look.

MAKE ROOM FOR INNOVATION: GRADIENT AIR CONDITIONER

The EV meets the RV in a modern new camper. This week we spoke with Dean Wiltshire of Colorado Teardrops to discuss their new Camper Trailer designed to be towed by electric vehicles. Dean gives us an in-depth look into the trailer’s features and unique designs that make it stand out against other campers. 

The EV Meets the RV in a Modern New Camper

Horticulture, the art of cultivating plants for their numerous uses is a $13 Billion / year industry. It is involved with numerous top issues we hear about every day including climate change, sustainability (energy, water and waste management), labor, and immigration. This week we spoke with Mary Beth Cowardin, Vice President of Marketing & Member Engagement at AmericanHort to discuss, Cultivate, the premier event for the entire horticulture industry. Cultivate is an annual educational event and trade show hosted by AmericanHort that is one of the largest and longest running shows.  In the past it has attracted 10,000+ industry professionals, 700 exhibitors and attendees from more than 70 countries. Mary Beth discusses why Cultivate continues to be a world class educational event, along with a run-down of this year’s event and the challenges they faced in putting on a show in a COVID environment.

Cultivate 21 - First Major In-Person Horticulture Conference Since COVID!

The market for EV’s, hybrids, and other ‘alternative fuel’ vehicles continues to grow offering consumers more model options to choose from. This week we are joined by Consumer Guide Automotive publisher Tom Appel for a recap of the nation’s largest and longest-running - Chicago Auto Show, along with our Green Road Test of the Toyota Highlander Limited –L4 AWD Hybrid and the 2021 Lexus UX 250 Hybrid F Sport.

Chicago Auto Show 2021 - Adapting to a Covid Environment

Each year, 1/3 of food produced in the world goes to waste, and generates 8% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Too Good to Go is on a mission to change that. Too Good to Go is a leading anti-food waste app that allows users to buy surplus fresh food from local restaurants and save it from going to waste. This week we spoke with Claire Oliverson, U.S. Head of Marketing at Too Good to Go to discuss how the app works, their expansion plans and how their market-based solution is fighting food waste globally.

Too Good To Go - Can an App Minimize Global Food Waste?

MGM Resorts, one of the largest global hospitality and entertainment companies, is taking the necessary steps to make sure the company's 30 worldwide resorts are as sustainable as possible. This week we're joined by Yalmaz Siddiqui, vice president of corporate sustainability at MGM Resorts International. His main goal is to make sure the company's resorts are reducing their carbon footprint. We discuss some of the steps MGM is taking to strive for a more sustainable resort, including their new 100-megawatt solar array, the largest of its kind in the hospitality industry, producing up to 90 percent of MGM Resorts' Las Vegas daytime electric power needs.

MGM Makes a Big Bet on Solar Power!

Lake Mead has hit its lowest water level since 1930. A lifeline for 25 million people and millions of acres of land, Lake Mead generates electricity and supplies water to millions of people across the west coast. This week we are joined by Dr. J. David Rogers a professor in Geological Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology and an expert on the Hoover Dam, which was built 90 years ago creating the Lake Mead reservoir that serves much of the American West.

A Mega Drought and What it Means for Energy & Food Production in the Western States.

This week on Green Sense Radio Show: Grounding a tall vision in market reality an interview with the godfather of vertical farming!    Dickson Despommier has a Ph.D., in microbiology, is an ecologist, and emeritus professor of Public and Environmental Health at Columbia University, and coined the term vertical farm back in 1999.  He’s one of the many respected experts who’ve contributed to the new book ‘The Economics of Sustainable Food - Smart Policies for Health and the Planet.’ We talk about the new book and the past, present, and future of vertical farming.

Godfather of Vertical Farming - Dickson Despommier

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