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In this episode, we are talking with Mr. Brandon Bixler, Agriculture and Environmental studies teacher and FFA staff advisor at McCaskey High School and Valerie Gray, student and president of the FFA Chapter at McCaskey High School. We discuss FFA in an urban school setting, how to explain Lancaster County farming to Floridians and how a stuffed bird can make a good booth-minder.

Learn more about McCaskey High School's FFA Chapter

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Season 5 is all about conservation education from the ground up; from kids to adults, from conservation entusiasts to conservation professionals. We celebrate the people and programs that share the knowledge that makes a difference to our waters. Season 5 of Clean Water Conversations is sponsored by RK&K

We begin season 5 with a conversation with Angie Martin, the Director for Community Engagement at the Edible Classroom. We discuss teaching kids about growing and cooking their own food through hands-on experience, regenerative conservation, and kunekune pigs. Then we play a deceptive, literary game of trivia.

You just might learn something while having fun!

Referenced links in this episode:

The Edible Classroom - https://theedibleclassroom.org/

Read more about the Ebible Classroom in Alliance for the Chesapeak Bay's newsletter

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We wrap up season 4 by talking to Drew Robinson, Communications Director for the Choose Clean Water Coalition and Chair for the Development and Communications Committee at Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake> We discuss Conservation Communications and storytelling, the updated Bay Agreement, The Choose Clean Water Conference coming to Lancaster in May, and more! We also play a round of trivia that Drew just knocked out of the park!

Links discussed in this episode:
Choose Clean Water Conference
Cause Camp

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Music credit:
"Over There" (1917), George M. Cohan (Public Domain)

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In this episode, we celebrate Lancaster County Conservation District's 74th anniversary with Assistant District Manager, Matt Kofroth. We talk about the history of the Conservation District, some of the amazing work being done now, and where the future may lie. We also play a game of "75th" Trivia.

You can find more about Lancaster County Conservation District at https://lancasterconservation.org/

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On this episode, we talk with Bess Langbein, partner of Due East Partners, about networking, the Common Agenda, hometown fun, and coming home when the streetlights came on. Because she is so involved in her kids' activities, we played a round of Youth Sports Trivia.

To learn more about Due East Partners, go to https://dueeastpartners.com/

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In this episode, we talk with Jenn Fetter, the Water Resources Team Leader at Penn State Extension and Director of the Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training (CACAT). We discuss groundwater, educating students, from children to adults, and growing up Gen X. And for the theme park fan and self-described "connoisseur of eating", we played an exciting round of trivia about theme park food.

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The newest episode of the Clean Water Conversations podcast is available now! In this episode, we talk with Dr. Patrick Fleming, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Program Chair of Public Policy at Franklin & Marshall College, Co-Director of the Chesapeake Watershed Institute. We talk economics, local clean water projects, and his job as a farmer at Verdant View Farms.
We play a round of goat trivia and a bonus round of G.O.A.T. trivia.

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In this episode, we talk with Scott Peiifer, the recently retired Manager of Quarryville Borough, hiker, gardener, and surfer. He is truly a Renaissance man with a passion for his community, helping the next generation, and going above and beyond expectations.

This episode is brought to you, in part, by our Contributing Sponsor, Native Nook Nursery and Nature Shop.