Episode 122: Growing Salad Greens Seven Feet High In Detroit

12/04/2022 12 min Episodio 122
Episode 122: Growing Salad Greens Seven Feet High In Detroit

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In this episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, expresses her frustration with slimy salad greens and learns about a Detroit-based company looking to solve that problem. Planted Detroit's Leader of Plant Health & Employee Success, Kelly Sharpe, explains why greens get slimy so fast and how the company is tackling the issue by growing and distributing their crops differently. 

Follow us and join the conversation @msufoodfix on Facebook and Twitter.  Featured guest: Kelly Sharpe - Leader of Plant Health & Employee Success at Planted Detroit

For more information: Planted Detroit 
 Theme music: Upbeat Acoustic by Lesfm on Pixabay About the podcast: The Food Fix focuses on researchers and innovators better feeding the world. It’s a production from the Michigan State University Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, an organization that teaches student and professional journalists how to report on the world's most important beat.
About the host:Taylor Haelterman is pursuing a master’s degree in environment, science and health journalism at Michigan State University. As a volunteer, intern, podcast producer, editor and host, she’s had a hand in nearly every aspect of audio production and live radio. She plans to continue combining her passion for audio with her love of storytelling for the rest of her career.