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The Farm Stand celebrates Women's History Month by focusing on a key figure in the birth of the environmental movement: Rachel Carson. Our guest Donna Merrill, discusses Carson's life before the publication of her book Silent Spring and shares the way in which Rachel Carson inspired her to go on to found the Pollinator Pathway project.
Panel: Richard Hill, Laura Modlin and Chris Ferrio

-California braces for its 12th significant atmospheric river storm this year
-U.N. says an urgent course correction needed to tackle the climate emergency,
-Biden administration approves the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska,
-Minnesota monitoring cleanup of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water
-The world is facing an imminent water crisis
-Department of Energy puts $315 million toward modernizing nations electrical grids
-Significant rise in CO2 emissions from the global power sector unlikely
-North America’s first zero-emission train will start running

* Recent Bank Failures Underscore Need to Toughen Federal Regulation; James S. Henry, economist, attorney, investigative journalist, Global Justice Fellow at Yale University; Producer: Scott Harris.
* 20 Years Later, Echoes of US Iraq Invasion in Russia's Ukraine War; Medea Benjamin co-founder Code Pink & Nicolas Davies, author and Code Pink researcher; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Elder ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Target Contractor building Atlanta’s Militarized Police Training Facility; Kendall Hale, a member of the group Rocking Chair Rebellion; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

GM- Steve di Costanzo
Goddess Tymani Rain is a CT artist, activist and poet. She currently holds the title of 17th ranked International Poet of 2021, and 3rd place in the New Haven MLK Poetry Slam 2023. She slams, and features across the US and on international platforms, She also curates and assists writing workshops, offers mentorship for youth and adults. Every 1st and 4th Wednesday of each month she hosts “Poetz Realm Open Mic” at BPT CREATES in Bridgeport, CT.

She reads a poem as part of our WPKN 'Women's History Month'

Ed Pitaro who has been involved with non-profit legacy giving at Planned Parenthood and Consumer Reports

GM Host: Steve di Costanzo
Dr. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye the director of the Housatonic Museum of Art will talk about their Spring series lecture. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye most recently served as a consultant at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and as an Art History lecturer at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut. She held previous positions at a variety of museums and organizations, including the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Southern California, and participated in the Getty Leadership Institute NextGen program, among others.