{"id":123724,"date":"2024-10-11T12:13:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=123724"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:13:24","slug":"growing-good-podcast-87-entomologist-ron-bittner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/growing-good-podcast-87-entomologist-ron-bittner\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Good Podcast #87: Entomologist Ron Bittner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33420932\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This conversation with Ron Bittner will help you make the connection between crop pollination, water conservation and soil health in a way you probably haven\u2019t before.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Learn about how Ron\u2019s interest in insects\u2014specifically the alfalfa leafcutting bee\u2014has taken him around the US and all the way to Australia.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hear about the beginnings of Ron\u2019s small vineyard, which he operates with his wife, daughter and a small crew and why this location in Caldwell, Idaho, is ideal for growing wine grapes. Ron also talks about his farm\u2019s certifications: Salmon Safe, Bee Friendly Farming and LIVE.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ron\u2019s involvement with the nonprofit Pollinator Partnership and continued research on pollinator populations in his area keep him involved with some of the 4,000 native bees in the US. Let his passion for pollinators get you excited about how to attract and protect these creatures on your own property.\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Links from this episode:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/growing-good-podcast-80-sara-wittenberg-gardener-and-biologist\/\"> Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good podcast episode with Sara Wittenburg<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pollinator.org\/\">Pollinator Partnership website<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/\">iNaturalist citizen science app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entomologist And Farmer Ron Bittner Talks Pollinators And Soil Health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81409,"featured_media":123726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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