238-Peat Moss: Examining the Challenges of its Ongoing Use in the Face of Climate Change
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Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Peat moss plays a big role in the horticulture industry and for home gardeners. But when it comes to sustainability and climate change, peat moss may not a great choice for our gardening endeavors. To discuss the challenges of its ongoing use in the face of climate change, my guest this week is Dr. Merritt Turetsky, a wetland ecologist and the "Queen of Peat."
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.8 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.2 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lample. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.9 | Show. |
| 0:25.2 | Let's start this podcast with two of your favorite words, geek alert, and this time we're |
| 0:30.4 | spicy in it up a bit because it's on a very controversial topic. |
| 0:34.6 | We're talking about a subject I've been wanting to discuss for a long time, and that is |
| 0:38.6 | on Pete Moss. |
| 0:40.4 | So why is it controversial? |
| 0:42.2 | If you don't know, it's getting a lot of discussion lately with people taking passionate |
| 0:46.0 | positions on both sides of the aisle, regarding its use as an environmentally responsible |
| 0:50.9 | product for gardening in horticulture. |
| 0:53.8 | And our expert for today's conversation is Dr. Merritt Taretski. |
| 0:58.3 | If ever there was a person passionate for Pete, it's Merritt. |
| 1:02.6 | With more than 20 years of experience as a scientist working in boreal and arctic ecosystems, |
| 1:08.4 | where Pete Boggs are vast, Merritt is a champion for wetland and ecosystem ecology. |
| 1:14.4 | So today I want to get us all up to speed on the subject of Pete Moss, where it comes |
| 1:19.8 | from, how it's formed, what are those Pete lands do to help our environment, and why is |
| 1:24.7 | it such a high value product to the industry that harvest and distributes it worldwide, |
| 1:30.3 | in fact, to companies that then sell it to you and me for use in our gardens and seed |
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