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Salt of the earth people, grassroots change
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S6E4 S6E04 Invertebrates
Meet the invertebrate team as we peel back bark, turn over rocks and shine lights on sheets to catch insects and arachnids out in the Australian desert. One of the smallest teams on Desert Discovery…
S7E2 S7 E02 - What are the possibilities for FO and GO?
In the last episode we had a chat with Mayor Toby Heydon and YIMBY co-founder Lucy Young to explore the impacts of the rolling out a Food Organics / Garden Organics (FOGO) kerbside waste service in…
S7E1 S7E01 Should We 'Go Slow on FOGO'?
This episode was recorded from a live show on MainFM on 4th of May 2026. The Mount Alexander Shire Council is soon to vote on whether our shire should have FOGO bin, that is, a Food Organics /…
S6E3 S6E03 Citizen Science
Citizen science is a bit of a buzz word, but what is it really all about? Desert Discovery did not start out as a citizen science group, at first it was a group of nature lovers having adventures…
S6E2 S6E02 Botany
Join us on the first full day of the Desert Discovery Yeo Lake Project. Allie hitches a ride with the Botany Team to find out what a day of data collection looks like for them. We hear team leader…
S6E1 S6E01 The Largest Biome
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. The majority of people live in the major cities that hug the coast line, and as much as Australia is famous for the 'red centre', many…
S6 Saltgrass Season 6 Trailer
A little window into what is coming!
S6E1 S6E00 Preseason Update
A quick update before we launch into season 6! Allie talks about why it's been a while between seasons and what has changed since last time you heard from Saltgrass. Season 6 is coming really…
S5E23 S5 E23 Popcorn Activism
Handing out popcorn can get you arrested these days, especially if you do it in a bank. In this episode I chat with three activists who did just that over a year ago. Then, earlier this year they…
S5E22 S5 E22 The Housing Crisis - Creative Solutions
This is the final episode of the three about the housing crisis and what my local community is doing about it. In this episode we hear about some of the creative solutions including community groups…
S5E21 S5 E21 The Housing Crisis - Building Together
In these three episodes we will explore how housing is a key climate issue and we’ll look at how the housing crisis is impacting where I live, in regional Victoria. In this second episode we are…
S5E20 S5 E20 The Housing Crisis - What's the problem?
How is the housing crisis linked to sustainability? In the next three episodes we will explore how housing is a key climate issue and we'll look at how the housing crisis is impacting where I live,…
S5E20 April 2024 Update
I know it has been a while since there was anything new on Saltgrass, so here is a quick (6 min) update for you. In summary: There will be 5 new episodes coming out soon which will wrap up season 5…
S5E19 S5 E19 Bonus: Connecting Country live event
This is the full audio from the Connecting Country event called ‘Revegetation Success in a Changing Climate’ The event featured presentations from Sasha Jellinek from the University of Melbourne and…
S5E18 S5 E18 Connecting Country
Connecting Country is a not for profit organisation which works closely with landcare groups and others in restoring neglected and damaged ecosystems. Hadley Cole and Bonnie Humphries from Connecting…
S5E17 S5 E17 Village Dreaming
Today we are going to Village Dreaming Farm and Orto cooking school. Mara and Ralf live on about 15 acres just outside of Daylesford – about a 30min drive south of where I am in Castlemaine. They…
S5E16 S5 E16 Compost!? Yes, In My Back Yard
Are you good at composting? I certainly haven't been in the past. But with the help of a community composting group called YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) I have become a kitchen scrap saviour, a leaf…
S5E15 S5 E15 Salad with Soul
Recent episodes have been looking at the farmers out at the Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative. We've been out there to explore how farming and agriculture might be done in a way that is earth,…
S5E14 S5 E14 Love and Garlic - Gung Hoe Growers
It has been almost a decade of effort and love and garlic from Gung Hoe Growers – supplying our local community through the local farmers market, selling to cafes and restaurants and providing boxes…
S5E13 S5 E13 Micro Dairy with Tess Sellar
We are heading back out to the Harcourt Farming Cooperative – this time to talk to Tess Sellar who runs a herd of 10 or so dairy cows and supplies organic milk and yoghurt to our local…
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Saltgrass has published 122 episodes since August 2018, covering topics in Education, Nature.
Saltgrass is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 48m.
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