Mainely Phenology 6/30/18

Producers/Hosts: Hazel Stark and Joe Horn

Cattail Pollen

Cattails are perhaps best known for their iconic sausage-shaped seed heads which playfully billow their fluffy seeds across the countryside. But this beautifully bucolic wetland wonder also holds a treasure-trove of wild foods, for which it has garnered the nickname “supermarket of the swamp.”

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 6/28/18

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

What would you say is the biggest challenge online? Whatever you said at first, upon reflection, you will probably agree with many of the world’s digital experts: the biggest challenge online is establishing identity. For lack of a better system, many online companies have resorted to using Social Security numbers. As we’ve seen in a year of hundreds of millions of breached identity cases, that has put those who buy, sell, bank or just use social media in a world of hurt. We need a new system – here’s why.