HRF joins Boulder physician on Working Assets radio show
On March 13, HRF President Rob McCaleb and Mindy Green, Director
of Educational Services, were special guests on KWAB radio (AM1490),
a division of Working Assets. The pair talked with Boulder, CO-based
physician Robert Rountree, MD, who hosts the Helios Health
Program every Monday from 7:00 to 8:00 PM (MT). Listeners
from around the globe also tuned in to hear McCaleb and Green
speak over the Internet at www.workingassetsradio.com. During
the one-hour program, McCaleb talked extensively about HRF's A-SNAPP
project (Agribusiness in Sustainable Natural African Plant Products),
which is helping African farmers and businesses to market sustainably
produced herbs and raw materials to global buyers. Green addressed
some of the public's most pressing questions about herbs, including
common myths about herb regulation and statistics on botanical
safety. Said McCaleb, "The broadcasting of radio signals
over the internet is a major advance in worldwide information
access. Our African partners and those at Purdue were all able
to listen to the interview through their computers, despite being
thousands of miles out of range of the conventional broadcast."
HRF's work in Africa has been attracting attention from other
media sources as well. In February, McCaleb spoke with reporters
from the Denver Rocky Mountain News, the Boulder Daily
Camera, Herbs for Health, Natural Health, and Healthwell.com
about the A-SNAPP project.
- Krista Morien |
