Local Dirt is a public affairs radio show on
KDVS 90.3FM in Davis, California, focusing on environmental, health, social justice and agriculture-related issues in the local and national community.
Local Dirt began as project of
Students for Sustainable Agriculture, and also a part of the
Buy Fresh, Buy Local campaign for the
Community Alliance with Family Farms. Local Dirt's inaugural year was in 2005 with Temra Costa and Navina Khanna hosting. Past show co-hosts include Luis Sierra, Christie McCullen, Dori Stone, Alida Cantor, Rory ODwyer, Tianna DuPont and Victor Duraj as an engineer/recorder. Current co-hosts are Natalie Yahr and Dani Lee.
Local Dirt airs live on KDVS 90.3FM from 5-6pm PST. You can stream us live by visiting the
KDVS website and clicking on '
listen now.'
About KDVS...KDVS is freeform radio at its best, airing live from the University of California, Davis campus. The station is completely student run. To this day, KDVS continues its original mission: to provide the university with a laboratory for learning broadcast, production and managerial skills, and to provide its listening audience with diverse, challenging, noncommercial, freeform radio. Check out more about KDVS, visit their
history page.
About the Hosts...
Natalie Yahr is
a 4th year student at UC Davis (UCD) with an individual major in Ethics & Economics. She lives at the Tri CoOps at UCD and enjoys hanging out with dogs, learning about people through music, listening to the radio, cooking, living in small rooms, and writing letters. Natalie is also involved in the
Education for Sustainable Living Program,
Project Compost, and the
Davis People's Free School. For the past two summers, Natalie has learned new radio skills by interning part-time for
Uprising Radio at KPFK in Los Angeles.
Dani Lee is a UCD alum, with a BS in Clinical Nutrition. While a student, Dani was involved in
Students for Sustainable Agriculture and co-founded the Davis Vegetarian Society. Dani works for
University Dining Services at UC Davis as the Food System Sustainability and Education Coordinator. She enjoys riding her bike, Felipe, cooking, baking and hanging out in her garden.
