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The Urban Food Revolution (Pledge Drive Special)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Peter Ladner
Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Margaret Carrel Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Antibiotics are given to animals living in concentrated feeding operations for two reasons: disease prevention and growth promotion/feed efficiency...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Respecting the Gift of Wild Rice
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, Larry Amik Smallwood talks with host Erik Redix about the Wild Rice season, and the importance o...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 7
Food Sleuth Radio, Mary Jo Forbord Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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“Why would you need toxins to have a healthy food supply?” asks Mary Jo Forbord, a registered dietitian, organic farmer, and former executive direc...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
The Sacred Cow
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Brian Moench
No one needs to eat livestock to survive, according to Dr. Brian Moench. Yet meat is almost universally the focus of the Western diet. The average...

Bought by WEZU and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Expanding agriculture selectively could produce more food, save more carbon
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Justin Andrew Johnson, an economist with the Natural Capital Project at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, spoke ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 36:54
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Robert Shimek Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Would you want your children exposed to pesticide drift at home and at school? Potatoes grown in northern MN are routinely sprayed, putting childr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Rose Hayden-Smith Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Historically, home, school and community gardens have proven vital to national security and resiliency. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
How The Tractor Ruined Farming
From: Erik Olesund
Caption: Matt and his dad Larry on the combine. Colorado, 1979
Food has become cheaper and more abundant in the last 150 years, largely thanks to technological advances. Irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and ...

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Joan Dye Gussow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The New York Times calls Joan Dye Gussow, “the matriarch of the eat locally, think globally food movement.” Gussow, Professor Emeritus at Columbi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Alan Branhagen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Fresh produce can be hard to access and pricey for families facing economic hardships. But during World War II, school, home, community and workpla...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sugar Bush
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Environmental Voices
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Marie Rock interviews Shirley Nordrum about the Native American sugar bush.

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 12:17
Revitalizing Traditional Foods
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Environmental Voices
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Marie Rock interviews Shirley Nordrum about revitalizing traditional foods.

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 10:52
Food Sleuth Radio, Calen May-Tobin Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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From fast and processed foods to common personal care items, palm oil is a common ingredient in thousands of household products. However, this “ch...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Kelly Tappenden Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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It may seem hard to imagine, but we have more microbial cells in our guts than we have human cells in our bodies. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and R...

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:01
David G. Gordon and The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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David G. Gordon explains why we should be eating bugs and talks about some of the recipes in his book, 'The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook: 40 Ways to Cook Cri...

Bought by KSJD, RadioFreePalmer, Spokane Public Radio, WCWP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Food Sleuth Radio, Mark Holbreich Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Allergy rates are increasing for reasons still under investigation. However, Amish communities have a lower incidence of allergies compared to th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Roger Blobaum Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Which is the better way to “feed the world” – with organic or “conventional” agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Mel...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Kathrynne Holden Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Did you know that farmers who use pesticides are at greater risk for developing Parkinson's Disease (PD)? Or ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Susan C. Nagel Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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“Natural” gas may sound like a clean alternative to foreign oil, but natural gas extraction utilizing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases the...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Chuck Benbrook Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Is organic food worth a higher price at the check out? Chuck Benbrook, Ph.D., Washington State University, helps us do the food math. Join Food Sl...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Brenda Davis Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The food we eat can be a powerful tool for extending life, reversing diabetes, healing our planet and creating a more compassionate society. Join ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio Benny McLean Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Benny McLean has been working in the Florida citrus industry ever since he was 10 years old. Today he is production manager for Uncle Matt’s Organ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Eric Lee-Mader Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Humans depend heavily on invertebrate animals -- those without a backbone—including earthworms and beneficial insects. In fact, one third of the ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
The Write Question - Josh Slotnick - 224
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Josh Slotnick talks about farming and his poetry collection, FarmHome. He also reads several poems.

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7