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What’s a “foodshed” and how can we strengthen our local and regional economies with and through food and farming? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and R...
- Added: Jul 14, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Corporate agribusiness tells us we need genetically modified crops to produce more food to feed an ever-growing global population. But there are ho...
- Added: Jun 29, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Factory farms produce a majority of our nation's meat. Over two-thirds of the beef consumed in this country comes from farms with at least 5,000 he...
- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 30:00
We often take safe food for granted until a foodborne illness outbreak makes national news, or affects us personally. Join Food Sleuth Radio host a...
- Added: May 19, 2013
- Length: 28:00
For years, a mysterious “colony collapse disorder” has been killing honeybees across the nation. This year, commercial beekeepers have reported los...
Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 07, 2013
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 2
Who would have thought that worm castings could replace an expensive irrigation system on a Florida farm? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registere...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 28:00
This first part of this half-hour is spent with author and professor Philip Ackerman-Leist. In his new book, he shows that people are turning to lo...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KCBX
- Added: Apr 04, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
Nutritionist Christopher Gardner discusses the relations of food and society, the modern food movement, and a variety of compelling reasons for ret...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 42:43
What are the risks of introducing genetically engineered fish into our food supply? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 28:00
“A person who knows that enough is enough will always have enough” – Lao Tzu (6th Century B.C.E.)
Like it or not, we are all consumers to some deg...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 1
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 27:06
Marine fish stocks are dangerously low, but this hasn't stopped China from sending its fishing fleets to distant waters, sometimes illegally. Could...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:12
Each year, 10 billion pounds of BPA (Bisphenol A) are produced and put into consumer products, ranging from food and soda cans to cash register rec...
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, will discuss Consumer Union’s latest report on antibiotic resistant bacteria found in supermar...
- Added: Jan 20, 2013
- Length: 28:00
From rising oceans to widespread droughts, we can expect global climate changes to impact how and where we grow our food. Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Soil is just dirt, right? Not exactly. Soil is the foundation of life on Earth. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemme...
- Added: Dec 16, 2012
- Length: 28:00
A new breed of bartenders calling themselves mixologists--with a little help from the TV show Mad Men--have put classic cocktails back on the bar. ...
Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 2
This week, along with the rest of the country, we'll be piling my plate high with abundant turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and apple pie. It seem...
- Added: Nov 20, 2012
- Length: 30:00
Join us to learn more about reducing or eliminating your packaging waste.
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Among the biggest contributors to climate change is industrialized food production, its long distance transport and systemic use of toxic, oil base...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Nov 07, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
A handful of global food corporations who control the food supply are increasingly damaging that supply and the biosphere. What can you do about it?
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Nov 03, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Find out how edible yard plants and trees offer a way that many consumers can get involved in shaping a better world.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Nov 03, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
How much food do you throw away? By changing just a few habits and ideas about how we deal with food, everyone can make a positive impact on this p...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 03, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
With real economic benefits and perceived environmental ones, local food has been branded as an ethical alternative to the mass-produced variety. B...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:10
Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Atina Diffley, author of "Turn Here Sweet Corn:...
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 28:00
