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The Enormous Tiny Plastic Problem
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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No matter what you eat, it probably has tiny bits of plastic in it. Research scientists Madeleine Milne joins Patti and Doug for a lively discussion.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 57:38
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-38: Alicia Kennedy considers the cultural history of vegetarian cuisine, 9/15/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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In her new book No Meat Required, food writer Alicia Kennedy looks at vegetarian movements of the past and shares her low-tech vision for the futur...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
EE 23-37: The farm bill isn’t just about farming., 9/8/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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If you care about food, pay attention to The Farm Bill. It’s about food security for households across the nation.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
EE 23-24: Canopy Bloomington nurtures the urban forest, 6/9/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation about a non-profit organization working to build a resilient and equitably green city for all.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
EE 23-17: The CAFO next door, 4/21/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-02-17 Climate Smart Agriculture with Secretary Tom Vilsack
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Agriculture is responsible for around 11% of U.S. carbon emissions. And yet soil holds the potential for massive carbon sequestration. Conventional...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
230217: Climate Smart Agriculture with Secretary Tom Vilsack, 2/17/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Agriculture is responsible for around 11% of U.S. carbon emissions. And yet soil holds the potential for massive carbon sequestration. Conventional...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Reimagining Leadership to Solve Food Insecurity
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Leah Lizarondo took an entrepreneurial approach to non-profit leadership; the result is 412 Food Rescue: a non-profit that addresses food insecurity AND food waste simultaneously.
When an organization truly understands a problem and an innovative solution is implemented, people can get behind that organization and true change...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 48:10
When in Vermont, Watch Where You Put Your Apple Core
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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The Green Mountain State banned food from landfills to cut methane and mountains of garbage in half

Bought by KVNF, KRZA, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Aquaculture, part one
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Aquaculture prawn ponds Queensland, Australia, Credit: CSIRO Science Creative Commons
Without mitigation of consumption and illegal fishing, we face a global crisis of protein supply to feed a growing world population. Over the next ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
Kiss Your Gas Goodbye
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Induction cooktop demonstration at Sonoma Clean Power's Advanced Energy Center
To reach zero carbon in 2050, we must electrify 5 million buildings each year. How are we going to do that and what does it mean for your home?

Bought by WFHB, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
An Ode to the Fish Markets of the World
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Varvakeios Municipal Fish Market, Athens, Greece, Credit: Aris Sfakianakis
Fish markets are the noisy, colorful, exiting, authentic and lively centers of any coastal city, the place where mongers and customers, tourists an...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:23
191101: Beer and Wine in a Disrupted Climate, 11/1/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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America’s most popular alcoholic beverages are about to take a hit from climate. Mild, sunny growing conditions have made California king of a $62 ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-11-01 Beer and Wine in a Disrupted Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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America’s most popular alcoholic beverages are about to take a hit from climate. Mild, sunny growing conditions have made California king of a $62 ...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMUU-LP, WFHB, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Newark: Fixing The People’s Water
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The people of Newark, New Jersey—the majority of whom are black and brown—are grappling with a lead contamination crisis that has drawn comparisons...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Waste Not, Warm Not
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Food Rescuers, Credit: Food Rescue US
Smartphone app turns food waste to meals instead of methane.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFHB, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Food Justice in Urban Agriculture
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Food --- from where it grows, to where it goes, all of it matters to our bodies and our communities. We begin October with a conversation about how...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, John Reganold Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that organic agriculture could make a significant contribution in helping to “feed the world?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registe...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
California Dreamed
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Because of persistent drought and water crises due to unsustainable practices, California is facing many challenges to its very existence. It is wa...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
Virtual Water
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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"Virtual water" is used to produce everything that we incorporate into our lives each day but is not listed on labels or calculated into price. Whe...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
Foraging for fish in our own backyard
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Kirk Lombard explaining how to catch crab from the Bay , Credit: Angela Johnston
Kirk Lombard calls himself a sea forager, and every other week offers this walking and fishing tour: a two-hour lesson on how to catch your own sea...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
Byran Crigler of Herbal Turtle Farms Talks About Sustainable Foods
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Owners of Herbal Turtle Farms: Kate Foerster with partner Bryan Crigler and son Ayden
Local farmer and President of The Winona Farmers Market, Bryan Crigler stops by to inform us on Community Supported Agriculture, the importance of ...

Bought by KSRQ and KSRQ


  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Organic Revolution: From Hippie to Hip to Scale
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Gary Hirshberg, Credit: Frank Rogozienski
Though still small in the big picture, organic food has come all the way -- from hippie to hip to mainstream since the Sixties. But can organic foo...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Food and Forests: Reviving Diversity
From: A World of Possibilities
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Combining the newest techniques of sustainable agriculture with ancient practices of subsistence forest farming.

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KZYX, WRIR, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 7
Oil on the Bayou - After the Spill
From: Julia Botero
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After the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon Rig killed 11 workers in April 2010, oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged well,...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:00