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Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Fair trade, organic, shade-grown: What does sustainability truly mean in the coffee industry? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Is there an alternative to toxic chemicals for controlling weeds and eradicating noxious, invasive plants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Register...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adam Browning
Is your home one of the millions that haven’t been able to get solar because you’re a renter? The cost of solar panel installation is half of what ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lydia Wendt
Among the inherent contradictions of capitalism, according to Karl Marx, is that private profit rests on the backs of workers who gain little from ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Being night sky friendly reduces accidents, saves money, and is good for business.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Architect, author & 'cabinologist' Dale Mulfinger stopped by Studio A on a recent visit to the shore. He chatted with WTIP's Dick Swanson recently ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
Caption: Imported cars awating delivery, Credit: businessinsider.com/unsold-cars-around-the-world-2009-2
In last week's edition of World Ocean Radio we urged listeners to measure their water footprint using the WaterFootprint.org water calculator. In t...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:34
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Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
Caption: Richard Lunt
Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and el...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Marc Mondavi demonstrates his divining rods.
The lack of rain has forced California farmers and wine makers to turn from the sky to the ground to find water. It’s down there, but you have to k...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 4
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News we get the latest from Washington, DC, California, Vancouver, BC, Massachusetts, and reaction to an opin...

Bought by KVMR and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Todd Thorner
Have you ever driven by a hillside covered with wind turbines and wondered, “Who owns those, and is the energy produced up there making it to my ho...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jennifer Vervrier
This week on Sea Change Radio, we are talking about green beer, and it’s not even St. Patrick’s Day. First we talk with Jennifer Vervrier, the Dire...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lisa Song
When we think of the potential dangers of fracking for natural gas, what may come to mind is the dramatic image of flaming tap-water. But the prosp...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: A big, metal gate designed in 1914 to protect Cairo, Ill., from flood waters marks the entrance to the town. Today, Cairo's population has dwindled to about 2,800 due in large part to floods, evacuations and a suffering economy., Credit: Kristofor Husted
For years, some small towns and farmers along the Mississippi River have been battling each other over a flood project set up by the U.S. Army Corp...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:08
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Coming Clean About Our Wardrobe's Water Footprint and Toxic Legacy

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 1
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News we go inside the Texas state legislature and hear from the author of a bill that would remove all crimin...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ray Anderson
A handful of global business leaders are blazing trails to a biologically based “eco-nomics.” They are fundamentally recalculating core assumptions...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Judy Wicks
As we navigate the onset of climate change, we’re witness to the rapid obsolescence of the human systems built on the assumption of cheap oil. The ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Majora Carter
Just how dumb do they think we are? Who would believe that destroying the ecosystems on which all life depends, while dis-employing more and more p...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Amanda Eaken
We’ve all deliberated ad nauseum about which road to take to avoid traffic. Today’s discussions about transportation choices are more about the mod...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News, we hear from Jax Finkel, Deputy Director of Texas NORML; Scott Winkles, lobbyist for the League of Oreg...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pigs at Rocklands Farm go hog wild over spent grain., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
The growth of the craft beer industry is proving to be a win-win: both for brewers, and for pigs.

Bought by WABE and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News, we hear updates from legislatures in Alaska, Oregon and California, not to mention breaking news from C...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1