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Not Buying Into Food Woo

From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour

Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.

Hot Farm - :59

From: Food & Environment Reporting Network

Climate change is coming for your food. In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nea...

Bought by KMUN and WXDU

When in Vermont, Watch Where You Put Your Apple Core

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

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

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

World in Progress 04/08/2021

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW

This week on the show: The Mekong River flows 5,000 kilometers from China to Vietnam. China's construction of a number of large hydropower dams al...

Healthy Soil for a Healthy Planet

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

How do we turn agriculture from climate pollution to climate solution?

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

World in Progress 06/13/2019

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW

This week on the show: Challenged by the aftermath of natural disasters, decades of political crisis and an increasingly unpredictable climate, s...

World in Progress 08/02/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW

“The Niles – Myths and Challenges” : The Nile River has been the life line for East Africa for thousands of years. Countless myths are connected ...

From Scraps to Riches

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

Stories of 3 eco-entrepreneurs in Boston, Chicago, and San Diego who divert food waste from landfills and turn it into income, jobs, and fertile so...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KFOI Radio and more

Niger: The Causes of Famine (2009 PRI/BBC The World)

From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy

Famines often occur during times of drought, but their causes go much deeper than a lack of rain. With East Africa now facing widespread hunger,

Farming and famine in Nigeria (2009 PRI/BBC The World)

From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy

A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is

Tuna became the 'go to' fish because it was cheap and plentiful. we look at the pitch for tuna.

From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments

Joanna Solotaroff looks at the emotional connection with tuna, created by marketting. .

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Ep.15: How tuna conquered American kitchens & How to buy eggs?

From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes

How tuna became the queen of the buffet; a safe bet, a 'go to' fish. Should I also worry about buying eggs? And setting the seminary free from foss...

A Salt Story: West Virginia Siblings Mine the Past to Build a Future (Gravy Ep. 22)

From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast

While West Virginia may be known for resources like coal, the country once turned to this mountain state for a culinary staple: salt. In this episo...

Bought by WMMT, WMMT, KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE and more

The weed that saved Minnesota

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

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

Island Stories PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 7

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan

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...

Native Living: A Sacred Dance Between a River and It's People

From: Minnie Sagar

A documentary that takes an in depth look at how natural resource management practices are impacting the Karuk tribal ancestral territory.

Food Sleuth Radio, Ariane Lotti Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

How does the Farm Bill influence the food on our plates? Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Ariane Lotti, Legislative Specialis...

Food Sleuth Radio, Lindsey Lusher Shute Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Lindsey Lusher Shute, Director of the National Young Farmer Coalition. Know anyone who wants...

Food Sleuth Radio, Jan Weber Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews award winning filmmaker Jan Weber. Based in Brooklyn, but born in Wisconsin, Weber travels b...

Bought by Prairie Public

Oil on the Bayou - After the Spill

From: Julia Botero

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,...