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Did you know that the vast majority of genetically engineered crops are engineered to withstand spraying with the herbicide, glyphosate? And that o...
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- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Ever wonder where your favorite fast food fries are grown, and under what conditions? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 28:00
If you think the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first priority is protecting public and environmental health, get ready for a few surprises...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 28:00
Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
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...
- Added: Sep 10, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Dr. Justin Andrew Johnson, an economist with the Natural Capital Project at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, spoke ...
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- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 36:54
- Purchases: 1
Are we being told the truth about GMO foods in our midst? Sheldon Krimsky is Editor/reader here and Ralph Nader wrote the foreword to this informat...
- Added: May 30, 2014
- Length: 01:40
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
“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
We’re told that genetically engineered Golden Rice is the answer to third world Vitamin A-related blindness, but is it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Farmer Joe Maxwell says: “I raise hogs; I don’t produce pork.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her in...
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...
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- Added: Nov 01, 2013
- Length: 28:58
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Why do farmers choose to produce food organically? And what are their challenges as neighbors plant genetically modified crops that are sprayed wit...
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Only a farmer can describe the boots-on-the-ground realities of raising our nation's food supply. Howard Vlieger is a farmer and crop nutrition ad...
- Added: Aug 02, 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
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
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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
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the surprisingly small number of corporate conglomerates that control the fishi...
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 06:31
Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with superbug sleuth, Maryn McKenna. An investigative journalist and author, ...
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 28:00
What does capitalism have to do with obesity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, as she interviews Julie Guthman, Ph.D., associate p...
- Added: Aug 20, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Do you wonder if genetically modified crops are safe to eat? What are their effects in the environment, and why have farmers bought into biotechnol...
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 28:00
More than 70 percent of processed foods in the supermarket contain genetically engineered (GE/ GMO) ingredients. If you want to know more about GMO...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews legendary food activist, author and humanitarian, Frances Moore Lappé. Ms. Lappé discusses ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman of Rodale, Inc., and author of “The Organic Manifesto. Maria...
- Added: Mar 25, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., biologist, University of CA-Berkeley. Hayes is known for his groundbrea...
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 28:00
