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Roughly every five years, the U.S. designs and implements a new farm bill, which sets federal policy on agriculture across a huge swath of programs...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Roughly every five years, the U.S. designs and implements a new farm bill, which sets federal policy on agriculture across a huge swath of programs...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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A conversation with Elizabeth Dunn about volunteers at the Polish-Ukrainian border who were the first to provide aid to refugees.

  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
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A special presentation from the Food & Environment Reporting Network of a podcast on farming and climate change.

  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap...

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
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Liz Carlisle’s new book explores the origins of the farming practices we need today–in order to reduce the devastating effects of agriculture on ou...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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A conversation with two livestock farmers focused on treating the animals well, and nourishing the land.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
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Keitlyn Alcantara studies pre colonial burial sites to understand indigenous foodways of the past and present.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're weighing in on the debate of water as food. Many are certain that it is not because it does not have the same ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:30
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What would it look like for midwestern farmers to convert row crops into tree crops?

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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In this brief series we have explored technologies, initiatives and other advancements for aquaculture with the power to improve efficiency and saf...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 04:32
Caption: Artistic rendering of an unmanned fish farm facility currently under development in Trondheim, Norway, Credit: © SINTEF
In this brief series we're exploring disruptive technologies for aquaculture, specific initiatives and other advancements to improve efficiency and...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 04:57
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In this brief series we're exploring disruptive technologies for aquaculture, specific initiatives and other advancements to improve efficiency and...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
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Enjoy recipes and stories on persimmon, pawpaw and Indiana ginseng plus, a visit with a chef exploring Native cuisines.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:02
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
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This September marks the 50th anniversary of the seminal work Diet for a Small Planet, in which Frances Moore Lappé argued that cattle constitute “...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
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This September marks the 50th anniversary of the seminal work Diet for a Small Planet, in which Frances Moore Lappé argued that cattle constitute “...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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A conversation with two livestock farmers focused on the “good life” aspect of this ethical animal farming mantra.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:01
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The Polar Vortex has subsided, but despite warmer temperatures, it’s still the dead of winter. This week, we take you through dormant grapevines i...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:57
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
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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
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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
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Genetically engineered food products are an issue that concerns many. In more recent years, Mendocino County has gone so far as to pass a resolutio...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Phytoplankton (and algae) form the lowest trophic level, the base of the aquatic food web, Credit: NOAA | www.noaa.gov
Food webs describe who eats whom in an ecological community. In the aquatic food web, humans feed down the food chain, consuming lesser and lesser ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 05:27
Caption: A Moment of Science
Would You Eat Fruit That Smelled Like Garbage?

  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00