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Relishing the Ramp
From: Hal B Klein
Caption: A Field of Ramps, Credit: Hal B. Klein
Ramps, the first edible sign of spring, are popping up throughout the woods of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. But this wild cousin of garlic and o...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
Food Sleuth Radio, Bill Freese Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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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
Food Sleuth Radio, Dr. David Wallinga Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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How might toxic elements in our air, water and food explain the recent staggering rise of autism spectrum disorders ? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Farm Bill: Some Good, Some Bad for California
From: California News Service
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The U.S. Senate is taking up the Farm Bill, which will set the nation's food policy for the next five years.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:34
Food Sleuth Radio, Patty Lovera Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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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
169: Conciliation of Interest
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Tuna at market, Credit: Earth Times
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the relationship of fisherman and customer; market pressure and the necessity f...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
168: Waste
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: An Indonesian collecting plastic goods amidst a pile of rubbish. Ciliwung River, Jakarta, Indonesia., Credit: Ardiles Rante
Today, one of the most startling manifestations of waste is the vast accumulation of petroleum-plastic thought to be no longer useful enough to eve...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:39
Food Sleuth Radio, Jan Weber Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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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


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jim Riddle Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Jim Riddle, University of Minnesota Organic Outreach Coordinator. Riddle has worked for ove...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
2/2/12 Food Sleuth Radio: Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert on Food Waste and GMOs
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Jeremy Seifert, documentary film maker. Learn about Seifert’s film about the tragedy of Am...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
1/12/12 Food Sleuth Radio: Ocean Steward and Commercial Fisherwoman Anne Mosness on Sustainable Seafood
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Anne Mosness -- an ocean and fisheries advocate, and family fisherwoman describes our fragile oceans and exposes the risks of both factory fish f...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chestnuts Return to America
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Chestnuts in chestnut burrs, Credit: Guy Hand
After a blight killed most of America's chestnut trees back in the 1930s and 40s, a new industry has sprouted up using new varieties of blight-resi...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Quince: A Path to the Past
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Quince, Credit: Guy Hand
Modern science acknowledges the unique power of taste and aroma to teleport us back in time. It’s simply the way our brains are wired. For Boisean ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KLCC, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
Empire of Corn: From Cornucopia to Corporate Commodity
From: A World of Possibilities
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Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an ind...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
Women Who Wouldn't Listen: Wangari Maathai and Frances Moore Lappe
From: A World of Possibilities
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Two lives spent breaking the mold of both traditional and feminist perspectives are recounted in candid conversation, each with a focused sense of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WZEN.org, KREV-LP, KUOW, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Palouse Wheat Farmers Go Against the Grain
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Wheat fields in the Palouse region of North Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
The wheat industry traditionally focuses on international markets, but a group of Northwest wheat farmers are trying something new: growing and mil...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KISU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ep. 1: "The Welsh Family"
From: Robert Wolf
Series: American Mosaic with Robert Wolf
Caption: Robert Wolf
The Welsh family were among the first organic farmers in northeast Iowa. This episode features Bill and Esther and their son Greg, all of whom writ...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 1
Planting For A Fall Harvest
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: A Fall Garden, Credit: Flickr/Gemma Grace
When you want fresh vegetables through the fall, you'll want to plant now. Charlie also explains why it's good to be merciless in the mid-summer ga...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Fun with Foraging: Finding food in the mountains of Idaho
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Foraged foods from the mountains of Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
Foraging fell out of favor a few thousand years ago—thanks to that invention called agriculture—but not everybody abandoned the impulse to forage. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
The Gospel of Spring Greens
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tim Sommer of Purple Sage Farms, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the varied world of spring greens.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: May 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
MA-193 Food: What's Eating Me
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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For over a century, U.S. farmers have strived for quantity of food. Quality, though, is at least as important.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT THE BEES ARE TELLING US -- Taggart Siegel
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Taggert Siegel, San Francisco, CA 03/23/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Taggart Siegel talks disappearing bees, letting nature take its course, and the meaning of honey time.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 17:06
  • Purchases: 1
Small-scale ranchers try to make beef better
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Glenn Elzinga and daughters, Credit: Guy Hand
Last week I talked to author Mark Schatzker about his book Steak. In it, he tries to find the world’s best tasting beef. Schatzker discovers that t...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
2011: The Year of Idaho Food
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tyler Korn enjoying a garden school carrot at Northside Elementary School in Sandpoint, Idaho., Credit: Photo by Michele Murphree
A new year-long project hopes to bring Idahoans together over the subject of food.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1