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Did you know that an industrial hog farm was permitted in our national Buffalo River watershed? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitia...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
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Did you know that BPA or bisphenol-A, a compound commonly found lining food and beverage cans today, was found to have estrogenic properties in th...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Do you know about the “soil-food-web?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Judith McG...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
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Caption: Fishing vessels set out from Shenjiamen Port in Zhoushan city, East China's Zhejiang province., Credit: Xinhua | Liang Minhui
China is the world's largest consumer, producer, and exporter of every fish species caught by their vast industrial fishing fleet, at a rate on tra...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:27
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Semantics play a significant role in shaping public perception about animals and animal welfare. The meat, dairy, and egg industries go to great le...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:30:28
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Did you know that 64 countries around the world have mandatory GMO food labeling laws, including Russia, China, Korea, India, and the European Unio...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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You know how some people you could talk to forever? Ultra athlete and podcaster Rich Roll is like that for me. In my most recent episode of The D...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:22:22
Caption: Gary Nabhan
The next time you are putting a slice of tomato on your sandwich, ask yourself where it came from. Not which area of the country, but which seed st...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
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Did you know that cooperation rather than competition and rugged individualism just may be the secret for saving prosperous rural communities? Join...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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Caption: Gary Hirshberg
Though still small in the big picture, organic food has come all the way -- from hippie to hip to mainstream since the Sixties. But can organic foo...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
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Did you know that the United Nations declared 2016 the international year of pulses? A “pulse” is the name given to edible seeds of legumes, inclu...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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Caption: Adam Simha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who r...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
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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
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What is “food democracy” and how might we achieve it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview w...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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What is the full cost of the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the patenting of life forms? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, M...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Boats of Apalachicola Bay seafood workers , Credit: Daniel Ward
Oyster yields in Florida's Apalachicola Bay are at an all-time low. For the small fishing communities along the bay, all of whom rely on a healthy,...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 20:41
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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
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When Consumer Reports tested 300 raw chicken breasts from supermarkets nationwide they discovered that more than half of the samples contained bact...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Fred Kaufman
This week, along with the rest of the country, we'll be piling my plate high with abundant turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and apple pie. It seem...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Ashley Hathaway
Like it or not, genetically engineered foods make up a significant portion of our nation’s food supply. Approximately ninety-three percent of all U...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Why would an organic farmer run for Congress? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn and her guest, Anthony Flaccavento, a former Food and...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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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
Caption: Jan Lundberg, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
Jan Lundberg is a former oil industry analyst turned environmental activist. He is the founder of Culture Change and the Sail Transport Network. We...

  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 37:43
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How does the Farm Bill influence the food on our plates? Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Ariane Lotti, Legislative Specialis...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Lindsey Lusher Shute, Director of the National Young Farmer Coalition. Know anyone who wants...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:00