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Did you know that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, is the most widely used herbicide in the world, and that resid...

Bought by XRAY.fm and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Did you know that organic farming is biologically based, ecologically sound, and protects biodiversity, soil and water quality? Join Food Sleuth ...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that 70 percent of all amphibians, globally, are in decline or at threat of going extinct? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered ...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that our immune system could be affected by GMOs? And that scientists who question the safety of GMOs often risk intimidation? Join F...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We all need food to stay alive, but when we’re filling up our grocery carts, it’s not like survival is the primary motivator. If you’re listening t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 17:07
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Population growth won't be the only reason for increased food demand in the years ahead--the changing diets of the world's growing middle class, fr...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 20:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that our industrial methods of food production were developed for efficiency, but neglected to take into consideration the unintended ...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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At the dawn of the agricultural revolution, humans began to tinker with our seeds. Over millennia, we’ve managed to breed plants for selective tra...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 17:13
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Did you know that industrial agricultural practices, such as the use of antibiotics and arsenic in poultry production, pose health risks to workers...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that “invasive” species have historically served as a driving process of evolution? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietiti...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know the table of tomorrow will need to reflect a more regionalized food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...

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  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that resilience is an underlying condition of sustainability? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn...

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  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that organic food production methods confer nutritional benefits to both plant foods and meat and dairy products? Join Food Sleuth Rad...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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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
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Did you know that organic farming systems can reduce nitrate pollution, improve soil and food quality, all while providing bountiful yields? Join F...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that farmers’ increasing use of antibiotics to prevent and treat animal diseases and increase growth efficiency contributes to antimic...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that regenerative agriculture could increase biodiversity, reduce pesticide use in food production, protect our bees, and offset most ...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The routine use of antibiotics in livestock contributes to the growing threat of antibiotic resistant infections in humans. Join Food Sleuth Radio ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Are you curious about the keys to sustainability – for achieving abundant foods from a healthy ecosystem? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Register...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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What if the stories we’ve been told repeatedly about the safety and need for industrial methods and genetically-engineered crops to feed the world ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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One part per billion is equal to two tablespoons of sugar dissolved in an Olympic sized swimming pool. Drugs used to treat children for ADHD are e...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and WRGY


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What we eat has ripple effects beyond our personal health. And for the first time, the newest (2015) version of the Dietary Guidelines for American...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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Can you imagine a world without functioning antibiotics? Sadly, we’re headed in that direction due to overuse and misuse of these precious drugs, ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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Antibiotics are given to animals living in concentrated feeding operations for two reasons: disease prevention and growth promotion/feed efficiency...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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