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EE 24-19: Taking on Monsanto: journalist Carey Gillam tells the story of Lee Johnson vs. Big Ag , 5/10/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with award winning journalist Carey Gilliam, author of The Monsanto Papers.

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
EE 24-17: In celebration of Earth Day: a conversation on the deep roots of regenerative farming , 4/26/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Liz Carlisle’s book, Healing Grounds, explores the origins of the farming practices we need today–in order to reduce the devastating effects of agr...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Constant Wonder - One Man's Quest to Restore A Beloved American Tree
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Meet the people who lived under, built with, and were fed by the great American chestnut tree. Also, meet those determined to save it.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 1
Matt Lebon discusses the multiple benefits of “foodscaping.”
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that “foodscaping” involves the planning, design, management, and nurturing of ecological edible landscapes? Join Food Sleuth Radio h...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
EE 24-05: “We don’t own the land, we’re taking care of it”--conversations on leaving a land legacy, 2/2/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Celebrating 15 years of stories that matter with another favorite from the archives about stewarding the land for future generations.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Elizabeth Hilborn, DVM, registered nurse, farmer and author of Restoring Eden: Unearthing the Agribusiness Secret that Poisoned my Farming Community.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the majority of corn seeds planted in the United States are coated with a powerful pesticide that harms pollinators, birds and ot...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Harriet Behar, organic farmer, inspector and educator describes benefits of organic agriculture and new Livestock and Poultry Standards.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that USDA’s new Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards will help promote animal welfare? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered D...

Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that climate change is water change? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Robbie Doerhoff, M.S., Forest Entomologist, MO Dept. of Conservation discusses harm from herbicides, dicamba and 2,4-D
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the herbicides, dicamba and 2,4-D, increasing sprayed on genetically engineered commodity crops (soy, cotton, corn) can drift fro...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
David Abazs, organic farmer, and Executive Director of the Northeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership at the U. of MN
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that climate change effects our natural environment and food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hem...

Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jeanne Heuser award winning citizen activist, former technical information specialist, USGS
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that knowing our watershed, and understanding water and nitrogen cycles is key to sustainable food and farming methods? Join Food Sleu...

Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Christopher Hobbs Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelga...

Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sacred Sueños Reforestation Project: Off-Grid and Off-Road in the Andes - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Yves Zehnder tells how he ended up off-grid, off-road and offline in a quest to live simply as a homesteader with a far smaller than average footpr...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
EE 22-48: The National Young Farmers Coalition centers racial equity, 11/25/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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The future of farming must be inclusive, and the NYFC is intentionally moving agriculture towards racial diversity.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detective: Uncovering the secret histories of remarkable vegetables
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that home gardeners have a critical role in helping to conserve the biodiversity of crops, which is crucial in combatting climate chan...

Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bart Elmore, Ph.D., environmental historian at the Ohio State University and author of Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Monsanto knew PCBs were harmful to public health, but continued to profit from their sale? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Regist...

Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Have You Heard the Buzz? Why We Need Pollinators
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Bees and butterflies can bring a safari to your yard, if you give them a chance.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
John Wargo, Ph.D., discusses “Pesticide Risks: From our Farms to our Homes.”
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency, our government agency that reviews and licenses pesticides relies almost exclusively on manu...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rhonda Sherman, M.S., Extension Specialist on composting, recycling and solid waste reduction.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that one third of all food in the U.S. goes uneaten and in 2018, about 81 percent, ...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Henry Rowlands, Director of the Detox Project, discusses his latest report: “Glyphosate Contamination: The Poison in Our Daily Bread.”
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the American food supply is increasingly contaminated with the herbicide glyphosate? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered d...

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  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Michael O’Donnell, farmer, discusses pesticide drift.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that pesticide drift interferes with the ability of rural farmers to feed their communities? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registere...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jonathan Lundgren Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that most cropland in the U.S. is characterized by large monocultures, whose productivity is maintained with costly inputs, such as ch...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of Planting
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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After being hospitalized for a month due to a complicated surgery that resulted in a blood infection, Sonia Flunder-Mcnair turned to food and the p...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 1
EE 21-30: Groundwork Indy: Tending Gardens, Nurturing Youth, 7/23/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A youth work program in Northwest Indianapolis helps to build personal and community resilience through garden and conservation work.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:01
Episode 4: Beyond Livestock: Animals in Regenerative Agriculture
From: Grounded Hope
Caption: Chicken Tractor at the Raven Rocks Quaker farm in Beallsville, Credit: Renee Wilde
Regenerative agriculture is more than a human-centered enterprise: it means working with nature and alongside other creatures, to accomplish larger...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 23:34