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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...
- Added: May 22, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Because of persistent drought and water crises due to unsustainable practices, California is facing many challenges to its very existence. It is wa...
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 05:23
"Virtual water" is used to produce everything that we incorporate into our lives each day but is not listed on labels or calculated into price. Whe...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 05:19
What is “food democracy” and how might we achieve it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview w...
Bought by WRGY
- Added: Apr 16, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the drift of spray and dust from pesticide applications can expose people, wildlife, and the...
Bought by WRGY
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Despite growing newfound interest in food, diets and nutrition, how many question where their food comes from and the conditions under which it was...
Bought by WRGY
- Added: Mar 19, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Consumers increasingly demand “clean food,” produced without pesticides. Our decisions to purchase foods grown without pesticides not only benefits...
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 28:00
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
“Minnesota 13” is the name of a corn seed developed at the University of Minnesota to suit the shorter growing season in the upper Midwest. But dur...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:48
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
Because industrial agriculture is the single most destructive human activity against the environment, what we put on our collective plate and how w...
- Added: Jan 10, 2015
- Length: 28:30
Can eleven billion people live sustainably on Earth, in the face of climate change? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...
- Added: Jan 08, 2015
- Length: 28:00
As the world population has grown, the demand for food has increased, technologies for more efficient harvest have evolved, and our natural systems...
- Added: Dec 29, 2014
- Length: 05:46
The foods we put on our plates have ripple effects way beyond our personal health. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda He...
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Want to shed unwanted pounds without going on a diet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Strong winds in West Texas make it difficult for farmers to grow crops without contamination from pesticide drift. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 28:00
It’s that time of year, again: the season of giving…or at least the season of buying. When you’re perusing the shelves, be they virtual or actual, ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KVSC
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to appreciate delicious vegetable dishes. In fact, moving towards a more plant-based diet is consistent among die...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 28:00
An article published by The Guardian in October provides a stark exposé of one of the largest Chinese suppliers of premium tuna to the Japanese mar...
- Added: Nov 24, 2014
- Length: 05:16
Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Tonight’s guest is long-time critic of genetically modified organisms and foods, Marti Crouch, a noted academic research scientist in plant molecul...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 56:10
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
Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 30, 2014
- Length: 19:11
- Purchases: 1
Antibiotics are given to animals living in concentrated feeding operations for two reasons: disease prevention and growth promotion/feed efficiency...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Sep 26, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
“Why would you need toxins to have a healthy food supply?” asks Mary Jo Forbord, a registered dietitian, organic farmer, and former executive direc...
- Added: Sep 11, 2014
- Length: 28:00
