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“Natural” gas may sound like a clean alternative to foreign oil, but natural gas extraction utilizing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases the...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Is organic food worth a higher price at the check out? Chuck Benbrook, Ph.D., Washington State University, helps us do the food math. Join Food Sl...
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Benny McLean has been working in the Florida citrus industry ever since he was 10 years old. Today he is production manager for Uncle Matt’s Organ...
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 28:00
The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that herbicide-resistant weeds have reached epidemic proportions, infesting 61 million acres and growing....
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 28:00
When Klaas Martens transitioned to organic farming, his neighbors at the local coffee shop bet how long it would be before he went broke. But Marte...
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Can organic farming feed the world? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with New York State...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 28:00
With the industrialization of agriculture, our diets have become out of balance with an abundance of omega-6 fatty acids and a deficiency in omega-...
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Why are so few people talking about the risky operation starting at the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant?
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Nov 17, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
What are the environmental and public health effects of GMO crops, related herbicides and pesticides? How can we protect our loved ones and our foo...
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Soil. We treat it like dirt, yet it holds vibrant communities of microscopic organisms that affect public health. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2013
- Length: 28:00
My sincere but silly attempt to live without plastic for a week.
- Added: Aug 27, 2013
- Length: 06:36
Fran Moore talks about various ways that farmers in Europe have adjusted to higher temperatures in recent years, and sheds light on the difficulty ...
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 33:29
Only a farmer can describe the boots-on-the-ground realities of raising our nation's food supply. Howard Vlieger is a farmer and crop nutrition ad...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:57
In this interview on food security and the environment, Dave Lobell explains the global food system, the monkey-wrench of climate change, and the p...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 33:25
Biologist Peter Vitousek discusses the serious impacts humankind has had on the nitrogen cycle and how that relates to our food system. He expands ...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 26:12
What are the risks of introducing genetically engineered fish into our food supply? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Each year, 10 billion pounds of BPA (Bisphenol A) are produced and put into consumer products, ranging from food and soda cans to cash register rec...
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, will discuss Consumer Union’s latest report on antibiotic resistant bacteria found in supermar...
- Added: Jan 20, 2013
- Length: 28:00
From rising oceans to widespread droughts, we can expect global climate changes to impact how and where we grow our food. Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 28:00
With real economic benefits and perceived environmental ones, local food has been branded as an ethical alternative to the mass-produced variety. B...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:10
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
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman of Rodale, Inc., and author of “The Organic Manifesto. Maria...
- Added: Mar 25, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Nearly 90 percent of the corn grown in America is now genetically-modified. That corn ends up in many foods...and increasingly in spirits, like bou...
Bought by NPR Illinois, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 3
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat. They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost ...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Mar 20, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
