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Show #1169: Addicted to Poison Food! Nov 15, 2018

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We think we are pretty smart. After all, we have stepped foot on the moon! But somewhere along the line we forgot how to eat, and instead became addicted to poison. And so we ask: Can we break our addiction to poison food?

Show #1168: Employing Worms to Turn Garbage into Gold Nov 07, 2018

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We live in a land of abundance. So much abundance, in fact, that we to toss about 40% of the food we produce into the garbage. And so we ask: How can we transform our garbage into gold? Guests: Rhonda Sherman, North Carolina State Extension Special

Show #1167: Policing the $80 billion word Oct 31, 2018

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Topics include how the organic industry grew from that of small, indepednent farms to an $80 billion dollar industry; how government oversees the organic industry; and how the integrity of organic is policed by independent inspectors. Guest: Laura Mur

Show #1166: Farming out of Homelessness Oct 25, 2018

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Topics include the objective of the Homeless Garden Project; the strategy and tactics employed to achieve that objective; and whether those who are homeless can be taught to farm their way out of homelessness. Guest:Anthony Reyes, Farm Manager, The Ho

Show #1165: Farmers of 40 More Centuries Oct 18, 2018

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At the beginning of the last century, former USDA Secretary of Agriculture FH King studied the agriculture of China, Korea and Japan. He then came home and wrote, Farmers of Forty Centuries, which today leads us to ask: How can we farm for forty more ce

Show #1164: Salt of the Earth Oct 11, 2018

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Topics include the essential nutrients of life; how the Old Testament portrayed salt as death, while the New Testament presented it as life; and the kinds of nutrition salt has provided the human race. Guest: Mischa Popoff, Author, Is It Organic

Show #1163: Doing the Right Thing, with Food Oct 03, 2018

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Guest: Gary Nabhan, Author, Food From the Radical Center

Show #1162: Eating NAFTA Sep 13, 2018

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For those who industrialized food on both sides of the U.S. Mexican border, the North American Free Trade Agreement was a good deal. But for those who had to eat NAFTA, we simply must ask: What did NAFTA do to our food?

Show #1161: Farming the Federal Government Sep 07, 2018

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The federal government gives farmers over $13 Billion a year. One fourth of that money goes to six thousand farmers, with one getting nearly $10 million a year. All that free money leads us to ask:

Show #1160: Homes of Hemp Aug 23, 2018

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For over twelve thousand years cannabis has been cultivated for textiles, fiber, food and, yes, for fun. Looking back to all its uses, and forward to all its potential, we ask:

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