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Show #505: The Fuss Over Factory Farms Jan 17, 2016

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There are 8,570,000 references to factory farming accessible on the internet, and few are favorable. This leads one to ask, "What's all the fuss about factory farming?" Topics include a look at why animals are grown in "factory farms;" whether factory f

Show #567: From Frying Pan into the Fire Jan 17, 2016

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Essential fatty acids are those that cannot be manufactured by our body, and therefore must be obtained from other sources. But when it comes to eating fats, some say we are now going from frying pan to fire! This leads us to ask, “Where can we fi

Show #600: WHO WILL FEED US? Jan 17, 2016

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Special occasions are cause to pause for reflection. And so, on the occasion of our 600th edition of the Food Chain Radio program, we pause to reflect on…

Show #980: FARMING CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT Jan 17, 2016

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Guest: Michael Marsh, Executive Director of Western United Dairyman

Show #1006: Healing by Horse Jan 17, 2016

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Topics include the horse as physical, cognitive, emotional and spiritual therapist; the kinds of human afflictions a horse therapist might address; and how the horse therapist might heal the human patient. Guests: Jean Kvamme and Stacy James-Ryan of t

Show #945A: MAO'S GREAT LEAP : Jan 17, 2016

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When Chairman Mao ordered China to take a great leap forward toward pure communism, 45 to 60 million Chinese were worked, beaten and starved to death. Mao’s great leap leads us to ask… Did government starve 45 million to death by accident o

Show #547: FOOD OR FUEL? Jan 17, 2016

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Our oil companies have been tossed out of Venezuela, and so we rush to replace hydrocarbons with carbohydrates by planting corn from sea to shining sea. This leads one to ask, “Food or fuel?” Topics include the extent to which agricultural r

Show #548: From Pilgrim to Pioneer Jan 17, 2016

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With grocery stores near everyone’s front door, getting fed seems to be an easy thing to do. But those stores were not always there, which leads us to ask, “What can we eat that does not come from a store?” Topics include examples of

Show #990: Government Safe Food Jan 17, 2016

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Guest: Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance Executive Director Judith McGeary

Show #584: INVASION OF THE INVASIVES Jan 17, 2016

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It seems as though invasive species are finding their way everywhere in our new world order of wide-open borders. This leads us to ask, “Should we tolerate or eliminate?” Topics include whether non-native species should be called “inv