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Show #580:CAGED FOR LIFE Jan 17, 2016

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We have learned to raise more animals in less space by confining them in ever-smaller cages. Some now say we are confining animals in cages that are simply too small. This leads us to ask: “How small is too small?” Topics include the evol

Show #1018: Food Safety Modernization Act Jan 17, 2016

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Guest: Pete Kennedy, President, Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund

Show #649: BORROWED MONEY Jan 17, 2016

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The government appears to be changing its agriculture lending policy so that only farmers who do not need money get money. This new policy leads us to ask…

Show #522: BILLIONS OF BOTTLES OF BUCKS Jan 17, 2016

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More than 40% of bottled drinking water comes from the taps of municipal water systems. This leads us to ask, “Why do we pay up to 10,000 times more for city water when it is bottled in plastic?” Topics include what differences exist in dri

Show #1023: Psychotropic Drugs for Children Jan 17, 2016

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They say a culture may be judged by how it treats its children. If such is true, we ask: How should we judge a culture that feeds its poor and dispossessed children psychotropic drugs? Topics include why so many psychotropic drugs are prescribed to so

Show #680:ALL WE CAN EAT SHRIMP Jan 17, 2016

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The bite is on… We heard it on the radio: “All you can eat shrimp. Come and get em!” And so, mouths watering in anticipation, we stampede across the floor and out the door for… But wait…

Show #743: WASTE NOT, WANT NOT Jan 17, 2016

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It is one thing to save and recycle-– to waste not; it is another thing to make profitable use of what we do recycle– to want not. This leads us to ask…

Show #908: A FEDERAL FARM FIASCO Jan 17, 2016

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It began as an effort to help farmers farm in hard times, but grew into an effort to help just about everyone do everything for everybody all the time. This leads us to ask….

Show #583: KILLING THEM SOFTLY Jan 17, 2016

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This from a concerned citizen: “No… Don’t spray! Just do not spray. No more chemicals. No pesticides. No bad stuff on my food, our community, our health!” Okay. But wait! What about the pests? Topics include whether pests s

Show #738: THE GREAT TRANSITION Jan 17, 2016

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10,000 years ago, when we turned from feeding ourselves with nature to feeding ourselves with agriculture, we grew shorter and weaker. This leads us to ask…

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