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Show # 612: THE LAND SNATCHERS Jan 17, 2016

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Foreigners are sneaking in through the wide-open borders of the new world order. Some say the visitors are “invasive” and should be removed; others say there is nothing that can be done about them and we must therefore accept them. This leads

Show #726: GREENING THE GREEN REVOLUTION Jan 17, 2016

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Norman Borlaug’s Green Revolution made possible an explosion of the world’s population. But some say there is simply not enough green in the Green Revolution, and so the whole system must be redesigned. This leads one to ask…

Show #981: $304,480 PER CHILD Jan 17, 2016

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Topics include a look at the ever escalating cost of food; how to plan meals to a budget; and ways to get the most food value for the fewest food dollars. Guests: Lauren Greutman, Author of "How to Coupon Effectively"

Show #632: PASSING FARMING'S BAD GAS Jan 17, 2016

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Farming, they say, accounts for too much greenhouse gas and should be reformed. This leads us to ask…

Show #1031: ONE STRAW REVOLUTIONARY Jan 17, 2016

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The times demand ever more from us, only to return ever less to us. One farmer suggested we consider a single straw of grain, and from it learn to grow nothing and harvest everything. And so we ask: Do you think it possible to grow more by growing less

Show #577: THE BIG DRY Jan 17, 2016

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They say that hope springs eternal, but sometimes it doesn’t! Consider, for one example, the farmers of Oklahoma, who lost their soil to the wind when rain stopped falling during the 1930s. Topics include the impact prolonged, record-setting dro

Show #645: THE OTHER COSTS OF CHEAP LABOR Jan 17, 2016

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An estimated 50% of the farm workers in the U.S. are without documentation. One way for them to gain some legitimacy is to have an American-born child. This strategy leads us to ask…

Show #780: MYSTERY OF THE DIRTY FISH IN CLEAN WATER Jan 17, 2016

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Though they swim in the pristine waters off California’s north coast, they are contaminated with man-made pollutants like Methylmercury. This leads us to ask…

Show #533: Revisiting the Political Pig Jan 17, 2016

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The year of the pig has returned to China. This year, however, arbitors of the politically correct demand that the pig totem be covered so as not offend the Muslim minority. This leads us to ask, “Why did the pig become a political animal?”

Show #609: THE HOWLING Jan 17, 2016

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The howling of the wolves is both exhilarating and terrifying: exhilarating if you are a city person in need of the wild; terrifying if you are a country person in need of the civil. This howling leads us to ask…

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