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Caption: Coal miner Ronnie Johnson, with his lunchbox.
For decades, Ronnie Johnson woke up in the late afternoon, and fixed a lunch to bring with him 2,000 feet underground, as he worked all night in a ...

Bought by WMMT, KVLU, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 31:48
  • Purchases: 4
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Did you know that Benjamin Franklin was a “whistleblower?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her inter...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that a truly sustainable food system, includes standards for working conditions, fair wages and pricing, gender equity, and environmen...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: La Montanita Food Coop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Credit: La Montanita
A look at some businesses that promote social justice, fair trade and labor practices, and thereby peace.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 57:36
  • Purchases: 1
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The Fair Food Program is recognized as one of the great human rights success stories of our day. This unique farmworker- and consumer-driven initia...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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Just a stone’s throw from Orlando’s Disneyworld, Florida’s Lake Apopka used to be a premier recreational lake, until agricultural chemical runoff p...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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Despite growing newfound interest in food, diets and nutrition, how many question where their food comes from and the conditions under which it was...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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American consumers are told that “cheap” protein is the product of an efficient, consolidated meatpacking industry. However, the environmental toll...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What is the full cost of our industrialized food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervie...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India. Join Food...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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San Franciscans love to garden, but a backyard is hard to come by if you live in an apartment. And the 36 city-operated community gardens have wait...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
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Doctors and dietitians recommend that we eat more fruits and vegetables for better health. But do you know who harvests our produce, and under what...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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How much do you know about the living conditions and wages of the people who pick, process and prepare your food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A Vietnamese proverb says: “when eating a fruit, think of who planted the tree.” Taking that sentiment a step further, how often do we consider the...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: The Voice for Working People
Updates on locked-out nurses, NYU grad students, and restaurant guides!

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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What’s the difference between free trade and fair trade? If you want to learn more about “food sovereignty,” and how global trade policies affect l...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Beverly Bell
Food Sovereignty is the fight for farmworker justice, sustainable practices, food accessibility and land reform. Although the idea is relatively ne...

Bought by KPVL and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Robinson, Campaign and Education Coordinator of the Food Chain Worker Alliance, exposes some of the hidden faces and working conditions in the food...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:04
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Last march, Armas Yuhala trapped tons of the “rough fish” in the Mississippi near Cohasset. He sold them to fish markets in New York City.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:43
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Dinner at the Munjoy Hill Fire Station starts at 8am.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1