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The Battle for a Climate Friendly Farm Bill

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

Progressives and ultra-rights clash over $20 billion allocated to promote "climate smart agriculture" . Farmers say the practices this would defund...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioStPete Florida, and WFHB

When in Vermont, Watch Where You Put Your Apple Core

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

The Green Mountain State banned food from landfills to cut methane and mountains of garbage in half

Bought by KVNF, KRZA, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City

Kiss Your Gas Goodbye

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

Caption: Induction cooktop demonstration at Sonoma Clean Power's Advanced Energy Center

To reach zero carbon in 2050, we must electrify 5 million buildings each year. How are we going to do that and what does it mean for your home?

Bought by WFHB, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City

Feeding the World Without Wrecking the Planet

From: Mateo Schimpf

On this week’s episode, we hear from two experts with competing visions of how we can sustainably feed a growing planet. Please join Ray Suarez, Ra...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City

Episode 2: Everyone Eats

From: Elia Powers
Series: Areas of Agreement

A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together

Zella's Red Fire

From: Beandrea July

CATALINA ISLAND, CA—Meet the Meals on Wheels Volunteer who makes sure people in need get fed all over the small island of the coast of Long Beach, ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Retaining Rondon: Creole Food in a Changing World

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Rondon, a traditional Creole dish, Credit: Maria Doerr

On the Eastern Coast of Nicaragua, palm plantations are taking over land traditionally used for growing coconuts. How are Creole people resisting ...

Bought by KRVS and XRAY.fm

Life of the Law #91: Death on a Dairy

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Caption: Arminio Órtiz Pérez, Credit: Eilís O’Neill

Working on a dairy--especially a small dairy--is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, more dangerous even than construction. Over the pas...

The Farmers Inn

From: Evan Johnson

A story about the value of a different kind of "sharing a meal" and a small North Dakota town’s unusual effort to save its only café. Like a lot of...

Military Food - Is it healthy?

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions

Military food has come a long way since the canned rations of World War I. However, has the overall quality of nourishment or taste necessarily imp...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

What's in a Word? Defining Toronto's Food Deserts

From: Kelly Jones

Caption: FoodShare Toronto's Mobile Good Food Market, Credit: foodshare.net

Using the buzzwords "food desert" and "food insecure" might have positive and negative impacts on the places and people they describe.

Karen and Hassan

From: Eric Winick
Series: The Bittersweetness of God's Love

Caption: Karen Pearl and Hassan Mazyan, Jr., Credit: KP photo by Janette Beckman

In which Karen Pearl, President and CEO of God's Love We Deliver, explains the mission of the organization, and Hassan Mazyan Jr., a client, descri...

Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Five Farms, Episode Five: Succession

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: David Pecusa, Third Mesa, Hopi Nation, Credit: Andrew Lewis

For each of the families of Five Farms, the question looms large: Who will take over the farm? Succession features the next generation --- the youn...

Bought by WCNY, WEKU, KFOK-LPFM, WRPI, KBGA 89.9 FM and more

Five Farms, Episode Four: Harvest

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Jeff and Annie Main, Capay, Cal., Credit: Alix Lowrey Blair

Autumn is harvest time. That means Iowa corn and soybeans; fruit dried in the California sun; greens, beans, and potatoes; slaughtered hogs and bee...

Bought by WFAE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, KUNM, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more

Five Farms, Episode Three: Stewardship

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Sherry Hager, Colrain, Mass., Credit: Steve Schapiro

Stewardship focuses on the daily choices farming families make to preserve their land, water, and air --- the fundamentals of farming. During mid-s...

Bought by WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, WEKU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KFOK-LPFM and more

Five Farms, Episode One: Planting

From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families

Caption: Craig Griffieon of Ankeny, Iowa, Credit: Elena Rue

Spring planting on the family farm is the time of the annual gamble --- on the alchemies of nature, on the health of livestock, on future fall harv...

Bought by WCNY, WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGNU Community Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Oil on the Bayou - After the Spill

From: Julia Botero

After the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon Rig killed 11 workers in April 2010, oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged well,...

Turning Farm Workers into Farm Owners

From: Making Contact

It’s well known that the people picking food all across the US are predominantly low-paid Latino migrant workers. It’s ironic that the workers car...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

A Waste-Free Dairy of the Future?

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: cheese maker at Fiscalini, Credit: Rita Daniels

It’s estimated that dairy products make up a full 20% of our daily food intake here in North America. But with increased focus on cattle waste met...

Dry Farming-a Technique for a Water Scarce Future

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Farmers in California's central valley are getting a sneak preview of what much of the country, and the world, can expect to see in the next few de...

Bought by KALW

Small Farms, Big Future

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Making Cheese at the Fiscalini Cheese Company , Credit: Rita Daniels

We go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is...

Bought by WSKG, KZYX, and Yellowstone Public Radio