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Responding to sailors' pleas, the Navy is working on a program to prevent and treat eating disorders
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Retired Navy senior chief Leah Stiles leads a group of sailors on the final night of induction season September 15, 2011. , Credit: U.S. Navy
Some service members and health experts say the Pentagon isn't doing enough to address eating disorders, which are sometimes linked to the military...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KPBS, and KUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
10: Refugee Chefs: Empowering and Educating Through Food, 07/14/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In this episode, we meet refugee chefs who now call the United States their home. In Milwaukee, Tables Across Borders brings the community together...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
10: Refugee Chefs: Empowering and Educating Through Food, 7/8/21
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In this episode, we meet refugee chefs who now call the United States their home. In Milwaukee, Tables Across Borders brings the community together...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Philanthropy in Action during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Family Relief,& Positivity with Elizabeth Barbella President & CEO Community Foundation of Martin & St. Lucie County
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Philanthropy in Action during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Family Relief,& Positivity with Elizabeth Barbella President & CEO Community Foundation of Mar...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Hitting a Snag
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Big triumphs are often followed by bigger letdowns. Our series premiere is about hitting a snag.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 16:11
VA partners with food banks as more veterans struggle to afford food
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Vietnam-era veteran Diane Fike selects vegetables at the Austin, Tex. VA food pantry. Studies have found a growing number of veterans are food insecure, including many who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
More than 1.4 million veterans of all ages rely on government food assistance, but food insecurity is disproportionately common among post 9/11 vet...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KPBS, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
Seeds & Ancestors: Appalachian Food Summit
From: WMMT
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Ronni Lundy, one of the organizers of the very first Appalachian Food Summit, sees this event in Hindman as a chance to break bread, talk with one ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 12:45
Dr. Dean Ornish, President of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Dean Ornish, Founder and President of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Foraging for fish in our own backyard
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Kirk Lombard explaining how to catch crab from the Bay , Credit: Angela Johnston
Kirk Lombard calls himself a sea forager, and every other week offers this walking and fishing tour: a two-hour lesson on how to catch your own sea...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
Why some Bay Area dogs are tied up in controversy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Off-leash dogs and dog walkers at Muir Beach., Credit: Tiffany Camhi
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, a few miles from Muir Woods, lies Muir Beach. The beautiful and peaceful waterfront is a favorite...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
Military Food - Is it healthy?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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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


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
A fresh food oasis in the Tenderloin
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Fahdl Radman,center, with advisors (l to r) Scott Schaffer and Larry Brucia of Sutti Associates, and Jessica Estrada of the Tenderloin Healthy Corner Store Coalition., Credit: Melanie Young
In San Francisco’s Tenderloin, getting healthy fare often isn’t an option. Without a full service grocery store in the neighborhood, residents rely...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Food stamp cuts felt around the Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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For Jamaisse Payne, the grocery store is a math problem. She’s got a baby boy due in a few weeks, so she says she’s shopping and eating for two. Sh...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
Eating dinner in the dark at the Blind Café
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The weekend is a time for relaxing or maybe going to dinner and a show with friends. One typical scenario is you meet up with them, get dinner. Now...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Neighbors are doin' it for themselves
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
Caption: Neighbors of the Quesada Gardens Initiative, Credit: Kevin B. Jones
Like many people who see a pretty rose in bloom, Annette Smith likes to take in the sight and scent of it. But when she bends her head to inhale th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco soup kitchens strive for healthy lunches
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Soup kitchens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District feed thousands of homeless and low-income people every day. These free meal sites serve as a v...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 17:19
A Citizen's Guide to What to Eat During a Government Shutdown
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Still have to visit the grocery store..., Credit: Susan Cook
Citizens are being reminded these days of everything they don't have control over. Any nutritionist will tell you that the one thing you always ha...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
Not California, it's the State of Jefferson
From: Lisa Morehouse
Series: After the Gold Rush: The Future of Small Town California
Caption: Rick Jones, owner of the Seiad Valley store, Credit: Lisa Morehouse
In Northern California and Southern Oregon, many residents identify less with those official states than with the State of Jefferson. The piece ex...

Bought by KWMR, Rhythm & News Service, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
National Dairy Goat Show
From: Maeve Conran
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In July 2012, thousands of goats and their goatherders descended on Loveland Colorado for the American Dairy Goat Association National Show.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
A Spiritual Feast
From: Civic Commons
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com/radio
Join local chefs to talk about the grace and beauty of wholesome, local food.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
Animal Cruelty in Agriculture
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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[HOST INTRO] The ethical treatment of farm animals is a growing concern for many Americans. And that puts states with relatively few animal cruelt...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Dumpster Harvest
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Earthworm dumpster dives and subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.

Bought by KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WDBM, Vocalo.org, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 8
Commentary: Justice for Only a Penny
From: Dick Meister
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This discusses the attempts of Burger King to undo agreements by its major fast-food competitors to improve the shameful conditions of tomato pickers.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
LA's Community Gardens
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Neighborhood Gardens in Urban Los Angeles

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:43
The Reality of Food Stamps
From: Hana Baba
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What it's like to be on Food Stamps in California

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:49