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School districts across the country are benefitting from farm to school programs, with fresh food and school gardens improving children’s health, g...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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Do you believe that a calorie is a calorie, or that we all have real “choice” in the food marketplace? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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The beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year convincing us that sugary beverages will make us “happy.” In reality, sugar-laden drink...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Today in America, as many as 500,000 children work as hired labor in our fields and orchards. They are among the least protected of all working chi...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Would you want your children exposed to pesticide drift at home and at school? Potatoes grown in northern MN are routinely sprayed, putting childr...

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Traditional restrictive diet programs designed to help children lose weight have been largely ineffective, and in many cases lead to unhealthy eat...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The new documentary, "Fed Up" exposes food industry- driven policies, and the environments that make our kids sick. Featured in the film is Margo W...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with author Jeff Miller about his book Scoop: Notes from a Small Ice Cream Shop, a personal tale from Jeff and his partner’s first year run...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Allergy rates are increasing for reasons still under investigation. However, Amish communities have a lower incidence of allergies compared to th...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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An experimental therapy to control peanut allergies may induce genetic changes in the immune system.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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By day, Kathy Pryor helps Washington hospitals bring healthy food into health care. By night, she’s a children’s book author. Join Food Sleuth Radi...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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If the popular children’s TV show, Reading Rainbow, could help children fall in love with reading, can a new program about where our food comes fro...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Abeona House, Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Abeona House is a New Orleans preschool that’s working to address this issue by introducing farm to table values to children from the very start.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
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From TV to the internet, to brand logos in the classroom and on clothing, advertisers target our children no matter where they are. Join Food Sle...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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How does the media influence public health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Lori D...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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According to the Institute of Medicine, food and beverage marketing contributes to the childhood obesity epidemic. But did you realize that our chi...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 88 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Tender shoots grow on the roofs of the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's toughest neighborhoods. By tender shoots we mean fifth graders, who are l...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 13:55
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Kathy Kater, LICSW, psychotherapist and author of “Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids What they Need to Know,” will discuss how to prevent eating di...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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According to advertising industry reports, children spend or influence the spending of more than $1.2 trillion per year, making them an extremely l...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Uncle Jack and Donald

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Good nutrition is especially important during childhood, but feeding kids well has never been harder in the face of unprecedented food marketing di...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As public schools face repeated budget cuts, many people focus on the effects on teachers, academics, and extracurricular activities. While these a...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Frustrated with the quality of your children’s school lunch? Want to know how to make positive change? Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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DENVER - For the next few months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer a summer meals program, providing free meals to children regardless...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:14