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Let Them Eat Undelivered Pizza
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Minimum wages went up in a number of states on January 1. Pizza Hut is crying foul and punishing delivery drivers for the hike by firing them all. ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
EE 23-21: The Chocolate Moose is more than ice cream, 5/19/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Local ice cream shop puts the focus on community with Food Truck Fridays.

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
EE 23-06: Rethinking the restaurant industry, 2/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with geographer Jen Watkins on her experience as a server and her research on the industry.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Employee-Centered Leadership: A Leader's Food for Thought
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Heather Krentler found the secret to reducing staff turnover was simple: listen to them!
Employees want to be heard. They want to know their employer wants the best for them. Continental Services heard – and worked hard to innovate thei...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:14
Anne Ross Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and in all likelihood, we consume the products of slavery every day? Join...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
COVID and the Revolution in Restaurants
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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In this episode we speak with restaurateurs and a labor activist about how the pandemic is reshaping how some think about tips and the minimum wage...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:53
H. Claire Brown Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that prison labor may be used in producing some of the food products you purchase at the supermarket? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Leone Jose Bicchieri Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that workers in meat packing plants are at increased risk for Covid-19, and other work-related injuries due to increasing line speeds ...

Bought by KVMR and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Catering: Behind the Pipe and Drape
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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With the Lee Brothers as our guides, we step behind the scenes of the catering world.

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 1
Fast Food In Nigeria (2009 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy
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Running a fast food operation in a country beset with mismanagement, corruption, and lack of infrastructure.

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
The Leftovers In A Coal Miner's Lunchbox (Gravy Ep. 44)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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
Commerce With Compassion
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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
The tipless restaurant movement
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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At a full-service restaurant you know the drill. You eat your food, you get your bill, and then you calculate the tip. But not at Sous Beurre Kitch...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:06
From home bakeries to warehouse businesses, food companies expand in Richmond
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rosa Robinson turns out cupcakes and other confections for Sweet Dreams Bake Shop, Credit: Sukey Lewis
Sky-high rents, Google buses and gentrification are all buzzwords around the Bay Area. But that is not the case in the city of Richmond. With unemp...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
A Bunch of Boats in the Boatyard
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Organizing the Maine Lobstering Union

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Jose Oliva Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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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
Success and Significance
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Liz and Charles Handy, Credit: Copyright-Elizabeth Handy
Phalana Tiller talks with noted author Charles Handy and photographer Liz Handy about their latest work. She also interviews former Trader Joe's ex...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Harold Wright: Five generations on once-tobacco land
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Harold Wright is the third generation farming on land his grandfather bought in the 1900's. His children and grandchildren farm with him. It was on...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Young Farmers Sustainable Agriculture Tool Lending Library
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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This is the story of the incredible project: sustainable agriculture tool lending library. Led by farmer couple George (self-declared rap listening...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Horse Collar Farm: many generations on one farm & new project of free-range poultry
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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This story is about Shannon Roberts. He lives in Western North Carolina and runs Horse Collar Farm. His family has farmed the same land for five ge...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
Purple Sweet Potatoes in North Carolina
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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A story of the two men who run Stokes County's Saura Pride Purple Sweet Potato LLC and how these sweet potatoes are saving tobacco farmers in the c...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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The Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative is based out of Moore County. The mission is to meet local food needs with local food and that happens, in ...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
New Town Farms, Poultry-processing facility
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Sammy Koenigsberg lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina and runs New Town Farms with the help of his family. Sammy built a poultry processing facility on...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Piedmont Local Foods: love & success between farmers, consumers, and the internet
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Piedmont Local Food is a regional food/farmer project involving multiple counties, connecting farmers directly to consumers with the internet. A st...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
OakMoon Farm & Creamery, Agritourism
From: Rural Advancement Radio
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Cynthia Sharpe and Dwain Swing run OakMoon Farm & Creamery in Bakersville, North Carolina. They've increased the agri-tourism aspect of their farm,...

Bought by WSOE 89.3


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1