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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.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 09:14
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How much doe we know about the food we eat?

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: The Poison Squad dining room in the basement of the Bureau of Chemistry, Credit: FDA
Meet Harvey Washington Wiley, the mastermind behind this experiment where young government employees were fed poison-laced foods months on end. He...

Bought by WHYY, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 8
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Sound Bites on Delmarva producer Mark Gunnery interviews the authors of "The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey," Laila El-Haddad and Mag...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:59
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Deadly foodborne illness outbreaks seem to be on the rise, and one attorney has taken the lead in the fight to defend the ill, and support legislat...

  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Good cookbooks nourish us beyond recipes for appetizers through dessert. Case in point: “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice,” by the Se...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel,” two of the terms common in the trillion-dollar processed food industr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
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SUSO co-host Jodie Buller talks by phone with one of the organizers behind Label It WA, Chris McManus, about ballot measure initiative I-522: "The ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 27:09
Caption: Tom Laskawy
In the words of Robert Bork, the controversial legal scholar and one of the fathers of modern anti-trust law who died this past December 19th at ag...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
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Food stamps help protect our nation’s neediest citizens (now one in six Americans) against hunger, or “food insecurity.” But food stamps (now calle...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Fred Kaufman
This week, along with the rest of the country, we'll be piling my plate high with abundant turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and apple pie. It seem...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ashley Hathaway
Like it or not, genetically engineered foods make up a significant portion of our nation’s food supply. Approximately ninety-three percent of all U...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Richmond voters will decide on November 6 whether to authorize an extra cent tax on sugary beverages like soda. KALW's Isaac Silk talked with local...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:21
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Consumers have consistently said they have a right to know what's in their food. This November, CA citizens will have a chance to vote for GMO labe...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Why would an organic farmer run for Congress? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn and her guest, Anthony Flaccavento, a former Food and...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Michele Simon, JD, MPH, public health lawyer, discusses her report: “Food Stamps, Follow the Money: Are Corporations Profiting From Hungry American...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is one of our nation’s leading nutrition experts and food policy gurus. Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, as ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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The U.S. Senate is taking up the Farm Bill, which will set the nation's food policy for the next five years.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:34
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Why is it so hard to find meat from small to mid-sized ranchers in your local grocery store? Food Sleuth Radio Host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews...

  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Jan Lundberg, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
Jan Lundberg is a former oil industry analyst turned environmental activist. He is the founder of Culture Change and the Sail Transport Network. We...

  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 37:43
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How does the Farm Bill influence the food on our plates? Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Ariane Lotti, Legislative Specialis...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
Caption: Drinking Wine in Monmouth
Monmouth, Oregon was the last dry town on the West Coast. Ten years ago, residents voted to allow beer and wine sales. Producer Whitney Jones grew ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Lindsey Lusher Shute, Director of the National Young Farmer Coalition. Know anyone who wants...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:00