Category Archives: Food

Episode #129: Merry Christmas, Monsanto

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

This episode of the Agroinnovations Podcast salutes everybody’s favorite biotechnology company Monsanto by wishing them a Merry Christmas. Continue reading →

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Episode #120: Food Prices

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

In this episode of the podcast we are joined by author, attorney, blogger, and activist Ellen Brown. Ellen joined me to talk about the issue of rising food prices. Through the course of the interview, we tackle some tough questions: … Continue reading →

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Episode #115: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

We are joined by Daniel Imhoff, editor of the book CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation): The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories. Topics of discussion include images of and conditions in the CAFO, the loss of biological diversity in animal husbandry, … Continue reading →

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Episode #107: Recipe for America

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

On this episode of the podcast we are joined by Jill Richardson.  Jill is a journalist, author and blogger who writes for the blog La Vida Locavore and also for the news site alternet.org.    In this interview we discuss Cuba … Continue reading →

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Episode #93: Urban Foraging

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

We are joined by Doug Lain of the Diet Soap Podcast. Doug shares with us the concept and details of his urban foraging project entitled Pick Your Battle. The project is a radical self-help book designed to build community by … Continue reading →

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Episode #87: The Small-Mart Revolution (Part II)

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

In part II of my interview with author Michael Shuman, we discuss strategies for buying local, the prospects and possibilities for relocalizing capital markets, opportunities for local entrepreneurs, strategies for policy making, and how globalization is made stronger by relocalization. … Continue reading →

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Episode #82: Food Justice

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

We are joined by Nikki Henderson, the Executive Director of People’s Grocery. People’s Grocery is a community-based organization in West Oakland that develops creative solutions to the health problems in the community that stem from a lack of access to … Continue reading →

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Episode #59: A Snapshot of Chinese Agriculture with Mike Mulvaney

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

Being in a foreign land for a short time is an excellent way to get a rapid fire snapshot of the country and its inhabitants. In this episode I am joined by Mike Mulvaney, who in May of 2009 paid … Continue reading →

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Episode #55: The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides with Amy Rosenthal

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

Amy Rosenthal, of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), talks about the Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides.  How it was created, the general break-down of how it can be used, what it covers and what it doesn’t and why, and we reflect … Continue reading →

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Episode #54: Deconstructing Dinner with Jon Steinman

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

We speak with Jon Steinman of the Deconstructing Dinner radio show, a show created to dispense and discuss current food issues.  Topics of discussion include the creation of the Deconstructing Dinner show, the nature of local food community organizing, and … Continue reading →

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