The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

Topics include how humans think; how animals think; and how humans can work animals by thinking like animals. Guest: Dr. Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University

Guest: Bill Marler, Attorney, Marler Clark LLP

Topics include how industrialization changed how farmers use soil to grow food; what the consequences are of that change; and speculation as to which is best to eat, foods grown with biology or foods grown with chemistry? Guests: Biologist Anne Bikle

Why we, as a people, are becoming so emotionally challenged; ways we try to manage our emotions; and whether food can enable us to manage our moods. Guest: Dr. Frieda Birndbaum, Research Pychologist, Author, Life Begins at 60

Topics include why strawberry farming has come to rely on sterile soil and pesticides; what possibilities may be seen with biological soils; and whether strawberries, and other crops, can be mass-produced without pesticides. Guests:University of Calif

Topics include the technology of producing fake meats; the financial opportunities seen in the fake meat industry, and speculation as to whether fake meat will grow into a real meat industry. Guests: San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writers Tara Duggan

Topics include what makes a species an invasive species; how invasive species invade and conquer, and by what means invasive species may be eliminated. Guests: Heath Packard, Director of Communications, Island Conservation

Topics include how Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is spreading throughout the West; why wolves might prove to be the best way to control the spread of CWD; and whether wolves should be freed to eat the weak. Guests: Marc Cooke, President of Wolves of t

Topics include how an antiquarian book bookstore owner became an expert medieval chef; how food trends of the past moved civilizations to war and peace; and what those trends might portend for our future with food. Guest: Tom Nealon, Author, Food Figh

Topics include how an antiquarian book bookstore owner became an expert medieval chef; how food trends of the past moved civilizations to war and peace; and what those trends might portend for our future with food. Guest: Tom Nealon, Author, Food Figh