The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

USDA issued a rule change allowing composts containing pesticide residues to be used in organic farming. But then a federal judge tossed the rule out! And so we ask...

Its an all time record! The Federal government has imposed 600 major new regulations, each of which costs of over $100 million to implement. Fifty more major regulations are said to be on the way. And so we ask...

Topics include what relationship exists, if any, between the foods we eat and the diseases we contract; a look at the foods that can reduce or eliminate pain; and foods that aid in the management of disease. Guest: Catherine Frompovich, Author, Eat to

Topics include a look at the art of dowsing; how the dowsing rod is used to find water deep beneath the surface, whether the water is sweet, and how much it will flow; and how dowsing is used to find the location of other natural resources. Guest: Ro

Topics include a survey of the biology, chemistry and etymology of kombucha; a consideration of its many health claims; and how one can brew some up in the kitchen. Guest: Hannah Crum, Author The Big Book of Kombucha, President of International Kombu

Last year, the U.S. sold $25.7 billion more food than it bought. This year, the surplus is expected to decline 62% to only $9.7 billion. This epic collapse in the balance of food trade leads us to ask...

It is in just about every processed food we eat. And so we eat a lot of it. Yet in spite of assurances to the contrary, some say High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is simply too sweet to eat. And so we ask...

Topics include how a Viet Nam vet found relief from a life of severe pain with CBD from a family cannabis farmer in Slovenia; the difference between the CBD and THC cannabinoids of cannabis; and speculation as to what impact CBD might have on medicine.

Topics include how seed plants evolved to dominate the natural world; the importance of seeds as a source of human food; and whether humans can successfully save enough seeds to guarantee a future. Guests: Thor Hanson, Author, The Triumph of Seeds: Ho

Though cannabis has been made illegal by local, state, national and international law and treaty, 3,000 people will soon gather to talk about doing its legal business. And that leads us to ask...