The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

Some say its best to raise food animals in cages. Others say cages are cruel and should be enlarged. In California, this matter-of-inches debate is coming up for a vote. And so we ask…

They say, “For decades, U.S. children, some as young as 10 years old, have been working in the fields with grave consequences for their health, education, and personal development.” They lead us to ask…

Some say a national Leafy Green Marketing Agreement would protect against harmful micro buggies like E. coli 0157; but others say the agreement could destroy America’s small farms. And so we ask…

Guest: Mark Kastel

2,500 years ago, Hippocrates said, "Let your food be your medicine." There is still one place where food is the only medicine, and it leads us to ask...

Guest: Activist, Author and University of Arizona Professor Gary Paul Nabhan

Norman Borlaug’s Green Revolution made possible an explosion of the world’s population. But some say there is simply not enough green in the Green Revolution, and so the whole system must be redesigned. This leads one to ask…

Though they swim in the pristine waters off California’s north coast, they are contaminated with man-made pollutants like Methylmercury. This leads us to ask…

Fish sticks, tater tots, and sloppy joes… If we are what we eat, then what have school lunches allowed us to become? And looking to our future…

Topics include a look at the ever escalating cost of food; how to plan meals to a budget; and ways to get the most food value for the fewest food dollars. Guests: Lauren Greutman, Author of "How to Coupon Effectively"