The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

Every once in awhile, like when you get to be 700, you should celebrate by doing something special. And so…

Words have meaning and names have power. “Sustainable” is a word that is trying to become a name, which leads us to ask…

Its hard to imagine civilizations coming to blows over two plants, but they did… twice! This leads us to ask, “Will it happen again?” Topics include the introduction of tea into Europe during the 1600’s; why England’s consu

The equation was simple: From each according to his abililty, to each according to his need. But there was not enough ability, or too much need, and the USSR collapsed into ruin, which leads us to ask…

We know what happens with the birds and the bees. But it is the Spring of dying bees, and this leads us to ask, “What happens when there are no bees?” Topics include why bees are dying in such big numbers this Spring; what might happen to t

If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then the way to the world’s affection must be through its stomach. This thought leads us to ask…

By getting 400 small organic farmers in Baja to cooperate, the Del Cabo Cooperative raised their annual incomes from $3,000 to $20,000, and is now at work in Africa. This work leads us to ask…

Sometimes we simply must get away, and what better way, to get away, then to eat our way around the world? Topics include how a meal’s set and setting affect how we experience that meal; what to watch out for when out around the world; and some me

Agriculture, like most industries, appears to be growing in two directions: very big and very small. This observation leads us to ask…

Unkempt and bedraggled, they shuffle in from the woods where they spend the night with a pleading look of hunger in their eyes that says, “Feed me, feed me!” And so we ask…