The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

Topics include the unused space available on city rooftops; the technologies required to farm that valuable space; and whether farming the rooftops of big cities can be economically viable. Guests: Maggie Cheney, Director of Farms and Education, Farm-

Topics include why government wants us to eat less beef; what government wants us to eat more of; and whether beef can be produced in a way friendly to the environment, or simply banned from our diets. Guest: Author, Rancher, Vegetarian Nicolette Hahn

Some of us eat to live. Others live to eat. The rest of us have lost control of eating. Their eating disorders lead us to ask…

The federal government owns approximately one-third of the land in the United States. One day, rancher Wayne Hage went to war with the government over his right to graze livestock on that public land. Wayne Hage’s war leads us to ask…

50,000 years ago it was us against them, and they are the home team. The winners would eat and the losers would fade into fossils. This food fight for the ages leads us to ask: How did we humans beat the Neanderthal to food and the future? Topic includ

Topics include a brief look at the history of 4-H; the lessons 4-H teaches 7 million children and young adults; and how the lessons taught by 4-H could change food and farming forever. Guest: Kiera Butler, Author, Raise: What 4-H Teaches 7 Million K

A century ago, Upton Sinclair opened the door to the meat packing facilities of Chicago with his novel The Jungle, and consumers did not like what they saw. It's been producers vrs. consumers ever since over the right to know. This leads us to ask, Who

Guests: Diana Reeves, Founder, GMO Free USA & Not Available, Grocery Manufacturers Association

When Matthew Cohen’s crop of medical marijuana became the object of a great tug of war between Mendocino County and the United States of America, many paused to ask…

The federal government has direct ownership of 650 million acres of the USA. Some of these public acres may be exploited by private businesses, like ranchers. This leads us to ask…