The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

With a simple forked stick, the dowser called 30 gallons per minute of flowing water at 365 feet, which was about exactly where the well-driller found it. That call leads us to once again ask…

Slave labor was cheap, but then it became very expensive. Illegal immigrant labor is cheap, but it, too, is becoming very expensive. The cost of cheap labor leads us to ask…

Our daily bread travels an average of 2,000 miles on oil provided by those who simply do not like us. This leads us to ask, "Can we turn our grass into gas?" Topics include the difference between grain (or corn) ethanol and cellulosic (or biomass) ethano

“All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” If what Napolean suggests in Orwell’s Animal Farm is true, we wonder…

Wal-Mart recently announced it will greatly expand its offering of organic foods, and will price organic only slightly higher than conventional. This leads some to ask, “Will Wal-Mart wal-mart organics?” Topic include... the short history

We build up our farms, gardens and homes to suit our needs, then they sneak in and steal. Their unrelenting assault leads us to ask…

Topics include a look at the trends of local and distant foods; the apparent conflict between proponents of local and distant foods, and whether local or distant food is economically most efficient.

The Supreme Court has upheld Arizona’s law penalizing businesses that hire illegal immigrants. Georgia has passed a similar law, and other states are lining up to do the same. This leads us to ask…

California has elected to reduce its carbon emissions by up to 30% beginning in 2012. This decision has sparked a stampede to figure out how, which leads us to ask….

USDA commissioned a study group, called AC21, to determine how genetically-modified crops could best co-exist with organic crops. This Rodney King effort leads us to ask…