The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

Mr. Rogers has been feeding bears since 1967 to research their behavior. Government says feeding bears changes their behavior and Mr. Rogers must stop. This conflict leads us to ask…

Wolf number 690 lost her pack to disease and was forced to flee the protected confines of Yellowstone Park for the wilds of private property. Her flight leads us to ask…

At six foot three inches, she was taller than most men, not particularly pretty, and had a voice like a cartoon character. And yet, by whispering “Who’s going to know?” into our collective ears, Julia Childs changed how American eats

First, there was the land. Then people came to the land and established a farm. At the center of their farm they built a barn, which leads us to ask…

They became famous as a defense strategy in the San Francisco murder trial of Dan White. Fifteen billion golden cakes later we pause to ask…

Farmland equal to the size of India and China combined has been abandoned since WWII due to the loss of soil. This leads us to ask…

We are a nation of drug users-. We take them in the morning to wake up, at midday to stay awake, and at night to sleep. Our use leads us to ask…

Every link in the food chain is affected by energy prices, and energy prices are going through the roof. This leads us to ask, “Can we produce cheaper energy?” Topics include how 86% of our energy comes from hydrocarbons; why we have tradit

Guests: Wes Bolden, Cool Planet Inc & Ivy Young, Santa Cruz Compost

Water makes up about 90 percent of growing plants, and thus is the lifeblood of our food chain. However, the pending implementation of new water quality rules in California leads us to ask…