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Crop to Cuisine: Book Features
Dov Hirsch, Crop to Cuisine
Crop To Cuisine stocks the pantry for Thanksgiving. We speak with historians about the truth behind the thanksgiving meal and the turkey. We also feature reports on how people are coping during tough times, and how you can give back.
archived November 18, 2009
Deconstructing Dinner: "The California Drought and Fox News"
Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner
We travel to the State of California where 50% of all fresh fruits and vegetables consumed in Canada and the United States are produced. Beyond fresh produce, California is also a major producer of dairy, olives and nuts, and the list of foods goes on.
archived November 17, 2009
Crop to Cuisine: The Art of Overeating
Dov Hirsch, Crop to Cuisine
Crop To Cuisine takes a look at "Smart Choices", Sacks for Sacks, Animal Welfare in Ohio, and more. We also hear from Leslie Landis about The Art of Overeating, and the importance of doing so this holiday season.
archived November 9, 2009
Begin with Biochar
KrisCan, KrisCan.com
"Why biochar? KrisCan joins David Yarrow during a biochar experiment to discuss the benefits stemming from this simple method of turning biomass into stable carbon which can then be used as an effective tool for soil remediation while actively pulling CO2 out of our atmosphere.
archived October 27, 2009
How Do I Invite You to Grow Food?
Yuba Gals Independent Media, Peak Moment Television
Jenny Pell’s infectious enthusiasm will sweep you up into creating a future that’s beyond sustainable — to one that’s “additive.” This lively permaculturist suggests that you belong where you live and get (re)connected to your “chain of inputs and outputs”. She invites us to to regain skills, especially in food production, and to participate in creating abundance, which is “the only way forward, the only way for the human family to survive.”
archived October 27, 2009
Sustainable Agriculture at Fleming College/The Local Grain Revolution XI
Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner
Deconstructing Dinner is excited to share with our listeners an amazing new agriculture program for new farmers being offered at Fleming College in Lindsay, Ontario...The Sustainable Agriculture program appears like an ideal way for any unexperienced and interested new farmers to be introduced to many of the critical pieces necessary to launch a profitable and sustainable farm business...Between October 15-18, 2009, a fleet of 11 sailboats made their way from the city of Nelson to the Creston Valley of British Columbia to once again pick up a cargo of locally grown grains and transport it back to Nelson.
archived October 27, 2009
Crop to Cuisine: October: Beer, Health & the WFP
Dov Hirsch, Crop to Cuisine
Crop To Cuisine goes global with Oktoberfest in Palestine & The 2009 World Food Prize. We also take on Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a report connecting diet and breast cancer. Finally we hear from the CDC about their newly released findings on "state by state" fruit and veggie consumption. All that and more.
archived October 22, 2009
Equal Time with Carl Etnier: Rural Vermont's New Directions, Plus Produce: The New Urban Agriculture
Carl Etnier, Equal Time Radio
Brian Moyer, the new executive director of Rural Vermont, explains how the organization plans to follow up on their legislative successes by making sure the laws about raw milk, on-farm slaughter, and other aspects of farming are working as intended and helping family farmers. City planner and designer Darrin Nordahl says cities, towns, and villages should not only let people grow food in the margins of urban areas, they should pay their staff to grow food on public land. Nordahl talks about his new book, Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture.
archived October 20, 2009
Deconstructing Dinner: Halifax Awaits a World-Class Farmer's Market
Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner
In October 2009, Deconstructing Dinner descended upon the Halifax Farmers' Market. Founded in 1750, it is the oldest continuously running farmers' market in North America. The first market vendors were Acadian - the original European immigrants to the land.
archived October 12, 2009
Crop to Cuisine: Farm Aid 2009 & The Father of the Green Revolution
Dov Hirsch, Crop to Cuisine
Crop To Cuisine discusses the life and accomplishments of Dr. Norman Borlaug. We also take a look at a new documentary exposing the inside of the beer industry. And we take hear from Catherine Friend about what it means to be a compassionate carnivore. All that and more.
archived October 8, 2009