Posts Tagged ‘ agriculture ’

Will California Agriculture Survive? (Podcast#309)

August 6, 2009
By bicyclemark
Will California Agriculture Survive? (Podcast#309)

People in the US and around the world are used to getting their fruits and veggies from California. But will Cali be able to deliver if their water system collapses? My guest Dr. Juliet Christian-S
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bmtv102 Failure to Yield

June 2, 2009
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The Union of Concerned Scientists put out a report recently which runs down the last decade of genetically modified crops. As you know thats a topic that greatly concerns this website; what geneticall
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bmtv97 The Banana Book

February 10, 2009
By bicyclemark
bmtv97 The Banana Book

The Banana Book, by Dan Koeppel, has arrived here at the politburo. The book that looks at the secrets and controversial history of the banana. How its farmed, how it finds its way to our kitchen,
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Dangerous Bananas

January 26, 2009
By bicyclemark
Dangerous Bananas

My buddy Lucas was telling me that he digs the site, but that I move from topic to topic too quickly for him.  Usually I listen to comments like that, say thanks, and then go back to doing my own
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bm288 Genetically Modified Sugar

December 5, 2008
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bm288 Genetically Modified Sugar

Out in the Northwest of the United States, one very important crop is sugarbeet, source of 50% of the nation's sugar.  Over the last few years, genetically modified sugarbeet has been planted by some
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bm283 The Case Against Soy

October 27, 2008
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bm283 The Case Against Soy

Marianne Betterly started as a concerned citizen in her community, at first working on the topic of air pollution and global warming. Working on that topic would eventually take her to the topic of th
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So Long Agricultural Free Trade

October 14, 2008
By bicyclemark
So Long Agricultural Free Trade

In a few hours I head to Brussels where I'm participating, for the second year in a row, in European Youth Media Days.  This year I'm helping coordinate and speaking as part of a workshop on Food Pric
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bm272 What Vermont Soy is all About

August 7, 2008
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Vermont Organic Soy is in high demand as more and more people in that part of the United States demand a range of soy products that are organic and grown locally. My guest is Andrew Meyer of Vermontso
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