Food

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 9, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 06/08/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show features, for the second time, the music of Portland band Pink Martini and concludes with a discussion of the implicit politics of their work.   Also discussed on the show are world hunger and the cost of food, the relations between being queer and being an imm... Read more

Ending Hunger

Airs at: Sun, 06/08/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On a planet where two billion people are already hungry, an additional 100 million will be plunged into poverty because of the world-wide food crisis.  Deborah James, Director of the Center for Economic Policy Research, talks with Bill Resnick about the reasons for this and... Read more

Fruit Trees and Espaliering

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen talks about the practice known as "espalier," the pruning and training of fruit trees along flat trellises or walls. Read more

notes on fatherhood...

Airs at: Tue, 06/03/2008 at 5:00pm
This is a conversation had between myself, Tony Muhammad and Adisa Banjoko on fatherhood and ideas of 'multiculturalism', as stemmed from the event Adisa attended, a book release event called BAF (Be A Father).    To reach Adisa, go to www.hiphopchessfederation.org, or direc... Read more

Haiti's food riots - a reflection of colonization?

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
With colonization beginning the process of disparity of wealth between nations, global corporate trade mechanisms today continue that process.   Now we go to Haiti, which has been the hardest hit nation in this hemisphere. Read more

Biodevastation & Food Special: Interview with Bill Freese of The Center for Food Safety

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Our Backyard
KBOO's Edison Carder interviews Bill Freese of The Center for Food Safety.  Bill is a science policy analyst. In his six years with the Safer Food - Safer Farms campaign at Friends of the Earth, he authored  numerous reports and comments to government agencies concerning th... Read more

Dr. Daphne Miller and The Jungle Effect

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Host Dr. David Naimon (DrNaimon.com) invites guest Dr. Daphne Miller (DrDaphne.com) in to discuss her latest offering The Jungle Effect (Harper Collins). Find out what the healthiest diets from cultures around the world can do to help YOU live a happier, healthier life ri... Read more

Patenting the Climate Genes

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  People Rise Up
Hope Shand,  Research Director for the ETC Group and I discuss their new report describing efforts by the ag-biotech industry to patent 'climate-ready' genes which would theoretically allow our most common agricultural crops to continue thriving in the warm future confronting... Read more

Gary Null and The Food Mood Connection: Nutritional and Environmental Approaches to Mental and Physical Health.

Airs at: Sun, 05/25/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Host Dr. David Naimon (DrNaimon.com) talks with Gary Null (GaryNull.com), author of many books, including The Food Mood Connection (Seven Stories Press), Nutritional and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Well-being. Read more

Miriam Widman at F.H. Steinbart's

Airs at: Wed, 05/28/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  DIY, Portland
Roving reporter Miriam Widman produced this extra web content for the "Beverage Nerds" episode. Read more