Deconstructing Dinner

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February 2, 2010 "The Future of Prison Farms II"

January 28, 2010 "Mountain Valley Farm II (Kootenay Alpine Cheese)" (encore)

January 21, 2010 "Speerville Flour Mill"

January 14, 2010 "A Dinner Date With the Olympics (2010 Version)"

January 7, 2010 "Campaign for New Farmers / Farmers and the Global Food Crisis w/ Paul Nicholson"

December 31, 2009 "NFU Convention w/Dr. Shiv Chopra"

December 17, 2009 "Eating History w/ Andrew Smith"

December 10, 2009 "A Crisis in Awareness & Participation - Michael Ableman" (encore)

December 3, 2009 "Canada's Agriculture & Agri-Food Committee on GMOs"

November 26, 2009 "Linnaea Farm - Ecological Gardening Programme"

November 19, 2009 "Agroinnovations Podcast w/ Paul Stamets, Rob Hopkins & Richard Manning"

November 12, 2009 "The California Drought and Fox News"

November 5, 2009 "A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda II" (encore)

October 29, 2009 "Dan Barber - A Perfect Expression of Nature (Conscientious Cooks VI) / Backyard Chickens IX"

October 22, 2009 "Sustainable Agriculture at Fleming College / The Local Grain Revolution XI (Sailing Grain Year 2)"

October 15, 2009 "Sally Fallon Morell"

October 8, 2009 "Halifax Awaits a World-Class Farmers' Market"

October 1, 2009 "Pedal-Powered Groceries / Tom Stearns on Hardwick, VT"

September 24, 2009 "Canadian Beef Consolidated Further / Backyard Chickens V (Farming in the City VII)" (encore)

September 17, 2009 "Frances Moore Lappé - Ending Hunger, Feeding Hope" (encore)

September 10, 2009 "Farming in the City XI (Nelson Urban Acres / Massachusetts Avenue Project)"

September 3, 2009 "The Local Grain Revolution X (Retail Supported Agriculture? / Sprouting Grain)"

August 27, 2009 "Whopper Virgins / Backyard Chickens IV" (encore)

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The Deconstructing Dinner Dilemma

Why does my tomato look so perfect, and how much fuel was required for it to travel here from Mexico? What about the truck my tomato hitched a ride on? How much energy was required to build that truck, and wait a minute, how much energy was required to make that fuel? I know a guy down the street who grows tomatoes. Why doesn't the grocery store around the corner sell his tomatoes? What about the road my tomato travelled on. How many workers are required per year to maintain that road? And how much fuel do they use to get to the highway that they're paid to maintain? Didn't I buy this tomato like a month ago? Why does it still look so perfect? And why did that girl at the checkout counter assume I needed a plastic bag for my tomato? She even gave me a puzzled look when I told her I didn't need one! Did I mention the guy down the street grows tomatoes?

Everyone's telling me to "go organic". What's the difference between organic and non-organic? And why is it that the organic produce at the grocery store is always wrapped in more packaging and stamped with more labels than the non-organic produce? Isn't 'organic' supposed to represent a more ecologically friendly alternative? Why does the same company make both a fair-trade coffee and an unfair-trade coffee? How does that company justify selling an unfairly traded product? Was the truck that was transporting the coffee using organic fuel? If not, is the coffee still organic? Whew!

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