With food occupying such a significant part of our lives, understanding the implications of our food choices can create a real sense of empowerment and self-determination.

Produced and recorded in the studios of Kootenay Co-op Radio in Nelson, British Columbia, Deconstructing Dinner has been created to dispense and discuss current food issues. The program assists listeners in making more educated choices when purchasing food either for the kitchen or at restaurants.

Currently broadcast on 39 radio stations across Canada, Deconstructing Dinner also appears on stations around the world. All episodes are accessible through the Internet in live, archived and podcasting formats. (How to Listen)

The media plays a key role in keeping Canadians informed, however, Deconstructing Dinner believes that the most important stories about our food supply are not receiving adequate attention. As a result, we are rapidly losing sight of the most fundamental part of our lives - feeding ourselves.

There are countless groups, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, businesses, individuals and various levels and branches of government that are pushing towards creating more sustainable food systems. Yet to date, the media has played a minor role in tying these people together and broadcasting this important information to the people that matter most - you!

Deconstructing Dinner reports on current issues throughout the world of food but maintains a focus on local food systems. The show is not restricted to only current affairs, but probes into the processes and actions to which we have all become so accustomed throughout our daily routine, and "deconstructs" them to achieve a more discriminating awareness.

Honourable Mention at 2010 National Campus & Community Radio Association's (NCRA) annual awards - Syndicated Show or Podcast

Honourable Mention at 2009 National Campus & Community Radio Association's (NCRA) annual awards - Best Syndicated Show

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The Tyee - 01.11.08

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CBC, Daybreak South - 09.07
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University of Winnipeg - CKUW - 02.15.07
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Jon Steinman

Having been no stranger at the time to publicly sharing his views through his columns in PULSE Niagara, VIEW Magazine and Off-Centre Magazine, Jon was inspired by the potential of radio as a medium to communicate information that the mainstream media was not. Upon arriving in Nelson, Kootenay Co-op Radio (CJLY) was a young but established member-owned community station who welcomed Jon as part of their award-winning morning news programme Nelson Before Nine. From there, the groundwork was laid for what would later become Deconstructing Dinner.

Deconstructing Dinner is a one-hour weekly radio show that examines the impacts that our food choices have on ourselves, our communities and the earth. Since episode number one aired in January 2006, the show has grown to now be heard weekly on 39 Canadian radio stations and 9 in the United States. Episodes are also available through a weekly podcast.

Since 2006, Jon has acted as a Director of the Kootenay Country Store Co-operative - the largest independent member-owned food co-operative in Canada. He sits on the steering committee of Community Food Matters - a coalition of Nelson-area residents who are inspired to foster a more food-secure community. Jon is also a member of and involved in advisory capacities with the Kootenay Grain CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) - Canada's first CSA for grain, Soil Matters CSA, and Genetically Engineered (G.E.) Free Kootenays.

Jon is an established writer, having been published in Orion Magazine, Briarpatch Magazine, Small Farm Canada, and Synergy Magazine among others.

Jon is in increasing demand as a public speaker and he speaks at many food security and agricultural conferences and events.

Jon believes food deserves far more attention than it currently receives and that we owe it to ourselves, each other and the earth to fully understand the implications of our food choices.