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*Dates indicate initial broadcast on CJLY*

July 22, 2010 "Exploring Ethnobiology II: Nancy Turner"

July 15, 2010 "Are Agricultural Systems Sustainable? (Toby Hemenway on Permaculture)"

July 8, 2010 "Fermenting Revolution / Deconstructing Dinner in Our Schools II" (revisited)

July 1, 2010 "Vancouver's Backyard Chickens II / Bucky Buckaw"

June 24, 2010 "Farmers Speak Out" (encore)

June 17, 2010 "Margaret Atwood Joins Prison Farms Campaign / Vancouver's Backyard Chickens I"

June 10, 2010 "Farmed Salmon Arrive in Ottawa (Norway British Columbia VII)"

June 3, 2010 "Exploring Ethnobiology I: Preserving Traditional Foodways Among Indigenous Youth"

May 27, 2010 "Norway, British Columbia V ("Organic" Salmon?)/ Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food VI" (encore)

May 20, 2010 "Whole Foods Market Targeted by Organic Advocates / Local Food System Development Spotlight / Carnivore Chic"

May 13, 2010 "Rally for Wild Salmon: "Fish Farms Out" (Norway, British Columbia VI)"

May 6, 2010 "'Crack' Down on Backyard and Farm-Fresh Eggs"

April 29, 2010 "Sailing Vegetables in Puget Sound / The Local Grain Revolution VIII (Sourdough Waffles)" (encore)

April 22, 2010 "Joel Salatin & Judy Rebick on Building New Food Systems"

April 15, 2010 "The Vote on Bill C-474 (Protecting Farmers from Economic Harm of GE Crops)"

April 8, 2010 "Final Attempt to Save Prison Farms (The Future of Prison Farms III)"

April 1, 2010 "Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food V (Common Ground Food Co-op)" (encore)

March 25, 2010 "Bill C-474 (Protecting Farmers from Economic Harm of GE Crops)"

March 18, 2010 "Collapse of Honey Bees on Vancouver Island / Tugwell Creek Honey Farm & Meadery"

March 11, 2010 "Conscientious Cooks VII (Sooke Harbour House) / Carlo Petrini & Slow Food Canada"

March 4, 2010 "The Slow Down Diet"

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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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