The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

When animals joined us at the campfire those many milleniums ago, they sold their freedom for our care, provisions and protection. That transaction leads us to ask: What did we get by domesticating wild animals?

Topics include a look at how capitalism drives our global food system; why he suggests capitalism is feeding us so much trouble; and what alternatives might exist to power agriculture. Guest: Eric Holt Gimenez, author of A Foodies Guide to Capitalism,

Topics include a look at the competitive position of American beef in a market of open borders; why China is buying Montana beef, when it can buy beef for less elsewhere; and to whom will the good beef go in the future. Guests: Bryan Mussard, Presiden

Topics include a look at the conditions that gave rise to hominid teeth; how those teeth enabled hominids to become humans adapted to the variability of the world; and how that evolution is speeding up into modern times.

Guest: Fred Krissman, Research Associate, Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, Emerald Triangle

Topics include how Monsanto settled the science on the safety of its weed-killer glyphosate; why some dispute the settling of that science; and whether consumers should believe that the science of glyphosate has been settled. Guest:Carey Gillam, Autho

Guest: Jeff Brothers, CEO, Harborside Farms

Cannabis is projected to generate so much money for California its treasurer is asking for a fleet of armored cars to pick it up and take it to Sacramento. And so we ask: Where is the money in the legalization of cannabis?

Guests: Loretta Moreno, Santa Cruz County Cannabis Licensing, Maximillian Mikalonis, Legislative Advocate, K Street Consulting, and Dave Potter, former Supervisor, Monterey County

The liquor industry, like most all industries, is growing in opposite directions: very big and very small. And so we ask: Can local distillers successfully compete in a marketplace dominated by multinational distillers?

Topics include why the bottle water industry has grown so big, so fast; how industry participants have gained control of the sources of clean water; and why the public is paid so little for the water it pays so much for in plastic bottles. Guests: Sto

Guest: Journalist Warner Todd Huston

Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves on earth, yet we read of its citizens eating zoo animals and using animal drugs to treat themselves. And so we ask: Why did Venezuela run out of money?

Topics include how USDA subjected family food businesses to non-existent regulations; how non-existent regulations were used to find fault with, and even terminate, family food businesses; and speculation as to why USDA conducted this campaign of bureau

Topics include the difference between real food and fake food; the extent to which food fraud exists in the commercial marketplace; and how to know whether food is real or fake. Guest: Larry Olmsted, Author of Real Food Fake Food

Topic include why some believe free market forces have been insufficient to provide for a healthy food chain; how political activism has emerged to force needed change; and whether this activism can actually bring social justice to food. Guest: Julie G

It would be much easier, and a lot cleaner, to grow organic food in water. And those clamoring to grow organic food in water lead us to ask: Should foods grown in water be allowed the organic label?

Guest: Dr. Renee Dufault, Former FDA Inspector, Author of Unsafe At Any Meal

Topics include how the FDA protects bad things in good food; what impact bad things can have on the human body; and what can be done to protect against bad things in good food. Guest: Dr. Renee Dufault, Former FDA Inspector, Author of Unsafe At Any Mea

Topics include the sperm counts revealed by the Mindlis co-authored study; why men in developed nations lost sperm, while men in developing nations lost none; and the possible consequences of men losing their sperm.

Guest: Open Mic

Guest: Amy Ettinger, Author, Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America

Topics include how cannabis business money works; what pharmaceutical uses are emerging; and how cannabusiness and politics mix. Guests: Les Isralow, Cannabis Media Producer; Steve Leavy, MedMen

Topics include why Farmer John was fined $2.8 million for plowing his field; what kinds of rules, and rule-makers, govern how farmers may farm; and whether farmers can grow our food under such diligent government oversight. Guest: Anthony Francois, S

Topic include the lessons learned on the farm that help us take care of ourselves and each other. Guests: Open Mic