The Food Chain - What's Eating What Radio

The federal government has subsidized the biofuel industry with tax credits and price supports. The tax credit expired December 31, and its renewal is pending before the new president and congress. And so we ask...

Animals, like people, have physical bodies that occasionally need repair. One way to repair a body is through the alopathy of drugs and surgery; the alternative way is through the chiropractic laying on of hands. This leads us to wonder...

It is the ultimate saturated fat, and for generations we have been told by noted and respected authorities to avoid eating saturated fats. But some of us simply could not help ourselves, and so we ask...

Topics include how legal cannabis might be grown in the U.S; what kind of farmland would produce the best cannabis products; and how cannabis farmland will be valued, given the legal restrictions that will likely be placed on production. Guest: Calif

In 1981, one child in 10,000 was autistic. Today, one child in 50 is autistic. Many say vaccines are the cause of austism spectrum disorder. Many others disagree. And so we ask...

This just in: The weed-killer glyphosate has been found in Cheerios, Wheaties, Trix, Corn Flakes, Kashi, Cheez-Its, Ritz, Triscuits, Oreos, Doritos, Fritos, Goldfish, Whole Foods 365, Back to Nature, and many more... And so we ask....

Jared Perry hiked the Pacific Crest Trail that runs between Canada and Mexico, and the Continental Divide Trail that runs between Mexico and Canada. And so we ask....

Topics include making the leap from city to country; what to expect when you land there; and how to survive and prosper by taking such a leap. Guests Shawn and Beth Dougherty, co-authors of The Independent Farmstead

When three Harvard scientists published a review of studies in the prestigous New England Journal of Medicine casting aspersions on saturated fat, we ate sugar and got fat! And so we ask...

When something does not go right, we establish a law, rule or regulation to make it go right. After making things go right for a couple hundred years, we now have laws that govern everything, and that leads us to ask...

Not too many years ago, most all of us were raised on farms. And from the ethics of that raising up on farms, we built a nation. Then we moved into the city, and that leads us to ask...

They said GMOs would lead to fewer pesticides, but that was not true. Now pesticide residues can be found just about everywhere, and that leads us to ask...

Ten million urban teens, give or take, have options that leave them with impossible choices. And so we ask...

Fourteen million hungry teens, give or take, have options that leave them with impossible choices. And so we ask...

Like a deadly plague in a B movie, clouds of dicamba lifted up from where sprayed to kill crops across ten states. And so we ask...

Raising bison is a big, exciting business. In fact, each can weigh upwards of a ton and run 35 miles per hour! And so we ask...

Both share a common genetic heritage, yet 20% of the Hutterite children in North Dakota have asthma, while only 2% of the Amish children in Indiana suffer. And so we ask...

USDA issued a rule change allowing composts containing pesticide residues to be used in organic farming. But then a federal judge tossed the rule out! And so we ask...

Its an all time record! The Federal government has imposed 600 major new regulations, each of which costs of over $100 million to implement. Fifty more major regulations are said to be on the way. And so we ask...

Topics include what relationship exists, if any, between the foods we eat and the diseases we contract; a look at the foods that can reduce or eliminate pain; and foods that aid in the management of disease. Guest: Catherine Frompovich, Author, Eat to

Topics include a look at the art of dowsing; how the dowsing rod is used to find water deep beneath the surface, whether the water is sweet, and how much it will flow; and how dowsing is used to find the location of other natural resources. Guest: Ro

Topics include a survey of the biology, chemistry and etymology of kombucha; a consideration of its many health claims; and how one can brew some up in the kitchen. Guest: Hannah Crum, Author The Big Book of Kombucha, President of International Kombu

Last year, the U.S. sold $25.7 billion more food than it bought. This year, the surplus is expected to decline 62% to only $9.7 billion. This epic collapse in the balance of food trade leads us to ask...

It is in just about every processed food we eat. And so we eat a lot of it. Yet in spite of assurances to the contrary, some say High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is simply too sweet to eat. And so we ask...

Topics include how a Viet Nam vet found relief from a life of severe pain with CBD from a family cannabis farmer in Slovenia; the difference between the CBD and THC cannabinoids of cannabis; and speculation as to what impact CBD might have on medicine.