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The crucial stories impacting our local farms and foodshed — from GMOs to local cheesemakers.
Upcoming Broadcasts:Monday, May 28 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday, June 4 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday, June 11 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday, June 18 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
9/5/11 - Today's show is a repeat of an interview with Hannah Nordhaus, the author of The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America, and infamous poet and traveling beekeeper, John Miller.
8/29/11- I interviewed Paul Wallace of The Petaluma Seed Bank and founder of the first National Heirloom Exposition that will be held in Santa Rosa September 13, 14 & 15. This is the World's Pure Food Fair and there will be thousands of farmers, gardeners, activists and chefs. A huge focus is to stop the proliferation of gmo foods. You can find out more at theheirloomexpo.com or email info@theheirloomexpo.com
8/15/11- The Greenhorns & Severine von Tascharner Fleming
Host Robin Carpenter will be interviewing Severine von Tascharner Fleming. Severine is a farmer, activist and organizer based in the Hudson Valley in New York. She produced and directed a documentary about the young farmers who are reclaiming, restoring and retrofitting America. That film, titled "The Greenhorns" grew into a small nonprofit organization that currently produces events, media and new media for and about the young farming community. Greenhorns mission is to "recruit, promote and support" the growing tribe of new agrarians. Her documentary "The Greenhorns" will be showing at the Point Reyes Presbyterian Church on Wednesday 9/17 at 6:30pm.
8/9/11 - RAW MILK repeated
8/1/ 11 - RAW MILK
Everything you wanted to know about Raw Milk on the Farm and Foodshed Report today at 12noon on KWMR. Listen on your radio or online at www.kwmr.org! Robin Carpenter's guest is Marin County Nutritional consultant and Exec Board Member of the Raw Milk Institute, Randolph Jonsson.
Resources:
www.raw-milk-facts.com - This is Randolph Jonsson's site and much of what we discussed can be found on this site.
www.realmilk.com - This is the site from the Weston A. Price Foundation and it gives information on where you can buy raw milk.
www.goodearthnaturalfoods.net - Good Earth Natural Foods carries Organic Pastures raw milk, cream and colostrum
www.realrawmilkfacts.com - This site gives information from those who aren't supportive of raw milk - the site is supported in part by Marler Clark, a law firm with a practice dedicated to representing victims of food poisoning.
Please feel free to email me at balsora@aol.com with any other resources that I should add - thanks for listening!
7/25/11 - GMO labeling
Robin Carpenter interviews Pamm Larry of the Label GMOs campaign to put a GMO labeling initiative on the 2012 California ballot. Pamm updated us on where things stand right now and about the GMO activist meeting in Fairfax on 8/3. Find out more at: www.labelgmos.org - It's Our Right to Know, A 2012 Ballot Initiative Campaign
7/18/11 - Bee Buzz
More buzz about bees! Guests Nicolette Hahn-Niman and Scott Wolland were Robin Carpenter's guests. Nicolette talked about the recent report that was released and her article in The Atlantic about the findings that showed ranching and pastureland is a big boon to bees. Scott is a local beekeeper in Inverness who is also an apiary therapist. Information about the local screening of "Vanishing of the Bees" in Point Reyes.
Resources:
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/07/a-way-to-save-americas-bees-buy-free-range-beef/241935
www.vanishingbees.com
6/13/11 - The Bee's Knees!!!
Today we are featuring Hannah Nordhaus, the author of The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America, and infamous, fabulous American traveling beekeeper, John Miller. Listen into our conversation at 12 noon PST.
