Locus Focus

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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.


 

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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KBOO Stream 1
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Locus Focus on 03/21/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Heavy Haul: Fighting Goliath While we worry about melting nuclear reactor cores and fuel rods in Japan, another environmental crisis is brewing closer to home. On this episode of Locus Focus we find out why the Alberta Tar Sands endanger the world and how its industrial... Read more

The Heavy Haul: Fighting Goliath

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While we worry about melting nuclear reactor cores and fuel rods in Japan, another environmental crisis is brewing closer to home. On this episode of Locus Focus we find out why the Alberta Tar Sands endanger the world and how its industrialized tentacles are trying to cree... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/14/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
GREENWASHING OUR WAY OUT OF THE GMO CONTROVERSY When the USDA deregulated the growing of Roundup Ready (GMO) alfalfa last month, Ronnie Cummins with the Organic Consumers Association wrote a dispatch revealing collusion between three big time organic food companies and the ... Read more

NUCLEAR CRISIS IN JAPAN & SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST GMO FOOD

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
NUCLEAR CRISIS IN JAPAN On this episode of Locus Focus we initially planned to focus on the USDA’s recent decision to deregulate round-up ready alfalfa. But first we need to reflect upon last Friday’s earthquake and tsunamis that have devastated Japan. As horrific as the e... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/07/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Isaac Babe... Read more

Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Isaac Babel. It was also a major center of Jewish cultur... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/28/11

Airs at: Mon, 02/28/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Act of Reclaiming Agriculture Oregon is blessed with many small family farms that have somehow managed to survive in a hostile environment dominated by behemoth industrial farming operations. Friends of Family Farmers, a statewide organization working to promote and pro... Read more

The Act of Reclaiming Agriculture

Airs at: Mon, 02/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Oregon is blessed with many small family farms that have somehow managed to survive in a hostile environment dominated by behemoth industrial farming operations. Friends of Family Farmers, a statewide organization working to promote and protect socially responsible agricult... Read more

FARMING BEYOND THE BARCODE

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While Barbara was in Eugene this week for the Food Justice Conference (check out last week's Locus Focus to learn more about this event), we repeated a Locus Focus episode from November 2009 that features, Joel Salatin, farmer, food choice advocate and dream-doer, who runs ... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/21/11

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Farming Beyond the Barcode Barbara is in Eugene this week for the Food Justice Conference (check out last week's Locus Focus to learn more about this event), so we're re-running a Locus Focus episode from November 2009 that features, Joel Salatin, farmer, food choice advoca... Read more