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Big Dairy in Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
In 2017, Lost Valley Farm opened in Boardman, Oregon. Lost Valley is a massive dairy, also known as a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). In the brief time it has been operating, the farm and it's owner, Greg te Velde, have had a number of legal issues and have cr... Read more

Dry Farming - A Time-Proven, Earth-Friendly Farming Practice

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
  Dry Farming is a long-proven method for growing crops with little to no irrigation.   It's a time proven method that could play a major role in today's world going through climate change.  What exactly is this valuable process, and why haven’t we heard about it?  Guest A... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 4, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole, with these segments: 1. Joe Clement talks with IWW organizer Marianne Lebatt about solidarity unionism and taking direct action in the workplace. 2. Janet Bauer from the Oregon Center for Public Policy talks with Laurie Me... Read more

Hungry Oregonians

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Janet Bauer from the Oregon Center for Public Policy talks with Laurie Mercier about why so many Oregonians are food insecure, how the new farm bill threatens the SNAP program and the lives of 1 in 6 Oregonians, and what we can do to help insure more widespread access to fo... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 16

Airs at: Wed, 06/06/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
    June 6, 2018   Lynn Fitch presents another storytelling installment: What's Next? Venturing into the Great Wide Open. Ten Minutes With Darka: This month, Darka's guest is Carl Wolfson, a comedian, radio host, author and activist.  He was a mainstay on Portland's ... Read more

The Underground: FOOD

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
Luna - Vox Pop -Comfort Food Jack - Music and Food Nyrten and Lark - PUNishment Segment Coco and Issa - edited by Gus - Vox Pop - home cooking Colin and River and Zacheya - Pizza Live Discussion  Ryan, Maeve, Coco, Lark, Luna, Nyrten Interview with King School Museum of ... Read more

Oyster Day and Making Stock

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
On this episode, I'll be talking with Rachael Mamane, the author of Mastering Broths and Stocks.  Lola and David Milholland have an annual tradition around one of Oregon's culinary treasures - the oyster. They recently organized Oyster Day to both celebrate the food as wel... Read more

Children & Environmental Toxins

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  More than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one-third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes, and as rates of childhood disease... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Andrew Still and Brian Campbell on Crop Diversity

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
A few weeks ago, we had Dr. Neeraja Havaligi in the KBOO studios to talk about crop diversity. Neeraja is currently teaching a class on that topic at the Portland Underground Grad School (aka PUGS). Crop diversity is an important subject, and one that might be critical to ... Read more

CSA Share Fair and the Soulfull Project

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
It's the middle of winter, snow is falling outside. What better to do than start dreaming about those summer CSA shares? I'll be talking with Holly Hutchason, the program director of the Portland Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (PACSAC), about the CSA Share F... Read more