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Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Measure on May Ballot

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A group in Lincoln County, Oregon, has put a measure on the May ballot that would ban aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. Lincoln County Community Rights wrote Measure 21-177, which also includes language reinforcing the rights of the community—that is, Lincoln Co... Read more

The Case Against Sugar with Gary Taubes (Part Two)

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Health and science writer Gary Taubes returns to Healthwatch to continue his conversation with host Dr. David Naimon.  Listen to part one here where Taubes discusses why sugar is more dangerous than tobacco,  how the differences between glucose and fructose create different... Read more

Prepare For and Treat Menopause Naturally with Dana LaVoie

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Uncontrollable weight gain and boiling hot flashes, crying one minute and angry the next... Menopause (or peri-menopause) is here - it's taking over your life - and you're seriously ready to get some relief and feel like yourself again.  Did you know that in a recent stu... Read more

Famine Looms in Parts of Africa and Yemen

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Famines are looming over several dry and war-torn areas in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations officially declared a famine in South Sudan last week, and is on the verge of declaring famines in Yemen, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria as well. While low rai... Read more

The Case Against Sugar with Gary Taubes (Part One)

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. Wit... Read more

Ep.2 Birthday Soup

Airs at: Sun, 02/26/2017 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
  Feb. 2017 - Welcome back for a 2nd serving of Peace, Love and Soup! Episode 2 - Birthday Soup,  is going to be a hot one! So, be sure to blow on the soup and make a wish before sitting down to devour!   This month we're celebrating Tave’s 50th, with the classic children... Read more

Sugar: How Sweet It Isn't

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making some people very sick. There is growing evidence that sugar triggers chronic diseases such as diabetes that are likely to kill us, or at least hasten our deaths. In t... Read more

Everyday Meals and Food Systems Activism

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
We are living through a time when calls for isolationism and closing the borders is reaching fever pitch. In an attempt to find solidarity and community with other human beings we can turn to one thing everyone experiences: food. In her new book, "Meet Me at the Bamboo Tabl... Read more

John Teton, International Food Security Treaty

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Ending Hunger By the Force of Law

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more