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Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

May 8, 2015
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Sound Bites: Good Food Gathering — Keeping The Tradition Of African American Farming Alive

May 7, 2015 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we broadcast of a very lively town hall meeting held on March 23 - one of our "Good Food Gatherings" in partnership with Baltimore Food & Faith Project - in which our panel of guests and the audience engaged in a discussion following a screening of the movie Homecoming, about the history of Black farmers in the U.S.
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April 23, 2015
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Sound Bites: 45th Earth Day – How Far The Environmental Movement Has To Go | Environmental Policy in Maryland

April 21, 2015 - Segment 3 - Wednesday is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and on Sound Bites our panel reflects upon how far we have come and how far we need to go. Then we discuss the food, farm and environmental issues covered in the 2015 Maryland State Legislative Session, which came to a close last week.
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April 8, 2015
Food-System
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Sound Bites: Baltimore’s Food System Vision

April 7, 2015 - Segment 2 - In this week's edition of Sound Bites, we listen in to a panel discussion Marc moderated on Baltimore's food-system planning, policy and partnership efforts and how people are shaping and implementing visions for a sustainable local food system.
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April 4, 2015
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Diana Beresford-Kroeger and the Global Forest

April 3, 2015 - Segment 1 - We hear a fascinating and inspirational interview with Diana Beresford-Kroeger, philosopher, naturalist, world-recognized author and scientist whose writings combine western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world.
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April 2, 2015
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Sound Bites: Young Farmers In Baltimore City On Why They Farm & Their Communities | Finding The Best Matzoh Ball Soup

March 31, 2015 - Segment 2 - In a rebroadcast of Sound Bites, we host a panel of young farmers in Baltimore City, and hear about the best matzoh ball soup in Baltimore.
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March 11, 2015
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Sound Bites: Fracking | Phosphorous Management Tool | African Fried Rice

March 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest installment of Sound Bites, we talk about fracking, the phosphorus management tool, and hear a recipe of for African fried rice from Michael Twitty.
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March 3, 2015
Juanita Ewell, Cherry Hill Urban Garden
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Sound Bites: Radical Farmers Use Fresh Food to Fight Racial Injustice | Debating The Maryland Farmers’ Rights Act | Tribute To Juanita Ewell Of Cherry Hill Urban Garden

March 3, 2015 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we talk about how radical farmers are using fresh food to fight racial injustice, debate the Farmers' Rights Act that's before the Maryland General Assembly, and make a tribute to a local hero, Cherry Hill Urban Garden's Juanita Ewell.
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February 25, 2015
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Sound Bites: Young Farmers In Baltimore City On Why They Farm & Their Communities | Finding The Best Matzoh Ball Soup

February 24, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, we host a panel of young farmers in Baltimore City, and hear about the best matzoh ball soup in Baltimore.
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February 18, 2015
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Sound Bites: Fair Treatment For Farmworkers & The Human Cost Of Our Food Supply System

February 17, 2015 - Segment 4 - On our series about our food and our world - Sound Bites - we bring you a tape of a panel discussion from last Thursday at Red Emma's Bookstore and Café, which followed a screening of Food Chains, a documentary about the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to achieve fair treatment for farmworkers.
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February 11, 2015
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Sound Bites: Baltimore’s Food System Vision

February 10, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, we listen in to a panel discussion Marc moderated on Baltimore's food-system planning, policy and partnership efforts and how people are shaping and implementing visions for a sustainable local food system.
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February 3, 2015
Free-range chickens stand in a pen at an organic-accredited poultry farm in Germany.
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Sound Bites: St. Brigit, Patron Saint Of Sound Bites | Why Did The Chicken Cross The World? | Recipe: Leftover Couscous Salad

February 3, 2015 - Segment 3 - On the newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we begin the show with a look at St. Brigit's Day, which was celebrated on February 1. We hear about a new book called 'Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?,' and hear a special leftover couscous salad recipe from Michael Twitty
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January 29, 2015
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Bhopal Activists In Baltimore To Discuss Biggest Man-Made Industrial Disaster In History

January 29, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a special preview of the Baltimore premiere of "Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain." This powerful documentary exposes the shocking events that led to the biggest man-made industrial disaster in history, when as many as 10,000 people were killed in one night.
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January 27, 2015
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Sound Bites: Governor Hogan’s Environmental Policies | Carole Morrison’s Expanding Vision For Agriculture On Delmarva

January 27, 2015 - Segment 4 - In this episode of Sound Bites, we examine changes in Maryland's environmental and agricultural policy under new Governor Larry Hogan. Then, we're joined by poultry farmer Carole Morison, who joins us to talk about the expansion of her farm and crowd sourcing campaign.
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January 23, 2015
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Watching and Waiting: Will Governor Larry Hogan’s Budget Make Good On Promise Of Bi-Partisan Leadership?

January 22, 2015 - Segment 3 - As Larry Hogan is sworn in as the 62nd Governor of Maryland, we take a look at his upcoming budget proposals, and what Republican leadership in Annapolis will mean for the future of Maryland's residents.
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January 20, 2015
University of Maryland Central Maryland Research and Education Center - University Dairy Farm, Clarksville MD
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Sound Bites: Governor-Elect Hogan’s Environmental Agenda | How Will Phosphorus Management Fare This Session? | 2015 Global Food Trends Related To Systematic Change

January 20, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we look to Annapolis to examine the environmental agenda of Governor-elect Larry Hogan and the fate of the Phosphorus Management Tool. We also talk to Dr. Wayne Roberts about his predictions for the global food trends of 2015, which may surprise you.
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January 19, 2015
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Waste to Energy: Curtis Bay Students Rally Against Proposed Incinerator Plant

January 15, 2015 - Segment 4 - Students from Benjamin Franklin High School in Curtis Bay, speak out against proposed incinerator plant, in their neighborhood.
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January 13, 2015
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Sound Bites: What Does Waterkeeper v. Hudson Trial Mean For Future Maryland Environmental Policies?

January 13, 2015 - Segment 4 - We look back at the historic 2013 ruling in the Waterkeeper v. Hudson case and the continuing debate on poultry farming and pollution in our Bay.
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January 6, 2015
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Sound Bites: Top Food Stories Of 2014 | How Congress Will Impact Our Food & School Lunches

January 6, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites, our series on our food and our world, we reflect upon the top food stories of 2014 with our panel of guests, and we discuss food-related issues on Congress' radar this year.
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January 5, 2015
Michael Pollan
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From The Archives: Michael Pollan On Transforming The Food System

January 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - Michael Pollan is the author of best-selling books like The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food. He is to food what Al Gore is to climate change. He joined Marc for a conversation about food, farm policy, the environment, politics, and more.
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January 2, 2015
animals
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Sound Bites: Doctors Concerned About Antibiotic Use On Healthy Animals | Maryland Poultry Farms Fined Over Pollution | Visit To Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore

December 30, 2014 - Segment 2 - In an archive edition of Sound Bites, we discuss antibiotic use among healthy animals, the fining of Maryland poultry farms over pollution, and we visit Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore.
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January 2, 2015
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Sound Bites: Gather Baltimore’s Kickstarter Campaign | Plastics and Our Oceans | Schmaltz

December 23, 2014 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode in our series about our food and our world, Sound Bites, we hear about Gather Baltimore's kickstarter campaign, and take a look at the effect of plastics on our ecosystem.
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December 18, 2014
Abusing the chickens we eat
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Sound Bites: Abusing The Chickens We Eat? | Bryant Terry’s ‘Afro-Vegan’

December 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - For the latest edition of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites. We begin the hour with a look at an op-ed piece by NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, "Abusing Chickens We Eat." Then, listen in to a special archive as we talk with chef and food justice activist Bryant Terry about his book Afro-Vegan.
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December 10, 2014
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Sound Bites: Where’s The Diversity in the Environmental Movement? | Diverse Legal Concerns for MD Agriculture

December 9, 2014 - Segment 4 - In a brand new episode of Sound Bites, we discuss the lack of diversity in the leadership of environmental organizations and discuss a recent report on top legal concerns for Maryland's agricultural community.
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December 2, 2014
fracking
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Sound Bites: Maryland Environmental & Agricultural Policy — What Is Governor O’Malley’s Legacy?

December 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - In the latest installment of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we host a Maryland Environmental and Agricultural Policy Roundtable on fracking and phosphorous management.
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December 1, 2014
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Sound Bites: Delmarva Secretaries Of Agriculture On The Future Of Our Region

November 25, 2014 - Segment 3 - On our newest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, listen to a panel I moderated last week for the ESLC's 15th Eastern Shore Planning Conference, where I talked with the three Delmarva Secretaries of Agriculture about agricultural and environmental issues important to the Delmarva region.
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November 20, 2014
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Sound Bites: Phosphorus Management Tool |Baltimore’s Brassica Festival

November 18, 2014 - Segment 4 - This week on Sound Bites, we discuss Governor Martin O'Malley's move forward last week with the Phosphorus Management Tool and the Brassica Festival, happening this weekend in Park Heights.
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November 17, 2014
Climate Change at the G20
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Analyzing the Historic U.S.-China Climate Change Agreement

November 14, 2014 - Segment 3 - We discuss the historic climate change agreement announced today between President Obama and China's President Xi Jinping, in which both countries vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades.
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November 14, 2014
Matt Soldano, who started Southtown Farms
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Sound Bites: Veteran Farmers | Effect Of Larry Hogan’s Election On Maryland Environmental & Ag Policy

November 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - On our Veterans Day edition of Sound Bites we begin the hour by talking to veterans who have embraced farming after returning home from war. Then, we close out Sound Bites by looking at last week's election results and the potential effect on Maryland's environmental and agricultural policy.
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November 10, 2014
Melting of Arctic ice and frozen Siberian tundra
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Sound Bites: Dangers of Methane | “Bee-Friendly” Plants Actually Harmful To Bees | Baltimore’s Park Heights Farmers Market

November 4, 2014 – Segment 4 – In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we hear a commentary on the dangers of methane being released from the earth, we learn about a recent report on how supposedly “bee-friendly” plants actually contain neonicotinoid pesticides, and look at Baltimore’s Park Heights Farmers Market.
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October 28, 2014
Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore City
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Sound Bites: Doctors Concerned About Antibiotic Use On Healthy Animals | Maryland Poultry Farms Fined Over Pollution | Visit To Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore

October 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - It's the newest episode of Sound Bites, our weekly show on our food, our world, and our future! We begin the hour with a poll released last week indicating that 93% of all doctors are concerned about the routine use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals, and discuss poultry farms being fined over Chesapeake Bay pollution. We also visit Hidden Harvest Farm in Baltimore City.
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October 21, 2014
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Sound Bites: How Institutional Buying Practices Can Impact Local Farmers, Both Conventional & Non-Industrial

October 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites we examine the power of large institutions in purchasing food. We discuss both conventional and non-industrial agriculture in the context of institutional food buying. The panel participated in a wide-ranging discussion about the benefits, challenges and future of both models.
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October 14, 2014
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Best of Sound Bites: Small Farmers Talk About Why They Farm

October 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - We have a roundtable with small farmers, including: Denzel Mitchell, Founder and Farm Manager, Five Seeds Family Farm and Apiary; Cheryl Carmona, Co-founder of Boone Street Farm in East Baltimore; Ted Wycall third generation farmer at Greenbranch Farm in Salisbury, MD; and Carole Morrison of Bird's Eye View Farm in Pocomoke City.
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October 8, 2014
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Sound Bites: Greener Garden Urban Farm and Oak Hill Honey

October 7, 2014 - Segment 4 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, we take a trip to the Greener Garden Urban Farm in Baltimore, where we will hear from: Warren and LaVette Blue, farmers at Greener Garden Urban Farm; and Willie Flowers, Executive Director of the Park Heights Community Health Alliance. We close out the show with a piece on harvesting honey In the city, with: Dane Nester, beekeeper at Oak Hill Honey in Baltimore. It was produced by former Sound Bites intern Maggie Dier.
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October 1, 2014
Soda Tax
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Sound Bites: Berkeley’s Soda Tax Failed / Phosphorus Management Tool / Wild and Scenic Film Festival

September 30, 2014 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites, we talk about a controversial proposed tax in Berkeley, California ... on soda! We take a look at the debate in Maryland over the implementation of the Phosphorus Management Tool in Maryland, and get a sneak peak at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
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September 30, 2014
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Climate Change Marches and Summits

September 26, 2014 - Segment 2 - In light of the People's Climate March last Sunday and the United Nations Climate Summit this week, we examine key issues in the debate over climate change, with: Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Climate Justice Initiative; Brentin Mock, Justice Editor for Grist; and Mike Tidwell, founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Race to Save America's Coastal Cities.
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September 23, 2014
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Sound Bites: Debating Agritourism | Perdue’s Power | CLF Aquaponics Project & Pesto Basil Recipe

September 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We kick off our newest edition of Sound Bites with a discussion and debate on AgriTourism, in light of a controversial bill introduced last week by Baltimore County Third District Councilman Todd Huff. Then we discuss an editorial in the Baltimore Sun on Perdue, and hear a recipe for basil cashew pesto from the Hopkins' Center for a Livable Future Aquaponics Project at the Cylburn Arboretum.
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September 18, 2014
Cherry Hill Urban Garden
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Sound Bites: Perdue Stops Antibiotic Use in Hatcheries | Cherry Hill Urban Garden in Baltimore | September Foraging

September 16, 2014 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we reflect upon the recent announcement that poultry producer Perdue plans to stop the use of antibiotics in its hatcheries, visit the Cherry Hill Urban Garden in Baltimore, and hear what wild edibles you can forage in the month of September.
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September 10, 2014
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Sound Bites: The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business

September 9, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's a special archive episode of Sound Bites! Listen in to the informative and lively town hall meeting with Christopher Leonard about his latest book The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business. The Meat Racket reveals the inner workings of the corporations that control the food business, and the power in Washington of the meat and poultry lobbies.
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September 3, 2014
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Sound Bites: Can GMOs Feed a Hot & Hungry World? | Urban Beekeeping | Recipe from Boone Street Farm: Ground Cherry Salsa

September 2, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's a brand new episode of Sound Bites. We'll talk about a recent article from The Nation that asks the question Can GMOs Feed a Hot and Hungry World? We also learn about urban beekeeping and hear a recipe for ground cherry salsa from Baltimore's Boone Street Farm.
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September 2, 2014
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Lyme Disease: Ticked Off Music Fest & High Incidence of Lyme in Martyland

August 27, 2014 - Segment 4 - Last week the Baltimore Sun reported that Maryland has one of the highest incidences of Lyme Disease in the U.S. To discuss the disease and efforts to prevent and treat it, we talk with Gregg Kirk, founder of the Ticked Off Music Fest, and Dr. Katherine Feldman, Maryland State Public Health Veterinarian.
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August 19, 2014
Baltimore, MD -7/2/14- Denzel Mitchell, of Baltimore, harvests for cucumbers Wednesday afternoon. Mitchell owns operates his farm, "Five Seeds Farm" and provides it's vegetables to local Baltimore restaurants. Rachel Woolf/Baltimore Sun -- #7308
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Sound Bites: Debating ‘Don’t Let Your Children Grow Up To Be Farmers’

August 19, 2014 - Segment 3 - On a live (call-in) episode of Sound Bites, we look at the state of small farmers today. As a follow-up to last week's New York Times article "Don't let your children grow up to be farmers," the first question we ask is: Are small farmers able to survive and prosper off the land? Then, we hear from local small farmers about their experience.
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August 12, 2014
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Sound Bites: US Apples Banned in EU | Chicken Nuggets | Eating Wildly

August 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we discuss the EU's ban on apples from the US, hear about what is really in chicken nuggets, and learn about what kind of wild edibles you can find in the month of August.
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August 12, 2014
Plastics and chemicals
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What’s Gotten Into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World

August 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - Remember the scare over BPA in plastic water bottles? Have you ever wondered what other chemicals are in common products and how they effect us? Our guest today is McKay Jenkins, who set out to find out about the many (and often unregulated) chemicals we're exposed to every day.
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August 6, 2014
Manure to Energy
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Sound Bites: Poultry Manure-Burning Power Plant on the Eastern Shore | 1 in 3 Restaurant Workers Food Insecure

August 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We begin our newest episode of Sound Bites with an update on the status of the proposed poultry manure-burning power plant on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Then, we talk to writer Michelle Chen about new studies that show nearly one in every three restaurant workers suffers from food insecurity.
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July 30, 2014
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Sound Bites: Pizza King | Phosphorous Regulation | Acting Well

July 29, 2014 - Segment 3 - In this episode of Sound Bites, we meet a man who has eaten pizza every day for the past 25 years, learn about Governor O'Malley's record on phosphorous regulation, and hear the second part of our final Good Food Gathering Town Hall Meeting: Acting Well.
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July 24, 2014
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Sound Bites: Good Food Gathering — Acting Well

July 22, 2014 -Segment 3 - This month, Marc moderated another Good Food Gathering Town Hall Meeting, this time at the Netivot Shalom Congregation in Pikesville. We discussed "Acting Well," and explored how congregations and individuals can effect systemic change on our food system.
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