Environment

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

July 17, 2014
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Sound Bites: Dangers of Methane | “Bee-Friendly” Plants Actually Harmful To Bees | Baltimore’s Park Heights Farmers Market

July 15, 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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July 1, 2014
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Sound Bites: Chesapeake Bay | Climate Justice | Gather Baltimore

July 1, 2014 - Segment 4 - We begin our weekly hour of Sound Bites by checking in with Tim Wheeler, reporter for The Baltimore Sun's environmental blog B'More Green, on the Chesapeake Bay. Next we talk about climate change across the U.S. with Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Climate Justice Initiative; and Brentin Mock, a journalist who writes about environmental issues for Grist. We close out the show with a visit from Arthur Morgan, founder of Gather Baltimore. Gather Baltimore will be hosting a fundraiser spaghetti dinner next week.
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June 24, 2014
School Lunches
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Sound Bites: School Lunch & The Hunger Gap | MD Enviro & Ag Legislative Priorities | Update: Cove Point LNG

June 24, 2014 - Segment 4 - On the latest edition of Sound Bites, we learn about the school hunger gap and what Congress has to do with school lunches, learn about the Maryland legislative priorities related to food, agriculture, and the environment, and get an update on the Cove Point LNG facility.
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June 20, 2014
Cesar Chavez
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The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography

June 18, 2014 - Segment 3 - Pulitzer-prize winning editor, reporter, and author Miriam Pawel tells us about her latest book The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography. Pawel spent 25 years at Newsday and the Los Angeles Times.
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June 10, 2014
Bryant Terry
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Sound Bites: Eating Wildly with Ava Chin | Bryant Terry’s ‘Afro-Vegan’

June 10, 2014 - Segment 3 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites we bring you two fascinating conversations around creative food gathering, preparing, and eating. First we talk with writer and forager Ava Chin, who joins us to talk about her memoir Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love, and the Perfect Meal. Then, chef and food justice activist Bryant Terry tells us about his newest book Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed.
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June 10, 2014
Labor Unions and Environmentalists
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Labor Unions & Environmentalists: Ensuring the Future for Generations to Come

June 10, 2014 - Segment 2 - We host a dialogue between labor unions and environmental organizations, addressing the question: How do we ensure the future of our earth for generations to come? With: Joe Uehlein, Jim Strong, Mike Lewis and Mike Tidwell.
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June 4, 2014
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Sound Bites: The Meat Racket-The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business

June 3, 2014 - Segment 3 - We have a special episode of Sound Bites! We listen in on the informative and lively town hall meeting that took place on May 15 at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, featuring my interview with Christopher Leonard about his new book The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business.
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May 28, 2014
Good Food Gathering: Teaching Well
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Sound Bites: Good Food Gathering on ‘Teaching Well,’ Part 2

May 27, 2014 - Segment 4 - In a new segment of our series about the food we eat, Sound Bites, we broadcast the second part of a fascinating and inspiring panel discussion and town hall meeting held two weeks ago at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore. The meeting is part of a series called Good Food Gatherings, produced in conjunction with Johns Hopkins' Center for Livable Future Food & Faith Project and Interfaith Power & Light.
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May 21, 2014
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Sound Bites: Overfishing In The Bay? | Food And Faith

May 20, 2014 - Segment 3 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we ask the question "are the crabs and fish in the Chesapeake Bay being over-harvested?" And then we hear the first part of a fascinating and inspiring panel discussion and town hall meeting held last week at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore. The topic was Teaching Well: How can we educate our youth, adults, and communities about "good food?"
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May 14, 2014
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Climate Change: A Conversation With Activists And Journalists

May 14, 2014 - Segment 5 - We turn our attention to Climate Change, with guests: Daphne Wysham, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she directs the Sustainable Energy & Economy Network and the Genuine Progress Project; Rev. Meredith Moise, Ordained Minister, writer, community activist and teacher, who currently works at a clean energy non-profit that organizes communities in Baltimore to purchase clean energy collectively; and Julia Kumari Drapkin, Lead Producer foriSeeChange at KVNF, a public media experiment in community environmental science reporting.
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May 14, 2014
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Stories Of Deindustrialized Baltimore: Community

May 14, 2014 - Segment 2 - It's the latest episode in our week-long series produced by students from the Post-industrial Places Project (PIPP) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC): Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore. We hear the moving stories of individuals who were affected most deeply by deindustrialization, in their own voices.
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May 14, 2014
Soylent
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Sound Bites: Is Soylent The End of Food? | How The Food Giants Hooked Us | CSX Derailment Pollutes James River | Recipe: Garlic Scapes

May 13, 2014 - Segment 4 - In the latest edition of Sound Bites, I talk with Bhaskar Sunkara about soylent, a powdered meal replacement. We also hear about the recent CSX train derailment polluting the James River, talk about how the food giants hooked us, and hear a recipe for garlic scapes, which are in season!
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May 6, 2014
Saru Jayaraman
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Sound Bites: From Our Archives – Behind The Kitchen Door | A Kayak Trip Through Delmarva

May 6, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites we start with a conversation about the poor working conditions in America's restaurant industry and take a kayak trip through the Delmarva peninsula.
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May 6, 2014
Derrick Jensen
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Derrick Jensen on Environmentalism, Sustainability & The West

May 5, 2014 - Segment 2 - In a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner show, you will hear my 2011 interview with environmental author and activist Derrick Jensen, one of the leading thinkers on issues of sustainability and the philosophy of environmentalism. Jensen's books include Endgame and Truths Among Us, among many others.
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May 1, 2014
Why american apples just got banned in Europe
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Sound Bites: Eat Less Chicken / American Apples Banned in Europe / The Bay Bridge Ospreys

April 29, 2014 - Segment 3 - We begin our newest edition of Sound Bites with a look at how much water it actually takes to raise and slaughter a chicken. Then, we explore why American apples were just banned in Europe and hear about the Bay Bridge ospreys that made headline news this week.
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April 22, 2014
Will Allen
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Sound Bites: Cove Point | State Of The Bay | Will Allen

April 22, 2014 - Segment 3 - On the latest episode of Sound Bites, we talk about the Cove Point facility, the state of Chesapeake Bay restoration and the politics around it, and meet former pro-basketball player and urban farmer Will Allen.
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April 16, 2014
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Sound Bites: Organic Agriculture | Valleys Of Baltimore County | Gerald Winegrad

April 15, 2014 - Segment 4 - It's a brand new episode of Sound Bites. We'll talk about organic farming with Coach Mark Smallwood, talk about the efforts to preserve the valleys of northern Baltimore County, and catch up with former Maryland State Senator Gerald Winegrad about the state of Chesapeake Bay restoration.
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April 1, 2014
Accokeek Foundation
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Sound Bites: Prince George’s County Agriculture — Accokeek Foundation / P.A. Bowen Farmstead / Bald Eagle Farm

April 1, 2014 - Hour 2 - In this week’s episode of Sound Bites, we travel to Prince George’s County and visit three farms,The Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park; P.A. Bowen Farmstead; and cattle farmer Yates Clagett of Bald Eagle Farm; for perspectives on sustainability, land stewardship, and how to remain economically viable in a shifting marketplace.
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March 19, 2014
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Sound Bites: GMO Labeling / Environmental News / Black Liquor / Pesticides & Children’s Brain

March 18, 2014 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we discuss GMO labeling in Maryland, local environmental news, the defeat of the "black liquor" bill, and learn about how pesticides affect the brain.
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March 13, 2014
Orcas at SeaWorld
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Proposed CA Legislation Would Ban Orcas in Captivity

March 12, 2014 - Segment 3 - We travel across the country to California, to look at proposed legislation that would ban the captivity of Orcas, with David Kirby, author of Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity.
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March 11, 2014
Joel Salatin
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Sound Bites: Happy Hens / Station North Food Hub / What’s Your Kitchen Literacy?

March 11, 2014 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we begin with Joel Salatin, full-time alternative farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Then, we visit Baltimore's Liam Flynn's Ale House to talk about Open Plough and their new food menu. We close out the show with Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back.
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March 10, 2014
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Personal And Political Implications Of Julia Kumari Drapkin

March 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - We talk about climate change and its personal and political implications with Julia Kumari Drapkin, lead producer for iSeeChange at KVNF, a public media experiment in community environmental science reporting out of Western Colorado.
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March 5, 2014
Was This Chicken Inspected?
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Sound Bites: Talking Nutrition / Beginner Farmers / What’s In Your Chicken?

March 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - In this week's Sound Bites, we begin by talking nutrition and Future Harvest CASA's Beginner Farmer Training program. Then, we hear from the star of the new "Was This Chicken Inspected?" Food and Water Watch commercial.
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February 25, 2014
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Sound Bites: Food Insecurity And Seniors | “Stop Cove Point” Protest & Dominion Energy Response | Poultry Fair Share Act Dead In Maryland?

February 25, 2014 - Segment 4 - In our latest episode of Sound Bites, we talk about food insecurity among seniors, hear about why some people oppose the retrofitting of the Cove Point facility to export natural gas, and look at the controversial Poultry Fair Share Act.
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February 18, 2014
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Sound Bites: Conflicting Views On Meat And GMOs

February, 18, 2014 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition, we bring you some of our favorite Sound Bites segments from the past month: The longstanding relationship of Americans and meat, with Dr. Maureen Ogle, historian and author of In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America; "The Five Biggest Meat Stories of 2013" with Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Food and Agriculture blogger; and Do GMOs matter? with Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Food and Agriculture correspondent; and Nathanael Johnson, food writer for Grist.
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February 10, 2014
Keystone XL Pipeline Protest
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Is Approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline Inevitable?

February 10, 2014 - Segment 3 - We turn to the controversy over the Keystone XL Pipeline. Last week the U.S. Department of State released the results of a study on the pipeline, stating that approval of the pipeline would not have a significant impact on climate change - because, whether or not the pipeline is approved, the oil will be extracted anyway. Environmental activists continue to organize against the pipeline.
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February 4, 2014
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Sound Bites: Federal Farm Bill Slated To Pass | GMO Labeling Returns To Annapolis Legislative Agenda

February 4, 2014 - Segment 4 - We discuss and debate of the latest federal Farm Bill, which is slated to pass through Congress today, on the newest installment of Sound Bites. Then, we hear from Maryland Senators on the debate taking place in the Maryland Legislature over whether to label foods as containing GMOs.
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January 28, 2014
Food Hub
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Sound Bites: St. Brigid | Beginnings of a Delmarva Food Hub | Do GMOs Matter? | ShorePower Project

January 28, 2014 - Segment 4 - We're talking food and farming, in our newest edition of Sound Bites! SB finds its patron saint, we learn about the beginnings of a Delmarva food hub, we ask the question: Do GMOs matter?, and hear about a new project seeking to reduce energy expenditures on the Eastern Shore.
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January 21, 2014
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
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Sound Bites: Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Victory | Marketing “Less Bad Food” To Millenials | Sustainability & The Legacy of George Washington Carver

January 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - It's the newest episode in our series about the food we eat, Sound Bites! We discuss the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' victory with Wal*Mart, which announced it would join the Fair Food Program. Then, we talk about marketing "less bad food" to Millenials, and the legacy of George Washington Carver, misunderstood but incredibly important inventor and agricultural contributor.
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January 14, 2014
General Mills' Cheerios
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Sound Bites: Future Harvest: Farming For Profit & Stewardship Conference | GMOs & Cheerios | Maureen Ogle’s “In Meat We Trust”

January 14, 2014 - Segment 4 - In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we get a sneak preview of the 15th Annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference hosted by Future Harvest CASA, which will be held this weekend. We also talk about GMOs and General Mills' decision to stop using them in Cheerios, and look at the history of Americans and meat with historian and author Dr. Maureen Ogle.
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January 7, 2014
Top Meat Stories of 2013
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Sound Bites: Salmonella & Flaws In Poultry Safety System | Food, Ag and Environment Stories to Watch in 2014 | This Year’s Biggest Meat Stories

January 7, 2014 - Segment 4 - Are you careful with uncooked poultry? In the newest edition of Sound Bites, we look at a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts that highlights weaknesses in the poultry safety system. Then, we predict what the big food, agriculture and environment stories of 2014 will be, and look at the biggest meat stories of 2013.
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January 7, 2014
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Chilling Temperatures: Polar Vortex and Climate Change

January 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - Daphne Wysham, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she directs their Sustainable Energy and Economy Network and the Genuine Progress Project, joins us to discuss the chilling temperatures, the polar vortex, and climate change.
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December 17, 2013
10/17/13 Photo by Timothy B. Wheeler / Baltimore Sun Staff. Baltimore, Md. Baltimore City Mark Cameron of the city Office of Sustainability and Stuart S. Schwartz of University of Maryland Baltimore County (in ballcap) examine forage radish plants sprouting in vacant lot in Northeast Baltimore. Curbing polluted runoff can be daunting in cities with lots of pavement and relatively few green spaces. A researcher with the University of Maryland Baltimore County has sowed forage radishes on a recently cleared vacant lot in East Baltimiore to see if they can serve as natural storm-water controls. Also known as Daikon or Japanese radishes, the plants' giant roots grow deep into the soil. Stuart Schwartz hopes they'll be able to break up hard-packed dirt enough so that it willl soak up rainfall and keep it from washing trash and pollution down the nearest storm drain into the harbor. ORG XMIT: 1144165
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Sound Bites: 30th Anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement | Water & The Columbia Gas Pipeline | An Amazing Radish

December 17, 2013 - Segment 3 - We begin this week's Sound Bites with a look at the 30th anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the implications of the controversial Columbia Gas Pipeline, and the potential of radishes to fight runoff.
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December 3, 2013
Bees and insecticides
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Sound Bites: Poultry Fair Share Act | Saving Bees | All About Fermentation

December 3, 2013 - Segment 4 - On Sound Bites, we discuss the Poultry Fair Share Act, which proposes that large agribusinesses such as Perdue and Tyson be charged a fee per head for chickens grown on the farms contracted with them, bees and pesticides, and fermentation.
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November 27, 2013
BlackSauce Kitchen
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Sound Bites: History of Ag Policy Since 1980s | Controversy Surrounding Fracking | Recipe: BlackSauce Kitchen’s Short Ribs

November 26, 2013 - Hour 2 - On this week's episode of Sound Bites, we hear about the history of agricultural policy in the US since the 1980s, gain a deeper understanding of the controversy surrounding fracking, and hear a brand new recipe for short ribs from BlackSauce Kitchen.
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November 20, 2013
Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill
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Sound Bites: MDA Pulls Phosphorus Management Regs | Whitelock Community Farm Expands | Recipe: Sweet Potato Biscuits From Blacksauce

November 19, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we look at the Maryland Department of Agriculture's decision to withdraw proposed phosphorus management regulations. We also hear about a community event taking place at Whitelock Community Farm in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood, and hear a recipe for sweet potato biscuits from Damian Mosley of Blacksauce Kitchen.
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November 12, 2013
GMO measure in Washington state
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Sound Bites: Food Safety Modernization Act | GMOs & Public Opinion | Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference

November 12, 2013 - Segment 3 - We begin the newest episode of our series on the food system, Sound Bites, talking about the Food Safety Modernization Act. Then we talk about the GMO labeling measure that failed in Washington and hear a report back from the Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners conference.
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November 12, 2013
Cove Point
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Controversy Over Proposed Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas Export Terminal

November 11, 2013 - Segment 5 - We take a look at the controversy over the proposed Cove Point liquid natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Maryland, owned by Dominion Resources. If approved, the terminal would be used to export fracked natural gas, piped in from Appalachia, to India and Japan.
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November 7, 2013
Real Food Challenge
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Sound Bites: Real Food Comes To Hopkins | Political Food News Roundup | Recipe From Afroculinaria

November 5, 2013 - Segment 4 - On the newest episode of Sound Bites. we report an exciting development in the real food movement that took place last week right here in Baltimore. Then we get a roundup of political food news and hear a recipe from Michael Twitty of Afroculinaria.
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October 31, 2013
Hurricane Sandy
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One Year Since Hurricane Sandy: The Challenges That Remain and Climate Change

October 30, 2013 - Segment 2 - We reflect on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a super storm that caused massive damage on the East Coast. We talk about the challenges those affected are still facing in the year after the storm and what it says about climate change.
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October 24, 2013
Chicken nuggets
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Sound Bites: Food Stamp Challenge | What’s In That Chicken Nugget? | Local Turkeys For Thanksgiving

October 22, 2013 - Segment 3 - We look at Maryland Hunger Solution's Food Stamp Challenge, on the latest edition of Sound Bites! We also look at what's inside that chicken nugget and learn about a duo that's raising turkeys locally.
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October 15, 2013
Michael Moss, author of Salt Sugar Fat
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Sound Bites – Michael Moss on Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

October 15, 2013 - Hour 2 - In the latest episode of Sound Bites, we look at how "Big Food" has lured us into eating high-fat, low-nutrition foods over the past century, when Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss joins us to discuss his book Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.
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October 8, 2013
The impacts of the government shutdown on food
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Sound Bites: Government Shutdown’s Impact on Food | Arsenic in Animal Feed | Trans-Pacific Partnership & Food Safety

October 8, 2013 - Segment 3 - We will discuss how the government shutdown is affecting food and agriculture on the latest edition of Sound Bites! We also talk about new restrictions on arsenic in animal feed and a new free trade agreement's impact on food safety.
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September 17, 2013
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Sound Bites: Chicken Litter, Coffee, And Pasta

September 17, 2013 - Segment 2 - It's a new episode of Sound Bites. We'll discuss new regulations on phosphorus and the use of chicken manure as fertilizer, sustainable coffee, and a pasta recipe.
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September 12, 2013
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Sound Bites: 50 Million Hungry In Richest Country | Are America’s Food Debates Just White Men Talking?

September 10, 2013 - Hour 2 - We start this week on Sound Bites by talking to Rose Aguilar, who provides a commentary related to her recent op-ed, "Richest country's empty plates." Then, we discuss race, class, and the food movement with a diverse roundtable of guests.
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August 27, 2013
Future Harvest Beginner Farmer Training
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Sound Bites: Future Harvest/CASA’s Beginner Farmer Trainer Program

August 27, 2013 - Segment 3 - Stay tuned for the latest edition of Sound Bites! Have you ever thought about starting your own farm? This week our topic is new farmers and Future Harvest/CASA's (Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture) Beginner Farmer Trainer Program.
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August 20, 2013
Steve Martinez of Pluma Feliz Farms
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Sound Bites: Poultry Farmers | Chicken Waste As Alternative Energy Source?

August 20, 2013 - Hour 2 - On the newest edition of Sound Bites, we're talking chickens! A diverse group of poultry farmers speak candidly about their work, and we get information about an idea to burn chicken litter as an alternative source of energy.
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