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Making the Links Radio
Don Kossick interviews Cathy Holtslander of Beyond Factory Farming about current issues in the food system, April 6, 2007
Factory farming, with its mega hog barns, giant feedlots, fish farms, and battery chicken operations is harmful to family farmers, workers, the environment, animals, rural communities, and food quality. Cathy asserts what we need instead is socially responsible livestock and food production in Canada. -
Deconstructing Dinner
Kootenay Co-op Radio’s Deconstructing Dinner reports on current issues throughout the world of food, with a primary focus on local, regional and provincial issues. The show is not restricted to current affairs, but probes the processes and actions to which we have all become so accustomed, and “deconstructs” them to promote a more discriminating awareness. Programs are archived and you can listen to them from the website.
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Alternative Radio
is a weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, Australia, and on short-wave on Radio for Peace International. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Programs are archived and available for purchase on their website. Some programs you might be interested in are:
- Fast Food Nation — Eric Schlosser
- Sustainable Agriculture — John Ikerd
- Mad Vegetarian Cowboy — Howard Lyman
- Monocultures of the Mind — Vandana Shiva