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Lively and relevant information on sustainable living from a variety of contributors.
The Unconventional Harvest: On the Road to Find the Future of Food, Farming, and Tomorrow
Why did I spend 5 months pedaling 4,300 miles across the country to rediscover our food system?
Interview with Lisa Weasel: Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food-5
Lisa H. Weasel is a molecular biologist, an associate professor of biology at Portland State University, and the author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. This 5-part interview was conducted in February of 2010, and predates last month’s decision by the USDA to deregulate the production of roundup ready alfalfa; the [...]
A Look at Small Scale Farming in Lucan, Minnesota
This episode tells the story of several different small scale farmers in and around Lucan, Minnesota, located 150 miles South West of the Twin Cities.
Interview with Lisa Weasel: Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food-4
I’m really interested in the feelings that surround food as well. How do you feel when you sit down at the table? Do you feel connected to your food, do you feel like your eating something that makes you feel good?
Nathan Winters Coming Soon to CUpS
During the summer of 2009, Nathan Winters spent 5 months pedaling across the country—4300 miles— to rediscover our food system. Along the way he interviewed farmers, activists, educators, food entrepreneurs, and others, to capture the rich flavors of those strongly connected to the land and to creating a sustainable future. As he applies the finishing [...]
Interview with Lisa Weasel: Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food-3
Lisa H. Weasel is a molecular biologist, an associate professor of biology at Portland State University, and the author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. This 5-part interview was conducted in February of 2010, and predates last month’s decision by the USDA to deregulate the production of roundup ready alfalfa; the [...]
Making Maple Syrup In Minnesota
Spring doesn’t seem like it would be maple syrup time (based on the pictures on Vermont syrup bottles), but so it is. At the cusp of freezing and melting snow is when the sap is running. And while the rest of the country is praying for warmth, the maple farmers are wishing for cold. The [...]
Interview with Lisa Weasel: Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food-2
Lisa H. Weasel is a molecular biologist, an associate professor of biology at Portland State University, and the author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. This 5-part interview was conducted in February of 2010, and predates last month’s decision by the USDA to deregulate the production of roundup ready alfalfa; the [...]