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Voices from Pie Town
From: Aengus Anderson
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Pie Town, New Mexico: population 90. Over the past thirty years, this small town perched atop the continental divide has become a mecca for pie af...

Bought by KSFR and KUT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turning Farm Workers into Farm Owners
From: Making Contact
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It’s well known that the people picking food all across the US are predominantly low-paid Latino migrant workers. It’s ironic that the workers car...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
A Waste-Free Dairy of the Future?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: cheese maker at Fiscalini, Credit: Rita Daniels
It’s estimated that dairy products make up a full 20% of our daily food intake here in North America. But with increased focus on cattle waste met...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:42
Dry Farming-a Technique for a Water Scarce Future
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmers in California's central valley are getting a sneak preview of what much of the country, and the world, can expect to see in the next few de...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
Small Farms, Big Future
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Making Cheese at the Fiscalini Cheese Company , Credit: Rita Daniels
We go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is...

Bought by WSKG, KZYX, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Child Obesity - Part Three - Spreading the Lifestyle
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
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Families in the low-income community of Holyoke, MA -- who successfully lost weight through a community clinic program -- are trying to share their...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 3
Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
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This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 3
The Backyard Chicken Invasion
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Backyard Chickens, Credit: Photo by Guy Hand
The dramatic increase in interest in raising backyard or urban chickens and the cultural implications.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
Malort
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Malort and me. , Credit: Robin Amer
You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 2
Underground Markets and Restaurants: Speakeasies for the Foodie Set
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Underground dinner in Washington state wine country, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the underground market and restaurant scene in the Northwest.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Reason for the Purpose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maybe you know where your food comes from. But have you seen and heard about farming through a 13-year-old boy’s eyes? Colby Perron shares his thou...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
Lexington Market
From: Benjamin Goldsmith
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Elsa Lankford's audio doc class went to Lexington Market. We interviewed a variety of food vendors and got their take on Baltimore history and cur...

  • Added: May 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:31
Hidden Kitchen Mama
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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Mothers and kitchens. The food they cooked or didn’t. The stories they told or couldn’t. In honor of Mother’s Day we linger in the kitchen.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZYX, KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Vocalo.org and more


  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
Minnie's Uptown Restaurant
From: Stephen Shealy
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Southern hospitality and down-home Southern cuisine meet to create a dining experience that can only be found on the corner of 1st Ave. and 8th St....

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 07:13
Animal Cruelty in Agriculture
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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[HOST INTRO] The ethical treatment of farm animals is a growing concern for many Americans. And that puts states with relatively few animal cruelt...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Seed to Seed
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Will Bonsall of Industry, Maine has spent decades working to prevent further loss of food crop diversity.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public, KRUA, Vocalo.org, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 6
Pollock Johnny's
From: Sam Shank
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Pollock Johnny's has been serving it's famous polish sausage to Baltimore for almost 100 years and has become a local icon.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:12
The Rabbit Hutch
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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Have you ever eaten Fried Rabbit? Barbecued Rabbit? Rice with Rabbit Gravy? They were standard fare at the Venz Rabbit Hutch Restaurant in Logan, ...

Bought by WBHM-FM, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
The Return of Fine Cider
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Steve Wood, owner of Poverty Lane Orchards., Credit: Scott McIntyre
A fine cider revival could provide a lifeline to struggling New Hampshire apple growers.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 3
Dumpster Harvest
From: Sam Greenspan
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Earthworm dumpster dives and subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KUT, KUNM, KUNM, and KVMR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 5
Native Harvest for a Modern World
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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An agricultural renaissance has taken root among the Taos Pueblo people in New Mexico. Sustainable agriculture is returning, after years of unheal...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Farm To Fork Dinners Deliver More Than Food
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Abby Carlson, Credit: Photo by Guy Hand
An evening at a farm to fork dinner delivers more than a good meal.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
A Food Desert in California's Breadbasket
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We go to Huron, California--a tiny farming community dubbed the' lettuce capital' of the U.S. This rural region in the fertile, sun-baked Central ...

Bought by KVNF and KVMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 2
How We Survive: Sprouting Up in Empty Breadbaskets
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The irony of food poverty in California’s agriculturally rich Central Valley and a look at community gardens popping up in food deserts. We also ex...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Paradise with a Key: The Politics of New York’s Community Gardens
From: Jenny Shalant
Caption: Two Coves Community Garden, Credit: Magali Regis
Growing tomatoes on city land can be a messy pursuit in the Big Apple, even before you get your hands in the soil.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2009
  • Length: 23:17

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