[Community_garden] Plant Pillow Talk

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Two decades after the Prince of Wales was scorned for suggesting plants can respond to human speech, science is proving plants can actually talk. And so we ask… If plants can talk, can they also flirt? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael

[Community_garden] Time Enough For Food

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Now that it takes two and a half incomes to maintain a household, few have time enough to eat at home. But maybe there is a way to find the time, and so we ask… Where can we find time enough to eat at home? (Click to listen and comment.) This

[Community_garden] The Goat Milk War

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Gingi Freeman needed goat milk for her babies, but did not want to pay the $32 per gallon, and so raised a miniature goat, for which the City of Visalia will fine her $1,000 per day. And so we ask… Should city folks be free to raise a goat or

[Community_garden] The GMO Deniers

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Some scientists say foods that have been modified to contain genes from other species are safe to eat. Other scientists say GMO foods are not safe to eat. These competing contentions lead us to ask… Are foods that contain genetically modified

[Community_garden] War of the Fats!

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM In 1907, candle makers William Proctor and James Gamble turned liquid cottonseed oil into a solid shortening they called Crisco, thus kicking off a zillion-dollar century-long war on saturated fat. And so we ask... Which is best for the body:

[Community_garden] It is in 93%

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM UCSF found glyphosate– Roundup– in 93% of the urine sampled from the general public. The World Health Organization claims glyphosate is a probable cause of cancer in humans. And so we ask... What is feeding us the glyphosate: air, water or

[Community_garden] The Cooking Ape

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM They fuel today’s humanity, yet for most of evolutionary history, did not even exist. That leads us to ask... How did seeds aid in the development of the “Cooking Ape?” This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio hosts

[Community_garden] Getting Down to Cannabusiness

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Though cannabis has been made illegal by local, state, national and international law and treaty, 3,000 people will soon gather to talk about doing its legal business. And that leads us to ask... Is it time to get down to cannabusiness? This

[Community_garden] Who is to blame?

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Fats are bad! No, fats are good! Carbohydrates are good! No, carbohydrates are bad! We have been given a lot of advise as to how we should eat, and yet we keep eating ourselves into big trouble. This leads us to ask... Who is responsible for

[Community_garden] To Label Or Not To Label GMOs

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM The Campbell’s Soup Company, maker also of Pepperidge Farm cookies, Prego sauces, Spaghetti-Os and fourteen other brands, has broke ranks with the Grocery Manufacturers Association to back a national GMO labeling initiative. This leads us to

[Community_garden] Hunting Them to Save Them

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Could it be true? Could it be that, to save wild animals, birds and fish, we must hunt and fish for them? This thought leads us to ask... Where would wildlife thrive without people to hunt and fish for them? This Saturday at 9am Pacific,

[Community_garden] 100-mile food chain

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Ninety percent of Americans could be fed entirely by food grown within 100 miles of their city, so claims a study published at UC Merced. This leads us to ask... Can you survive on local food? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food

[Community_garden] Conquering Crows!

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM When crows move in– or ravens, magpies, jays– the song birds move out. The conquering corvidae then take over the neighborhood, and watch to make certain we behave, or so it seems. The brains of these birds lead us to ask... Can anyone control

[Community_garden] Big Government ≠ Small Farms

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM The lunatic farmer of Polyface Farm came to speak and, without the slightest twitch of uncertainty, said, “You can’t have small farms and big government.” The shocked silence of the audience leads us to ask... Can we have small farms and big

[Community_garden] Big Government ≠ Small Farms

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM The lunatic farmer of Polyface Farm came to speak and, without the slightest twitch of uncertainty, said, “You can’t have small farms and big government.” The shocked silence of the audience leads us to ask... Can we have small farms and big

[Community_garden] Cannabis Industry's Conundrum

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM We banned cannabis forever with an international treaty, but then accepted it as a national medicine and pastime. Now, ready or not, we are building an entire industry on the forbidden plant. And so we ask... Can a legitimate industry thrive on

[Community_garden] The Community's Garden

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM For twenty years it was the community’s garden. Then the corporation that owned the land and allowed its use took it back, leaving the distraught community with no place to grow. This leads us to ask... Which should own the community’s garden:

[Community_garden] The Bubbly Buggy Brew

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM It is an effervescent drink of many names and many claims. Here in the United States we call it “kombucha,” and we drink up about $500 million dollars worth every year. All that bubbly buggy brew leads us to ask... Does kombucha heal what ails?

[Community_garden] Losing Our Food Mojo?

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Last year, the U.S. sold $25.7 billion more food than it bought. This year, the surplus is expected to decline 62% to only $9.7 billion. This epic collapse in the balance of food trade leads us to ask... Why is the U.S. losing its food trade

[Community_garden] Too Sweet to Eat?

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM It is in just about every processed food we eat. And so we eat a lot of it. Yet in spite of assurances to the contrary, some say High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is simply too sweet to eat. And so we ask... Is High Fructose Corn Syrup too sweet

[Community_garden] Dowsing Deep for Water

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Food grows where water flows. In California’s Napa and Sonoma Counties food is the wine grape, and water is that which flows hundreds of feet below the surface. And so we ask... How does one find water hundreds of feet below the surface? This

[Community_garden] Farming with Rules & Regulations

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Its an all time record! The Federal government has imposed 600 major new regulations, each of which costs of over $100 million to implement. Fifty more major regulations are said to be on the way. And so we ask... Can farmers farm without

[Community_garden] Food As Medicine

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” But Hippocrates said that over 2,500 years ago. And so today we pause to ask... Which foods are still worthy of being one’s medicine? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael

[Community_garden] Doing Business with Bison

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Raising bison is a big, exciting business. In fact, each can weigh upwards of a ton and run 35 miles per hour! And so we ask... How does one do business with bison? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show hosts Dave

[Community_garden] A Barnyard Cure?

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Both share a common genetic heritage, yet 20% of the Hutterite children in North Dakota have asthma, while only 2% of the Amish children in Indiana suffer. And so we ask... Why do so many Hutterite children suffer with asthma, while so many Amish

[Community_garden] The Big Business of Super Weeds

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Like a deadly plague in a B movie, clouds of dicamba lifted up from where sprayed to kill crops across ten states. And so we ask... Who is responsible for the dicamba drift? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show

[Community_garden] Hungry Teens & Impossible Choices

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Fourteen million hungry teens, give or take, have options that leave them with impossible choices. And so we ask... Can hungry teens be helped out of danger? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show hosts Elaine

[Community_garden] Organic Vrs Organic

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM USDA issued a rule change allowing composts containing pesticide residues to be used in organic farming. But then a federal judge tossed the rule out! And so we ask... Should composts containing pesticide residues be allowed in organic farming?

[Community_garden] Roundup-Ready Vaccines

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM They said GMOs would lead to fewer pesticides, but that was not true. Now pesticide residues can be found just about everywhere, and that leads us to ask... Are vaccines that contain weed killer safe? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael

[Community_garden] Farming to Save Youth and Their Cities

A FOOD CHAIN RADIO RELEASE FROM METROFARM.COM Ten million urban teens, give or take, have options that leave them with impossible choices. And so we ask... Can farming save the young and their cities? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show hosts Michael