Consumers want to know about chicken \’freedoms\’. Are the chickens raised cage free? Antibiotic free? GMO free? Or even farm free, in cities. Maurice Pitesky, Poultry Health and Food Safety Extension Specialist with the world leading UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, talks with us about antibiotic use, 100,000 CA backyard chicken premises and shifting systems to free-range to meet customer demand.
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Congress has stepped in to the GMO salmon issue by requiring that labeling be addressed before the new salmon can be sold in the US. UC Davis Geneticist, Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam discusses this salmon controversy, labeling, the roots of mistrust and the new, less controversial, genetic technologies that will target traits of importance to consumers.
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More and more people want to know how their food is produced and also want to know that they can count on honest information. The USDA Ag Marketing Service is filling that need with the USDA Process Verified program. Dr. Craig Morris, Deputy Administrator of USDA\’s Ag. Marketing Service explains the program and shares insights on the trends: animal welfare, GMO, antibiotics, sustainability and farm size.
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Google leads in some many arenas it shouldn\’t be a surprise, that they are also leading Silicon Valley with an impressive Farm to Table program. Led by our guest, Christa Essig, google team members around the world are seeing food grown on their campuses, eating sustainably grown food and continually learning about a better food system.
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The Dietary Guidelines for America has taken several big steps, although not as big as some would like. Sharon Palmer, RD, outlines what the changes will mean. One of the recommendations has already been acted on when FDA announced new nutrition fact labels that require the listing of \”added sugars\”.
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Cattle production has been criticized for contributing to global warming. That isn\’t a fair charge say these ranchers.
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Many have heard about Agroecology but don\’t know what it means. Steve Gliessman is one of the fathers of this, now international movement and no one explains it better than here in this Farm To Table Talk podcast.
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Farm to Table Talk explores issues and the growing interest in the story of how and where the food on our tables is produced, processed and marketed. The host, Rodger Wasson is a food and agriculture veteran. Although he was the first of his family to leave the grain and livestock farm after five generations farming in America, he\’s continually worked for and with farmers though-out America and around the world. From directly managing commodity boards and councils to presently building the strategic consultancy, Idea Farming. www.idea-farming.com . The Farm to Table Talk podcasts have been created for anyone interested in individual journeys within the food movement, the modern food system and stories behind our every bite.
The tables are turned as Rodger shares his journey and why the Farm To Table Talk podcast was created in the following Urban Farmer podcast with the Urban Farmer himself, Greg Peterson, www.urbanfarm.org.
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