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- -: Sustainable Comfort Foods? Pollan Says Yes

February 16, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/09/Referendum_on_the_Jewish_Deli_Menu Food Rules author Michael Pollan argues that sustainability in the traditional Jewish deli is achievable. He says that industrial agriculture has changed what once was considered deli food, and favors a return to old...

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- -: Is the Pastrami Sandwich Killing Jewish Delis?

February 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/09/Referendum_on_the_Jewish_Deli_Menu Peter Levitt and Karen Adelman, proprietors of Saul's Deli in Berkeley, CA, discuss the economic, social, and environmental costs of the iconic pastrami sandwich. Levitt says the giant sandwiches are killing off inde...

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- -: Organ Farms? Super-Predators? Cloning Myths, Debunked

March 13, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/07/How_to_Defeat_Your_Own_Clone Kyle Kurpinski and Terry Johnson, authors of How to Defeat Your Own Clone, discuss common misconceptions about genetic engineering. Kurpinski debunks the idea that genetic engineering will lead to super-predators, while Jo...

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- -: How Global Warming Is Killing California's Wine Buzz

April 28, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/17/Climate_Change_in_California_Impact_on_the_Wine_Industry Viticulturist Kimberley Cahill introduces the negative correlation between two factors vital to those in the California wine business: maximum daytime temperatures in August, and the price of Pi...

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- -: The Unappetizing Truth About Food Safety

February 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/24/Joel_Salatin_War_Stories_from_the_Local_Food_Front Joel Salatin imagines an ideal environment for breeding pathogens and disease, a depiction that shockingly describes most modern industrial agricultural facilities. Stressing the backwardness of regul...

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- -: Using Hydroponics to Curb Global Hunger

August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/31/Singularity_Universitys_Rob_Nail Rob Nail, associate founder and COO of Singularity University, showcases a project to end world famine, called Agropolis. Nail discusses the role the project plays in advancing genetic engineering in an environmentally...

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- -: Anthony Bourdain and A. A. Gill: The Organic Debate

September 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/19/A_A_Gill_and_Anthony_Bourdain_Food_Fighters Chef Anthony Bourdain and food critic A. A. Gill debate the varied benefits and detriments of organic farming. While Bourdain argues that organic products inflate prices, Gill expresses his belief that organ...

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- -: The Obama Administration's Commitment to Rural America

May 3, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a longtime resident and former governor of Iowa, gives an overview of the Administration's framework that will lead to a more prosperous rural America.

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- -: Authors@Google: Joel Salatin discusses 'Folks, This Ain't Normal'

October 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Farmer, author, and activist Joel Salatin discusses his new book, "Folks, This Ain't Normal," as well as sustainable farming, food policy, and solutions to America's food woes

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Marcin Jakubowski: Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization

March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Marcin Jakubowski makes his own machines for farming. He developed low-cost ways on how to assemble a tracktor from scratch and help those farmers and other buisness starters with minimum budget.

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