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"Livestock Lost - Part I (Slaughterhouses and the Culture of Meat)
www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/070308.htmThe Livestock Lost series will examine the farming and business of meat, dairy and egg production in
far more depth than has already been done here on the show. It will examine the known and unknown dangers of meat
production and what people can do to source alternatives to what many would refer to as a cultural staple of the
North American diet.
Part I - Slaughterhouses and the Culture of MeatOn this Part I of the series we hear from Toronto ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Backyard Chickens II (Farming in the City IV)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/062608.htmMany forms of urban agriculture have existed for thousands of years.
As practical and environmentally responsible as growing food within a city can be, the art of gardening has seemingly
disappeared in many urban settings. As current farming practices are proving to be unsustainable in the long-term,
urban agriculture is looked upon by many as being a critical shift that needs to take place if we are to ensure a
level of food security in the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Episode #100 - Best of May-August 2007"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/061908.htm
Since January 2006, Deconstructing Dinner has been reaching listeners around the world through dozens of radio stations and via the show's web site and weekly podcast.
Now at its 100th episode, this broadcast marks the fourth in a series that has been capturing highlights of past broadcasts alongside musical accompaniments.
Through a careful handpicking of highlights, this 100th episode acts as a collage of broadcasts aired between early May 2 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Cross-Canada Trike Tour II (Nelson, BC - Prawda, MB)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/061208.htmOn May 7, 2008, Darrick Hahn and Sinisa Grgic departed Victoria from the 0-Mile mark of the Trans-Canada Highway
and embarked on a cross-Canada journey to raise awareness of Deconstructing Dinner. The pair are travelling by
recumbent tricycles (or trikes).
On May 15 we aired a segment featuring their departure from Victoria alongside a phone interview while they
stopped over in Grand Forks, BC.
This second installment of the Cross-Canada Tri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Agri-Business Exposed II - Cargill Part II" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/060508.htmFollowing in the foodsteps of the Packaged Foods Exposed series, the Agri-Business Exposed series will explore
the major agricultural companies whose names are rarely heard by the eating public.
The ingredients entering into the staples of our diet rarely, if ever, originate from the company that produced
the final product. Behind the Krafts, Nestles, Coca-Colas and Pizza Huts of the world, are the large corporations that deal with the
most i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Coffee, The Earth, and the Future of Civilization" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/052908.htm
Next to petroleum, coffee is the second most valuable traded commodity in the world and the most valuable agricultural commodity.
As coffee has historically been an integral piece in helping shape empires, economies and cultures, deconstructing coffee comes close to deconstructing humanity itself.
Coffee is constantly scrutinized for its human and social impacts around the world, but rarely do we examine the environmental consequences of a Tim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Bill C-517 - Mandatory Labelling of Genetically-Engineered Foods (Part II - The Vote)"http://cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/052208.htmOn April 10, Deconstructing Dinner aired a segment on Bill C-517 - a bill introduced by Bloc
QuÃbÃcois Member of Parliament Gilles-A. Perron. The bill was calling for the mandatory labelling
of genetically engineered foods.
Canadians have long been demanding that foods containing genetically-engineered ingredients be labelled. Over
40 countries around the world have successfully implemented such requirements.
On April 3, 2008, C-517 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"President Bush on Food Security / Cross-Canada Trike Tour I"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/051508.htm
President Bush on Food SecurityOn May 1, 2008, President Bush addressed the latest global food crisis in a press conference from the
White House. We'll listen in on this speech and the US foreign policy definition of 'food security'. While global
efforts to respond to the food crisis may indeed be providing much-needed aid, it is this very aid and its
accompanying policies that is suggested will only further push this food crisis to even more ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Conscientious Cooks III - The Guerrilla Gourmet" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/050808.htm
Conscientious Cooks is a periodic series that explores the foodservice industry and those who are making
unique efforts to create more sustainable interactions between the field and the table.
On part three of this series, we visit with a unique concept that allows for a deconstructing of restaurants
themselves. Whether it be cafes, diners, or five star restaurants, all are based on a very similar model that is
rarely, if ever, examined criti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Heritage Foods: Preserving Diversity II - Gardens of Destiny"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/050108.htmThe diversity in the varieties of crops being grown in Canada has dwindled significantly. Virtually
all of the fruits, vegetables, grains, livestock and pretty much every ingredient found on grocery store
shelves, is of a variety that has purely been bred for profit. At no time has the importance of maintaining
diversity or flavour and nutrition ever been a concern for the powerful industrial food system that has taken hold of the
North Americ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Disappearance of Omega-3s"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/042408.htm
Omega-3s are indeed a hot topic, although it appears that all we North Americans really know, is that Omega-3 eggs,
fish and fish oils, and flax products, are all good sources. Consuming these products as we've been told, reduces the risk
of heart disease.
Of course the responsible thing to do is to remain skeptical and question any new diet craze
that hits our culinarily confused culture. As for Omega-3s, it appears some critical informa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Global Hops Shortage / Biodynamics and Microorganisms"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/041708.htmThe beer industry is always a fascinating one to take a look
at, as beer was one of the first industrialized food and beverage
products. The focus for the first segment of this episode will be on
the recent global shortage of hops - the key flavouring component of
most beers. At the March 2008 Certified Organic Associations of BC conference, Host Jon Steinman sat
down with brewer and farmer Rebecca Kneen of Sorrento, BC's, CrannÃg Ales.
CrannÃg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Monsanto's Product Release Form / Mandatory Labelling of GE-Foods (Bill C-517)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/041008.htmOn March 20, 2008,
Deconstructing Dinner shared the history and outcomes of the most
recent battle between farmer Percy Schmeiser and global seed giant
Monsanto. Raised during that broadcast was the very basis for the
battle; a product release form issued by Monsanto to farmers who wish
to have unwanted genetically-engineered plants removed from their
fields by the company. Schmeiser took exception to this form, and on
this broadcast we probe furt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Emperor Has No Clothes (Provincial Food Politics)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/040308.htmIn March 2008, BC NDP Opposition Critic of Agriculture and Lands' Corky Evans, toured throughout the Province to
hear from farmers. Deconstructing Dinner recorded his stop in Nelson, when he delivered a passionate and highly-informative
primer on the failures of the BC government in recent decades to allocate financial support to food production within
the province. Of greatest interest was his reference to BC maintaining the lowest level of su ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Special Audio Feature, April 3, 2008, Bill C-517
A special Podcast and Internet-only feature
on Deconstructing Dinner. On February 29, 2008, Bloc Quebecois Member of
Parliament Gilles Andre Perron tabled Bill C-517 in the House of Commons; calling for the mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. On
April 3, the 2nd reading debate took place involving Members of
Parliament from all four political parties. The following is an unedited
recording of that debate.
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"Backyard Chickens I (Farming in the City III)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/032708.htmMany forms of urban agriculture have existed for thousands of years.
As practical and environmentally responsible as growing food within a city can be, the art of gardening has seemingly
disappeared in many urban settings. As current farming practices are proving to be unsustainable in the long-term,
urban agriculture is looked upon by many as being a critical shift that needs to take place if we are to ensure a
level of food security in th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Water, The Blood of the Earth / Monsanto Pays Percy Schmeiser"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/032008.htm
It is an honour to conicidentally feature two of Canada's finest on this broadcast. Both are recipients of The Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel"). Water, The Blood of the EarthWater has long been taken for granted throughout the Global North. We use it in seemingly ever-increasing ways without thinking much about where it comes from, where it goes, and how much water was used to produce the many products/services we use da ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Local Grain Revolution I / Deconstructing Dinner in Our Schools II"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/031308.htm
The Local Grain Revolution I
For most Canadians wishing to adopt a more local diet, the overwhelming rise in demand in just the past year has
left a large question mark hovering over the heads of many; where is all this local food so many are demanding?
The state of farming and food production in North America has clearly evolved into such a poor state of affairs,
little infrastructure and incentive remain to respond to this current demand ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"So, You Want to Be a Farmer?"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/030608.htm
When taking a closer look at the demographics of the Canadian workforce and dividing it up among trades, farmers represent the oldest demographic in the country at a median age of 52 years. Within agriculturally dense provinces such as Saskatchewan, in 2007, the average farmer was 56 years of age and only 12.3% of all farmers there were under the age of 35.
As skills and knowledge are replaced by fossil fuel dependent systems and technologies, t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Nature as Our Guide"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/022808.htmOur most recent Part I of the multi-part series "A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda" has
assisted in inspiring the collection of individuals lending their voices to this
show.
Of greatest relevance in tying the Pesticide series to today, is
reintroducing the very ideology that drives the conventional food system of
which we are all mostly a part, and that is one founded upon science. Farmer and
Poet Wendell Berry has some important ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda I"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/022108.htm
This series has long been in the works since Host Jon Steinman attended the CropLife Canada conference back in September 2007.
Since the recent streak of municipal pesticide bans were put into place across Canada, the pesticide industry has been on the defense. Represented by trade association CropLife Canada, the public relations strategies being used by the industry were front and centre at the Saskatoon conference. But what about in the media ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Deconstructing Dinner in our Schools I" (Remastered)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/021408.htm
How do food issues make their way into our public schools? As Deconstructing Dinner's Jon Steinman recalls, "I remember graduating from high school not knowing the first thing about growing food and having very little idea how the food I consumed impacted the planet on which we live." With schools being the building blocks of our society and culture, how does our publicly-funded education system incorporate into curriculums this all imp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Future of Food in the Kootenays Conference III / Conscientious Cooks V"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/020708.htmFuture of Food IIIIn November 2007,
Deconstructing Dinner attended one of the first regional food security
conferences ever held in Canada. With a population of less than 10,000 people,
the City of Nelson, British Columbia, hosted over 250 people for the first
evening of keynote speakers. With an equally impressive 170 in attendance on the
second day of keynote speakers and workshops, the conference acts as an example
for other Canadian comm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Birth of a Farmers' Market"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/013108.htm
In October 2007, Host Jon Steinman paid a visit to the community of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. With a population of 80,000, it came as a surprise to discover that the city does not maintain a functioning farmers' market where food is the focus. Recognizing how the absence of one threatened the already vulnerable state of Vancouver Island agriculture, the Food Sustainability Sub-Committee of the Mid-Island Co-op organized a one-day Farmers' Show ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Slow is Beautiful" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/012408.htm
We're hammered, we're slammed, we're out of control. Happiness is on the decline in some of the most affluent countries in the world and North Americans are troubled by the destructiveness of a lifestyle devoted to money and status. Yet no-one seems to have a clue how to exit from the Fast Lane....
Published in 2006 by British Columbia's New Society Publishers, Slow is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer, political and corporate forces stampi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"GE-Free Zones: A Community Response to Genetically Engineered Food"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/011708.htm
The patenting of our food supply through biotechnology could be suggested as one of the greatest systems of control ever devised. As the executive branches of North American governments alongside corporate interests push forward the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), it must be noted that reference to 'biotechnology' is littered throughout SPP literature. While Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) has taken on the legitimacy of the SPP as ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Colonization of the Canadian Farmer II: Canadian Media and Creating GE-Free Zones"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/011008.htm
This broadcast explores the english print media coverage in Canada throughout 2007 on the controversies surrounding genetically engineered foods. Why has Canada become such a willing host to GE foods whereas throughout most of the world, bans, moratoriums and watchful eyes keep genetically modified organisms off grocery store shelves? Host Jon Steinman looks to provide one answer by deconstructing some of the confusing language that the Canadian ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Colonization of the Canadian Farmer: Saskatchewan Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto/Bayer"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/010308.htm
If you were told, that organic farmers are giving up growing organic crops, would you be concerned? Organic standards prohibit the presence of genetically engineered organisms within a harvest, but since outcrossing between plants is unavoidable in nature, genetically engineered canola is so easily crossing with non-ge varieties being grown organcially, that these crops are unable to be certified as organic. Monsanto has long been at the forefron ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Future of Food in the Kootenays Conference II: Rebuilding Local Food Systems"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/121307.htm
In November 2007, Deconstructing Dinner attended one of the first regional food security conferences ever held in Canada. With a population of less than 10,000 people, the City of Nelson, British Columbia, hosted over 250 people for the first evening of keynote speakers. With an equally impressive 170 in attendance on the second day of keynote speakers and workshops, the conference acts as an example for other Canadian communities wishing to begi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Future of Food in the Kootenays Conference I: Overcoming Denial"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/120607.htm
In November 2007, Deconstructing Dinner attended one of the first regional food security conferences ever held in Canada. With a population of less than 10,000 people, the City of Nelson, British Columbia, hosted over 250 people for the first evening of keynote speakers. With an equally impressive 170 in attendance on the second day of keynote speakers and workshops, the conference acts as an example for other Canadian communities wishing to begi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Co-operatives - Alternatives to Industrial Food III"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/112907.htm
On this Part III of the "Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food" series, we look at the Islands Good Food Initiative and the Heritage Foodservice Co-operative. The co-operative is looking to reclaim greater control over the regional food system on Vancouver Island. Once producing 85% of the food consumed on the Island, Vancouver Island now only produces less than 10% of the food consumed! The Island represents an important windo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Heritage Foods: Preserving Diversity I"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/112207.htm
The diversity in the varieties of crops being grown in Canada has dwindled significantly. Virtually all of the fruits, vegetables, grains, livestock and pretty much every ingredient found on grocery store shelves, is of a variety that has purely been bred for profit. At no time has the importance of maintaining diversity or flavour ever been a concern for the powerful industrial food system that has taken hold of the North American diet.
This se ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Paying the Costs of Not Paying Attention to Eating" (Remastered)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/111507.htm
On January 26, 2006, we aired our fourth episode. As the content of the broadcast remains an important set of ideas to carry through the many shocking and revealing stories covered on the program, we have chosen to redo the broadcast with a fresher sound. Using the same audio from the original interviews, Host Jon Steinman re-presents the show. This broadcasts looks to address how the attention we pay to the specific moment of eating, affects the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Biofuel Boom: Greenwashing and Crimes Against Humanity (Part II)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/110807.htm
A two-part series that will crtically analyze what is being suggested as the worst public policy mistake in a generation. A prominent UN representative calls it a "crime against humanity", and this "crime" may shock even the most environmentally conscious of individuals, because it is in reference to biofuels, a technology that is in the early stages of an unprecedented boom around the world. The green image being painted by i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Biofuel Boom: Greenwashing and Crimes Against Humanity (Part I)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/110107.htm
A two-part series that will crtically analyze what is being suggested as the worst public policy mistake in a generation. A prominent UN representative calls it a "crime against humanity", and this "crime" may shock even the most environmentally conscious of individuals, because it is in reference to biofuels, a technology that is in the early stages of an unprecedented boom around the world. The green image being painted by i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"2017 The Health Care Crisis - How the food system itself impacts health"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/102507.htm
Host Jon Steinman recently travelled to Vancouver Island to document two new and innovative projects being undertaken there. Both are looking to ensure the sustainability of local farming on an Island that sees 90% of its food being imported from the mainland.
On this broadcast, we listen in on segments from a presentation by British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture's Brent Warner. Brent was invited to speak at an event hosted by FoodLink Nanaim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Updates / Deceivable Dairy II (encore)"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/101807.htm
Updates
A significant update is provided to our September 26 complaint filed with Advertising Standards Canada re: issues raised during
our September 13 Packaged Foods Exposed - Unilever II episode. Information also provided on
upcoming CBC Television and CBC Radio segments featuring participation from Deconstructing Dinner.
Deceivable Dairy IIClean, white, wholesome milk, cream, butter, cheese, yogurt and ice cream - very common ingredients ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The Eat Local Challenge"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/101107.htm
As has become an innovative way to experience the joy and difficulties of eating local food, many communities are challenging their people to eat more locally or better yet, entirely local for a specified period of time. In September 2007, the city of Vancouver proclaimed the month as eat local month, the city of Hamilton Ontario has launched an eat local project, and here in the city of Nelson, our own eat local challenge took place in the month ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Biotechnology Myths?"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/100407.htm
In September 2007, Host Jon Steinman travelled to Saskatoon to attend the 55th annual CropLife Canada Conference. CropLife Canada is the trade association representing the manufacturers, developers and distributors of plant science innovations â pest control products and plant biotechnology â for use in agriculture, urban and public health settings.
The conference was titled "The Power of Partnerships - The New Bio-Economy: Accelerating C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Soil Matters CSA II / Marion Nestle"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/092707.htm
Soil Matters CSAOne of the greatest threats facing farmers today and hence facing our own food supply is the financial rewards found in the field of farming, rewards that are seemingly more often then not, in the negative digits. Many argue that food and agriculture should be removed from global trade regimes. One of the reasons for such an idea comes from a belief that farmers themselves should not have to bear the financial risks associated wit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Deceivable Dairy I" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/092007.htm
Clean, white, wholesome milk, cream, cheeses, butter, yogurt and ice cream - very common ingredients within the diet of Canadians.
Dairy was recently the centre of attention throughout the Canadian media, following a raid on a farm in Ontario where raw milk was being produced and sold. As the sale of raw milk is prohibited throughout Canada, this exposure reintroduces the controversy surrounding the standard pasteurization of milk products.
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"Packaged Foods Exposed IV - Unilever II"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/091307.htm
The Packaged Foods Exposed series takes a look at the largest food manufacturers in the world. What products fall under their banners; how has their influence shaped economic policy, society and culture; how have they affected the environments they operate in; and what relationships do they foster within the countries they are located?
This series places corporations in a critical light, hoping to provide a more balanced image to the advertising ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Packaged Foods Exposed IV - Unilever I"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/090607.htm
The Packaged Foods Exposed series takes a look at the largest food manufacturers in the world. What products fall under their banners; how has their influence shaped economic policy, society and culture; how have they affected the environments they operate in; and what relationships do they foster within the countries they are located?
This series places corporations in a critical light, hoping to provide a more balanced image to the advertising ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Thought for Food - Alternatives Journal" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/083007.htm
In a recent issue of the highly-respected Alternatives Journal, the subject of food, filled the pages within. Titled "Thought for Food", the edition connected a new generation of food activists to a classic member of Canadaâs food heritage. It honours the Peopleâs Food Commission that, in the late 1970s, traveled across the country to hear the views of fellow citizens and then assembled the trend-setting report: The Land of Milk and M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"The End of Oil, The Start of Tasty Food"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/082307.htm
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a group acting as an energy policy advisor to 26 member countries. This is the most important body at the forefront of researching global energy supplies and predicting and suggesting how resources should be allocated. In July 2007, the IEA, for the first time ever, changed their tune from what had long been an ongoing state of optimism in terms of global supplies of oil. In a publication titled "Medi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Organic Daycare / Conscientious Cooks IV"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/081607.htm
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi
Organic DaycareWith many parents having difficulty even finding spaces for their children in local daycares or preschools, there are a number of parents out there who are also finding it difficult to seek out services that adhere to their values of healthy eating and their desire to see their children receive an education on food.
One of the major barriers preventing more m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Personal vs Corporate Responsibility"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/080907.htm
This broadcast will address the question of responsibility: Should it be you and I who feel personally responsible for finding it very difficult to eat a socially and environmentally responsible diet, or, on the other hand, should those who have created our dominant food system be responsible themselves - that is a food system which is incredibly taxing on the planet, on communities around the world and on our health.
In November 2006, Princeton ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Slow is Beautiful"www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/080207.htm
We're hammered, we're slammed, we're out of control. Happiness is on the decline in some of the most affluent countries in the world and North Americans are troubled by the destructiveness of a lifestyle devoted to money and status. Yet no-one seems to have a clue how to exit from the Fast Lane....
Published in 2006 by British Columbia's New Society Publishers, Slow is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer, political and corporate forces stampi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"100 Mile Diet / Local Food Strategies" (encore)www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/072607.htm
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles. On the first day of spring, 2005, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon chose to confront this unsettling statistic with a simple experiment. For one year, they would buy or gather their food and drink from within 100 miles of their apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Since then, James and Alisa have gotten up-close-and-personal with i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
