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August 12, 2013
Why Bees Are Dying
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Sound Bites: Rural MD Needs Immigration Reform | Update: Gather Baltimore | Why Bees Are Dying

August 13, 2013 - Segment 4 - This week on Sound Bites, we hear an opinion on how immigration reform could positively impact rural Maryland, get an update from Arthur Morgan on all things Gather Baltimore, and learn about a new study completed by the USDA and the University of Maryland that gives insight into why bees everywhere are dying.
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August 6, 2013
Urban Farm (Image via Salon)
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Sound Bites: 50 Million Hungry In Richest Country | Are America’s Food Debates Just White Men Talking?

August 6, 2013 - Segment 3 - We start this week on Sound Bites by talking to Rose Aguilar, who provides a commentary related to her recent op-ed, "Richest country's empty plates." Then, we discuss race, class, and the food movement with a diverse roundtable of guests.
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July 30, 2013
A Baltimore lab aims to take the science of growing clean, healthy salt-water fish to the global marketplace
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Sound Bites: Warehouse-Raised Fish | McDonald’s & Fast Food Workers | Farmer Profile: Charles Wright

July 30, 2013 - Hour 2 - On a new edition of Sound Bites, we ask the question: as our waterways become more polluted, will fish be raised in warehouses in our cities? Then, we discuss fast food workers and hear a profile of an Eastern Shore farmer, Charles Wright.
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July 25, 2013
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Sound Bites: Urban Farming, No SNAP Benefits For Violent Offenders, & A Fermentation Recipe

July 23, 2013 - Segment 3- On this live episode of Sound Bites, we discuss urban farming with Five Seeds Farm and the Baltimore Free Farm, the Senate's amendments to the Farm Bill that would bar people convicted of violent crimes from receiving benefits for life, and fermentation with Sandor Katz.
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July 16, 2013
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Sound Bites: MD Pesticide Reporting Work Group | Recipe: Kale Smoothies | Malik Yakini On Racism In The Food System

July 16, 2013 - Hour 2 - It's another episode of Sound Bites! We begin the hour talking with two members of the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Work Group who hold very different perspectives, hear a delicious and healthy recipe for kale smoothies, and talk to Malik Yakini about his work in Detroit and racism in the food system and food movement.
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July 9, 2013
Tom Horton, Delmarva Peninsula
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Sound Bites: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | Nutrient Trading & The Chesapeake Bay | A Kayak Trip Through The Delmarva Peninsula

July 9, 2013 - Segment 3 - On a new episode of Sound Bites, we discuss what the newly-negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the EU means for our food, what a Bay-wide nutrient trading program could mean for the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and take a trip through the Delmarva peninsula with Tom Horton and Bill Nelson.
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July 2, 2013
Michael Twitty, Afroculinaria
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Sound Bites: Michael Twitty On Paula Deen | Supreme Court & Sustainable Development | Slave Labor Processing Shrimp | Farm Alliance Of Baltimore City

July 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - In the latest episode of Sound Bites, we reflect on Paula Deen and southern cuisine, the Supreme Court's decision that impacts sustainable development, slave labor and shrimp, and the Farm Alliance of Baltimore City.
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June 25, 2013
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Sound Bites: Farm Bill Fails | Obesity A Disease? | Shad Dwindling In MD | Recipe: Gluten-Free Strawberry Cupcakes

June 25, 2013 - Hour 2 - On another live episode of Sound Bites we continue our discussion of the Farm Bill, which the House of Representatives failed to pass last week. Then, we talk about the AMA's decision to classify obesity as a disease, get a report on dwindling shad populations in Maryland, and hear a recipe for gluten-free strawberry cupcakes.
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June 18, 2013
Baltimore Free Farm
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Sound Bites: What This Farm Bill Means | Baltimore Free Farm | Union Graze Market | Recipe: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

June 18, 2013 - Segment 5 - On Sound Bites, we continue our dialogue on the Farm Bill, which has been passed in the Senate but is still under debate in the House, look at the Baltimore Free Farm's fight to keep lots from being sold by the city, visit a new farmer's market in Baltimore, Union Graze, and hear a recipe for spaghetti aglio e olio.
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June 11, 2013
Garlic scapes
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Sound Bites: Farmer’s Roundtable; Brickyard Educational Farm Update; Recipe: Garlic Scapes; The Gaza Kitchen

June 11, 2013 - Hour 2 - On this live episode of Sound Bites, we talk to Charles Wright and Ted Wycall about issues impacting farmers, get an update on Brickyard Educational Farm in Montgomery County, hear a recipe for garlic scapes, and hear more about a new cookbook, The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey.
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June 4, 2013
monsanto-wheat
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Sound Bites: Does Report On Arsenic & Chicken Matter?; Monsanto Watch; And Langston Hughes’ “Freedom’s Plow”

June 4, 2013 - Segment 4 - We kick-off another live episode of Sound Bites with a debate over the Johns Hopkins University study on arsenicals in chicken, and we look at Monsanto in the news with Tom Laskawy and Tom Philpott. Then, Blain Snipstal reads a Langston Hughes poem that highlights the importance of African Americans in agriculture and farming.
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May 28, 2013
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Sound Bites: Urban Farming, No SNAP Benefits For Violent Offenders, & A Fermentation Recipe!

May 28, 2013 - Hour 2 - On this live episode of Sound Bites, we discuss urban farming with Five Seeds Farm and the Baltimore Free Farm, the Senate's amendments to the Farm Bill that would bar people convicted of violent crimes from receiving benefits for life, and fermentation with Sandor Katz.
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May 28, 2013
Clearing vacant housing in Baltimore to make way for community gardens
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Clearing Baltimore Vacants To Make Way For Community Gardens

May 28, 2013 - Hour 1 - We discuss reports this week that indicated the City's plan to demolish blocks of majority-vacant housing around the city, relocate the few residents living on those blocks, and construct community gardens in their place. We talk to a panel of experts about what this means for the future of Baltimore.
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May 22, 2013
Michael Moss' Salt Sugar Fat
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Sound Bites: Arsenic In Our Chicken; Supreme Court’s Monsanto Ruling; Bay Oysters; and Salt Sugar Fat

May 22, 2013 - Hour 1 - This week on Sound Bites, we learn about a study measuring arsenic in the chicken we eat, seed giant Monsanto's victory in the Supreme Court, and oyster restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay. Then, we talk to Michael Moss about his book on processed food and America's obesity crisis: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.
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May 21, 2013
EF-4 Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
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Over 50 Confirmed Dead After Powerful Tornado Slams Oklahoma

May 21, 2013 - Segment 1 - We get an update on the powerful, monster tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma yesterday, killing at least 51 people. While initial reports ranked this tornado EF-4, the second most powerful kind of tornado, there is evidence that the tornado might be upgraded to EF-5, indicating speeds over 200mph.
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May 15, 2013
denzel
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Sound Bites: African American Farmers, Dwindling Bee Populations, And Gather Baltimore

May 15, 2013 - Segment 1 - We launch our first live episode of Sound Bites with conversations about African-American farmers in the US, dwindling bee populations, and a program that collects produce donated by farmers and distributes it to people who don't have access to healthy food sources, through local hospitals, meal programs, and faith communities.
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May 9, 2013
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Sound Bites: How environmental and agricultural legislation affects the economic and ecological health of the Delmarva peninsula

May 9, 2013 - Segment 2 - We have a new episode of Sound Bites. We spoke with different environmentalists, farmers, and public officials about how environmental and agricultural legislation affects the economic and ecological health of the Delmarva peninsula.
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May 2, 2013
MalikYakini
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Sound Bites: Malik Yakini And Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods

May 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - It's the latest episode of Sound Bites, featuring Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and a debate on whether or not genetically engineered foods should be labeled.
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April 25, 2013
chickens
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Sound Bites: Could Maryland See The Privatization Of Inspections For The Poultry Industry?

April 25, 2013 - Segment 2- We'll discuss proposed cuts in the 2014 federal budget to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service which would remove government inspectors from slaughter facilities.
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April 23, 2013
West Texas
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Update On Fertilizer Plant Explosion

April 23, 2013 - Segment 2 - We're joined by Martha Rosenberg, writer for OpEdNews.org and author of Born With a Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks, and Hacks Pimp the Public Health. Rosenberg discusses the ongoing situation in West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant exploded last week.
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April 18, 2013
Real food challenge
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Sound Bites: Agricultural Policy, Transforming the Food System, and a Seasonal Pumpkin Recipe

April 18, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, Wenonah Hauter teaches us about the consolidation of the food industry, we bring you Real Food Challenge's second national summit on changing the food system, and raw and vegan food chef Skai Davis shares a seasonal pumpkin recipe.
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April 4, 2013
Monsanto Rider
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Sound Bites: Monsanto Rider, Food & Ag News, Alternatives To The GDP

April 4, 2013 - Segment 3 - We debate the Monsanto Rider, which caused a storm when it was anonymously inserted into the Agricultural Appropriations Bill passed by Congress, the latest food and agricultural news, and how we might measure an economy beyond the GDP.
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April 2, 2013
Oil Spill in Arkansas
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Exxon Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Burst In Arkansas, Raises Questions About Keystone XL

April 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - We turn to Arkansas, where an Exxon oil pipeline burst and spilled oil into communities in Mayflower. Many are saying that this rupture brings the plan for the Keystone XL Pipeline, which President Obama is expected to weigh in on soon, into question.
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March 28, 2013
The Gaza Kitchen
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Sound Bites: Ag Certainty, What the Pesticide Information Act Means for Maryland & A Palestinian Easter Recipe

March 28, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week on Sound Bites, we talk about the Ag Certainty Bill and the Pesticide Information Act, both of which are making their way through the General Assembly in Maryland right now, and hear a Palestinian Easter recipe.
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March 21, 2013
Arthur Morgan's Gather Baltimore - Food Stand In Baltimore's Oliver Neighborhood
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Sound Bites: Farmer’s Markets, Race, & Food Access In Our Region And Beyond, Plus A Unique Passover Recipe

March 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - It's a new episode of Sound Bites. We look at farmers markets in Maryland and beyond and their connection to race, food access, and food insecurity. We learn about a project that's getting food that would otherwise go to waste into the hands of those that need it - Gather Baltimore - and hear a unique Passover recipe that fuses African-American and Jewish tradition.
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March 15, 2013
Shirley Sherrod, The Courage to Hope
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Sound Bites: Shirley Sherrod, a St. Patrick’s Day Recipe and More!

March 14, 2013 - Segment 3 - This week we have a conversation about the poor working conditions in America's restaurant industry, talk to Shirley Sherrod, former US Department of Agriculture official, learn about recent studies on sugar and the Mediterranean diet, and get a traditional Irish recipe in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
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February 28, 2013
Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens, Lakeview Organic Grains - Photo by Valery Rizzo
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Sound Bites: Food Industry Consolidation, Transition to Organic Grain, and Healthy Soul Food

February 28, 2013 - Hour 1 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites, Wenonah Hauter shares her perspective on how consolidation of food and agricultural companies has affected both conventional and organic farming, we talk how farmers transition from conventional to organic farming with Mary-Howel Martens, get an update on Brickyard Educational Farm, and hear a seasonal soul food recipe by Mookie Hicks.
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February 14, 2013
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Opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline

February 14, 2013 - Segment 2 - Another movement - one that has risen in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. Yesterday, nearly fifty environmental activists were arrested outside of the White House during a protest against the pipeline. Protests will take place all weekend, including a rally in Washington, DC, on Sunday organized by 350.org, the Hip Hop Congress, and the Sierra Club.We will be talking to: Jamie Henn, Communications Director for 350.org; and Marty Cobenais, Indigenous Environmental Network pipeline campaigner, who was arrested yesterday.
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January 31, 2013
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Reporting Pesticides in Maryland and What Waterkeeper/Perdue Means for the Future

This week, we discuss the controversy over pesticides in our environment with the release of two reports detailing the prevalence of pesticides in the Chesapeake Bay, and a new piece of legislation going before the Maryland General Assembly that would require pesticide applicators, like farmers and pesticide sellers, to report information about them to the state.
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September 3, 2012
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September 3, 2012 – Segment 3

This Labor Day, we are rebroadcasting some of our favorite shows from the archive.

 

We're joined by Winona LaDuke, founder and director of Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project.  Winona is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer.  She ran for Vice President as the Green Party nominee in 1996 and 2000.

 

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April 10, 2012
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April 10, 2012 – Segment 3

We're joined by Winona LaDuke, founder and director of Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project.  Winona is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer.  She ran for Vice President as the Green Party nominee in 1996 and 2000.

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September 1, 2011
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September 1, 2011 – Segment 3

For the last two weeks, environmental activists have been peacefully protesting outside of the White House in an effort to bring attention to a new pipeline that would run fuel from the Tar Sands of Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.  Today some of those activists join us on the show, to explain their opposition to the project and wh
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April 15, 2011
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April 21, 2011 – Hour 2

Scientists predict that sizeable portions of some low-lying areas around the Chesapeake Bay will be underwater in the coming decades.  We're already seeing dramatic changes due to rising water levels on some Bay islands and coastal areas.  Environmental writer Tom Horton joins us with the scoop on climate change and the Chesapeake.

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March 31, 2011
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March 31, 2011 – Hour 1

As the legislative session in Annapolis comes to a close, our legislators are still debating the future of a proposal to bring offshore wind power to Maryland.  Today we'll bring you a debate over the future of wind power in Maryland.

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March 15, 2011
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March 15, 2011 – Segment 3

We speak with Christopher Mims, News Editor at www.grist.org, about the relationship between climate change and natural disasters.  While the recent earthquake in Japan was a "subduction zone earthquake," caused by movements in tectonic plates and not any human actions, a warming planet could mean more catastrophic events.  You can read

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