Environment

Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

March 3, 2016
photo by Helen Glazer
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Sound Bites: Baltimore Ecosystem Study

March 3, 2016 - Segment 2 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we speak with participants from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, a consortium of long-term research projects examining Baltimore's ecosystem.
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February 27, 2016
Michael Twitty (Photo Credit: Afroculinaria)
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Sound Bites: Afroculinaria’s Michael Twitty | Building The Black Yield Institute For Black Food Sovereignty

February 25, 2016 - Hour 2 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites - our series about our food and our world - we begin the hour with my conversation with Michael Twitty, culinary historian of African and African American foodways. We close the show with Eric Jackson, Servant-Director of the Black Yield Institute, who tells us about Black food sovereignty.
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February 18, 2016
Chicken
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Sound Bites: Backlash Against Chicken House Construction | Labor Conditions in Poultry Plants | Recipe: Catalina Byrd

February 18, 2016 - Segment 2 - On our newest episode of Sound Bites we discuss organizing on the Eastern Shore against the construction of chicken houses, a report on labor conditions in poultry processing plants, and hear a recipe from Catalina Byrd.
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February 12, 2016
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want. (Credit: Goodreads)
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From The Archives: Frances Moore Lappé’s ‘EcoMind’

February 12, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show from 2011, when noted environmental author and theorist Frances Moore Lappé joined us to talk about her book EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want.
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February 11, 2016
chicken
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Sound Bites: United Nations Comments On Curtis Bay Incinerator | Salisbury Teacher On Protecting Perdue’s Chickens

February 11, 2016 - Segment 3 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, we look at the health implications of the proposed Curtis Bay Incinerator and discuss concerns animal rights activists have with Perdue.
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February 4, 2016
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Sound Bites: “If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?”

February 4, 2016 - Segment 2 - Today on Sound Bites we discuss an article called "If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?" and speak with a panel of young farmers.
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February 1, 2016
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From Flint to Baltimore: Clean Water, Environmental Racism & Infrastructure In Our Cities

February 1, 2016 - Segment 2 - We discuss our cities from Flint to Baltimore, looking at clean water, environmental racism & infrastructure. With: Dr. Lawrence Brown, Mijin Cha, Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. and Jacqui Patterson.
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January 28, 2016
Photo Credit: Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore
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Sound Bites: Community Impacts of Industrial Poultry Operations On The Eastern Shore

January 28, 2016 - Hour 2 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, we look at Community Impacts of Industrial Poultry Operations. Last week I took a trip to Exmore, Virginia, a small town south of Chincoteague on Virginia's Eastern Shore, where I moderated a forum for the Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore, exploring community impacts of industrial poultry operations.
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January 25, 2016
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
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From The Archives: Philosopher & Naturalist Diana Beresford-Kroeger

January 25, 2016 - Hour 2 - We rebroadcast of my interview with philosopher, naturalist, author and scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger, whose writings combine western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world.
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January 24, 2016
Chicken
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Sound Bites: Maryland Legislators Debate Poultry Litter & Farmer’s Rights | What Are Food Policy Councils?

January 21, 2016 - Segment 2 - On Sound Bites, we reflect upon two agricultural issues before the Maryland General Assembly: The Poultry Litter Management Act and the Farmer's Rights Act. And we look at Food Policy Councils - what they are, and why they are important.
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January 19, 2016
Urban Farm (Credit: Grid Philly)
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Sound Bites: How We Define Organic Food | When Cultural Food Becomes Trendy

January 14, 2015 - Segment 3 - We play the latest episode of our series on our food and our world, Sound Bites, where we discuss definitions of organic food and discuss "how it feels when white people shame your food, then make it trendy."
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