Food Chain Radio Show #977 Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist RURAL ROMANCE!  Guest: Kristina Johnson, Author, The Love Lives of Farmers She moved out into the country to become a farmer, but had to name her farm “BYOB,” for “Bring your own Boyfriend.”  “The

Food Chain Radio Show #976 Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist PROHIBITION Why do we prohibit substances we do not want prohibited? Guest: Bryce T. Bauer, Author, Gentlemen Bootleggers Our two great experiments in prohibition, the Volstead Act of 1920 and the Marihuana Tax Act

Food Chain Radio Show #975 Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist ROOFTOP FARMING IN THE SKY Can it be practical to farm the roofs of our big cities?   Guest: Maggie Cheney, Director of Farms and Education, Farm-in-the-Sky Project, EcoStation NY; and Steven Peck, Founder and President, Green Roofs

Food Chain Radio Show #974 Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist MARTHA BONETA & THE RIGHT TO FARM Does government want family farms to survive? Guest: Virginia Farmer Martha Boneta & Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund President Pete Kennedy Martha Boneta is a family

Food Chain Radio Show #973 Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist HOPE IN HERITAGE APPLES Should we hold on to seeds of the past? Guest: Farmer & Organic Pioneer, Amigo Bob Cantisano  Given our recently won ability to re-engineer life, the future looks like an apple

Food Chain Radio Michael Olson Urban Farming Agriculturalist GMO SCIENCE VRS GMO SCIENCE Whose GM science should we trust? Guest: UC Davis Animal Science Professor Allison Van Eenennaam and U Georgia Plant Science Professor Wayne Parrot  Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods that have been re-manufactured by

Food Chain Radio Michael Olson Urban Farming Agriculturalist TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s free trade be fair trade? Guest: Devon G. Pena, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Ethnic and Environmental Studies, University of Washington, and Founder and President of the Acequia Institute Negotiated in secret

Food Chain Radio Michael Olson Urban Farming Agriculturalist Food Safety Modernization Act What kind of food do we want the future to serve for dinner? Guest: Kristin Carlson & Anna Ringelman, Senior Environmental Studies Students, University of California, Santa Cruz The great Yogi Berra once

Food Chain Radio Michael Olson Urban Farming Agriculturalist Arming the USDA Why are we arming the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with submachine guns and body armor? Guest: Ray Parga, Del Valle Gunsmithing The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a public Request

Food Chain Radio Michael Olson Urban Farming Agriculturalist WASTES NOT, WANT NOT! Should treated sewage sludge biosolids be spread on farmland? Guests: Caroline Snyder, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology Founder, Citizens for Sludge-Free Land;  and Patty Martin, Former Mayor, Quincy, Washington, Co-Founder Safe Food